Lily Young has conducted research as an environmental microbiologist at Rutgers for more than 30 years. Lily Young has spent more than three decades at Rutgers using her skills as a scientist to gain a better understanding of the contaminants in the environment while working with engineers to find a solution to fix the problem. “I became an environmental microbiologist …
Robin Leichenko Selected as a 2023 Fellow to the American Association of Geographers
By: Carol Peters, EOAS Communications Honoring Leichenko, the AAG wrote, she “is an extremely creative, inquisitive, and giving academic and public scholar.” The American Association of Geographers has named EOAS faculty member Robin Leichenko a 2023 AAG Fellow. “The AAG Fellows,” the AAG wrote, “is a recognition and service program that applauds geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing …
Charlie Kontos Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Activism Awarded to High School Senior
The Charlie Kontos Environmental Activist Award is named for Charlie Kontos, who passed away in 2010 and was, at the time, enrolled as a doctoral student in the Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program administered by the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Before his premature passing at age 33, Kontos had already made a significant contribution to wildlife biology studies with …
Six SEBS Faculty Selected for 2022-23 Provost’s Teaching Fellows Program
Congratulations to the six faculty in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences who are among the 2022-23 Cohort of Provost’s Teaching Fellows announced by the Office of the Chancellor-Provost. The program was initiated in 2021 to support pedagogical innovation aimed at improving student learning outcomes. It includes full cohort sessions to share goals and build networks, as well as small group …
Bidle and Gonzalez Receive 2021-2022 Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards
By Carol Peters, EOAS Communications The two are among only 31 faculty members across Rutgers University chosen by their colleagues to receive the prestigious year-end awards. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, has named EOAS faculty members Kay D. Bidle and Angélica L. González recipients of two of the university’s 10 2021-22 Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards. Bidle, Professor, Department …