-Magdalen Lindeberg
Congratulations to Shuyao Kong, Jiameng Lai, Anna Sophia Westbrook, and Gordon Younkin, recipients of the Barbara McClintock Graduate Student Award.
Sophia Westbrook is a graduate student in the DiTommaso program. Her research focuses on ecosystem services provided by non-crop plants in agricultural settings
Shuyao Kong is a graduate student working with Adrienne Roeder. His thesis research concerns the molecular mechanism of Arabidopsis sepal initiation using computational and experimental approaches
Jiameng Lai is a graduate student in the program of Ying Sun. Jiameng’s research is focused on modelling the annual dynamics of satellite-derived land surface temperatures with a particular focus on urban heat islands
Gordon Younkin is a graduate student working with Georg Jander in the Boyce Thompson Institute. Hie research focus is on cardiac glycoside production by wormseed wallflower (Erysimum cheiranthoides) and their role in protection against herbivory
The Barbara McClintock Graduate Student Award is made possible by an endowment from Dr. Robert Rabson to honor outstanding senior graduate students studying in the Plant Sciences (Plant Biology, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology, Plant Breeding, Horticulture or Soil & Crop Sciences) at Cornell. It is awarded annually and students are selected based on their academic, research, teaching, and outreach achievements as well as on their potential to continue an outstanding career in the Plant Sciences. Income from the fund is used to support training of the awardees.