Zair Burris wins the NEERS Dean Award for Best Graduate Student Poster: posted 2014-10-30 16:55:01
Please, congratulate Zair Burris for winning the NEERS Dean Award for Best Graduate Student Poster. with her presentation, SPERMATOPHORE PRODUCTION RATES AS A FUNCTION OF FOOD AVAILABILITY IN THE MARINE COPEPOD ACARTIA HUDSONICA, at the meeting of the North Eastern Estuarine Research Federation held at UCONN, Oct. 16-17.
Congratulations to Zair Burris: posted 2014-07-28 15:11:58
Zair Burris was the DMS recipient of a CLAS Research Fellowship.
Aaron Rosenberg, receives a Knauss Fellowship from the National Sea Grant Office: posted 2014-07-02 10:13:49
Please join me in congratulating Aaron Rosenberg for receiving a Knauss Fellowship from the National Sea Grant Office. This is a highly competitive program and Aaron should be proud of this achievement. He will be interviewing for placement this fall and expects to take up his position in the DC area this January. Well done Aaron!
Maria Rosa has received the 2014 Melbourne R. Carriker Student Research Awards in Malacology: posted 2014-07-02 10:13:12
Maria Rosa has received the 2014 Melbourne R. Carriker Student Research Awards in Malacology for her proposal: “Examining seasonal shifts in retention efficiency and mucosal composition in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis.” The award is given by the American Malacological Society and includes a $1000 prize. CONGRATULATIONS, MARIA!
Melissa Pierce, best student presentation award at the 2014 Gordon Research Seminar: posted 2014-06-20 13:10:34
Please join me in congratulating Melissa Pierce for winning the best student presentation award at the 2014 Gordon Research Seminar on Oceans and Human Health. Melissa’s talk was titled, “Relationships Among the Microbiomes of Bivalve Shellfish, Marine Snow, and Aggregate-Free Seawater.” Great job Melissa!
Congratulations to Lauren Stefaniak : posted 2012-03-26 14:48:55
Congratulations to Lauren Stefaniak who just received a 2nd place award for Best Student Poster at the 2012 Benthic Ecology Meeting – Nice job Lauren!
Congratulations to former grad student Maille Lyons: posted 2010-05-10 11:01:13
Please join me in congratulating former graduate student, and current I-RICH post doc, Maille Lyons for her recent paper published in Aquatic Microbial Ecology that was selected as a Feature Article. The paper “Lyons MM, Ward JE, Gaff H, Hicks RE, Drake JM, Dobbs FC, 2010. Theory of island biogeography on a microscopic scale: organic aggregates as islands for aquatic pathogens” can be accessed at: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v60/n1/ The work was partially funded by CT I-RICH consortium (Oceans and Human Health) and an NSF Ecology of Infectious Disease grant. A nice PR piece from NSF can be found at: https://www.nsf.gov/remote/ Great job Maille..!
Congratulations to Maria!: posted 2010-05-04 12:15:15
Congratulations to Maria Rosa for being awarded the 2010 Melbourne R. Carriker Student Research Grant. This grant competition is sponsored by the American Malacological Societyand is intended to support thesis or dissertation research involving molluscs by a student in an advanced degree program. Sponsored research is expected to result in a peer-reviewed publication.
2010 Lund Award: Congratulations to Christina Senft: posted 2010-04-28 10:58:43
Christina (Tina) Senft will receive the William P. Lund Jr. Scholarship in Marine Sciences for 2010. The tentative title of paper she is preparing for publication is, “Distinct phenotypes of copepod ingestion rates when fed a toxic alga”.
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Congratulations to Maria!: posted 2010-03-25 16:10:53
Congratulations to graduate student Maria Rosa for being awarded an honorable mention for best student presentation at the recent Aquaculture 2010 meeting in San Diego, CA. Maria’s talk, “Effects of Particle Surface Properties on the Feeding Selectivity of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica and the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis,” was presented in an invited session on interactions between bivalve molluscs and their environment, and received much positive response.
CESE Award to Amina Troare and Udonna Ndu: posted 2010-01-21 15:00:10
Amina Troare and Udonna Ndu have been awarded a Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE), Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Grant for Graduate Students. Amina will work with Hans Dam and I and her research is focused on mercury in Long Island Sound. UD will be working with Dr Yu Lei in engineering and I on further examining methylmercury uptake into microorganisms using his bioreporter.
CESE Award to John Doyle: posted 2010-01-21 14:58:37
John Doyle has been awarded a Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE), Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Grant for Graduate Students. John’s funded research, Bioaccumulation and Potential Toxicity of Manufactured Nanoparticles in Suspension-Feeding Bivalves, will be carried out in collaboration with myself, Rob Mason, and Bryan Huey of UConn’s Institute of Material Sciences.
Congratulations to Don Schoener: posted 2009-06-16 09:38:39
Congratulations to Don Schoener who received a “Best Student Presentation” award at the recent meeting of the International Society of Protistologists.
CONGRATULATIONS to Maria Rosa : posted 2009-05-08 09:29:50
Maria Rosa has been awarded the Gordon Gunter Prize for the Best Student Poster presented at the National Shellfisheries Association annual meeting in Savannah, Georgia for her presentation: The role of particle surface characteristics in particle selection in eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and blue mussels (Mytilus edulis). Rosa, M., J.E. Ward, S.E. Shumway, E.Pales-Espinosa, B. Allam and G.H. Wikfors.
Lauren Stefaniak has recently been awarded a 6-wk travel grant to work at the Sugashima Marine Biological Laboratory, Nagoya University: posted 2009-03-30 09:26:42
Lauren Stefaniak has recently received notification from NSF’s East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) and The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) programs that she has been awarded a 6-wk travel grant to work at the Sugashima Marine Biological Laboratory, Nagoya University. The award is in support of her dissertation research project. Congratulations to Lauren!
Congratulations to Jang Kim: posted 2009-01-06 11:24:33
Congratulations to Jang Kim who received the best student oral presentation award at the 2008 World Aquaculture Society meeting in Busan, Korea!
Congratulations to Tina Senft for recent achievements: posted 2008-05-27 09:40:07
1. Tina has received Grants-in-Aid-of Research from The Quebec-Labrador Foundation: Sounds Conservancy Program, and from The American Museum of Natural History: Lerner-Gray Grants for Marine Research.
2. Tina has been selected to present a talk at the student symposium of the upcoming Gordon Conference on Oceans and Human Health.
Go Tina!
2007 EPA Long Island Sound Science Fellow – Jamie Reinhardt: posted 2007-08-21 09:59:08
Congratulations to Jamie Reinhardt who has been selected as a 2007 EPA Long Island Sound Science Fellow.
Congratulations Helene!: posted 2007-05-23 13:48:33
Congratulations to Helene Hegaret who received the award for Best Student Paper at the International Pectinid Workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia!
Congratulations Christina Haska: posted 2007-04-25 13:37:58
Congratulations to Christina Haska, who also received a CESE award to study live baits as potential vector of harmful algae. Christina also received an award from The Shoal Summer Institute that will support her to attend a summer course on seaweed taxonomy.
Congratulations Jamie Reinhardt: posted 2007-04-25 13:26:29
James Reinhardt recently received notification that his proposal to the Center of Environmental Sciences and Engineering competition “Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Awards for Graduate Students” has been accepted for funding.
Maille Lyons awarded AAUW Fellowship: posted 2007-04-23 15:35:37
Doctoral candidate Maille Lyons receives an American Association of University Women (AAUW) 2007-2008 American Dissertation Fellowship.
Barbara Costas and Udonna Ndu receive a Northeast Utilities Pre-doctoral Scholarship: posted 2007-04-23 15:35:30
The NU Predoctoral Scholarship is an acknowledgement of excellent progress and outstanding performance in all aspects of a student’s graduate studies toward the Ph.D. in Oceanography in the Department of Marine Sciences.
Graduate student Dane Frank receives the T.C. Nelson award: posted 2007-04-23 15:35:12
Graduate student Dane Frank received the T.C. Nelson award, honorable mention for his oral presentation at the National Shellfisheries Association annual meeting (Feb.). Good job Dane……
Alison Branco awarded Honorable Mention Student Award: posted 2007-04-23 15:34:58
Alison Branco was awarded an Honorable Mention Student Award at the Ocean Optics XVIII held in Montreal 9-13 October 2006. Her paper was entitled: “The effect of watershed land cover on allochthonous input of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) to the coastal receiving waters.” Congratulations Alison!!!
Helene Hegaret awarded a Grant-in-Aid: posted 2007-04-23 15:34:32
Helene Hegaret has been awarded a Grant-in-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi. CONGRATULATIONS HELENE!