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Summer Environmental StudyJoseph Reiner

2020 The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship

Comparing Bee Pollinator Communities on Native versus Invasive Viburnums


Joseph M. Reiner is an undergraduate senior at Rutgers University majoring in environmental science. He plans to pursue graduate studies in 2021 with hopes of attaining a PhD in sustainability studies. His current project continues research started in spring 2019 that explores plant-pollinator interactions among species of understory trees and shrubs. With wild bee populations in decline, this investigation can offer insight into the pollinator communities that are attracted to these plants. In turn, this knowledge holds implications for conservation and habitat management.

The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship

To promote environmental studies by students who are residents of New Jersey or nonresidents studying in New Jersey or its adjacent waters.

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Naya Jones

The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany

On the Move: African-American Medicinal Ethnobotany and the Great Migration Naya Jones is...

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Ella Thomas Vardeman

The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany

Bioactivity and Chemotaxonomy of Plants Used by Haitian Immigrants for Women’s Health...

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Sasha Nealand

The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany

Anti-Mycobacterial Terpenoids of the California Native Plant Grindelia...

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2020

Alaina Krakowiak

The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Population Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of Fremont’s Leather Flower ...

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2020

Sarah Brown

The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Plant and Pollinator Communities of Shale Barren
  Sarah N. Brown is a master’s...

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Valerie Martin

The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Ecology of Cross-kingdom Interactions between Plants, Pollinators, and the Diverse...

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2020

Lillian Leak

The Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Ecology and Evolution of Duckweed Lillian C. Leak is a senior biology major at the University...

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2020

Anna Sweeney

The Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Restoration of Plant Biodiversity
in Adirondack Northern Hardwood Forests through Mechanical...

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2020

Cameron Pierce

The Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany

Floristic Checklist of Gilbert’s Corner Cameron Hugh Pierce is a recent graduate of...

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2020

Betsabé Castro-Escobar

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

On the Trail of the Calabash Trees: Ethnobotany, Domestication, Evolution, and Geography of...

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2020

Jessica Balerna

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Understanding Relationships between Depressional Wetland Ecohydrological Condition and Water...

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2020

Matthew Sturchio

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

Exploring Patterns of Thermal Acclimation of Leaf Respiration in a Marsh- Mangrove Ecotone
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2020

Nora Hamovit

The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies

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2020

Audrey Bowe

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration

Understanding the Impact of Invasive Jumping Worms on the Threatened American Hart’s-...

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2020

Claire Karban

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration

Using New Technologies to Maximize Plant Recruitment in Large Scale Dryland Restoration ...

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2020

Gabriel Runte

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration

The Influence of Plant-Fungal Symbioses on the Establishment Potential of Pseudotsuga...

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