Research Awards

Matt Hauer

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award

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Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award 2017 Matt Hauer, a recent doctoral graduate in geography, has academic training spanning sociology, demography and population geography, or “spatial demography.” He displays remarkable acumen in identifying timely policy-relevant research topics and is recognized for his dissertation, which explored sea level rise...

Charles Adron Farris III

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award

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Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award 2017 Charles Adron Farris III, a recent doctoral graduate in theatre and performance studies with a certificate in Native American Studies, is recognized for his contributions to the study of indigenous American theater and performance. His dissertation was the first intensive study...

Brian Crawford

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award

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Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award 2016 Brian Crawford, a recent doctoral graduate in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, is recognized for his dissertation, which integrated creative field research, ecological population modeling, assessments of stakeholder attitudes toward management and stakeholder-based structured decision-making. He was instrumental...

Nickolas Castro

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award

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Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award 2017 Nickolas Castro, a recent doctoral graduate in mathematics, distinguished himself by making a major breakthrough in mathematics in his thesis on decomposition of smooth 4-manifolds, a 4-dimensional space like the space-time universe we live in. His research has proved essential for...

Hannah Bullock

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award

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Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award 2017 Hannah Bullock, a recent doctoral graduate in microbiology, is recognized for the new insights her research has provided into a major pathway of the ocean sulfur cycle. Her work focuses on the metabolism by marine bacteria of an organosulfur compound named...

Hongmin Chen

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2017 Hongmin Chen, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry, is recognized for his contributions to the engineering of nanoparticles for imaging and therapy. Two projects are related to the synthesis and use of nanoparticles for imaging and cancer treatment. In one...

Peggy Ozias-Akins

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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John Drake

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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Tianming Liu

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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Jessica Kissinger

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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