Category Archives: Classen

EEB Departmental Awards 2017

Congratulations to all the graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff who received awards at the EEB Awards Ceremony on May […]

Fulbright for Rewcastle (BS 2015)

Kenna Rewcastle, a 2015 graduate in the College Scholars program, has been awarded a Fulbright US Student Program Grant for […]

UT Fellowship for Bryant

Jessica Bryant (Classen Lab) has been awarded a Yates Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Tennessee. Congratulations!

Moorhead awarded NSF GROW grant

Leigh Moorhead, a graduate student in the Classen Lab, was recently awarded a Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) grant from […]

Best Paper in Theoretical Ecology

Jiang Jiang (NIMBioS fellow and Classen Lab postdoc) and Don DeAngelis (adjunct) have received the Ecological Society of America’s 2014 […]

Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research

EEB Undergraduate Kenna Rewcastle has won a highly-competitive Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research award. Only about 20% of applicants receive […]

DOE Grant for Classen

Aimee Classen has received more than $880,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate often-overlooked carbon cycle players. She […]

Costa Rica field course

Faculty Aimee Classen and Nate Sanders taught a Maymester class in Costa Rica focusing on suitability issues. In addition to […]

EEB Grad Students going to Sweden

Graduate students Jeremiah Henning (Classen Lab) and Quentin Read (Sanders Lab) were just invited to participate in the Boreal Forest […]

Sarah Wood awarded Sigma Xi grant

Undergraduate student, Sarah Wood (Classen Lab), was awarded a Sigma Xi grant in aid of research (http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/) for her undergraduate […]

REU Fellowship for Nora Dunkirk

Undergraduate Nora Dunkirk, was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation REU fellowship this summer to work at the Sevilleta LTER (http://sev.lternet.edu/REU). […]

REU Fellowship for Brandy Pieper

Undergraduate Brandy Pieper (Classen Lab) was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation REU fellowship this summer to work in Puerto […]

NSF Graduate Fellowships – Updated (again)

Five Six current or incoming EEB students were awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships or honorable mentions: Awards: Rachel Fovargue (Armsworth lab) […]

EEB grad students and NIMBioS staff meet with Sen. Corker staff

(From left) Kelly Sturner (NIMBioS), Jessica Bryant (EEB), and Emily Austin (EEB) met with Hunter Bethea, a legislative assistant of […]

EEB/NIMBioS at USA Science and Engineering Festival

Sarah Wood, undergraduate in the Classen lab, teaches elementary students how to measure plant traits. The USA Science and Engineering […]

EEB grad students and NIMBioS staff meet with Se. Corker staff

(From left) Kelly Sturner (NIMBioS), Jessica Bryant (EEB), and Emily Austin (EEB) met with Hunter Bethea, a legislative assistant of […]

EEB/NIMBioS at USA Science and Engineering Festival

Sarah Wood, undergraduate in the Classen lab, teaches elementary students how to measure plant traits. The USA Science and Engineering […]

ORNL summer research includes EEB alumni

Two UTK EEB alumni are involved in work at Oak Ridge National Labs this summer on the effect of rising […]

ORNL summer research includes EEB alumni

Two UTK EEB alumni are involved in work at Oak Ridge National Labs this summer on the effect of rising […]

PhD student Melissa Cregger receives DOE award

Melissa Cregger, a PhD student in the Aimee Classen lab, was just awarded the 2011 Marvin L. Wesely Award from […]

PhD student Melissa Cregger receives DOE award

Melissa Cregger, a PhD student in the Aimee Classen lab, was just awarded the 2011 Marvin L. Wesely Award from […]

Cokinnius grad student awards

This year’s recipients of the Cokinnius grad student awards were Melissa Cregger and Phillip Hollingsworth.

Outstanding EEB undergraduate

The award for outstanding EEB undergraduate went to Lauren Breza. Lauren started research at UTK just after high school, and […]

Science alliance awards

The UT-ORNL Science Alliance gives awards to outstanding graduate students. This year, half the awards to biologists across three UTK […]

Cokinnius grad student awards

This year’s recipients of the Cokinnius grad student awards were Melissa Cregger and Phillip Hollingsworth.

Outstanding EEB undergraduate

The award for outstanding EEB undergraduate went to Lauren Breza. Lauren started research at UTK just after high school, and […]

Science alliance awards

The UT-ORNL Science Alliance gives awards to outstanding graduate students. This year, half the awards to biologists across three UTK […]

Grad student Melissa Cregger invited to climate change colloquium

Classen lab graduate student Melissa Cregger was one of only a few graduate students invited to attend the National Academy […]

Incoming Classen lab student

Relena Ribbons will join the department as a PhD student in the Classen lab this fall and was awarded a […]

Honorable mention for NSF GRFP proposal

Classen lab student Jessica Bryant was awarded an honorable mention for her NSF GRFP proposal.

American Association of University Women postdoc fellowship to Lara Souza

Classen lab postdoc Lara Souza was recently awarded an American Association of University Women (AAUW) post doc fellowship.