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Curator Kelly Matsunaga receives NSF Career Award
Assistant curator of paleobotany at the Biodiversity Institute and Thomas N. Taylor assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Kelly Matsunaga, has been awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER is a 5-year grant. Total award amount is $946,323. The project will investigate how the widespread and ancient group of plants known as conifers (examples: pines, junipers, redwoods) evolved over the last 300 million years in response to a changing planet. "We will integrate information from living species and the extensive fossil record of the group to…
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Teaching Innovation Award Presented in Honor of EEB Emeritus Professor Chris Haufler
The Christopher Haufler KU Core Innovation Award was presented to members of the Department of Philosophy at the Center for Teaching Excellence Event on Aug. 18.
This departmental teaching innovation award is in honor of EEB Emeritus Christopher Haufler.
The EEB department is thankful for Haufler'…
EEB faculty members recognized for teaching excellence!
Professor Paulyn Cartwright was awarded the Ned N. Fleming Trust Award for teaching excellence.
EEB PhD recipient and now assistant teaching professor in KU Undergraduate Biology, Victor Gonzalez, was awarded the Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award.
Professor Mark Mort was awarded…
Cartwright Receives 1 of 8 Distinguished Teaching Awards
Eight faculty members at the University of Kansas are being recognized as winners of annual distinguished teaching awards. The award recipients will be honored Aug. 18 at the KU Teaching Summit. Paulyn Cartwright, professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, will receive the…
Agusto Receives NSF Grant
Dr. Folashade Agusto, associate professor in EEB, received 1 of 8 National Science Foundation awards on Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM). Agusto is the primary investigator, and this award will be in collaboration with the University of Kansas Medical Center Research…
Paulyn Cartwright awarded Baumgartner Professorship in Biology
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas has announced the inaugural award of the Baumgartner Professorship in Biology to Paulyn Cartwright, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. The Baumgartner Professorship is named for Professor William J. Baumgartner,…
IDEA OF ICE AGE 'SPECIES PUMP' IN THE PHILIPPINES BOOSTED BY NEW WAY OF DRAWING EVOLUTIONARY TREES
Professor Rafe Brown is co-author of a recent investigation published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which reveals statistical support for a “species pump” in the Philippines during the ice age. Lead author Jamie Oaks of Auburn University and co-author Cameron Siler of the…
Justin Blumenstiel Receives Mentor Award
Congratulations to Justin Blumenstiel. He’s the recipient of the 2022 Grant Goodman Undergraduate Mentor Award! This award honors faculty whose mentorship continues to support and inspire students long after they leave the classroom.
Genomic research on scrub jays reveals new species
The paper, appearing in Systematic Biology, uses genomic data to sketch a natural history of scrub jays, showing how geographic changes over millennia split up and reconnected groups of the birds, swaying the flow of genes between them. Lead author Devon DeRaad, is a doctoral student at the…
Congratulations to three EEB professors for recent awards
Victor H. Gonzalez Betancourt received the Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award.
Mart Mort received the Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship.
Paulyn Cartwright received the Ned Fleming Trust Award.
Congratulations on your well-deserved achievements!
Sharon Billings named University Distinguished Professor
Sharon Billings, dean’s professor and senior scientist, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research has received the designation of University Distinguished Professor. Billings is known nationally and internationally for working…