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Past National Award Recipients

logoGrants-in-Aid Scholarship Recipients from the University of Florida

Year Student Research Field Mentor
2016 Meghan Bentz Department of Biology research field is behavioral ecology; Title of research Lovesick Flies: Female mate choice as mediated by sigma virus in Drosophila melanogaster. Marta Wayne
Zachary Emberts Department of Biology research field is behavioral ecology. The title of his research is Female copulatory behavior in the common squash bug Anasa(y) tristis. Colette St. Mary
Travis Guy Department of Biology research field is ecology. The title of his research is Effects of megaherbivore extinction and climate change on pollination networks in an African savanna Todd Palmer
Robert Johnson Department of Biology whose research field is ecology. The title of his study is “Green turtles and blue carbon: effects of grazing on carbon release from seagrass meadows Karen Bjorndal
Jennifer Moore Conservation Biology Biodiversity Conservation and Monitoring in Nyungwe (New in way) National Park, Rwanda
Jerold Pinson Department of Biology research field is systematics and evolutionary biology. The title of his research is Comparative transcriptomics of generational gene expression in ferns Emily Sessa
Mark Sandfoss Department of Biology whose research field is physiology and functional morphology. The title of his research is Rates of water flux in a unique insular population of pitviper. Harvey Lillywhite
2015 Lauren Cirino Entomology and Nematology – Ecology Christine Miller
Robert Johnson Biology – Ecology Karen Bjorndal
Jennifer Moore Wildlife Ecology & Conservation – Conservation Biology Gustav Paulay
Meghan Bentz Biology – Behavioral Ecology Marta Wayne
Zachary Emberts Biology – Behavioral Ecology Colette St. Mary
Travis Guy Biology – Ecology Todd Palmer
Jerold Pinson Biology – Systematics/Evolutionary Biology Emily Sessa
Mark Sandfoss Biology – Physiology/Functional Morphology Harvey Lillywhite
2014 Ashley Sharpe Anthropology Not Available
Jacob Landis Systematics/ Evolutionary Biology Not Available
2013 Kelly Speer Systematics/ Evolutionary Biology Not Available
Iwan E. Molgo Systematics/ Evolutionary Biology Not Available
Ryan P. Moraski Systematics/ Evolutionary Biology Not Available
2012 Joseph B. Pfaller Systematics/ Evolutionary Biology Not Available
Richard G. Hodel Conservation Biology Not Available
2011 Kathleen Rudolph Behavioral Ecology Todd Palmer
2010 Michael Butler Physics/Astronomy Jonathan Tan
Karen Brun Ecology Brian Silliman
Timothy Caughlin Ecology Douglas Levey
William Donelan Cell Biology/Biochemistry Li-Jun Yang
Christine Holdredge Ecology Brian Silliman
Ari Martinez Ecology Scott Robinson
Marvin Morales Jacinto Ecology Douglas Levey
Elena Ortiz Systematics/Evolutionary Biology David Reed
Sabra Pelham Psychology Lise Abrams
Jorge Pino Systematics/Evolutionary Biology David Reed
Julio Soto-Centeno Systematics/Evolutionary Biology David Reed
Hannah Vander Zanden Ecology Karen Bjorndal
2009 Meghan Bills Physiology/Functional Morphology Iske Larkin
Maria Checa Ecology Keith Willmott
Scott Fleming Physics/Astronomy Jian Ge
James Nifong Ecology Brian Silliman
Steve Anthony Noutong Njapo Engineering Brandi Ormerod
Schuyler van Montfrans Ecology Brian Silliman
Andrew Hein Ecology Not available
Paula Mejia-Velasquez Paleontology/Sedimentation Not available
Catalina Pimiento Paleontology/Sedimentation Not available
Judit Ungvari-Martin Ecology Not available
2008 Jessica Beasley Ecology Craig Osenberg
Sonja Damnjanovic Psychology Ira Fischler
Daniel Sasson Behavioral Ecology J. Jane Brockmann
Zoe Ziliak Anthropology Helene Blondeau
2007 Carol Chaffee Ecology Craig Osenberg
Jacob Fyda Physiology/Functional Morphology Louis J. Guillette
Marcus Griswold Ecology Thomas L. Crisman
Clare Rittschog (2) Behavioral Ecology H. J. Brockmann
Christian Salcedo Ecology Thomas C. Emmel
Lori Albergotti Physiology/Functional Morphology Louis J. Guillette
Larisa DeSantis Paleontology/Sedimentation Bruce MacFadden
Jason Gulley Hydrology/Geomorphology Jonathan Martin
Bret Pasch Behavioral Ecology Steven Phelps
2006 Justin Havird Physiology/Functional Morphology David Evans
Leah Simon Physics/Astronomy Frederick Hamann
Matthew Smith Behavioral Ecology H. J. Brockmann
Leslie Babonis Physiology/Functional Morphology Harvey B. Lillywhite
David Buck Hydrology/Geomorphology Mark Brenner
Jill Jankowski Ecology Scott K. Robinson
Sara Margolin Psychology Lise Abrams
Melissa Toups Systematics/Evolutionary Biology David L. Reed
Dunja Trunk Psychology Lise Abrams
2005 Megan Rashid Pscyhology Lise Abrams
Lindy Barrow Conservation Biology Karen A. Bjorndal
Jena L. Chojnowski Systematics/Evolutionary Biology Edward L. Braun
2004 Kimberly Horn Anderson Psychology William Berg
Justin Robert Crepp Physics/Astronomy Jian Ge
Michael W. Perry Systematics/Evolutionary Biology Thomas Emmel
Erin Edith Thornton Anthropology Kitty Emery
Fei Wang Physiology/Functional Morphology Stephen Roberts
Shusheng Hu Paleontology/Sedimentation David Dilcher
Joanna Joyner-Matos Physiology/Functional Morphology David Julian
Silvia Beatriz Lamascolo Ecology Colin Chapman
Matos Fernando Luis Physiology/Functional Morphology Pauline Lawrence
Krista Ann-Marie McCoy Physiology/Functional Morphology Colette St. Mary
Arpat Ozgul Ecology Lauren Chapman
Matthew Jason Reetz Ecology Kathryn Sieving
2003 Barry Wilmer Alto Ecology Leon Philip Lounibos
Sarah Davidson Newell Petrology/Geochemistry David A. Hodell
Dunja Lund Psychology Lise Abrams
Jeremy Joseph Kirchman Systematics/Evolutionary Biology David W. Steadman
Dieldrich Salomon Bermudez Physiology/Functional Morphology Louis J. Guillette
Sara Jill Rotter Psychology Lise Abrams
Gwynn Alexis Erica Ecology Lauren Chapman
William Charles Gunnels Behavioral Ecology Colette St. Mary
Kelly Anne Hyndman Physiology/Functional Morphology David Evans
Carla Danielle Beals Ecology Shirley Baker
2002 Alison McCombe Physiology/Functional Morphology Karen Bjorndal
Dana Byrd Psychology William Berg
Christine Edwards Systematics/Evolutionary Biology Douglas Soltis
Adam Reitzel Physiology/Functional Morphology David Julian
Kathryn Jemmott Anthropology Anthony Falsett
Jacqueline Wilson Ecology Craig Osenberg
Ashley Seifert Physiology/Functional Morphology Lauren Chapman
Cecelia Miles Systematics/Evolutionary Biology Marta Wayne
Lisa Kirkendale Systematics/Evolutionary Biology Gustav Paulay
Michael McCoy Ecology Craig Osenberg
2001 Silvia Beatriz Lamascolo Systematics/Evolutionary Biology David Dilcher
Kathleen Somera Cell Biology/Biochemistry Hazel Jones
Andreas Heyland Cell Biology/Biochemistry David Julian
Rafael Ferreyra Engineering James Jones
Tamatha Barbear Cell Biology/Biochemistry Louis J. Guillette
Karyn Rode Anthropology Colin Chapman
Jennifer Stanley Psychology Lise Abrams
2000 Hillary Binta Physiology/Functional Morphology Not Available
Jonathan Cowart Ecology Not Available
Daniel Janes Ecology Not Available
Alison McCombe Physiology/Functional Morphology Not Available
Kristen Porter-Utley Systematics/Evolutionary Biology Not Available