Emma is interested in computational biology and genetics and is an undergraduate researcher in Prof. Olga Zhaxybayeva's lab. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in biological sciences after graduating from Dartmouth.
Read more about Emma Esterman '20 receives a Goldwater Scholarship!
Emma Esterman '20 is the recipient of this year's The Francis L. Town Scientific Prize in Biology for academic excellence in her biology coursework and for her research endeavors.
Read more about Emma Esterman '20 wins Biology's Francis L. Town Scientific Prize
Corinne Vietorisz '19 is studying the role of the dominant tree species and soil type on ECM fungi with a particular interest in the role of ash trees.
Read more about Researcher Corinne Vietorisz '19 Studies Ectomycorrhiza Fungi
Professor Eric Schaller is featured in the July/August 2018 American Society of Plant Biologists' News Luminaries Column. In the article he talks about his early interest in science, his career as a teacher and research scientist and his work as a writer of fiction.
Read more about Professor Eric Schaller featured in ASPB News
Kudos to the Biology majors who were inducted into Dartmouth's Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and to the Phi Beta Kappa Sophmore Prize winner!
Read more about Kudos to Biology Major Phi Beta Inductees and Sophmore Prize Winner!
In the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine article, "Beetle Mania," Prof. Matt Ayres talks about his work on the southern pine beetle, the impact of invasive, non-native insects and being summoned to the World Bank to discuss climate change and invasive insect species.
Illustration by Gaby D’Alessandro
Read more about "Beetle Mania" - Dartmouth Alumni Magazine features Prof. Matt Ayres
Prof. Olga Zhaxybayeva's work published in PNAS on the classification of microorganisms has revealed that classifying microorganisms is more complicated than previously thought.
Read more about Bacterial Classification May be More Elusive than Previously Thought
Sound Matters: Sex And Death In The Rain Forest. National Public Radio interviewed Prof. Hannah ter Hofstede, Dr. Laurel Symes and Dr. Sharon Martinson about their research on the sounds of the rain forest.
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Undergraduate researcher, Aldo Arellano '17, spent last summer studing the ecology of Lake Mývatn in Iceland. The research project in Iceland took an interdisciplinary approach to understanding midge flies and their influences on food webs.
Read more about Aldo Arellano '17 Studies the Ecology of Lake Mývatn
Biology Majors Marielle Brady ’17, Hae-Lin Cho ’17 and Abiah Pritchard ’17 have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Read more about Class of 2017 Phi Beta Kappa Inductees Include Three Biology Majors
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