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L. Mahadevan Recipient of the Suzanne Eaton Physics of Life Award

Congratulations to Professor L. Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics, as the recipient of the inaugural Suzanne Eaton Physics of Life Award from Physics of Life, Dresden...
L Mahadevan

Stephanie Pierce and Peter Bishop Receive NSF Award

Congratulations to Professor Stephanie Pierce and Postdoctoral Researcher Peter Bishop who are co-recipients of the Division of Earth Sciences-Life & Environments Through Time award from the National Science Foundation for the project titled, "Integrating...
Professor Stephanie Pierce and Postdoc Peter Bishop posing in front of rocks and fossils

David Haig named Officer of the Order of Australia

Congratulations to Professor David Haig who has been named Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the Australian Government. A ppointments to the Order of Australia confer the highest recognition for...
David Haig

State of the World's Plants and Fungi

Harvard University Herbaria was one of more than 170 institutions spread across 40 countries that contributed to the sixth edition of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, " State of the World's Plants and Fungi" report. Professor Jeannine Cavender-Bares...
Researcher digitizing fungi at the Royal Botanical Garden in Kew

How venom can lead to cures

The Gazette featured Professor Mandë Holford and her work with deadly marine mollusks whose toxins can work with targeted efficiency at a fast kill and yet also hold the power to cure some human diseases. Holford joined OEB last year where she continues...
A hand among a collection of mollusks shells from the MCZ at Harvard

The hummingbird-red flower connection

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...
Graduate student Patrick McKenzie working outdoors with plants

Congratulations to our 2026 PhD Graduates!

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...
Collage of the 14 OEB PhD graduates in three rows of portraits