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Research Grant Awardees

 

Spring 2024

Casey Ernest - Stephen M. Doyle Memorial Fellowship and John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology - "Ecology and Population Genomics of Endangered Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)"

Becky Hansis-O'Neill - Peter H. Raven World Ecology Research Scholarship and John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology - "Genetic isolation of Aphonopelma hentzi in Missouri glade grasslands"

Soren Johnson - Stephen M. Doyle Memorial Fellowship and Osborne Family Travel Fund Scholarhip - "Determining the role of plasticity in the phenotypic divergence of a recently colonized cavefish (Poecilia mexicana)"

Raj Prasai - Harris Center International Student Award and Stokes Family Scholarship in Tropical Conservation - "Understanding the trapline foraging and acoustic call parameters of nectar-feeding bat Anoura caudifer"

Kristen Rosamond - Harris Center Scholarship and Peter H. Raven World Ecology Research Scholarship - "Influence of the gut microbiome on immune gene expression in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) nestlings"

George Todd - Leo and Kay Drey Scholarship in Conservation Biology and Jane Harris Scholarship - "Investigating Sensory Ecology and Sensory Tradeoffs in Hover Flies"

Fall 2023

John Bender - Sandra and Virgil Van Trease Endowed Fellowship in Tropical Ecology and Stokes Family Scholarship in Tropical Conservation  - "The Effects of Typhoon Mawar on Såli diet, Aplonis opaca"

Lindsey Dennison - Stephen M. Doyle Memorial Fellowship - "Investigating the importance of visual cues in flower detection for Anoura caudifer, a nectar-feeding neotropical bat"

Erik Johnson - Stephen M. Doyle Memorial Fellowship - "The Evolution of Morphological Asymmetry in the Livebearing Fish,
Xenophallus umbratilis"

Madison Smith - Thomas George Undergraduate Ecology Research Award - "Habitat disturbance in Ozark glades and effect on abiotic factors within burrows"

Spring 2023

Becky Hansis-O'Neill - Harris Center Community Partnership Jubilee Endowed Scholarship - "What do bumblebees know about getting a buzz? Caffeine use by captive eastern common bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) and wild bumblebees (Bombus spp.)

George Todd - John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology - "Using Insect Collection Speciments for Species Distribution Modeling and Testing Bergmann's Rule in Hover Flies"

Emily Beahm - Leo and Kay Drey Scholarship in Conservation Biology and Sandra and Virgil Van Trease Endowed Fellowship in Tropical Ecology - "An Investigation of the Sub-Lethal Impacts of Beauveria bassiana on Bombus impatiens Colonies"

Rieka Yu - Stephen M. Doyle Memorial Fellowship - "Linking variation in pollinator performance with plant population genetic and fitness patterns"

Belen Alvestegui - Jorie Butler Kent Endowed Scholarship and Peter H. Raven World Ecology Research Scholarship - "Intermediate Pollination Systems in Symbolanthus (Gentianaceae) involving Bats and Hummingbirds"

Raj Prasai - Harris Center International Student Award - "Understanding the foraging pattern and food location by nectar feeding bats"

Giulia de Gennaro - Mallinckrodt Graduate Fellowship in Tropical Ecology and Harris Center Scholarship - "Systematics and Evolution of Caribbean Lobelioids and their Pollination"

Anderson Spencer - Thomas F. George Undergraduate Ecology Research Fund - "Genetic Mapping: Assessing the Diversity of Aphonopelma hentzi Populations through Skin Molts"

Fall 2022

Kristen Rosamond - Doyle Memorial Research Grant and Peter H. Raven World Ecology Research Grant - "Influence of the gut microbiome on immunity in developing nestlings"

Binoshi Hettihewa - Harris Center International Student Grant - "Phylogeny and Biogeography of genus Physaria in North America"

Webster Heffern - Peter H. Raven World Ecology Research Grant - "Utilizing phase transitions in Escherichia coli to better understand population decline in response to abiotic stressors"

 

Spring 2022

Emily Beahm - Doyle Memorial Research Grant and Raven World Ecology Research Grant - "An Investigation of the Sub-Lethal Impacts of Beauveria bassiana on Bombus impatiens Colonies"

Jake Manis - Harris Center Research Grant - "Analyzing the lethal and sublethal effects of lead exposure on Bombus Impatiens"

Elijah Narimalla - Van Trease Graduate Research Grant - "UMSL Greenhouse Gas Inventory"

Andrea Trigueros - Doyle Memorial Research Grant and Harris Center Research Grant - "Limits on geographic range in non-native sparrows"

 

Fall 2021

Oladimeji Bada - Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Grant

Avery Baker -  John Denver Research Grant

Anderson Spencer - Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Grant

 

Spring 2021

Giulia de Gennaro - Doyle Memorial Research Grant, Mallinckrodt Research Grant, Leo and Kay Drey Research Grant

Jeremy Howard - John Denver Research Grant, Stokes Family Research Grant

Owen Ireton - Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Grant

Kristin Ranker - Harris Center Community Partnership Fund Research Grant

Patrick Ross - Van Trease Graduate Research Grant, Harris Center Research Grant

Kristen Sheahan - Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Grant

Rieka Yu - Raven World Ecology Research Grant, Harris Center Research Grant

 

Fall 2020

Estefania Fernandez - John Denver Research Grant

Chris Fitterman-Harris - Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Grant

Webster Heffern - Stokes Family Research Grant

Kyle LaBerta - Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Grant

Juan Moreira-Hernandez - Kent Endowed Research Grant, Van Trease Graduate Research Grant

Sage Rohrer - Jane Harris Research Grant, Osborne Family Travel Research Grant 

Andreia Trigueros - Harris Center Research Grant

 

 

Current Harris Center Fellowships

Christensen Fellowship

Belen Alvestegui

Giulia de Gennaro

Harris World Ecology Center - Saint Louis Zoo Collaborative Fellowship

John Bender

Kristen Rosamund