Coastal Environmental Science Students Awarded at LSU Discover Day

LSU Discover Day is an undergraduate research and creativity symposium that provides a forum for students to share their work with the larger community. This academic research competition gives coastal environmental science students opportunities to practice presenting their research in a way that is understandable to colleagues in their field as well as to the broader community.

Donated by the College of the Coast & Environment, these awards recognize students with outstanding undergraduate research presented at LSU Discover Day 2021. This year’s winners are:

• First Place: Jacob Cheng, Can Newly Created Engineered Marshes Help Improve Water Quality in Barataria Bay?
• Second Place: Danielle Soileau, The Effect of Pulsed and Chronic Salinity on the Plant Community Dynamics of an Intermediate Marsh
• Third Place: Allison Benelli, Decomposition Rates of Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass) in Natural and Created Marshes in Coastal Louisiana

Science communication is increasingly valuable among potential future employers, and this is one of several ways the College of the Coast & Environment develops that skill among its students.

This article highlights just some of the LSU College of the Coast & Environment’s scholarships and awards recipients. You can view the list on our website, and learn more about LSU Discover on their website.