SUNY Oneonta Students Present at Parasitology Conference

In August 2023, three students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta and one undergraduate student traveled to Kansas City, Missouri with Professor of Biology Florian Reyda for the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists.

Morgan Fleming ('22) and Emily Bulmer ('23) gave a poster presentation on their research with Reyda in Texas where they conducted a fish parasite survey in 2022.

Hannah Whitcomb ('21) presented a poster presentation on her ongoing MS thesis work in which she is conducting a fish parasite survey of the tributaries of Oneida Lake, New York, to use parasites as indicators of environmental change.

Katerina Sawickij ('24) presented a poster presentation on her ongoing MS thesis work on fish parasites in the Florida Everglades.

The student research was supported in part by Student Research Grants from SUNY Oneonta. The students' travel to these meetings was supported by the Caroline '67 and David D'Antonio Student Travel for Excellence Fund, the Student Travel for Excellence Program (STEP) and the American Society of Parasitologists.