Our undergraduates this semester have been amazingly dedicated to learning and developing their skills in our lab and at our lab meetings. Here's a shout out to two of them who have been awarded prodigious positions and scholarships for the summer!
Undergraduate research assistant Yukta Sunkara will be presenting the results of her research at the UT College of Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum this Friday. The event will be held virtually at https://cns.utexas.edu/tides/undergraduate/undergraduate-research-forum. You can view the video of her talk by clicking here, or on the URF website, then drop in to chat with Yukta on zoom about her work from 12:30-2:00pm on 4/16/21. Read more about Undergraduate researcher Yukta Sunkara to present her project at the UT Undergraduate Research Forum
Dr. Robert Messing has been awarded RSA's 2021 DISTINGUISHED RESEARCHER AWARD! This award recognizes a senior researcher who has made outstanding scientific contributions to the alcohol field, has demonstrated a sustained long-term commitment to conducting alcohol research, and has a substantial record of publication in the field. Dr. Messing was selected from the nominations received and then voted on by the RSA Awards Committee
The Keitt Lab[1] at the University of Texas at Austin seeks a postdoctoral scholar to join our team. With funding through UT’s Bridging Barriers program[2], we are investigating how climate and landscape change is affecting the biogeography of species and communities across Texas and beyond. Candidates with interests in landscape genetics, eco-evolutionary dynamics or near-term iterative forecasting are especially encouraged to apply.
Last weekend was our beloved Jessie's birthday! We hope this year has many amazing things in store for her, and we're so grateful that she was born \^_^/
