Northeastern IPM Center Announces 2024 IPM Award Winners

Dion Lerman.

Dion Lerman.
Brian Nault.

Brian Nault.
Victoria Wallace.

Victoria Wallace.

The Northeastern Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center has announced the winners of its 2024 Outstanding Achievements in Integrated Pest Management Award:

  • Dion Lerman, Environmental Health Programs Specialist, Pennsylvania State IPM Program, Penn State Extension
     
  • Brian Nault, Professor and Program Leader, Department of Entomology at Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University
     
  • Victoria Wallace, State Extension Educator of Sustainable Landscapes and IPM Team Leader, University of Connecticut
     

The annual award, launched in 2019, honors those whose work on IPM in the Northeast deserve special recognition. Professionals (or organizations) and students are eligible. Nominations come from colleagues, advisors, supervisors, and others familiar with the nominees’ work. External reviewers with expertise in IPM evaluate the nominees.

Each winner receives $500 and agrees to provide a story and/or host a webinar for the Center.

For more information about the criteria and nomination process, see last year’s call for nominations at neipmc.org/go/FdNt.

Look for the Center to release the next call for nominations later this year. Sign up to receive our newsletters or follow us on social media by visiting www.northeastipm.org/about-us/contact/.