The following students earned various awards for undergraduate research projects where I served as the research mentor for one or multiple projects.  The awards are at the campus, state, and national level.

2023 – Cortez Catalano and Niles Williams (Penn State Brandywine), 2023 EURECA (campus undergraduate research symposium) 3rd place winner in overall event for research and poster presentation, “Tracking the Mentions of Historic and Modern Oceanographic Research Vessels in Introductory-Level Oceanography Print and Online (OER) Textbooks”

2023 – Niles Williams (Penn State Brandywine), 2023 Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

2021 – Isabella Briseño (Penn State University Park) selected to present at Council on Undergraduate Research’s Posters on the Hill (nationwide, virtual event)

2021 – Dallas Barber (Penn State Brandywine), Penn State’s 2021 John Roe Student Sustainability Award winner for her work with the NCSE Voices for Science podcast project and as a leader/organizer for the PSU Brandywine/Tyler Arboretum Listen To This summer podcast discussion series. In addition, Dallas was selected as PSU Brandywine’s first-ever Penn State University Undergraduate Research Ambassador.

2019 – Anna Nguyen (Penn State Brandywine), Penn State’s 2019 John Roe Student Sustainability Award winner for her work from her Summer 2019 Drawdown REU project, the creation of a podcast series titled “Drawing Down in Pennsylvania” which explores efforts in PA to reverse global warming. The award recognizes exemplary performance by individuals who consistently excel at cultivating opportunities to advance the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals while demonstrating personal integrity, an unwavering commitment to their values/morals, and a commitment to the mission/values of Penn State.

2019 – Stephen Disipio (Penn State Brandywine), 2019 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

2018 – Gabriel Schaefer (Penn State Brandywine), 2018 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

2016 – Breath Hand (Penn State Brandywine) 2016 EURECA (campus undergraduate research symposium) winner in STEM category

2016 – Judy Smith (Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park), 2016 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

2016 – Stamatina Mattie Mylonas (Penn State Brandywine), Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award

2015 – Kimberly Bowen (Penn State Brandywine), 2015 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

2014 – Jonathan Fridman (Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park), 2014 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

2013 – Abbey Dufoe (Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park), Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award, AND Award of Honorable Mention from the Council on Undergraduate Research for being high-quality research among the top 10% of the undergraduate submissions from across the country and across all disciplines to CUR’s Posters on the Hill

2012 – Eileen Fresta (Penn State Brandywine), Pennsylvania Historical Association Outstanding Student Poster Award
Fresta, E., Guertin, L. (2012). Charting the Health History of Middletown Township,
            Pennsylvania through a Study of the Cumberland Cemetery Internment Records.
            Pennsylvania Historical Association, Harrisburg, PA, November 1-3, 2012.

2010 – Sara Neville (Penn State Brandywine), Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award, AND selected to present at Council on Undergraduate Research’s Posters on the Hill (Washington DC)

2009 – Lindley Jones (Penn State Brandywine), Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award (inaugural award winner)

2000 – Lillian Pitts (Mary Washington College), American Geophysical Union Spring Conference Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Pitts, L.R., Guertin, L.A. (2000). Differing coastal development schemes of Southeastern
           Virginia and their impacts on seasonal beach profiles and grain size distribution. EOS,
           Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 81, n. 19, p. S87. Washington DC,
           May 30-June 3, 2000.