Awards

2025 Awards of the Northeastern Weed Science Society

NEWSS Fellow Award
Carroll Moseley (Accepted by Greg Dahl)
Head of State Regulatory Affairs & Stewardship
Syngenta (retired)

Outstanding Researcher Award
Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie
Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science Horticulture Section
Cornell University

Outstanding Researcher Award
John Wallace
Associate Professor of Weed Science
Pennsylvania State University

Robert D. Sweet Outstanding Graduate Student – Ph.D.
Eli Russel
Virginia Tech University

Robert D. Sweet Outstanding Graduate Student – MS
Jackson Alsdorf
North Carolina State University

M. Garry Schnappinger Service Recognition Award
Steve Pyle
Syngenta

SOAR Award from IR4
Mark VanGessel
Professor and Extension Specialist
University of Delaware

 

Photo Contest

First Place: Claudio Rubione
Second Place: Laurel Wellman
Third Place (Tie): Juan Romero Cubas & Eli Russell

Student Oral Presentation Contest

First Place:
Navdeep Godara
Virginia Tech
Measuring Pollinator Exposure to Fluorescent Pigment on Weedy Flowers following Deterrent Treatments

Second Place:
Laurel Wellman
Penn State
Above and Below-Ground Competition Effects on Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) Recruitment Dynamics

Third Place (Tie!):
Hunter Lee
NC State
Evaluating Pre-emergent Herbicides on Pollinator Transplants

Third Place (Tie!):
Juan Romero
Virginia Tech
An Individual Plant- Treatment System for Evaluating Goosegrass Response to Liquid Nitrogen

Honorable Mention:
Kylie Bill
Cornell
Laser Weeding Can Reduce Weed Cover and Density and Improve Crop Growth and Yields

Student Poster Contest Awards

First Place:
Juan Romero
Virginia Tech
Pyridate Mixtures Improve Weed Control

Second Place:
Navdeep Godara
Virginia Tech
Effect of Green Pigment and Optical Brightener on UV Floral Reflectance and Pollinator Foraging of Lawn Weeds

Third Place:
Jenna Beville
Virginia Tech
Comparison of Black Oats and Cereal Rye as Cover Crops for Weed Suppression

 

2024 Graduate Student Writing Contest

PhD level
First Place:
Aleah Butler-Jones
Cornell University
It’s Electric! Notes on Electrical Weed Control


 

Second Place:
Preetaman Bajwa
Cornell University
Integrating Cover Crops with Herbicides for Effective Weed Management in Soybeans


 

MS level
First Place:
Henrique Scatena
Cornell University
Biology and Management of Waterhemp

 

Previous Award Winners