From the Winter 2019 Collegian | Outside of Dr. Jeffrey Lozier’s tent in the mountains of Sequoia National Park, a fresh layer of snow awaits the group of scientists about to embark on their day’s journey. The below-freezing temperatures and few flakes still falling make it difficult to leave the minimal warmth of his polyester shelter, even in layers of heavy clothes. In this cold climate, it’s difficult to remember that it’s the middle of May. There’s nothing remotely resembling […]
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Dr. Gregory Starr, professor of biological sciences, provided data he and post-doctoral researchers from UA collected from Alaska to assist a large research project in the Arctic that shows the region could increase carbon dioxide emissions.
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With two grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, The University of Alabama leads a national effort to continue and expand undergraduate science courses that engage students in active research.
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Dr. Carla Atkinson, an ecologist in the Department of Biological Sciences, is integral to research at UA to help better understand freshwater mussels, improving efforts to conserve and restore the animal to the state’s streams and rivers.
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Dr. Michael R. McKain, assistant professor of biological sciences, said Alabama is one of the most biodiverse states in the nation, and with that comes a plethora of wild eats.
Jennie Thies, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, was recently awarded an NIH Diversity Research Supplement, a highly competitive fellowship that will support her research.
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