News: Student Awards
2009 - 2010
| Cecile Deen | Highland Biological Station's Charles W. Ash Memorial Scholarship 2009 Department Palfrey Small Grant 2009 PBGSA Research Assistance Award 2010 |
| Cara Gormally | Plant Biology Duncan Outstanding Graduate Student Award |
| Chase Mason | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Luanna Prevost | Graduate School Emerging Leaders Program |
| Anna Sugiyama | Scholarship for Studying Abroad, The Nakajima Foundation PBGSA Research Assistance Award 2010 |
| Haibao Tang | UGA Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award |
| Rebecca Shirk | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Patrick Lynch | Georgia Native Plant Society Grant |
2008 - 2009
| Beau Brouillette | UGA Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award |
| Matt Estep | UGA Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award |
| Cara Gormally | K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, Association of American Colleges and Universities; UGA Graduate School Fanning Fellowship |
| Chris Graham | Organization for Tropical Studies Research Fellowship |
| Sarah Jardeleza | UGA Future Faculty Program Membership; UGA Certificate in Teaching |
| Patrick Lynch | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Stephanie Pearl | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Jeremy Rentsch | UGA Summer Bridge Program |
| Yainitza Rodriguez | Graduate School GRSC 7770 Assistantship |
| Rebecca Shirk | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Anna Sugiyama | Scholarship for Studying Abroad, The Nakajima Foundation; Organization for Tropical Studies(OTS)Research Fellowship Program (Christiane and Christopher Tyson Fellowship); Las Cruces Restoration Workshop Graduate Research Grant (National Science Foundation); Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research; Plant Biology Palfrey Small Grant Award Collaborative Research Fund by the Exposition Foundation, Inc. Latin America and Caribbean Studies Institution (LACSI) Tinker Travel Award |
| Chris Topp | UGA Graduate School Fanning Fellowship |
2007-2008
| Ling Dong | Plant Biology Teaching Apprenticeship |
| Cara Gormally | National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Fellowship, NOAA; Grosswirth-Salny Scholarship - Mensa Education and Research Foundation;Marie Mellinger Field Botany Research Grant Award, Georgia Botanical Society; TA Mentor Program, UGA Center for Teaching and Learning. |
| Chris Graham | UGA Presidential Fellowship |
| Sarah Jardeleza | Palfrey Travel Award; International Society of Protistologists (ISoP) Travel Award; ISoP Student Oral Presentation Award |
| Ava Howard | Excellence in Teaching Award |
| Steve Hovick | NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant |
| Ryan McCarthy | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Michael McKain | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Clint Oakley | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Anna Sugiyama | Scholarship for Studying Abroad, The Nakajima Foundation |
| Chris Topp | UGA Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award |
| Jim Kellner | UGA Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award |
| Sarah Jardeleza | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Megan Van Etten | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Zhangying (Ann) Hao | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Sarah Jardeleza | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Xuexian Li | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Michael McKain | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Anna Sugiyama | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Chris Topp | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Anna Sugiyama | Jaworski Travel Award |
2006 - 2007
| Cara Gormally | Karen Prowett Memorial Scholarship, Mensa Education and Research Foundation; UGA Graduate School Travel Award |
| Steve Hovick | UGA Presidential Fellowship; Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology’s McKinley and Darbaker Grant |
| Lisa Kanizay | UGA Presidential Fellowship |
| Jim Kellner | UGA Office of the Vice President for Research Travel Award |
| Yainitza Rodriguez | American Society for Microbiology Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Lisa Krueger | 2007 UGA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Ava Howard | 2007 UGA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Lifeng Lin | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Thanyanuch Kriangkripipat | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Rebecca Lindsey | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Yainitza Rodriguez | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| David Willis | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Xiaolan Zhang | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
2005-2006
| Beau Brouillette | Seattle Summer Institute in Statistical Genomics Scholarship |
| Tianle Chen | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| William Duval | SREL Graduate Student Symposium-Best Oral Presentation Award |
| Lee Echols | Georgia Native Plant Society Research Grant |
| Scott Gevaert | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Cara Gormally | UGA Sea Grant; UGA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Dawn Holligan | UGA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award |
| Stephen Hovick | UGA Presidential Graduate Fellowship |
| Sarah Jardeleza | UGA Graduate School Teaching Portfolio Certificate |
| Jiabing Ji | UGA Dissertation Completion Assistantship |
| Thanyanuch Krangkripipat | Royal Thai Embassy Scholarship |
| Jeff Lake | UGA Presidential Fellowship, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant; Explorers Club Exploration Fund Grant; NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant |
| Linda Lee | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Wenli Li | UGA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Rebecca Lindsey | Dianne C. Davison Scholar Award from the University of Georgia Woman's Club |
| Eleanor Pardini | UGA Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium-3rd Place Poster Award |
| Luanna Prevost | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Rachel Spigler | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Chris Topp | Plant Center Retreat Poster Prize; Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium-Oral Presentation 2nd Place |
| Yainitza Rodriguez | UGA Graduate School Recruitment Opportunity Assistantship |
| John Woodward | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Jianli Zhou | UGA Plant Biology Department TA Apprentice |
| Beau Brouilette | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Xiaogang Gu | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Jim Kellner | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Lisa Krueger | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Jeff Lake | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Wenil Li | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Lifeng Lin | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Luanna Prevost | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Rachel Spigler | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Haibao Tang | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Chris Topp | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Megan Van Etten | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Victoria Vazquez | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| William Duval | Jaworski Travel Award |
| Cara Gormally | Jaworski Travel Award |
2004-2005
| Beau Brouillette | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Eun Young Cho | Palfrey Small Grant; Graduate School Assistantship |
| Liza Comita | UGA Presidential Fellowship |
| Lee Echols | 2005 Marie Mellinger Field Botany Research Grant Award (Ga. Bot. Soc.); Georgia Native Plant Society 2005 Research Grant Award; 2005 Joshua Laerm Academic Support Award for Graduate Students; Graduate School Tuition Waiver; Cullowhee Native Plant Conference Scholarship Winner |
| Eric Fuchs | OTS Research Grant; Idea Wild Grant; Ministerio Genica y Tecnologia Stipend Supplement |
| Eva Gonzales | 2005 Plant Biology Outstanding Graduate Student/Duncan Award Winner; UGA Dissertation Completion Assistantship |
| Britta Hardesty | UGA Graduate School Teaching Portfolio Certificate; UGA Graduate School Travel Award; UGA Dissertation Completion Assistantship; Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities |
| Ava Howard | 2005 Outstanding TA Award |
| Stephen Hovick | Presidential Graduate Fellowship |
| Sarah Jardeleza | UGA Graduate School Teaching Portfolio |
| Thanyanuch Krangkripipat | Royal Thai Embassy Scholarship |
| Jeff Lake | UGA Presidential Fellowship |
| Lifeng Lin | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Fangfang Pan | 2005 UGA Outstanding TA Award |
| Eleanor Pardini | 2005 UGA Excellence in Teaching Award; TA Mentor Program for Outstanding Teaching Assistants; UGA Graduate School Teaching Portfolio; UGA Graduate School Travel Award |
| Yainitza Rodriguez | UGA Graduate School Recruitment Opportunity Assistantship |
| Rachel Spigler | 2004 Joshua Laerm Award; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; N.C. Native Plant Society Tom and Bruce Shinn Native Plant Research Grant |
| Dorset Trapnell | UGA's Nominee for the Council of Graduate Schools/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Competition in the Field of Biological and Life Science |
| Victoria Vazquez | UGA Graduate School Recruitment Opportunity Assistantship |
| Jing Wang | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| John Woodward | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Beau Brouillette | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Eun Young Cho | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Lee Echols | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Ava Howard | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Lisa Krueger | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Wenli Li | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Rebecca Lindsey | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Fangfang Pan | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Amy Squire | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
2003-2004
| Beau Brouillette | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Brad Chapman | Wilbur Duncan Award – Outstanding Graduate Student; Howard Hughes Medical Fellowship |
| Eun Young Cho | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Liza Comita | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; UGA Presidential Fellowship |
| Charles Cowden | UGA Outstanding TA Award |
| Yaqing Du | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Suneng Fu | UGA Dissertation Completion Fellowship |
| Eric Fuchs | Fulbright Scholar |
| Eva Gonzales | NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant, UGA Graduate School Travel Award, Coker Scholar-Highlands Biological Station |
| Xiaogang Gu | Plant Biology Department TA Apprentice |
| Britta Hardesty | UGA Graduate School Travel Award |
| Virginia Jin | UGA Dissertation Completion Scholarship |
| F. Andrew Jones | UGA Dissertation Completion Scholarship |
| Jeff Lake | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Lifeng Lin | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Eleanor Pardini | UGA Graduate School Travel Award, UGA Outstanding TA Award |
| Christina Richards | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NOAA) Grant, NOAA Graduate Research Fellowship Program Travel Grant; UGA Graduate Travel Award |
| Yainitza Rodriguez | UGA Graduate School Recruitment Opportunity Assistantship |
| Lang Shen | UGA Plant Biology Department TA Apprentice |
| Rachel Spigler | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Charles W. Ash Memorial Scholarship; Georgia Native Plant Society Research Grant; Highland Biological Station Grant-in-Aid of Research; Marie Mellinger Field Botany Research Grant; Adkins Arboretum Student Research Stipend |
| Victora Vazquez | UGA Graduate School Recruitment Opportunity Assistantship |
| Brad Chapman | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Charles Cowden | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Eric Fuchs | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Eleanor Pardini | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| David Rosenthal | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
2002-2003
| Stephanie Bergamo | UGA Dissertation Completion Assistantship |
| Brad Chapman | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship |
| Eun Young Cho | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Liza Comita | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; UGA Presidential Fellowship; Center for Tropical Forest Science Research Grant |
| Jennifer Cruse-Sanders | Wilbur Duncan Award – Outstanding Graduate Student |
| Yaqing Du | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Eric Fuchs | Fulbright Scholar, CLACS Travel Award |
| Yiwei Gao | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Eva Gonzales | UGA Graduate School Travel Award; Georgia Native Plant Society Grant; UGA Outstanding TA Award |
| Gretel Guest | UGA Graduate School GRSC 7770 Teaching Assistantship |
| Britta Hardesty | Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science; Center for Tropical Forest Science Research Fellowship; Phi Beta Delta Honor Society |
| Ning Jiang | UGA Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award |
| Lisa Kruse | UGA Outstanding TA Award |
| Jeff Lake | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Center for Latin America and Caribbean Studies Travel Grant; Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium Best Poster Award |
| Xiaorong Lin | UGA Dissertation Completion Assistantship; 22nd Fungal Genetics Conference Financial Aid Award; UGA Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium Best Speaker Award |
| Eleanor Pardini | Georgia Native Plant Society Research Grant; UGA Graduate School Travel Award; UGA Academic Assistance Assistantship |
| Christina Richards | National Estuarine Research Reserve (NOAA) Graduate Research Fellowship; UGA Graduate School Travel Award |
| Rachel Spigler | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Dorset Trapnell | NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant |
| Jing Wang | UGA Graduate School Assistantship |
| Jason Watkins | Center for Tropical Forest Science Research Grant; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute SOILS Grant |
| Xiaolan Zhang | UGA Plant Biology Department TA Apprentice; UGA Excellence in Graduate Student Research Award; UGA Dissertation Completion Assistantship |
| Brad Chapman | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Yaqing Du | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| James Estill | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Eva Gonzales | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Britta Hardesty | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Jaibing Ji | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Xiaorong Lin | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Sharon Mozley | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Christina Richards | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |
| Jason Watkins | Plant Biology Department Palfrey Research Grant |