Big congratulations to our graduate students and undergraduate interns who were awarded outstanding presentation awards at the MidAtlantic Chapter meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Dewey Beach, DE November 19-21, 2025. Best student talk awards went to Samantha Alaimo (3rd place) and Danielle Dyson (1st place, and best student poster awards went to former RIOS inters Fiona Farrell (runner up) and Maya Lopez (1st place). In total, Rutgers graduate and undergraduate students made 9 oral presentations and 6 poster presentations at this day-and-a-half long meeting. Well done students!!
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Presentation awardees featuring Daniele Dyson (far right) and Sam Alaimo (second from right).
Poster awardee Fiona Farrell (second from right) with her RIOS mentor Michael Acquafredda (second from left).
Poster awardee Maya Lopez in front of her research poster at the conference.