Awards and Achievements

 

Emma Counce – MS, Fall 2023 – Advisor: Dr. Jason Hoeksema

Thuy Nguyen – Ph.D., Fall 2023 – Advisor: Dr. Erik Hom

 

Graduate Student Awards

Savannah Draud –  Ph.D., Placed 3rd for Best Oral Presentation at lll International Symposium of the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in South America, Leticia, Colombia- August 28-20, 2023

Jessie Stamn – Ph.D., Placed 1st for Podium Presentation at the 2024 UM Graduate Student Council Research and Creative Achievement Symposium

Anita Shrestha – Ph.D., Placed 2nd for Pitch Talk at the 2024 UM Graduate Student Council Research and Creative Achievement Symposium

Neuroscience Graduate Student Talk Award

Mathew Thibodeaux – MS, – Advisor: Dr. Lainy Day

Backus Graduate Research Fellowship – Mycological Society of America

Ian Mounts – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Jason Hoeksema

Phytologist Innovations Grant – $2,500

Ian Mounts – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Jason Hoeksema

McRight Scholarship – $1,900

Molood Farsi – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Josh Bloomekatz

Dikshya Niraula – MS, – Advisor: Dr. Sarah Liljegren

Sampada Timilsina – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Yongjian Qiu

Cockerham Scholarship – $2,000

Sara Lucia Morales Anaya – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Michel Ohmer

Berry Dickey – MS, – Advisor: Dr. Yongjian Qiu

Anita Shrestha – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Sarah Liljegren

Doctors Wong-Bridges Scholarship – $1,500

Saroj Nepal – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Brad Jones

Georgia St. Amand Laboratory Teaching Scholarship – $1,500

Jakub Zegar – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Michel Ohmer

Reginald P. Ott Scholarship – $1,000

Maria Peña – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Gregg Roman

William B. Keith Memorial Scholarship – $1,000

Tahmina Akter – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Sixue Chen

Scholarship for Advancements in STEM

Ana Luisa Kirsten da Silva – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Becks Prescott

Academic Excellence Fellowship

Eli Johnson – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Patrick Curtis

Graduate School Summer Graduate Research Assistantship

Anurag Rijal – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Patrick Curtis

Graduate Student Achievement Award

Rabina Shrestha – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Josh Bloomekatz

CETL Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Jakub Zegar – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Michel Ohmer

SREB Dissertation Fellowship

Savannah Draud – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Jason Hoeksema

SEC Emerging Scholar

Ian Mounts – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Jason Hoeksema

Graduate School Fall Dissertation Fellowship

Gayatri Sharma – Ph.D., – Advisor: Dr. Patrick Curtis

Graduate Student Features and Publications

Sharma G, Zee PC, Zea L, Curtis PD (2023) Whole genome-scale assessment of gene fitness of Novosphingobium aromaticavorans during spaceflight. BMC Genomics 24(1), 782. doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09799-z.

Akacia Halliday – Ph.D., Selected as a finalist in the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship:  https://seagrant.noaa.gov/2024-knauss-finalists-announcement/

Kayleigh Mazariegos – Ph.D., featured in the University of Mississippi News for her work research in sounds of marine life living near reefs:  https://news.olemiss.edu/what-can-fish-sounds-tell-us-about-artificial-reefs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-can-fish-sounds-tell-us-about-artificial-reefs

Dr. Timothy Menzel shared his expertise on fire ants during his interview with WTVA News that was broadcast on Monday, December 18, 2023 – https://www.wtva.com/video/video-ant-expert-explains-surge-of-fire-ant-mounds-in-north-mississippi/video_5f041722-8aee-55b1-818e-7fea4355152a.html?fbclid=IwAR0yRRbfJGLL2UsAJZCaoXZNS9DrhZXl-knUj9YGv3jjHnPp3_KQMlvVIJI_aem_Ad92HCiN3fqqTKrjvqnMYd5Mhn9gWfO2kmAXqiWvYQT_0N4sP7zzX2GnOLZpwCvLYPI

Dr. Richard Buchholz appeared on Wild Turkey Science podcast that was broadcast March 4, 2024 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wild-turkey-science/id1666903553?i=1000647929989

Dr. Richard Buchholz:  Zhao M, Kurtis SM, Humbel EA, Griffith EV, Liu T, Braun EL, Buchholz R, Kimball RT. (2024) Bare parts in the Galliformes: the evolution of a multifunctional structure. Royal Society Open Science 11(1), 231695. doi: 10.1098/rsos.231695.

Dr. Sixue Chen:

• Perron, N., Kirst, M., and Chen, S. (2024). Bringing CAM photosynthesis to the table: Paving the way for resilient and productive agricultural systems in a changing climate. Plant Communications 5, 100772 (14 printed pages).
• Yoo, M-J., Koh, J., Boatwright, L., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Barbazuk, W.B., Chen, S. (2024) Investigation of regulatory divergence between homoeologs in the recently formed allopolyploids, Tragopogon mirus and T. miscellus (Asteraceae). The Plant Journal 117, 1191–1205.
• Kong, L., Ma, X., Zhang, C., Kim, S., Li, B., Xie, Y., Yeo, I., Thapa, H., Chen, S., Devarenne, T.P., Munnik, T., He, P., Shan, L. (2024) Dual phosphorylation of DGK5-mediated PA burst regulates ROS in plant immunity. CELL S0092-8674(23)01404-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.12.030.

Dr. Wayne Gray authored “Insertion of foreign genes into the simian varicella virus genome by Tn7-mediated site-specific transposition” published in Journal of Virological Methods (2024). Insertion of foreign genes into the simian varicella virus genome by Tn7-mediated site-specific transposition – ScienceDirect

Dr. Lainy Day:

• Lucas West and Lainy B. Day (2024) Abnormal Feather Phenotype Associated with a Fatal Stress Response and Unusual Tolerance to Human Contact in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis)” Comparative Medicine. In Press
• Fuxjager MJ, Ryder TB, Moody NM, Alfonso C, Balakrishnan CN, Barske J, Bosholn M, Boyle WA, Braun EL, Chiver I, Dakin R, Day LB, ….Schlinger BA (24 total authors). Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution-From concepts to a case study in birds. Hormones and Behavior, 151:105340. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105340

AAUW Research Publication Grant in Engineering, Medicine, and Science $35,000

Ísis da Costa Arantes

 

 

 

 

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