Manish Sarkar – Department of Biology

Manish Sarkar wins Trailblazing Award at the 2026 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting

August 18, 2026
ESA, graduate student, Manish Sarkar, student awards

Manish Sarkar, currently a PhD candidate in the Abbott lab, was awarded the Trailblazing Diversity and Inclusion Award by the Ecological Society of America in Salt Lake City, Utah this past July. As a theoretical ecologist, he uses mathematical and computational models to investigate ecological questions and better understand the...

Biology Graduate Students Awarded GCAS GSSCE Grants

March 5, 2026
Elizabeth Rush, GCAS, GCAS GSSCE, graduate student, GSSCE, Jessica LaBella, Manish Sarkar, student awards

Three graduate students in the biology department were recently awarded GCAS Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavor Grants for their work in their respective fields Manish Sarkar "Context-dependent coexistence of social parasites: fungus-growing ant communities as a case study" Elizabeth Rush "A Novel Preclinical Mouse Model for Neonatal Marfan Syndrome Exhibits...

PhD Candidate Manish Sarkar Awarded at Unity Banquet

April 9, 2025
graduate student, Manish Sarkar, student awards

Manish Sarkar, a PhD candidate in Karen Abbott's lab, was the recipient of a Unity Award from the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the 35th annual Unity Banquet on April 4th, 2025. This year's theme was “Gotta Laugh to Keep from Crying': Kindness as Resilience.” The Annual Unity Banquet &...

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