Biology and Applied Aquatic Sciences Joint Conference
2025 Applied Aquatic Sciences Award Winners
The 2025 Biology and Applied Aquatic Sciences (BAAS) joint conference was held March 7 to 9. It was hosted by Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Science Atlantic Undergraduate Research Award
Poster Presentation
Madison Jordan
University of New Brunswick, Saint John
Investigating copper acclimation in mummichog: Implications for ionoregulation and physiological tolerance
First Place
Oral Presentation
Aaron Ulrick
Dalhousie University
Caught on Camera: Exploring Fish and Invertebrate Populations in Nova Scotian Kelp Beds Using Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS)
Second Place
Oral Presentation
Jordyn Williams
Mount Allison University
Population Ecology of Eastern Painted Turtles and Snapping Turtles in the Jemseg Grand Lake Watershed
Third Place
Oral Presentation
Rajan Minocha-McKenney
Mount Allison University
The Cardiac and Osmotic Stress Response to Diel Cycling Hypoxia in Brook Char (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Best Graduate Presentation Award
Oral Presentation
Amélie Guitard
Université Sainte-Anne
The impacts of co-exposures of environmental stressors on Non-Model Organism Brachionus plicatilis
People's Choice Award
Oral Presentation
Parker Sullivan
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Highlighting bycatch risk: Spatiotemporal overlap of seabirds and inshore gillnet fisheries in Newfoundland
Poster Presentation
Daniel Ng
Dalhousie University
High-resolution mapping of Pacific white skate (Bathyraja spinosissima) nursery habitats at the active Galápagos hydrothermal vent field Iguanas-Pinguinos