2026

Congratulations to PhD candidate Laura Ostrowsky (Jeannine Cavender-Bares) awarded the Salata Summer Research Funding Program for the project titled, "Investigating plasticity in leaf morphological traits across a light gradient in tree canopies."

Congratulations to PhD candidate Laura Ostrowsky (Jeannine Cavender-Bares) recipient of the Cunin/Sigal Award from the Arnold Arboretum for the project titled, " How do Acer rubrum populations from a wide latitudinal gradient differ in regenerative...

The Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) featured recent graduate Arianna Lord (PhD '26, Gonzalo Giribet, Advisor) in the Griffin GSAS News. Lord, a native of New Zealand, came to the United Stated to pursue undergraduate studies at...

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Andrea Appleton (Elena Kramer, Advisor) recipient of the Research Scholar Award from the Arnold Arboretum for the project titled, “Androecial evolution, development, and diversity across Cornales.”

Congratulations to PhD candidate Sebastian Martinez-Salazar (Elena Kramer, Advisor) awarded the Jens Aubrey Westengard Scholarship from Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences for the project titled, “Exploring changes in nectar spur number in Tropaeolum...

Carrie Albertin joins OEB as Assistant Professor and Curator of Malacology in the MCZ. Carrie’s lab investigates one of biology’s most fascinating questions: how new forms and features evolve. Using soft-bodied cephalopods — squid and octopus — as model...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Ian Hughes (Peter Girguis, Advisor) awarded the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research from the American Philosophical Society for the project titled, “Exploring an ecologically critical seagrass symbiosis...

Is the long-held idea that hummingbirds prefer red, tubular flowers true? PhD candidate Patrick McKenzie (Robin Hopkins, Advisor) was featured in an episode of the podcast, A Way to Garden to discuss his findings that the migratory nature of ruby-throated...

Congratulations to our 2026 PhD Graduates! Top Left to Bottom Right: Katherine Angier (Gonzalo Giribet and Andrew Davies) Bridget Bickner (Robin Hopkins and Elena Kramer) Nikhil Chari (Benton Taylor) Christopher Grassa (James Mallet) Zhe He Seo (N...

The FAS Current featured Lauren Bartel, IB Concentrator in Scott Edwards Lab, who joined the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) student board as a first-year and stayed her full four years helping to increase public understanding and appreciation...