Best Presentation Awards
Presentations are judged on the:
- scientific content based on the articulation of the problem, soundness of hypothesis testing, methodology, and analyses
- oral and visual quality of the delivery
- demonstration of confidence and depth of understanding of the material.
Oral Presentations
A panel of judges evaluate each speaker and determine a winner for the best oral presentation.
The winner of this award is announced following the Colloquium and receives a personalized certificate of recognition and a cash award (sponsored by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society).
2023 Best Oral Presentations
First Place: Ray Radick – "Characterizing invertebrate communities associated with the cryptogenic alga Chondria tumulosa in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i"
Second Place: Kerryanne Litzenberg – “Physiological effects of temperature on blood chemistry, metabolism, and metabolomic profiles of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus”
Poster Presentations
A panel of judges evaluate each speaker and determine a winner for the best poster presentation.
The winner of this award is announced following the Colloquium and receives a personalized certificate of recognition and a cash award sponsored by The Charleston Natural History Society.
2023 Best Poster Presentations
First Place: Mikayla Sonnenfeld – “Understanding phytoplankton community composition in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA using a multi-method approach”
Second Place: Hannah Korper – “Spatiotemporal Prevalence of a Parasitic Dinoflagellate, Hematodinium perezi, in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, and the Water Column of the Charleston Harbor Estuary, SC, USA”
ABCs of Communication Award
A panel of judges evaluate student abstracts that have been rewritten for a fifth-grade audience.
Sponsored by Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum.
Winner: Jess Kusher - "Can we tell if Charleston’s water is sick from outer space?"