The Ph.D. program in Integrative and Systems Biology graduated its second cohort of doctoral students.  Dr. Paul Le, a student of Associate Professor Dr. Laurel Hartley, successfully defended his thesis on “Facilitating inclusion and access of undergraduate students in large-enrollment science classrooms".   Dr. Munira Lantz, a student of Assistant Professor Dr. Annika Mosier, successfully defended her thesis on “Impacts of environmental change on freshwater nitrite oxidation”.  Her work made important insights into freshwater nitrogen cycling. Her research received recognition at local and national conferences.

 Picture is of Dr. Mosier and Dr. Lantz after the hooding ritual at Spring 2019 commencement May 18: