{"id":14725,"date":"2022-11-11T14:31:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T19:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=14725"},"modified":"2022-11-11T14:31:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T19:31:05","slug":"2022-north-carolina-coastal-conference-poster-competition-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/2022-north-carolina-coastal-conference-poster-competition-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 North Carolina Coastal Conference Poster Competition Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photo (from left to right): The deputy director of North Carolina Sea Grant and the Water Resources Research Institute, John Fear, Caroline Branan, Eve Eisemann, Elizabeth Farquhar, Kaitlyn Hudson, Lidsney Stevenson, Emily Corbitt, and NC Sea Grant and WRRI executive director Susan White.<\/em><\/p>\n The 2022 North Carolina Coastal Conference<\/a> \u2014 a hybrid event hosted by North Carolina Sea Grant on November 7 and 8 \u2014 was widely attended by researchers, agency and business experts, community leaders, and students in the marine sciences, among many others.<\/p>\n \u201cIn particular, our Coastal Conference is an exciting opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to showcase their research,\u201d notes Deputy Director John Fear. Students presented in concurrent sessions, in lightning talks and in an annual research poster competition.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would like to graciously thank our conference sponsors for helping support the student awards for the poster competition. As is the tradition, the students presented outstanding work,\u201d Executive Director Susan White adds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Emily Corbitt tied for first place with her presentation \u201cOccurrence and Distribution of Legacy and Replacement Per- and Poly- Fluoroalkyl Substances in Tidal Creeks of Southeastern North Carolina.\u201d Corbitt is a master\u2019s student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science, and she is co-advised by Lynn Leonard and Ralph Mead.<\/p>\n \u201cCongratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the participants,\u201d Fear notes.<\/p>\n2022 Winners<\/h2>\n
1st place (tie): Emily Corbitt<\/h3>\n
1st place (tie): Lindsey Stevenson<\/h3>\n
\nLindsey Stevenson tied for first place for her poster \u201cAn Examination of Cold Tolerance in Halodule wrightii:<\/em> Is There a Latitudinal Gradient from Florida to North Carolina, USA?\u201d Stevenson is a master\u2019s student in marine biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science working with Jessie Jarvis in the\u00a0Coastal Plant Ecology Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n2nd place: Kaitlyn Hudson<\/h3>\n
\nKaitlyn Hudson netted second place for her presentation \u201cProduction Economics of Black Sea Bass in a Recirculating Aquaculture System and Sensitivity to Genetically Induced Growth Increases and Alteration of Protein Source in Aquafeed.\u201d Hudson is a master\u2019s student in marine science at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a staff scientist in UNCW\u2019s Aquaculture Lab. Learn more about UNCW\u2019s black sea bass research<\/a> supported by NC Sea Grant.<\/p>\n3rd place: Elizabeth Farquhar<\/h3>\n
\nElizabeth Farquhar took home third place for her poster \u201cThe SEACOW: A Low-Cost Sensor for Exchange of Atmospheric CO2 with Water.\u201d Farquhar is a master\u2019s student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington working in Phil Bresnahan\u2019s Coastal Ocean Applied Science & Technology Lab<\/a> to build low-cost monitoring instrumentation.<\/p>\nHonorable mention: Caroline Branan<\/h3>\n
\nCaroline Branan received an honorable mention for her presentation \u201cThe Use of Drones in Quantifying Large Marine Debris Distribution in Microtidal Marshes.\u201d Branan is a research technician at NC State University\u2019s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology and works in the Marine Ecology and Conservation lab under Dave Eggleston.<\/p>\nHonorable mention: Eve Eisemann<\/h3>\n
\nEve Eisemann received an honorable mention for her presentation \u201cExamining the Relationship Between Quantifiable Coastal Features and Washover on a Regional Scale.\u201d Eisemann is pursuing her doctorate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Institute of Marine Sciences.<\/p>\n