Staff | Faculty | Postdoctoral Researchers and Graduate Students
- Staff Indiana University Service Recognition
- Patty Hooten – 30 years of service
- Ken Sauerheber – 30 years of service
- Debbie Martindale – 20 years of service
- Steve Todd – 20 years of service
- Kevin Gabbard – 10 years of service
- Staff Merit Awards
- Jeremy Bennett
- Karen Byers
- Aaron Fellows
- Jessica Hooten
- Ryan Salerno
- Tracey Stohr
- Bryan Walters
- Staff recognized for community service
- Mary Ann Miller – Served as chairwoman of the American Cancer Society Monroe County Daffodil Days held on March 24 and 25. The IU campus community collected more than $7,000, which doubled last year's donations for daffodils.
- Christie Wahlert & Jessica Hooten – served as Co-Captains of the IUB United Way Team 8. $644,317 was raised this year on campus.
- Limestone fly presented to Beth Raff to recognize her service to the department as chair.
- Mike Wade – Distinguished Professor & the Senior Class Award for teaching excellence in Biology & dedication to undergraduates. Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Thom Kaufman – Elected fellow, National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Mimi Zolan – Elected fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Pat Foster - Elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
- Clay Fuqua – Professor
- Justin Kumar – Associate Professor
- Rich Hardy – Associate Professor
- Troy Smith – Associate Professor
- Lingling Chen – Associate Professor
- Scott Michaels – Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
- Armin Moczek, Mimi Zolan, Joe Pomerening – Trustee’s Teaching Award
- Gerald Gastony – Botany 2008 Symposium to honor Gerald Gastony: >From Gels to Genomics: The Evolving Landscape of Pteridology. A Celebration of Gerald Gastony's Contributions to Fern Evolutionary Biology. The study of pteridophyte evolutionary biology has undergone remarkable developments during the past 40 years. Central to these developments has been the efforts of Jerry and his academic offspring to advance our understanding of these plants. The symposium will celebrate Jerry Gastony's productive career at the forefront of pteridology and highlight the major advances contributed under his auspices.
- Tuli Mukhopadhyay organized the Indiana Microscopy Society Meeting, Friday, April 18. Clay Fuqua and Ke Hu gave talks. And several people participated in the meeting or helped in the preparations: Jim Powers, Debbie Martindale, Jeremy Bennett, Amber Young, Jason Cooper, Dan Kearns, Joe Pomerening, Aaron Fellows (and his crew), Rossanne Walden, Shang Cai, Barry Stein and Jonathan Rupp.
Postdoctoral and Graduate Students [return to top]
- Outstanding AI – Abby Henderson
- Hoover Fellowship – Jennifer Akst, Emily Chester, Barb Swedo
- Hudock Fellowship – Alex Smith, Kaila Schollaert
- Sears Crowell Scholarship – Amy McElhinney & Jennifer Akst
- Chosen for IGERT Training Grant – Amy Cash, Jim Costello, Doug Drury, James VanDyken, Amanda Posto & Bethany Wasik
- Chosen for NIH Training Grant Traineeships, Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity - Tim Greives, Yaniv Brandwain, Jonathan Atwell, Dawn O’Neal
- NIH Predoctoral Fellowhips – June Javens & Skye Barendt
- NSF Predoctoral Fellowships – Chris Muir, Casey McGrath, Kristal Cain
- NSF doctoral dissertation improvement grants (DDIG) – Nicki Gerlach & Jonathan Atwell
- Jinwoo Kim, Clay Fuqua’s lab, received a Korean Research Foundation (KRF) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 07-08
- Kyle Hetrick, Pat Foster’s lab, received a Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting Travel Award (August 2007)
- Jenny Raff, Frederika Kaestle’s lab, has accepted a post-doctoral research position in Human Genetics of Arctic Peoples with Dr. Dennis O'Rourke at the University of Utah.
- Luke Flory. Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship. Luke was the number one ranked candidate in the entire applicant pool. Luke declined the Smithsonian fellowship and accepted a 3-year $240,000 Joint Fire Science Program Grant from the US Forest Service & Department of Interior.
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships – Xiang Gao, Mike Lynch’s lab; Brody DeYoung, Roger Innes’ lab; Emile Snell-Rood, Armin Moczek’s lab; Patrick Curtis, Yves Brun’s lab
- Danielle J. Whittaker – Ellen Ketterson’s lab, received a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society for her project "MHC, Odor, and Mate Choice in a Passerine Bird" ($4000).
- Christine Bergeon, Ellen Ketterson’s lab, received the South Dakota Ornithological Union's Nathaniel J. Whitney Small Research Grant
- Jamie Kang, Jim Bever's lab, Floyd-Ogg Final Year Fellowship
- Wittaya Kaonongbua, Jim Bever's lab, FESIN travel award For Ecological Society of America
- Elizabeth Middleton, Jim Bever's lab, Prairie Biotic Research Grant
- Jessica Duchicela: Jim Bever's lab, Fulbright Award
- Tom Platt: McCormick Science Fellowship (co-advised by Jim Bever & Clay Fuqua)
- Konetzka Fellowship - 2 awardees - Lesley Bohman (Marketon), June Javens (Brun)
- Taylor Fellowship - Megan Parrott (Mukhopadhyay)
- 2008 Floyd Outstanding Microbiology Paper
(i) Awardee - Ash Williams (Foster) - Williams and Foster, 2007, The Escherichia coli histone-like protein HU has a role in stationary phase adaptive mutation. Genetics.177(2):723-35.
(ii) Honorable mention - Smirla Ramos-Montanez (Winkler) - Ramos-Montanez et al. 2008. Polymorphism and regulation of the spxB (pyruvate oxidase) virulence factor gene by a CBS-HotDog domain protein (SpxR) in serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol. 67(4):729-46.
