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Category: Honors and Announcements
Proposals Funded in 2021
Congratulations! We are proud to announce that WFU Biology members have had the following proposals funded: Dr. James Pease‘s proposal entitled “Collaborative Research: BEE: Bridging the ecology and evolution of East African Acacias across time and space: genomics, ecosystem, and diversification” has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Miles Silman‘s proposal entitled “Advanced…
2021 Publications
Congratulations! We are proud to announce that WFU Biology members (grad students in bold) have had the following papers published: Chapman JM, Muday GK. Flavonols modulate lateral root emergence by scavenging reactive oxygen species in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jan-Jun;296:100222. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.014543. Epub 2020 Dec 25. PMID: 33839683; PMCID: PMC7948594. Freund CA., KE…
Congratulations, Jennifer Howard!
Congratulations, Jennifer Howard! Jennifer Howard received the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, for her important contributions to developing new laboratory exercises in BIO 101, for her mentoring of other graduate students in teaching, and for her education and outreach managing a Biology department @wfubiology social media account [Twitter] and communication. (Jennifer plans to defend her PhD…
Congratulations, Dr. Bahjat Fadi Marayati!
Congratulations, Dr. Bahjat Fadi Marayati (’21)! Dr. Marayati received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award, for his important research contributions, including publishing multiple first author papers, numerous presentations at research conferences, mentoring 15 undergraduates in research, serving as a student leader in the RNA Society, and leadership of the WFU Graduate Student Association. (Fadi completed his…
WFU Fellows for 2021-22
Congratulations to Jennifer Ryan, Aidan Wiley, and Yorjannys Gomez! These 2021 WFU Biology major and/or minor graduates have been named Wake Forest Fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. They will work throughout the campus community, serving as full-time Wake Forest staff members, starting July 1. In addition to working with top administrators, the fellows will…
Faculty Honors & Announcements 2021
RETIRING FACULTY The following faculty members are retiring in 2020-2021. Thank you for your incredible dedication and commitment over the years! Dr. Carole L. Gibson Dr. Kathleen A. Kron FACULTY AWARDS Dr. Regina Joice Cordy was awarded the Graduate Student Association Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Mentorship at WFU. FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS Dr. Sarah…
Student Honors & Announcements 2021
AWARDS Aditya Jamwal & Sean Jones both won the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student. Patrick Thomas Ryan won the Carolina Biological Supply Company Undergraduate Research Award. Patrick was very dedicated to his research, as demonstrated by routinely seeing Patrick in the lab when very few students were in Winston Hall. He told…
Congratulations – Regina Cordy and Graduates!
Dr. Regina Cordy, Assistant Professor of Biology, was awarded the Graduate Student Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Mentorship. We offer her a hearty congratulations for the honor! We also honor our Graduate Students that finished their Ph.D. in the past year. It was a trying to for all, but especially for our graduate students that…
WFU 2021 Biology Honors and Award Recipients
Congratulations to the #Classof2021! 💛🎩 From the entire WFU Biology department: “We appreciate your dedication and efforts to support the missions of the Department and University. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Congratulations, #WFU21!”
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