Each year during the ESA Annual Meeting, students are offered the opportunity to present their research and win valuable prizes. Listed below are the results from the Student Competition for the President's Prize at Entomology 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Learn more about the Student Competition for the President's Prize, and see results from other years.
| Poster | |||
| Graduate Poster: FIT, General | 1st Place | Destiny Nicole Mann | University of Delaware |
| 2nd Place | Sabrina White | University of Wyoming | |
| Graduate Poster: MUVE, General | 1st Place | Tammy Lee Bouldin | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Jun Seok Ryoo | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, Behavior and Chemical Ecology | 1st Place | Haotian Liu | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Sophie Perry | University of Wisconsin | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, Biocontrol - Pathogens | 1st Place | Cristian Camilo Cabrera Castellanos | Purdue University |
| 2nd Place | Md Mizanur Rahman | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, Community Ecology | 1st Place | Yadira Romero Diaz | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Marielle S. Hansel Friedman | University of California | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, Forestry and Agroecosystems | 1st Place | Meghan Jerke | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Jenna Byrne | Michigan State University | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, Genetics | 1st Place | Kiley Stout | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Jacqueline Duran | Kansas State University | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, Honey Bee and Native Pollinator Ecology | 1st Place | Breh Ruger | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Olivia Cole Burdine | University of Arkansas | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, IPM 1 | 1st Place | Melissa Rae Thayer | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Gifty Kwakyewaa Bempong | University of Idaho | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, IPM 2 | 1st Place | Sankara Ganesh | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Pedro Henrique Campos Pinho Costa | University of Missouri | |
| Graduate Poster: P-IE, Parasitoids, Parasites, and Predators | 1st Place | Md Tafsir Nur Nabi Rashed | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Alejandra Rocha | University of California | |
| Graduate Poster: PBT, Behavior, Molecular and Cellular | 1st Place | James A. Abendroth | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Marissa Ilene Nufer | University of Tennessee | |
| Graduate Poster: PBT, Evolution, Genetics, and Physiology | 1st Place | Alexandra Cremades | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Danna Judith Vera | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate Poster: PBT, Honey Bees and Pollinators | 1st Place | Nazifa Tasnia | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2nd Place | Hasim Hakanoglu | Louisiana State University | |
| Graduate Poster: SysEB, Biodiversity and Ecology | 1st Place | Jenni Daniela Garcia Quiceno | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Kyra Lathrop | University of Central Missouri | |
| Graduate Poster: SysEB, Evolution and Systematics | 1st Place | Savanna Brown | University of Connecticut |
| 2nd Place | Peter Willadsen | University of Kansas | |
| Undergraduate Poster: FIT, P-IE, and SysEB, Education and Biodiversity | 1st Place | Perseus Dailey | University of North Carolina |
| 2nd Place | Leah Landon | University of Central Missouri | |
| Undergraduate Poster: MUVE and PBT, General | 1st Place | Haylee Beck | Utah Valley University |
| 2nd Place | Jennifer Elizabeth Martocci | University of Florida | |
| Undergraduate Poster: P-IE and SysEB, Biodiversity, Behavior, and Conservation | 1st Place | Noah Williamson | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2nd Place | Cesia Nazaret Cerrato, Jr. | The Ohio State University | |
| Undergraduate Poster: P-IE, IPM | 1st Place | Tanaka Murambi | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 2nd Place | Vojin Milosevic, Sr. | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Undergraduate Poster: PBT and P-IE: Behavior, Ecology, and Physiology | 1st Place | Raiyaa Huntress | Colorado State University |
| 2nd Place | Millie Sethi | Johnston High School | |
| Undergraduate Poster: SysEB, General | 1st Place | Skyla Sheehy | Florida Museum of Natural History |
| 2nd Place | Tim Hine | Quinnipiac University | |
| Undergraduate Poster: P-IE and SysEB, Honey Bees and Native Pollinators | 1st Place | Christoph Alexander Anderson | Oregon State University |
| 2nd Place | Claire Crowther | Providence College | |
| 10-Minute Presentation | |||
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: FIT, General | 1st Place | Christopher Brown | Michigan State University |
| 2nd Place | Victoria Pickens | Kansas State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Behavior | 1st Place | Mia Isabella Esoldo | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Benjamin Ronald Grady | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Ecology | 1st Place | Hannah Dehus | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Ningzhu Bai | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, General | 1st Place | Joseph Spina | Illinois Natural History Survey |
| 2nd Place | Elissa Ballman-Whitman | University of Maine | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Insecticides | 1st Place | Jun-Yin Lum | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Bandana Shrestha | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Microbes | 1st Place | Andres Felipe Holguin Rocha | Kansas State University |
| 2nd Place | Alexandra Bauer | University of Florida | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Molecular Biology | 1st Place | Esmeralda Rosas | University of Texas |
| 2nd Place | Paola Najera | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Surveillance | 1st Place | Joshua Phelps Jackson | Kansas State University |
| 2nd Place | Hannah Ginn | University of Tennessee | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Vector Biology | 1st Place | Paige S. Alexander | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Simona Principato | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: MUVE, Vectors | 1st Place | Vilma M. Cooper (Montenegro) | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Sergio Méndez-Cardona | University of Florida | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Agroecosystems | 1st Place | Lillian H.P Johnson | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Ivin Lam | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Behavior | 1st Place | Marie Muñiz | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Sarah Kathryne Spence | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Biocontrol | 1st Place | Shane Moran | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Brandi Hazard Misiaszek | Louisiana State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Biodiversity | 1st Place | Salma Akter | University of Illinois |
| 2nd Place | Robert Grosdidier | Purdue University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Bumble Bees | 1st Place | Elyse Christine McCormick | University of Massachusetts |
| 2nd Place | Lincoln Nian Taylor | University of Colorado | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Chemical Ecology 1 | 1st Place | Yong-Sin Lo | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Insha Shafi | University of Arkansas | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Chemical Ecology 2 | 1st Place | Kaelin Smith | Montana State University |
| 2nd Place | Peiyun Chen | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Climate Change | 1st Place | Manish Gautam | University of Arkansas |
| 2nd Place | Marlee Theil | University of Washington | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Conservation | 1st Place | Heather Poyner | Kansas State University |
| 2nd Place | Orion L. Pizzini | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Ecology | 1st Place | Carly Rae Sharp | University of Georgia |
| 2nd Place | Wes Walsh | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Entomopathogens | 1st Place | Pragya Gupta | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Skai Peterson | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Field Crops 1 | 1st Place | Aarju Aryal | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 2nd Place | Thales Rodrigues da Silva | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Field Crops 2 | 1st Place | Tatum Dwyer | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Claire Marie Winslow | Washington State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Forestry | 1st Place | Joanna Wren Greenwood | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Morgan Christine Knutsen | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Genetics | 1st Place | Gwenyth Coleman | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 2nd Place | Faith Mihalick | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Honey Bees | 1st Place | Mckaela Hobday | Washington State University |
| 2nd Place | Curtis Heath Coleman | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Horticulture | 1st Place | Samantha Michele Kennett | Clemson University |
| 2nd Place | Sandra Lizarraga | Cornell University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Host-Plant Resistance | 1st Place | Jae E. Kerstetter | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Kashish Verma | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, IPM 1 | 1st Place | Seth Tsatsu | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Sayesha Khanna | University of Minnesota | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, IPM 2 | 1st Place | Natalie Renee Lareau | Oregon State University |
| 2nd Place | Tennyson Bilinkhinyu Nkhoma | University of Florida | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Insecticides | 1st Place | Fabio Miguel Fuhr | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Sawyer Hopkins | Auburn University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Invasive Species | 1st Place | Kalli Schoening | Oregon State University |
| 2nd Place | Monalisa Seaton | University of Florida | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Parasitoids | 1st Place | Sarah Von Gries | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Abigail Noel | Montana State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Pollinators 1 | 1st Place | Nina Garcia Devine | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Zia Valerie Williamson | University of Georgia | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Pollinators 2 | 1st Place | Anne Colgan | University of Washington |
| 2nd Place | Dante J. Centuori | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Predators | 1st Place | Eleanor L. Meys | University of Illinois |
| 2nd Place | Maggie MacDonald | University of Alberta | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Sampling | 1st Place | Lizzy Sakulich | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Luke Settles | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Vectors | 1st Place | Eileen Froshiesar | Oregon State University |
| 2nd Place | Esmeralda Martinez | University of Florida | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, Apiculture | 1st Place | Justine Bich Lien Nguyen | Marquette University |
| 2nd Place | Sarah Jendresky | Arizona State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, Behavior | 1st Place | Neema John | Arizona State University |
| 2nd Place | Xixian Ng | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, Ecology and Reproductive Biology | 1st Place | Maria Fiorta | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Madison F. Von Deylen | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, General | 1st Place | Elizabeth Wiles | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Lynn J. Bonomo | Northern Arizona University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, Insecticides | 1st Place | Carolina Pacchioni Monteiro | University of São Paulo |
| 2nd Place | William L. Long | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, Molecular Biology | 1st Place | Collin Valentin | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Matthew Villalta | University of Minnesota | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, Physiology | 1st Place | Claire Garman | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Ava Magdalyn Bartlett- Miller | University of Arizona | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: PBT, Toxicology | 1st Place | Rupinder Singh | Kansas State University |
| 2nd Place | Heather Marie Hernandez | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Behavior, Genetics, and Morphology | 1st Place | Yareli Alvarez | Cornell University |
| 2nd Place | Anna Marie Blight Parker | North Carolina State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Biodiversity | 1st Place | Evan Waite | Arizona State University |
| 2nd Place | Jackson Wingert | University of Oklahoma | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Biogeography | 1st Place | Nathalia Florez Gomez | Cornell University |
| 2nd Place | Layton Alexander Rosen | Purdue University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Ecology | 1st Place | Kerrigan Tobin | Marquette University |
| 2nd Place | Abigail Williams | Drexel University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Evolution 1 | 1st Place | Clare Mikaela Dittemore | Great Basin Bug Laboratory |
| 2nd Place | Claire S. Bailey | New Jersey Institute of Technology | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Evolution 2 | 1st Place | Sachin Suresh | Arizona State University |
| 2nd Place | Karen Y. Robles Lopez | University of Southern Mississippi | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, General | 1st Place | Alphaxand Kaimba Njogu | Lehigh University |
| 2nd Place | Hannah Marie Smith | Drexel University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Honey Bees and Native Bees | 1st Place | Marissa Celine Sandoval | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Victoria Salerno | University of Wisconsin | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Hymenoptera | 1st Place | Sofia K.P. Dartnell | University of Cambridge |
| 2nd Place | Charles Thrift | University of California | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Phylogenetics | 1st Place | Saxton Anne Natalie | Case Western Reserve University |
| 2nd Place | Md Jahir Rayhan | University of Florida | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Sampling and Models | 1st Place | Rachel L. Walsh | Florida Museum of Natural History |
| 2nd Place | Caine G. DeWitt | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| Graduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Taxonomy | 1st Place | Aswaj Punnath | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Amin Muhammad al-Jamal | California Academy of Sciences | |
| Undergraduate 10-Minute Presentation: FIT, MUVE, and SysEB: Education and Outreach | 1st Place | Cyrus Nielsen | Utah Valley University |
| 2nd Place | Jared Saufley | Oklahoma State University | |
| Undergraduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE and SysEB, Biodiversity, Conservation, and Pollination | 1st Place | Rex Harvey-Thurston | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Jensen Thieren | University of Wisconsin | |
| Undergraduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, Behavior, Biocontrol, and Ecology | 1st Place | Yasmine Helbling | University of Maryland |
| 2nd Place | Aochi Mai | Tokyo Metropolitan University | |
| Undergraduate 10-Minute Presentation: P-IE, IPM | 1st Place | Lillian J. Shoemaker | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Avery Witherbee | University of Minnesota | |
| Undergraduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Behavior and Biodiversity | 1st Place | Avery Graycen Pennington | American Museum of Natural History |
| 2nd Place | Bailey Jannuzzi | Utah Valley University | |
| Undergraduate 10-Minute Presentation: SysEB, Systematics and Morphology | 1st Place | Tabitha Weir | Utah Valley University |
| 2nd Place | Anastasia Garavaglia | University of Florida | |