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EEB Spring 2023 Awards Video

May 31, 2023 by ldutton

Faculty, staff and students from EEB gathered on May 18, 2023 to celebrate the end of the semester, recognize award-winners, and honor retirees. Check out this YouTube video to see all of the winners, along with some photos from the celebration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzOlHjXd_pY

Filed Under: Armsworth, award, Bailey, bats, behavior, Derryberry, ecology, Emeritus, events, faculty, Fefferman, Fordyce, Gaoue, Gavrilets, Giam, Gilchrist, Graduate Students, graduation, GREBE, herbarium, Hughes, Kwit, MAIN, Matheny, McCracken, O'Meara, Papes, Research Staff, Riechert, Schussler, Schweitzer, Sheldon, Simberloff, Small, staff, undergraduate

EEB Departmental Awards 2017

May 10, 2017 by armsworth

Congratulations to all the graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff who received awards at the EEB Awards Ceremony on May 1.   To view more photos, please visit the EEB Facebook page.  For more information about any of the awards below, please visit the Departmental Awards and Scholarships page.

2017 EEB Outstanding Master’s Thesis
Alix Pfennigwerth (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Jim Tanner Outstanding Dissertation
Michael Van Nuland (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Best Progress Toward Dissertation
Sam Borstein (O’Meara Lab)

2017 EEB Sandy Echternacht Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student
Tyson Paulson (Fordyce Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Publication by a Graduate Student
Rachel Wooliver (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Tom Hallam Appreciation Award
Angela Chuang (Riechert Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Outreach and Community Service by a Graduate Student
Alannie-Grace Grant (Kalisz Lab)

2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award
Sarah Ottinger (Classen Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Undergraduate
Patrick McKenzie (Armsworth Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Undergraduate Research
Hannah Anderson (Riechert Lab)

2017 EEB Undergraduate for Professional Promise
Katie Plant (Williams Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Outreach and Community Service by an Undergraduate Student
Heiler Meek (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Administrative Service Award
Marva Anderson

Going Above and Beyond Award
Jess Welch (Simberloff & McCracken Labs)

Filed Under: Armsworth, award, Classen, Echternacht, Fordyce, graduate, Hallam, Kalisz, MAIN, McCracken, O'Meara, Riechert, Schweitzer, Simberloff, Undergrad News, Williams Tagged With: admin, Anderson, Armsworth, award, Borstein, Chuang, Classen, Echternacht, Fordyce, Grant, Hallam, Kalisz, McCracken, McKenzie, Meek, O'Meara, Ottinger, Paulson, Pfennigwerth, Plant, Riechert, Schweitzer, Simberloff, Tanner, Van Nuland, Welch, Williams, Wooliver

Division of Biology Awards 2017

May 10, 2017 by armsworth

EEB congratulates our graduate students who won awards from UT’s Division of Biology!   These awards can be given to any graduate students in Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB), Microbiology, or Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

2017 Cokkinias Award – Rachel Wooliver (Schweitzer Lab), for outstanding scholarly achievements.

2017 Teaching Award – Cassie Dresser (Fitzpatrick Lab), for outstanding teaching.

Congratulations!

Filed Under: award, Fitzpatrick, graduate, MAIN, Schweitzer Tagged With: awards, biology, Dresser, Fitzpatrick, Schweitzer, Wooliver

Nature Ecology & Evolution paper for Van Nuland

April 29, 2017 by armsworth

Finishing graduate student Michael Van Nuland (Schweitzer Lab) has a new paper out in Nature Ecology & Evolution with Joe Bailey and Jen Schweitzer:

Divergent plant–soil feedbacks could alter future elevation ranges and ecosystem dynamics

Congratulations!  A pdf of the article can be viewed here.  Or, read a press release at Tennessee Today.

Filed Under: Bailey, graduate, MAIN, publication, Schweitzer Tagged With: Bailey, Nature Ecology & Evolution, paper, Schweitzer, Van Nuland

Graduate Student Senate Awards 2017

April 17, 2017 by armsworth

Congratulations to the EEB grad students who won Graduate Student Senate awards this year. There are a few different categories:

Research: This award is presented to graduate students who have received national and/or international recognition in their fields and show professional promise in their areas of research and creative achievement.

  • Sam Borstein (O’Meara Lab)
  • Angela Chuang (Riechert Lab)
  • Aaron Floden (Schilling Lab)
  • Alanni-Grace Grant (Kalisz Lab)
  • Chloe Lash (Kwit Lab)
  • Brian Looney (Matheny Lab)
  • Margaret Mamantov (Sheldon Lab)
  • Austin Milt (PhD 2015, Armsworth Lab)
  • Morgan Roche (Kalisz Lab)
  • Michael Van Nuland (Schweitzer Lab)
  • Rachel Wooliver (Schweitzer Lab)

Service: This award is presented to graduate students who are extraordinary campus leaders or participate in service learning and other community initiatives.

  • Christine Dumoulin (Armsworth Lab)

Teaching: This award is given to graduate teaching assistants for extraordinary performance in teaching.

  • Amanda Benoit (Kalisz Lab)
  • Liam Mueller (Schweitzer Lab)
  • Tyson Paulson (Fordyce Lab)

 

Filed Under: alumni, Armsworth, award, Fordyce, graduate, Kalisz, Kwit, MAIN, Matheny, O'Meara, Riechert, Schilling, Schweitzer, Sheldon Tagged With: award, Benoit, Borstein, Chuang, Dumoulin, Floden, Graduate Student Senate, Grant, GSS, Lash, Looney, Mamantov, Milt, Mueller, Paulson, Roche, Van Nuland, Wooliver

EEB a Large Presence at STEM Symposium

March 23, 2017 by armsworth

The 3rd Annual Women in STEM Research Symposium was held Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in Hodges Library from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m..  Hosted by Pipeline–Vols for Women in STEM, the symposium featured over 90 presentations from UT graduate students doing research in STEM-related fields, from Animal Science, Kinesiology, and Nursing, to Chemistry, Physics, and Zoology.

EEB had a large presence at the event, thanks to Kimberly Sheldon (pictured far right) participating in the panel discussion, Jen Schweitzer, Mike Gilchrist, Ed Schilling, and postdoc Sergei Tarasov serving as judges, and many EEB students contributing oral presentations and posters.

 

Filed Under: Gilchrist, MAIN, Schilling, Schweitzer, Sheldon, STEM Tagged With: Gilchrist, Schilling, Schweitzer, Sheldon, STEM, symposium, Tarasov

Summer Undergraduate Research Internships for EEB

March 20, 2017 by armsworth

Four undergraduate students affiliated with EEB received 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Internships. The Office of Research awards these each year for undergraduates to work in a faculty mentor’s lab for pay. The award is worth $2500:

  • Chandler Brown (mentor, Williams);
  • Aaron Free (mentor, Burghardt);
  • Terrell Carter (mentor, Schweitzer);
  • Han Noh (mentor, Schweitzer).

Congratulations to you all!

Filed Under: award, Burghardt, intern, MAIN, Schweitzer, Undergrad News, undergraduate, Williams Tagged With: Brown, Burghardt, Carter, Free, internship, Noh, Research, Schweitzer, Undergraduate, Williams

Functional Ecology Podcast for Bailey

August 6, 2016 by armsworth

Joe Bailey recorded a podcast with Functional Ecology Senior Editor Alan Knapp about the July issue of Functional Ecology.  This special feature issue, on Ecosystems, Evolution and Plant–Soil Feedbacks, was guest-edited by Joe Bailey and Jen Schweizer. Joe talks about where the idea for the Special Feature came from and why a Special Feature focusing on the evolutionary mechanisms and consequences of plant soil feedback was so important to do now.

Filed Under: Bailey, MAIN, podcast, publication, Schweitzer

Functional Ecology Cover Article for Grads

July 18, 2016 by armsworth

Current graduate students Michael Van Nuland, Rachel Wooliver, Ian Ware, Alix Pfennigwerth, Liam Mueller (all in the Schweitzer and/ or Bailey Labs), and recent graduate Quentin Read (PhD 2016) have an article on the cover of a recent Functional Ecology Special Feature on Plant Soil Feedback. This is a study that emerged from a class at UTK. This is an amazing paper that, for the first time, places ecosystem ecology into an evolutionary framework by linking theory from the Geographic Mosaic Theory of Coevolution and Niche Construction.

“Plant–soil feedbacks: connecting ecosystem ecology and evolution” Michael E. Van Nuland, Rachel C. Wooliver, Alix A. Pfennigwerth, Quentin D. Read, Ian M. Ware, Liam Mueller, James A. Fordyce, Jennifer A. Schweitzer, Joseph K. Bailey.  DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12690

 

Filed Under: Bailey, Fordyce, graduate, MAIN, publication, Schweitzer

Editor’s Choice for Read

July 11, 2016 by armsworth

Quentin Read’s (PhD 2016) recent paper in Oikos has been highlighted as an “Editor’s Choice” article.

The study challenges how we currently conduct biodiversity studies by demonstrating that a high percentage of studies over estimate the effects of diversity and may actually conclude species level effects when those effects are actually driven by hidden nested variation.

“Accounting for the nested nature of genetic variation across levels of organization improves our understanding of biodiversity and community ecology.” (pages 895–904)
Quentin D. Read, Sean M. Hoban, Maarten B. Eppinga, Jennifer A. Schweitzer and Joseph K. Bailey
Version of Record online: 28 JAN 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/oik.02760

Filed Under: alumni, Bailey, graduate, MAIN, publication, Schweitzer

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