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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 - $3,000 
    • 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
    • Project: "From Flowers to Fruits: Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Rocky Mountain Wildflower Phenology and Reproduction"
  • Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Graduate Fellowship - $1,500
    • Project: "Wildflower Reproductive Phenology and Seed Traits Under Early Snowmelt"
  • The Institute for Applied Ecology's National Native Seed Conference Scholarship - $375 
  • 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 - $1,000
  • Presented "Are Colorado wildflowers going wild under climate change?" at the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) Summer Series. 
  • Getting Started in Research Panel - discussion with undergraduate STEM students 
  • Presented "The importance of seed phenology in conjunction 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
  • Botanical Society of America (BSA)

 Vic Martinez Mercado

  • Botanical Society of America (BSA) Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award - $1,500
    • Project: "Developing an integrative pollen preservation pipeline using pawpaw as a model for plant conservation"
  • Francis Kwong Award - $1,000
    • Project: "Developing an integrative pollen preservation pipeline using pawpaw as a model for plant conservation"

Coral Brock 

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

Tayah Carlisle

  • The Illinois Association of Environmental Professionals (IAEP) - $2,500
    • Project: "Urban Roots: Phytoremediation Potential in a Chicago Savanna"

Cael Dant

  • Botanical Society of America (BSA) Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award - $1,500
    • Project: "Understanding the impact of prey type and the pitcher microbiome on physiological success of the carnivorous plant Sarracenia purpurea"

Luciana Piniely

  • APST
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