HUDSON-DELAWARE REGIONAL CHAPTER
25^th ANNUAL MEETING
April 23-24, 2009
Overlook Lodge
Bear Mountain, NY

Student Awards

The Hudson/Delaware Chapter (HDC) of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry was pleased to once again sponsor student research awards.  The purpose of these awards is to both recognize outstanding young scholars and to encourage active participation in SETAC and the HDC.  Five cash prizes were awarded:

1.  Graduate 1st place:  $500  - Das Padmini 2.  Graduate 2nd place:  $250 - Pravin Punamiya 3.  Graduate 3rd:  $150 - Michael Hardy

Standing on left is Pravin Punamiya, Das Padmini is center and Michael Hardy on the right.

4. Undergraduate 1st place:  $350 - Khuyen Doan 5. Undergraduate 2nd place:  $150 - Jillian Dietzold

Prizes were awarded at the close of the meeting on Friday and were based on three reviews performed by unbiased peers during the meeting.  The HDC Board of Directors reviewed all posters and reserves the right, based on scientific merit, to reject any and all materials submitted.

 Eligibility:

All students must be currently enrolled in an environmental toxicology or chemistry-related undergraduate or graduate program with the following exception: those within one year of graduation may also compete, if the work being evaluated was completed while a student.

Students and/or their faculty advisors must be HDC members, or must  apply for membership at the time of award application. The academic program must be located in the general HDC area (NY/NJ/PA/DE).

To be considered for any award, a research poster relevant to environmental toxicology and chemistry must be presented at the annual HDC meeting.

Every effort should be made to have the poster on display throughout the meeting and during the Friday awards ceremony. If a student is unable to attend both days of the meeting, their poster must be displayed during one-day of the meeting and the student must be present to discuss their research during a poster session.

  To apply for the award, students must submit the following:

·         A letter of application from the student.
·         For all awards, a 250 word abstract by Thursday April 16th.  If possible, earlier submissions help the meeting organizers.
·         The student’s campus and permanent address, phone number and email address.
·         The major advisor’s name, address, phone number, and email address.
·         The student’s current enrollment (institution, department degree program, and expected date of completion)
·         A statement from the major advisor identifying the research presented as predominantly that of the student

 Submit the required items to:

Please send any poster abstracts to Dr. Nai-chia Luke at LukeN@cdm.com.

We look forward to seeing you!
If you have any questions about the meeting, please feel free to contact the meeting co-chairs Gina Ferreira and Don Nazario.