September 6, 2024
Sasha awarded 3rd place poster presentation at the 2024 NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting
Sasha A’Hearn presented her research at the 2024 NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting. Her poster, titled “Assessing the ability and adaptability of freshwater microbes to degrade lignin
molecules in different nutrient conditions,” received 3rd place in the student poster competition!
September 8, 2023
Sasha awarded 2nd place poster presentation at the 2023 NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting
Sasha A’Hearn presented her research at the 2023 NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting. Her poster, titled “Assessing the ability of microbes in freshwater systems to degrade aromatic lignin monomers for respiration and growth,” received 2nd place in the student poster competition!
August 23, 2023
Madi and Alyssa receive 2023 Jastro & Shields Research Award
Madi Mathers and Alyssa Burns recently received the 2023 Jastro & Shields Research Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences. This award is given to outstanding graduate students in support of their education and/or in recognition of their potential to carry out research projects related to the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) mission.
August 4, 2023
Alyssa awarded 2023-24 Donald G. Crosby Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry
Alyssa Burns was recently awarded the Donald G. Crosby Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry by UC Davis Grad Studies and the Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry graduate group. This fellowship is awarded in recognition of outstanding academic record and promise of productive scholarship.
July 3, 2023
Recap of spring 2023 fieldwork in the Yukon River delta
Alyssa Burns was part of a research team who recently traveled to the Yukon River delta to collect samples during the spring freshet. Sampling efforts are in direct support of NASA-funded project goals. If you’re interested in learning more about the fieldwork specifics, check out her blog post on the project website!
https://www.arcticriverscarbon.org/blog/the-magic-of-the-yukon-river-delta
September 6, 2022
Recap of summer 2022 fieldwork in the Yukon River delta
Alyssa Burns was part of a research team who traveled to the Yukon River delta to collect samples in support of NASA project goals. She wrote a blog post detailing the sampling trip – check it out!
August 22, 2022
Madi and Alyssa receive 2022 Jastro & Shields Research Award
Madi Mathers and Alyssa Burns recently received the 2022 Jastro & Shields Research Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences.
July 28, 2021
Madi and Alyssa receive 2021 Jastro & Shields Research Award
Madi Mathers and Alyssa Burns recently received the 2021 Jastro & Shields Research Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences.
May 8, 2020
Madi awarded 2020 Delta Science Fellowship
Madi Mathers was one of ten early-career researchers recently awarded the 2020 Delta Science Fellowship (DSF). With DSF funding, she will aim to characterize where and how much detrital material originates in wetlands, the composition of that material, and how detrital particles are exported.
https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/delta-science-fellows-2020
