UGA’s Lipp Named Georgia Power Professor
Oct 2023
University of Georgia College of Public Health professor and Odum courtesy faculty Erin Lipp has been appointed to the Georgia Power Professorship in Environmental Health Science.
Hunter, Altizer named Odum chair and professor
Sep 2023
Dean Mark Hunter has been named the Eugene Odum Chair in Ecology, and Sonia Altizer has been named the Martha Odum Distinguished Professor in Ecology at the University of Georgia’s Odum School of Ecology.
Conservation, freshwater ecosystems, tropical ecology: Pringle’s contributions to the Odum School of Ecology
May 2023
Catherine Pringle’s path to freshwater ecosystem ecology was a sure one. “From childhood, I’ve been fascinated by nature, spending hours poking around in streams and creeks as a kid,” she
Vallury awarded interdisciplinary ‘pre-seed’ grant
May 2023
Sechindra Vallury, assistant professor and director of policy for the River Basin Center, was awarded a pre-seed grant from UGA’s Office of Research and Office of the Provost. Vallury’s team, one of 12 that received the award, includes Ecology lecturer John Paul Schmidt and faculty from five other schools and colleges.
Byers named UGA Athletic Association Professor
Apr 2023
James E. “Jeb” Byers, a member of the University of Georgia faculty since 2008, has been named a UGA Athletic Association Professor in Ecology.
10 students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Apr 2023
Odum School of Ecology graduate students Matthew J. Pierce and Julia Gul’zira Sharapi, alumna Julia Nicole Weil (BS ’22), and teaching assistant Vanessa Amurao Gremler are among 10 UGA recipients of 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Capps is one of three UGA faculty members to receive 2023 Russell Awards
Mar 2023
Krista Capps, associate professor in the Odum School of Ecology, was recognized with a Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the University of Georgia’s highest early career teaching honor for outstanding and innovative instruction.
A Day in the Life of a Pond: Measuring Small-Reservoir Emissions to Inform Infrastructure Decisions
Jul 2022
PhD student Laura Naslund is studying emissions from small reservoirs to understand their environmental impact.
Christina Faust, Ecology BS/MS ’09, named to UGA 40 Under 40
Jul 2022
Odum School alumna Christina Faust, BS/MS ’09, has been named to the 2022 class of 40 Under 40 by the UGA Alumni Association.
UGA’s Tejas Reddy named 2022 Udall Scholar
May 2022
Tejas Reddy, an Honors student majoring in Ecology and Biology, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar – the 12th Odum student to be so honored.