2025 State of the Estuary Conference: Student Poster Award Winners
We want to congratulate this year’s Poster Winners. Learn more about the winning posters below.
First Place Winner:
Amy Yoger, “Effects of ocean acidification and nutrient additions on invasive amphipod herbivory of eelgrass in San Francisco Bay.”
Second Place Winner:
Pin-Yuan Chen, “Extreme climates modify aquatic macroinvertebrate community’s responses to environmental variability”
The 2025 State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference featured over 70 posters by students, researchers, community-based organizations, and agency program coordinators from around the San Francisco Estuary. Posters were displayed in the Oakland Scottish Rite Center on October 28-29, 2025. The conference also included an evening reception on October 28 that will feature a poster session where attendees can engage with poster authors and discuss their work.
Poster Session Information
To view a list of the posters that were accepted to present at the conference, please see the 2025 State of the Estuary Conference Poster Program
To view the complete abstracts and author lists for accepted posters, please see the 2025 State of the Estuary Conference Poster Abstract Compendium
Student Participation
The conference planning team encourages student participation from high schools, community colleges, undergraduate degree programs, and graduate degree programs. Awards are given for the best student poster presentations.
Poster Chairs
Setenay Bozkurt Frucht, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Setenay.Frucht@waterboards.ca.gov)
John Callaway, University of San Francisco
Maggie Christman, Delta Stewardship Council (
Liz Juvera, San Francisco Estuary Partnership (