Eli received the Comparative Lung Biology and Medicine Training Grant (T32) from the National Institutes of Health. His proposal on “Mechanisms of Biodistribution and Toxicity of Inhaled Pollutant-Absorbed Nanoplastics (PANs)” was funded to conduct research in collaboration with the Carney lab for a year.
Category Archives: Fellowships and Awards Grads
Congratulations to Leo! – 2025 EVE Scholar
Leo will be part of the 2025 EVE Scholars Program. This 10-week summer program will allow Leo to pursue his research interests in aquatic toxicology at the Bodega Marine Laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. John J. Stachowicz and Graduate student Serina Moheed.
Congratulations to Zeke! – 2025 George Alexeeff Memorial Fellowship
PhD student Zeke Spooner received the 2025 George Alexeeff Memorial Fellowship for his research proposal on “Determining the Extent of Microplastics Infiltration Into a Protected Marine Ecosystem”. From left to right Zeke Spooner, Jean Ackerman and Christina Pasparakis.
Angela Presents at the 2024 ESA meeting
Angela was invited to present at the “Emerging Professionals in Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management” symposium which was part of the Entomological Society of America Annual meeting at Phoenix, AZ.
The ESA Program Enhancement Funds (PEF) was a travel fellowship awarded Angela to help offset for the expenses of this trip, where she presented her research on “Multidrug resistance ABC transporter ortholog expression pattern across honey bee castes“.
Bee sure we will be back next year with more exiting research to share!
Congratulations to our Jastro & Shields award recipients!
Three AgChem PhD students received the 2024-2025 Jastro-Shields fellowship award for their research proposals on:
Zeke (left)– “Characterizing Microplastics Accumulation in Wild California Rockfish”
Eli (middle)– “ Investigating the Toxicity and Biodistribution of Pollutant-Adsorbed Nanoplastics (PANs) on Lung and Glial Cells ”
Angela (right)- “C14 as a Novel Method for Tracing Pesticide Mixtures in the Honey Bee Hive”
Congratulations to Zeke! – BML Grad Award
Zeke received the 2024 Dennis Salsbury & Patricia K. Salsbury Graduate Student Award for his proposal on “Fueling Coastal Microplastics Research with Community Engagement” to conduct research at Bodega Marine Laboratory.
Congratulations to Zeke! – BML Fellowship
Zeke received the 2024-25 Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Fellowship for his proposal on “Fueling Coastal Microplastics Research with Community Engagement” to conduct research at Bodega Marine Laboratory.
Congrats Zeke! – Donald Crosby Fellowship
Zeke received the 2024-25 Donald Crosby Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry for his proposal on “Characterizing Microplastics Leachate Accumulation in Wild Rockfish Along the California Coast” by the Annual Internal Fellowship Competition for Continuing Graduate Students.
Graduate Student Honorable Mention at NSF GRFP Competition
Zeke was honored for his proposal on “Characterizing Microplastics and Microplastic Leachate Accumulation in Wild Rockfish Along the California Coast” by the 2024 NSF GRFP Competition. In the coming years, Zeke will be working on this project under the mentorship of Dr. Nicklisch and Dr. Pasparakis.
Congrats Angela – UC LFRP 2023 Recipient
Angela received the UC LFRP 2023 AAUW In-Residence National Laboratory Graduate Fellowship which will allow her to collaborate with Dr. Bruce A. Buchholz at the AMS facility in LLNL. Her project was selected for two years of full scholarship.