{"id":9389,"date":"2017-04-11T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=9389"},"modified":"2017-04-11T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:31:01","slug":"graduate-students-earn-coastal-conference-poster-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/graduate-students-earn-coastal-conference-poster-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students Earn Coastal Conference Poster Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/h3>\n<p><em>Contact:<br \/>\nJohn Fear, 919-515-9104, <a href=\"mailto:jmfear@ncsu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jmfear@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>E-Ching Lee, 919-515-9098, <a href=\"mailto:eching_lee@ncsu.edu\">eching_lee@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9393\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9393\" src=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/winners_susan.jpg\" alt=\"Students who won awards pose with NC Sea Grant executive director at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/winners_susan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/winners_susan-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right, Shilo Felton, Verena Wang, North Carolina Sea Grant Executive Director Susan White, Seth Theuerkauf and Deborah Lichti. Photo by John Joyner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Five students won awards for presenting their research at <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/nc-coastal-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina\u2019s Coastal Conference<\/a>, hosted by North Carolina Sea Grant in Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>They were selected based on poster content and design, as well as how well they explained their research, and the implications and relevance of the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an excellent poster session. We received submissions from a diverse group of students, many of whom we had not interacted with previously,\u201d says John Fear, Sea Grant deputy director. \u201cThe winners exemplified the great body of ongoing research across the University of North Carolina system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winners were:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9407\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9407\" src=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lvm_poster_discussion_kirkland.jpg\" alt=\"Two people talking in front of a poster\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lvm_poster_discussion_kirkland.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lvm_poster_discussion_kirkland-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lvm_poster_discussion_kirkland-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liliana Velasquez Montoya was in second place. Photo Becky Kirkland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>First place: <strong>Verena Wang<\/strong>, University of North Carolina Wilmington, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_docs\/events\/coastal_conference\/2017\/2017coastalconference_poster_abstracts.pdf#page=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Estimating Southern Flounder Population Connectivity Using Otolith Geochemistry<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Second place: <strong>Liliana Velasquez Montoya<\/strong>, NC&#160;State University, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_docs\/events\/coastal_conference\/2017\/2017coastalconference_poster_abstracts.pdf#page=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Oregon Inlet: Can We Solve the Unresolved Morphological Puzzle?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Third place: <strong>Shilo Fenton<\/strong>, NC&#160;State University, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_docs\/events\/coastal_conference\/2017\/2017coastalconference_poster_abstracts.pdf#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Managing American Oystercatcher (<\/em>Haematopus palliates<em>) Population Growth by Targeting Breeding Season Vital Rates<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Honorable mention: <strong>Deborah Lichti<\/strong>, East Carolina University, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_docs\/events\/coastal_conference\/2017\/2017coastalconference_poster_abstracts.pdf#page=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Are All Rivers Created Equal? Determining How Food Web Dynamics Affect Fish Nursery Habitat<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Honorable mention: <strong>Seth Theuerkauf<\/strong>, NC&#160;State University, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncseagrant_docs\/events\/coastal_conference\/2017\/2017coastalconference_poster_abstracts.pdf#page=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Density-Dependent Role of an Invasive Marsh Grass, <\/em>Phragmites australis<em>, on Ecosystem Service Provision<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students had the\u00a0opportunity to discuss their research with a spectrum of researchers, representatives from state and federal agencies, leaders from coastal industries and communities, and their peers from across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Poster topics addressed the conference focus areas: weather, storms and climate, community and ecosystem health, fisheries and aquaculture, and planning and economics.<\/p>\n<p>For a full listing of the 28 students who submitted poster abstracts, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/nc-coastal-conference\/2017posters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/nc-coastal-conference\/2017posters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>North Carolina Sea Grant is currently requesting feedback from conference participants. If you attended the meeting and did not receive an email about our survey, please contact Jack Thigpen, Sea Grant extension director, at <a href=\"mailto:jack_thigpen@ncsu.edu\">jack_thigpen@ncsu.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>North Carolina Sea Grant: Your link to research and resources for a healthier coast<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A diverse group of graduate students participated in the poster competition that was part of North Carolina&#8217;s Coastal Conference. Winners were from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina State University and East Carolina University.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nJohn Fear, 919-515-9104, <a href=\"mailto:jmfear@ncsu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jmfear@ncsu.edu<\/a><br \/>\nE-Ching Lee, 919-515-9098, <a href=\"mailto:eching_lee@ncsu.edu\">eching_lee@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1389],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"displayCategory":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Graduate Students Earn Coastal Conference Poster Honors - North Carolina Sea Grant<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/graduate-students-earn-coastal-conference-poster-honors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graduate Students Earn Coastal Conference Poster Honors - North Carolina Sea Grant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A diverse group of graduate students participated in the poster competition that was part of North Carolina&#039;s Coastal Conference. 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