Recent News
Great Science Explained at Fish Code Studios
September 6, 2018
Biology Associate Professor Jimmy Liao explains the science behind sport fishing in his videos from Fish Code Studios. See the latest addition at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=N4aZ2UYDWKM&t=28s Watch how fish respond to lures; why they are found behind rocks in a stream; and… Read More
Biology Professor Vander Zanden Receives Prestigious Award
August 29, 2018
Biology assistant professor Hannah Vander Zanden has been named an Early-Career Research Fellow by the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences. The award recognizes emerging scientific leaders who share an interest in improving the well-being of coastal… Read More
Recent Biology Ph.D. receives career award
August 7, 2018
Dr. Clare Rittschof (Ph.D. 2011, supervised by Jane Brockmann) received the Outstanding New Investigator award from the Animal Behavior Society. This award recognizes an outstanding contribution in animal behavior by a new investigator. Clare is an assistant professor at the… Read More
Biology Grad Students Win Awards at National Meetings
July 27, 2018
Ryan St. Laurent (advised by Akito Kawahara) won the prestigious Harry K. Clench Award for the best student paper given at the joint meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society and the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica in Ottawa Canada. Mark Sandfoss (advised by… Read More
Biology Ph.D. Rebecca Stubbs wins Early Career Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) selected recent Biology Ph.D. Rebecca Stubbs (Ph.D. 2018 co-advised by Nico Cellinese and Doug Soltis) as the 2018 recipient of the George R. Cooley Award, considered one of the most prestigious early-career honors… Read More