2025 Best Student Presentation Award Winners
- July 15, 2025
- Category: eNews

Congratulations to the 2025 Best Student Presentation Award recipients, announced at the 76th ASEV National Conference! Special thanks to our generous sponsors for supporting student excellence:
- Lallemand – Best Student Enology Presentation Awards (Oral, Flash Talk, and Poster)
- J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines – Best Student Viticulture Oral Presentation Award
Viticulture Awards
Oral
Christian Mandelli, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Spray-Induced Gene Silencing as a Strategy for Grapevine Red Blotch Virus Control
Poster
Gwendolyn Richards, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Assessing Carbon Saturation Potential of Regeneratively Managed Vineyard Soil
Flash Talk
Amanda Rodriguez, University of California, Davis
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Abundance and Diversity Across Vineyards in the Western United States
Enology Awards
Oral
Yanxin Lin, The Pennsylvania State University, State College
Application of Tannin Fragmentation Fingerprint: A Rapid LC-MS/MS Approach for Structural Profiling and Quantification
Poster
Mitchell Davey, Washington State University, Tri-Cities
Examining the Role of Frost Damage on Leaf Composition to Unravel the Mystery of the “Frost” Taint Wine Phenomenon
Flash Talk
Sydney Rogers, University of California, Davis
Identification of Novel Californian Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains with Enological Potential
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