Gerald N. Lanier Student Forum
The Gerald N. Lanier Student Forum gives graduate students from the northeastern U.S. and the eastern Canada a friendly and relaxed setting in which to practice their presentation skills, and it affords an opportunity to discuss their work with practitioners and other scientists.
Each student is given 10 minutes for their presentation followed by 3 minutes for questions. The top three presentations receive a prize
2024 Award Winners
2022 Award Winners
1st - River Mahieu
Examining Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) Occurrence and Growth in Northern New York Through Remote Sensing and Dendrochronological Analysis
St. Lawrence University
2nd - Brittany Fletcher
Recovered, But for How Long? Using Tree-Ring Analysis to Determine the Magnitude and Duration of Hemlock Recovery from Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation Following Imidacloprid Treatment in Central Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
3rd - Sadia Crosby
The Bane of Maine: Reducing Browntail Moth's Itchy Impacts in Vacationland
University of Maine
2021 Award Winners
1st - Timothy Morris
Integrated Pest management of the Emerald Ash Borer in Urban Forests
SUNY ESF
2nd - Aaron Meneghini
Detecting White Pine Needle Damage through Satellite Remote Sensing
University of Maine
3rd - Naomie Yoko Helen Herpin-Saunier
Predicting the Severity Risk Patterns of the Swiss Needle Cast Disease in the Pacific Northwest via Modelling and Mapping
Laval University
1st - Caroline Kanaskie
2nd - Breanne Aflague
3rd - Olivia Box
2023 Gerald N. Lanier Student Forum presenters. From left to right: Santiago Rivera-Reyes, Chris Johnston, Devin Rowe, Erin Reilly, Sadia Crosby, Sierra Croney, Caroline Kanaskie, Emma Irvine
2020 Award Winners
PhD Students
1st - Devin Rowe
Shedding Light on Browntail Moth Behavior to Artificial Light Sources
University of Maine
2nd - Nick Dieschler
Spatial and Temporal Niche Partitioning of Three Sympatric Specialist Predators of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Cornell University
3rd - Breanne Aflague
Field Variation in Emamectin Benzoate Concentrations: Impacts on Emerald Ash Borer and Its Biological Control Agents
University of New Hampshire
2023 Award Winners
1st - Chris Johnston
Chestnut’s Hidden Invader: Novel Insight into the Range Expansion of Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp in Northeast Forests
Suny ESF
2nd - Devin Rowe
Monitoring Browntail Moth Populations in Maine
University of Maine
3rd - Emma Irvine
Fungal Pathogens from a Sentinel Garden in Portsmouth, NH
University of New Hampshire
Master’s Students
1st - Emma Irvine
Flight Capabilities of Female Browntail Moth
University of New Hampshire
2nd - Kathleen Stutzman
Regeneration Dynamics of Northeastern Pitch Pine Barrens Under a Range of Different Restoration Scenarios
University of Vermont
3rd - Erin Reilly
The Role of Inducible Tree Defense in Establishment and Growth of Beech Bark Disease
University of New Hampshire
