2020

Congratulations to OEB graduate students, postdocs and associates awarded the Fall 2020 Derek Bok Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching! Certificates of Distinction for TFs, TAs and CAs: I-Ting Huang (FRSEMR 24Q), Kristel Schoonderwoerd...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Anju Manandhar (Holbrook Lab) recipient of the 2020-21 Simmons Award from Harvard Center for Biological Imaging for her project, "Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Stomatal Movement".

Congratulations to PhD student Katherine Angier (N. Pierce Lab) appointed Ashford Fellow in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Theodore H. Ashford Graduate Fellowships in the Sciences are given annually to a select group of the most talented...

Professors Scott Edwards and Cassandra Extavour are among the ' 1000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America' on Cell Mentor, a career development resource hosted by Cell Press. The post was compiled by The Community of Scholars, which is committed...

A project called "I Am A Scientist" is connecting middle and high school students with modern-day researchers with the goal of breaking down barriers like race, gender, and personal interests. Nabiha Saklayen, PhD '17, and Stephanie Fine Sasse, founder...

In nature, the timing of recurring annual lifecycle events affects many aspects of the ecosystem and ecology. In trees the timing of a leaf’s developing bud dictates the length of the growing season and carbon cycling, it mediates co mpetition among...

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Min Ya (Kramer Lab) selected to serve on the Strategic Planning Committee: Professional Development for the Botanical Society of America.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Min Ya (Kramer Lab) recipient of the 2020-21 Simmons Award from Harvard Center for Biological Imaging for her project, "Live confocal imaging in Aquilegia floral meristem."

Congratulations to PhD candidate Liming Cai (Davis Lab) recipient of the Dorothy M. Skinner Award from the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology for her presentation, “Deeply altered genome architecture in the iconic endoparasitic flowering plant...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Nikhil Chari (Taylor Lab) recipient of the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research Program Award for his project “ Assessing the impacts of root exudation on soil mineral-associated organic matter dynamics"