Departmental News
August 2023
RESEARCH PROJECT — Ten Biology Department undergraduates presented the results of their summer CISE research projects on August 22, 2023. The students that participated are: Victoria Weldon, Kaitlyn Darnell, Samantha Satterfield, Eveanna Bolich-Sledge, Chance Hale, Gabriela Barrett, Matthew Tobey, Thomas Faust, William Hyder, and Dawson Blackley. See the group photo ›
GRANT FUNDED — Dr. Justin Murdock was recently awarded two new grants: Identifying tradeoffs in ecosystem services in restored agricultural wetlands. USDA Conservation Easements Assessment Program, $300,030; and Measuring transfer of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from streams to threatened and endangered bat species. US Army Corps of Engineers, $226,797.
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GRANT FUNDED — Professor Amanda Rosenberger recently activated two new grants, for studies of Tennessee Heelsplitters (USFWS, $22134) and Duskytail Darters in Virginia (VDWR. $37,575). Congratulations, Amanda!
GRANTS ACTIVATED — Professor Amanda Rosenberger, Co-PI and Assistant Professor Kit Wheeler, and Co-PI Robert Paine activated a grant monitoring responses of freshwater fishes to stream restoration in West TN (WTRBA, $249536). Congratulations everyone!
GRANTS ACTIVATED — Assistant Professor Hannah Kinmonth-Schultz and her colleagues in Math and Chemistry have just been awarded a $2.5 million NSF grant to provide scholarships and additional support for 45 low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. Congratulations, Hannah!
PAPER PUBLISHED — Professor Brad Cook and his co-authors just published a manuscript in River Research and Applications comparing macroinvertebrate sampling gear efficacy. Congratulations, Brad!
July 2023
PAPER PUBLISHED — Parker Hildreth, a Master’s student in Biology, just published his undergraduate research at TN Tech in the Journal of Crustacean Biology along with his advisor, Carla Hurt and several other collaborators. Congratulations Parker!