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2025 Accomplishments

Plant Biology and Conservation Travel and Conference Award

Plant Biology and Conservation MS Research Award

Plant Biology and Conservation PhD Research Award

Brian Lovejoy

Max Jones

 Radiya Ali

Rory Schiafo

Dawson-Glass, E, Schiafo, R., Miller, C. N., Kuebbing, S. E., & Stuble, K. L. Toward a comprehensive understanding of the phenological responses of non-native plants to climate warming: A review. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf008

 Dawson-Glass, E., Schiafo, R., Kuebbing, S. E., & Stuble, K. L. (2025). Warming-induced changes in seasonal priority effects drive shifts in community composition. Ecology106(1), e4504. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4504  
Rina Talaba

Jackie Fitzgerald

Maddie Sadler

  • The Garden Club of America Montine M. Freeman Scholarship in Native Plant Studies - $3000 
    • Name of project: "How prescribed fire management affects species abundance and diversity of plants in the Asteraceae in prairie remnants and restorations"

Kyla Knauf

  • American Society of Naturalists Student Research Award - $2,000
    • Name of project: "From Flowers to Fruits: Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Rocky Mountain Wildflower Phenology and Reproduction"
  • Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Graduate Fellowship - $1500
    • Name of project: "Wildflower Reproductive Phenology and Seed Traits Under Early Snowmelt"
  • The Institute for Applied Ecology's National Native Seed Conference Scholarship ($375) for conference attendance
  • Northwestern University support for workshop attendance at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop - $1000
  • Presented "Are Colorado wildflowers going wild under climate change?" at the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) Summer Series. 
  • Getting Started in Research Panel - disccussion with undergraduate STEM students 
  • Presented "The importance of seed phenology in conjuction with flowering phenology to assess climate change effects on Rocky Mountain wildflowers" at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) Graduate Student Seminar Series
  • Presented "Climate Change-Induced Early Snowmelt and Phenological Change" at Chicago Botanic Garden Seminar Series

 Vic Martinez Mercado

  • Botanical Society of America (BSA) Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award - $1500
  • Francis Kwong Award - $1000
    • Project: "Developing an integrative pollen preservation pipeline using pawpaw as a model for plant conservation"

Coral Brock 

  • Honorable mention for "C3-C4 Intermediate Photosynthesis: how Amaranthaceae species adapt to a changing climate" for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)