Student Awards

Paula Rodgers received the top award for the Best Student Paper at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society of Crustacean Biology in Coquimbo, Chile. Paula is co-advised by Marjorie Reaka (Biology) and Anson Hines (at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center). The title of the talk was "A comparison of sperm storage and mating strategies in brachyurans."

Paula also received an award for the Best Student Poster at the Invertebrate Reproduction and Development Conference, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, in August 2007. The title of the poster was: "Patterns of sperm storage in crabs: A comparison of mating strategies and sperm allocation in brachyuran crabs."

Lisa Pfeifer received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the President's Commission on Women's Issues 2009 Celebration of Women event. Each year the Commission honors outstanding women on the University of Maryland campus for their exemplary contributions and positive impact at the University and its community. The Graduate Student Award honors a student with an excellent academic and research record who also has demonstrated service to women or with respect to women’s issues.

Lisa also won first place for best poster at the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) Meeting in May 2007. The title of her poster was: "Nucleotide sequence variation of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) locus in ethnically diverse human populations."

Wenzhi Tan was one of two winners of the Bioenergetics portion of the Student Achievement Awards Competition at the Biophysical Society meeting in March 2007. Wenzhi is advised by Marco Colombini. The title of his poster was: "The specificity of the interaction between G3139 and VDAC."