Post Tagged with: "Faculty Research"

Morris and Graduate Students Present at Animal Behavior Society Meetings

From left, Molly R. Morris, Danielle D’ Amore, Hannah Griebling, M. Luke Weinstein, Neil Hamrick, and Meredith Fitschen-Brown.

Dr. Molly R. Morris, Professor of Biological Sciences, traveled with five Ohio University students to Milwaukee to presents at the Animal Behavior Society Meetings, Aug. 2-6 This international conference is attended each year by more than 600 participants from around the world. The research presented covers both basic and applied […]

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August 26, 2018 at 1:06 pmResearch

Brian Collins Analyzes Horror Posters in India

Dr. Brian Collins and memorabilia dealer Shahid Mansoori at Chor Bazaar in Mumbai.

As the home to the world’s largest film industry, India is littered with movie posters, most of them advertising typical Bollywood-style musicals. But for the last decade or so, Dr. Brian Collins, the Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy, has taken an interest in a […]

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August 20, 2018 at 3:36 pmResearch

Houser Gets NSF Funding for Study of Tornado Formation and Intensity

Dr. Jana Houser

Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography, received NSF funding to examine topographic effects on tornado formation and intensity. Houser has spent much of her early career using radar data to examine the internal dynamics of tornado formation. Her research on the rapid development and evolution of tornadoes and associated storm-scale […]

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August 19, 2018 at 2:10 pmResearch

Snell, Grad Student Present at Ecological Society of America Conference

Sarah Smith presenting at ESA.

Dr. Rebecca Snell, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, and graduate student Sarah Smith presented their research at the 2018 Ecological Society of America, Aug. 5-10 in New Orleans. Snell presented a talk titled “Climate change impacts on forests and forest productivity at a regional scale” with co-author Harald […]

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August 17, 2018 at 10:18 amResearch

Marquis Who’s Who Presents Singh with Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Amritjit Singh. Photo by Noopur Banerji

ATHENS, OH, August 14, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Dr. Amritjit Singh with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Singh celebrates many years’ experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, […]

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August 15, 2018 at 8:29 amFaculty in the News In the News Research

Matlack, Graduate Students Present at Ecological Society of America

From left, Marion Holmes, Dr. Glenn Matlack and Jack Monsted in New Orleans

Dr. Glenn Matlack, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, and two graduate students, Dr. Marion Holmes (’18 Ph.D. in Plant Biology) and Jack Monsted, presented three research papers at the 2018 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Aug. 4 to 10 in New Orleans. “Evolution of spatial structure in […]

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August 13, 2018 at 4:26 pmResearch

Nance: ‘All Hell Breaking Loose on Earth’ Indicates Another Supercontinent 600 Million Years Ago

Dr. Damian Nance

Does Earth have another supercontinent hidden in its geologic history—about 600 million years ago? “It looks like all hell was breaking loose on Earth, and my guess is that Pannotia is at the center of all these weird and wonderful things that were happening at that time,” says Dr. R. Damian Nance, Distinguished […]

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August 9, 2018 at 8:31 amFaculty in the News In the News Research