22nd ANNUAL MARKHAM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Agenda
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY – Hatfield Marine Science Center
Thursday, June 16, 2016 • Hennings Auditorium, HMSC • 2:00-7:30 pm
PRESENTATION of 2016 AWARD WINNERS and REPORTS BY PREVIOUS YEAR RECIPIENTS
1:30 PM: Poster/Ignite Talk Setup
2:00-2:30 PM: POSTER SESSION - Research posters are on display in the hallway through the
double doors behind the Visitor Center touch tanks. This year’s recipients will be standing by their
posters to answer questions. Help yourself to refreshments in the staff lounge. The student
presentations will be in the Visitor Center Auditorium starting at 2:30 PM.
2:30-4:00 PM: Welcome and Ignite Talks
YEAR
RECIPIENT, MAJOR (degree program)
PROFESSOR
Mamie L. Markham First Year Student Award – to provide financial assistance to an incoming,
first year graduate student who plans to be a resident at the HMSC after completing their first
academic year in Corvallis.
‘16 Recipient
Dawn Barlow, FW (MS)
Leigh Torres
‘15 Recipient
Peter Chace, OEB (PhD)
Clare Reimers
Lylian Brucefield Reynolds Scholarship Fund – scholarship fund for graduate students engaged
in study of marine science at Hatfield Marine Science Center.
‘16 Recipient
Florence Sullivan, FW (MS)
Leigh Torres
‘15 Recipient
Courtney Hann, MRM (MS)
Leigh Torres
‘15 Recipient
Amanda Holdman, FW (MS)
Leigh Torres
Curtis and Isabella Holt Education Fund – intended to foster education in the marine sciences by
providing financial support to undergraduate or graduate students pursuing marine science studies.
Ignite Talk: ‘15 Recipient, Shea Steingass, FW (PhD)
Markus Horning
‘16 Recipient
No award given
William Q. Wick Marine Fisheries Award – intended to encourage graduate student research in
the area of marine fisheries ecology with special interest in Pacific whiting or intended to fund
graduate research in marine fisheries and ocean related research.
Ignite Talk: ‘15 Recipient
Tyler Jackson, FW (MS)
Kathleen O’Malley
‘16 Recipient
Brian Ahlers, MRM (MS)
Gil Sylvia
Walter G. Jones Fisheries Development Memorial – intended to encourage graduate work in
subjects that contribute to fisheries development.
‘16 Recipient
No award given
‘15 Recipient
Yuka Kobayashi, FST (PhD)
Jae Park
Anja Robinson Shellfish Fellowship – intended to support graduate students research in shellfish
aquaculture.
Ignite Talk: ‘15 Recipient, Evan Durland, FW (PhD)
Chris Langdon
‘16 Recipient
No award given
Fred and Joan Crebbin Memorial Fellowship – intended to provide support for marine science
public education program interns, and to students whose major study emphasis is marine biology,
particularly marine mammals.
‘16 Recipient
No award given
‘15 Recipient
David Culp, FW (BS)
Michelle Fournet
McNeil Award – intended to assist graduate or postdoctoral level researchers and research utilizing
OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center.
Ignite Talk: ‘15 Recipient, Silvana Harikedua, FST (PhD)
Christina DeWitt
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Reserves Graduate Student Scholarship –
intended to support students at Oregon State University undertaking applied research that informs
our understanding of the ecological processes shaping nearshore (< 3 nautical miles) marine
communities in Oregon waters.
‘16 Recipient
Daniel Ottmann, IB (MS)
Su Sponaugle
‘16 Recipient
Shea Steingass, FW (PhD)
Markus Horning
‘15 Recipient
Katie Dziedzic, ZOO (PhD)
Eli Meyers
‘15 Recipient
Jenna Sullivan, IB (PhD)
Bruce Menge
Mamie L. Markham Endowment Award – intended to assist graduate or postdoctoral level
researchers and research utilizing OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center.
Ignite Talk: ‘13 Recipient
Reuben Biel, IB (PhD)
Sally Hacker
Ignite Talk: ‘14 Recipient
Nick Sard, FW (PhD)
Michael Banks
Ignite Talk: ‘15 Recipient
Daniel Ottmann, IB (MS)
Kirsten Grorud-Colvert/Su Sponaugle
‘16 Recipient
Peter Chace, EOAS (PhD)
Clare Reimers
‘16 Recipient
Miram Gleiber, IB (PhD)
Su Sponaugle
‘16 Recipient
Tyler Jackson, FW (MS)
Kathleen O’Malley
‘16 Recipient
Stephanie Loredo, FW (MS)
Rob Suryan/Don Lyons
‘16 Recipient
Ian Morelan, IB (PhD)
Dee Denver
‘16 Recipient
Michael Moses, FW (MS)
Fiona Tomas Nash
‘16 Recipient
Jen Motley, FW (PhD)
Fiona Tomas Nash
‘16 Recipient
Angie Munguia, FW (MS)
Jessica Miller
‘16 Recipient
Brittany Schwartzkopf, FW (PhD)
Scott Heppell
‘16 Recipient
Jenna Sullivan, IB (PhD)
Bruce Menge
Closing Comments and invitation to continue Poster Session
4:00 PM: Dinner with Awardees, Faculty Advisors and REU Interns by RSVP
5:30 PM: Keynote Speaker and Reception: David Armstrong, HMSC Alumnus and Professor
Emeritus, University of Washington School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
DEPARTMENT KEY: FST=Food Science & Technology, FW=Fisheries & Wildlife,
IB=Integrative Biology, MRM=Marine Resource Management, OEB=Ocean Ecology &
Biochemistry, ZOO=Zoology