News and Events – Page 44 – Department of Biology

Biology post doc receives Fulbright Postdoctoral/Early Career Grant

January 29, 2016

Katherine Krynak, a Post Doc in the lab of Dr. Ryan Martin, has recieved a Fulbright Postdoctoral/Early Career Grant. Katherine will be studying the effects of introduced rainbow trout on native glassfrog populations on the Western Slope of the Andes mountains in northern Ecuador. Trout farming has recently expanded in...

Doctoral student discovers new mantis among french collection

January 28, 2016

While studying the insect collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, France, Sydney Brannoch, a Ph.D. student working at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History uncovered a small, leaf-dwelling praying mantis with unique features collected from Madagascar in 2001. Its distinctive “horned neck” and flattened, cone-like eyes,...

Jessica Fox awarded Young Investigator Grant

January 15, 2016

Dr. Fox has been awarded a Young Investigator grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The title of Jess' project is "Mechanosensory And Visual Integration For Fly Takeoff And Flight." Here is link to the AFOSR announcement with the list of funded projects http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123466938.

Two Biology employees featured on Channel 3 news in feel good story.

January 14, 2016

Binh To-Thorne, lab manager, and Katie Bingman, Undergraduate Coordinator, are featured on a Channel 3 news story about Adele lyrics that were posted in the windows of Rainbow Babies Hospital and Clapp Hall. Watch the video here!

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