Previous Awards
SCERP alum Allyson Degrassi (SCERP 2008-2011) has accepted a faculty position at Glenville State College in West Virginia, in the department of Land Resources. Ally will teach Environmental Sciences and study the effects of environmental change on mammal ecology, with a focus on the effects of soil composition and contamination on small mammal foraging.
Dr. Hoese was awarded the Morse Award for “excellence and innovation in science education” from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) in January 2018! http://news.fullerton.edu/2018wi/bill-hoese-morse-award.aspx
Dr. Hoese was featured in the OC Register for his recent “Outstanding Mentoring” award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science SACNAS) https://www.ocregister.com/2018/01/09/cal-state-fullerton-professor-and-students-in-biology-earn-national-honors/
The Orange County Register ran a piece on the 2017 Biology 301 SCERP summer course: https://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/19/science-gets-messy-in-csuf-boot-camp-for-future-biologists/
Congratulations to Holly Suther who received an Honorable Mention in the Best Undergraduate Poster competition at the 2017 Western Society of Naturalist Meeting in Pasadena CA. Holly presented a poster on the 2017 Biology 301 SCERP ‘oyster week’
Congratulations to Kim Nelson who has been very active at her job at Vector Control in San Gabriel Valley! She has three recent publications!
Hassan, H.K., Kubofcik, J., Nutman, T.B., Eberhard, M.L., Middleton, K., Wekesa, J.W., Ruedas, G., Nelson, K.J., Dubielzig, R., De Lombaert, M., Silverman, B., Schorling, J.J., Adler, P.H., Unnasch, T.R., Beeler, E.S. 2015. Isolation of
Onchocera lupi
in dogs and black flies, California, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 21(5)789-796.
Nelson, K.J., Wekesa, J.W., Mitchell, M., Bishop, A., Brisco, A., Cook, M. Fujioka, K. 2016. Abundance of black flies (Simuliidae) and potential vector for
Onchocera
sp. in San Gabriel Valley, California. Proceedings and Papers of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. 83:49-51.
Nelson, K.J., Brisco, A., Holguin, G., Foo, C., Croker, C., Cook, M., Civen, R., Fujioka, K., Wekesa, J. W. 2016. Use of abatement to reduce intensity of a flea-borne typhus outbreak in the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California. Proceedings and Papers of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. 84:104-106.
Congratulations to Christine Goedhart who published her work in American Biology Teacher!
Goedhart, C.M. and J. S. McLaughlin. 2016. Student scientists: Transforming the undergraduate biology lab into a research experience. The American Biology Teacher. 78(6)502-508.
Congratulations to Carrie De Jesus who published her Masters thesis research!
De Jesus, Carrie E. and Michael H. Reiskind. (2016) The importance of male body size on sperm uptake and usage, and female fecundity in
Aedes aegypti
and
Aedes albopictus.
Parasites and Vectors. 9:447. DOI 10.1186/s13071-016-1734-8.
Congratulations to Stacy Schkoda who was awarded the 2016 undergraduate scholarship from the Orange County Association of Environmental Professionals. She also won the 2016 CSUF Rachel Carson Scholarship in Conservation Biology!
Congratulations to Prarthana Shankar who won the Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award at the 2015 Southwest Organismal Biology Meeting at Cal Poly Pomona! She presented her SCERP reserarch investigating the reproductive physiology of the female California mussel ( Mytilus californianus ) across three locations in southern California.
SCERP scholars won three awards at the 2015 SACNAS conference in Washington DC.
Velvet Park won an Outstanding Poster in Marine Biology and Oceanography, sponsored by Maryland Sea Grant, for her research with Dr. Kristy Forsgren investigating the effects of wastewater on the reproductive physiology of Pacific sanddabs. Velvet received travel funding from COAST to present her research.
Nathan Vega won an Outstanding Poster in Botany and Plant Sciences, sponsored by the Botanical Society of America, for his presentation of the SCERP summer group research project investigating foliar uptake in coastal sage scrub plants. Joseph Gamez, Jordan Abney, Stacy Schkoda, Austin Xu, Darren Sandquist, and William Hoese were co-authors on this poster. Nathan received travel funding from the Biology Undergraduate Research Scholars Training (BURST) program, funded by the CSUF Provost's Office, to present at the SACNAS meeting.
Evelyn Ruelas won an Outstanding Poster in Marine Biology and Oceanography, sponsored by Maryland Sea Grant, for her research with Dr. Kristy Forsgren examining the reproductive morphology and physiology of black perch. Evelyn received travel funding from the Biology Undergraduate Research Scholars Training (BURST) program, funded by the CSUF Provost's Office, to present at the SACNAS meeting.
Congratulations to Nicole Tronske who received a 2015-2016 Biological Training in Education and Research (BioTiER) scholarship as part of her M.S. work at Cal Poly Pomona! As part of this NSF-funded program, Nicole will participate in hands-on activities to help her prepare to become a faculty member at the community college level.
