Biology, Geology and Environmental Science

Faculty Receive Funding

Drs. Mark Schorr, Azad Hossain, Charlie Mix (IGTLab) and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) have recieved funding from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency for their project 'Urban Stream Restoration'.

Dr. Joey Shaw was awarded funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for his project 'Proposal to summarize data of known occurrences and annual monitoring of Mountain Skullcap (Scutellaria montana, Lamiaceae) to better evaluate popoulation trends, habitat conditions, abundance and the success of conservation efforts'.

Graduate Student Receives NSF GRFP Award

Chyanne Smith has received a Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award from the National Science Foundation towards her work with degus in Chile. Click here for more information about this accomplishment. Advisor: Dr. Loren Hayes

Masters Defense

Jared Odell: Comparative plasticity of rare Pityopsis ruthii and its common congener P. graminifolia. Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Boyd.

• Friday, October 16, 2020 @ 1:30 (Zoom).

Savanna Wooten: Impacts of forest thinning and white-tailed deer herbivory on translocation of the rare terrestrial orchid Platanthera integrilabia. Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Boyd.

• Monday, October 12, 2020 @ 11:00 (Zoom).