Biology Announcements
The following is a list of the latest news from the Department of Biological Sciences. For more general stories or announcements, please visit the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science homepage, the FAU Jupiter campus webpage, and the Owl Research & Innovation Magazine.
April 10, 2024
Graduate Student from FAU Harbor Branch, Hanna Bridgham, was awarded the Student Employee of the Year at the North campus awards. Hanna is also the Harbor Branch Student Association Vice President and is a Research Assistant at the Geochemistry and Geochemical Sensing Lab at FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
April 10, 2024
Graduate Student, Brent McKenna, from Dr. Baldwin's lab, won the OWL award. The Owl of the Year award is given to a student leader who is a graduating student and has shown commitment to the university, academic excellence, and community leadership.
April 9, 2024
Graduate student Kayla Ahlness in Dr. Kate Detwiler's lab won the FAU 3MT championship and on April 9 went on to the state contest
April 5, 2024
Dr. Vanessa Rodrigues received a partial scholarship to attend Columbia University's Quantitative Genomics Training for this June, allowing her to bring skills back to FAU
April 5, 2024
Cristina de la Rosa, Davie lab coordinator, won Staff Member of the Year for the Broward campuses
April 5, 2024
Dr. Rindy Anderson named the Faculty Member of the Year for the Broward campuses.
April 5, 2024
Undergraduate student spotlight: Joseph Swaress of Dr. Rindy Anderson's lab won the 2023 Undergraduate Researcher of the Year award. Joseph is also an Honors Biological Sciences Research member.
April 5, 2024
Undergraduate student spotlight: Abigail Shepard from Dr. Rodrigo Pena's lab received a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) where she will be developing computational models in his lab for a collaboration with Dr. Fitzpatrick's lab at Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI)
April 3, 2024
IB PhD student, Emily Turla of Dr. Jeanette Wyneken's lab, wins the Archie Carr award for best oral presentation in the "Biology" field at the International Sea Turtle Symposium in Thailand.
April 3, 2024
Dr. Jeanette Wyneken and Dr. Sarah Milton labs presented at the International Sea Turtle Symposium in Thailand. Dr. Michael Salmon and Dr. Jeanette Wyneken presented two posters, Dr. Sarah Milton presented two posters and the following students from the Wyneken lab gave oral presentations: PhD candidates Emily Turla, Gaby Carvajal, and Sam Kuschke. From the Milton lab 2 posters were presented by PhD candidate Schelli
Linz and PhD candidate Heather Seaman presented one poster. Dr. Milton's undergraduate Rachel Southards also presented a poster at the symposium.
March 8, 2024
Second Annual Authors & Artists Event. The Office of the Provost and University Libraries co-hosted a celebration of the creative, distinguished and dedicated works of the FAU community at the second annual Authors & Artists event. Congratulations to Dr. Ashkaan Fahimipour!
March 4, 2024
The Florida Wildlife Corridor and Resilience. Watch the FAU Frontiers in Science Lecture Series about
The Florida Wildlife Corridor's (FLWC) ~18 million acres protect natural and working lands from development, and help various species adapt to the state’s booming human population.
February 29, 2024
IB PhD Student Publishes Paper. Jordan Waldron, who works in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Kajiura, recently co-authored an article about aerial surveys revealing ample populations of rays in Southeast Florida.
February 19, 2024
IB PhD Student Research Featured in the New York Times. Jamie Knaub, who works in the laboratory of Dr. Marianne Porter, recently published a paper in the journal Royal Society Open Science and featured in an article titled "Fear the Tails, Not the Jaws, of These 'Weirdo' Sharks."
February 13, 2024
February 9, 2024
2023 Art of Science Contest Winners. The Art of Science showcases original images and footage of the inherent beauty in research, scholarship and creative activity. Congratulations to all the many Biology students and faculty that placed in this year's contest!
February 6, 2024
IB PhD Candidate Publishes Paper. Subash Bhandari, who works in the laboratory of Dr. Jang-Yen Wu, recently published a paper assessing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease.
February 2, 2024
IB PhD Candidate Publishes Paper. Jamie Knaub, who works in the laboratory of Dr. Marianne Porter, recently published a paper that uncovers the mechanics of ‘Tail-Whipping’ in Thresher Sharks.
Updated March 8, 2024
