June 2008

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS

David Iwaniec (Major Advisor: Dan Childers) will defend his Master’s Thesis entitled “Regulation and organization of peripyton from the Florida Everglades, U.S.A.” on 26 June 2008 at 3:00 pm in WC 130.

Clayton Williams (Major Advisor: Frank Jochem) will defend his Doctoral Dissertation entitled “Relative significance of pelagic, benthic, and allochthonous organic matter to microbial carbon cycling in a phosphorus-depleted subtropical estuary (Florida Bay)” on 27 June 2008 at 1:00 pm in HLSII-190.

GRANTS

Kristen Kuehl (Major Advisor: Laurie Richardson) received a Samuel Riker Fellowship offered by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to support her research this summer. Congratulations Kristen!

FELLOWSHIPS

Rudolf von May (Major Advisor: Maureen Donnelly) received a University Dissertation Year Fellowship to support him during the 2008-09 academic year. Congratulations Rudi!

PRESENTATIONS

Rudolf von May (Major Advisor: Maureen Donnelly) presented a co-authored oral paper at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation held in Paramaribo, Suriname, 9-13 June 2008: von May, R., J.M. Jacobs, and M.A. Donnelly. Patterns of amphibian diversity across forest types in four Amazonian sites in southeastern Peru.

FORMER STUDENTS

Julissa Roncal (Major Advisor: David Lee) recently published a co-authored paper: Roncal, J., Zona, S. and Lewis, C.E. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic studies of Caribbean Palms (Arecaceae) and their relationships to biogeography and conservation. Botanical Review 74:78-102.

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