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DOE Award for Looney

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Brian Looney (Matheny Lab) has been awarded a US Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Award for his project “From saprotrophy to symbiosis: comparative genomics and functional diversity of a diverse ectomycorrhizal lineage in the Populus mycorrhizome (Russulaceae, Basidiomycota).”  The SCGSR program provides supplemental funds for graduate awardees to conduct part of their thesis research at a host DOE laboratory in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist.  The award period for the proposed research project at DOE laboratories may range from 3 to 12 consecutive months.

Congratulations, Brian!

Societal Impact Award for Ward

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Congratulations to Shelby Ward (Armsworth Lab) who was selected to receive the Margaret “Tina” Riedinger Societal Impact Award for the First Annual Women in STEM Research Symposium for your significant contribution to the research finding or technological innovation that has resulted in, or has great potential to have, a positive impact on society in the presentation entitled: “Exploring how Clean Water Act enforcement influences stream macro-invertebrate communities”.

Division of Biology Awards

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EEB congratulates our graduate students who won awards from UT’s Division of Biology!

  • Brian Looney received The Hollaender Fellowship Award.
  • Zach Marion, Riley Bernard, and Quentin Read received Science Alliance Graduate Student Teaching Awards.
  • Marisol Sanchez-Garcia received a Cokkinias Award.

Graduate Student Appreciation Week

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Congrats to Evin Carter, Jessica Moore and Michael Van Nuland, who were recognized for Graduate Research, and Riley Bernard, Cassie Dresser and Marisol Sanchez-Garcia, who were recognized for Graduate Teaching, in the Inaugural Graduate Student Appreciation Week 2015. Below is a photo of four of the awardees, who attended an awards breakfast this week.

Thanks to all of our graduate students who do outstanding work every day!

Grad Apprec Week

Beattie Fellowship for Miller

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Chelsea Miller (Kwit Lab) has been awarded Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship for Conservation Horticulture from the Garden Club of America and the Center for Plant Conservation.   Each year, the grant enables a graduate student in biology, horticulture, or a related field to conduct research on a rare or endangered U.S. plant. Preference is given to students focusing on the endangered flora of the Carolinas or the southeastern United States.