Alumni in the Spotlight

2024 Alumni News Items:

07.18.2024 - Congratulations to Dr. James S. Hatfield (M.S. ’72 and Ph.D. ’78, Biology/C. Smith) who was selected as the 2024 Distinguished Alum in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM), University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences!

Dr. Hatfield spent the majority of his career working as the Section Head of Anatomical Pathology at the John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. During his time at the Medical Center, Dr. Hatfield taught histological and electron microscopic techniques to students at many levels of education, from undergraduates to Pathology Residents. He supervised histology technicians, performed diagnostic procedures - primarily for tumor identification involving electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry - and assisted pathologists in autopsies. He collaborated with investigators in many disciplines, resulting in over seventy co-authored publications. After twenty-four years, he retired in 2011.

07.12.2024 - Congrats to co-first authors Josh Otten, Assistant Professor, Cornell College (Ph.D. ’22 – Biology/Ecology) and Ian Clifton, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Ph.D. ’21 – Biology/Ecology), Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo (Refsnider Lab), et al. on the recent publication in the Journal of Zoology, “Here comes the sun: Thermoregulatory behavior in ectotherms illuminated by light-level geolocators” (https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13168).

07.09.2024 - Congratulations to Distinguished University Professor Jon Kirchhoff and Lab Members, Chemistry & Biochemistry, as one of the 2023 United States Patent and Trademark Office Recipients at The University of Toledo!

U.S. Patent 11634517-B2 ‘Pyrrole-based polymers for metal extraction, analysis, and removal’ was issued on April 25, 2023. Inventors include Dr. Jon Kirchhoff and UToledo doctoral graduate alumni from the Kirchhoff Lab, Ahmad Rohanifar (Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018), currently a Technology Development Module & Integration Yield Engineer at Intel Corp. and Govind Sharma Shyam Sunder (Ph.D. Chemistry, 2021), currently a Systems Qualification Scientist at Waters Corporation.

07.05.2024 - Please join us in congratulating Amanda Fahoury, M.D. and Certificate in Pathology Fellowship, The University of Toledo Class of 2024, who began her college journey as an undergraduate student in the University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences. Amanda completed her B.S. in Biology in spring 2019 and was subsequently accepted to the The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, beginning her medical school journey in fall 2019. Amanda received her doctor of medicine degree as well as her certificate in pathology fellowship in the CoMLS Commencement Ceremony held on Friday, May 17, 2024!

Amanda will be completing her residency in Internal Medicine at the The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.

06.28.2024 - Please join us in congratulating Matthew Stojsavljevic, M.D., The University of Toledo Class of 2024, who began his college journey as an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Matthew completed his B.S. in Biochemistry in spring ’20 and was subsequently accepted to the The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, beginning his medical school journey in fall 2020. Matthew received his doctor of medicine degree in the CoMLS Commencement Ceremony held on Friday, May 17, 2024!

Matthew will be completing his residency in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.

06.24.2024 - Prof. Dragan Isailovic, doctoral candidate Sanduni Premathilaka, postdoctoral researcher Sharmila Thenuwara and UToledo alum (Ph.D. ’21) Dr. David Baliu-Rodriguez, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, were recently highlighted by #UTNews for their work, “UToledo, National Lab Investigate What Fuels Growth of Lake Erie’s Algal Blooms” (bit.ly/3KXq384).

This feature article was in conjunction with their recent publication, "Microbiome Processing of Organic Nitrogen Input Supports Growth and Cyanotoxin Production of Microcystis Aeruginosa Cultures" in the ISME Journal (bit.ly/3KZkgio).

06.12.2024 - Please join us in congratulating Sabrina Khuder, M.D., The University of Toledo, Class of 2024, who began her college journey as an undergraduate student in the University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences. Sabrina completed her B.S. in Biology in spring 2020 as a researcher in the lab of Dr. Heather Conti. Sabrina was subsequently accepted to the The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences beginning medical school in fall 2020 and received her doctor of medicine degree in the CoMLS Commencement Ceremony held on Friday, May 17, 2024!

Sabrina will be completing her residency at The University of Toledo Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry.

06.05.2024 - Please join us in congratulating Allison Grim, M.D., The University of Toledo Class of 2024, who began her college journey as an undergraduate student in the University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences. Allison completed her B.S. in Biology in spring ’20 and was subsequently accepted to the The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, beginning her medical school journey in fall 2020. Allison received her doctor of medicine degree in the CoMLS Commencement Ceremony held on Friday, May 17, 2024!

Allison will be completing her residency in Emergency Medicine at the McGovern Medical School UTHealth Houston Medical School, Houston, TX.

05.30.2024 - Congrats to first-author Austin C. Hulbert (M.S. ’20), Sarah E. Carter (M.S. ’21, B.S. ’17), Dr. Henry Streby and Dr. Jeanine Refsnider, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo, on a paper recently accepted for publication in Wildlife Research, titled “Quantifying the accuracy of location data and spatial ecology inferences from GPS tags in two rare, co-occurring turtle species differing in habitat use” (51, WR23123, April 2024).

05.28.2024 - Please join us in congratulating Celine Schreidah, MD/MS, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduate May 2024! Celine began her college journey as an undergraduate student at The University of Toledo Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, completing her B.S. in Biochemistry in 2019.

Celine stated, “I'm forever grateful for my education at the University of Toledo, which provided me with the foundation and support to enter medicine! I'll be an intern resident physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center this year and then continue my training at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center!”

05.23.2024 - HUGE shout-out to Shalini Tallamraju, B.S. in Biology in spring 2024, University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences and member of the Toledo Rockets Women’s Tennis Team, who earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2023-24 Academic All-District Women’s Tennis Team!

Shalini has now earned two Academic All-District and three Academic All-MAC honors in her four-year career with the Rockets. In singles competition this spring, she went 15-7 with a 9-1 league record, mostly from the No. 4 court.

05.20.2024 - Please join us in congratulating Brian Hibbard, M.D., The University of Toledo Class of 2024, who began his college journey as an undergraduate student in the University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences. Brian completed his B.S. in Biology, ’17 and his M.S. in Biology ’20, as a researcher in the lab of Dr. Malathi Krishnamurthy. Brian was accepted to the The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences beginning his medical school journey in fall 2020 and received his doctor of medicine degree in the CoMLS Commencement Ceremony held on Friday, May 17, 2024!

Brian will be completing his residency at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Louisville, KY.

05.07.2024 - Congratulations to Derek Kluczynski (B.S. in Biology), University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences, on being named the overall College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Spring 2024 Undergraduate Outstanding Graduating Student!

03.13.2024 - Thank you to Fred Espenak, retired NASA astrophysicist and UToledo alumnus (M.S. '76, Physics) known as “Mr. Eclipse”, for being our guest lecturer yesterday at the Doermann Distinguished Lecture held in the Doermann Theatre at The University of Toledo!

We were thrilled to see the packed theatre with #UToledo faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members who shared our excitement and awe as Fred relayed his personal stories about chasing eclipses for more than 50 years. He also gave amazing details on what it’s like to experience a #totalsolareclipse as well as what Toledo can expect to see during the total solar eclipse on April 8th!

If you missed the lecture, here’s a short clip, courtesy of 13abc: bit.ly/43fRulG

03.07.2024 - Congrats to first-author Dylan Launder (Ph.D. ’22), John Dillon (Ph.D. student), Trevor Glanz (Ph.D. student), Nora Andul-Aziz (Ph.D. student; B.S. ’20), Elise Mein-Chiain Yi (B.S. ’23), Dr. Heather Conti, University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences, et al. on a recently published research paper, “Immunity to pathogenic mucosal C. albicans infections mediated by oral megakaryocytes activated by IL-17 and candidalysin”, in Mucosal Immunology (2024 Jan 20. doi: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.01.003). Co-authors include Drs. Leah M. Wuescher and Randall G. Worth (Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences), and Dr. Julian R. Naglik (Center for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London).

02.01.2023 - Huge congrats to Abirami Subbiah (B.S. Biology, ‘23), University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences (Avidor-Reiss Lab), first author on a new manuscript (based on her undergraduate honors thesis project) that was recently published, in an open-access, peer-reviewed l, PubMed-indexed journal, microPublication Biology.

“CP110 and CEP135 Localize Near the Proximal Centriolar Remnants of Mice Spermatozoa”, microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.001083 (2024).

Paper coauthors include undergraduate student Drew L. Caswell, Ph.D. students Katerina Turner and Ankit Jaiswal, and lab professor Tomer Avidor-Reiss.

2023 Alumni News Items:

12.18.2023 - Congratulations to Olivia Onago (B.S. in Environmental Sciences), Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo, on being named the overall College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Fall 2023 Undergraduate Outstanding Graduating Student!

11.07.2023 - Congrats to The University of Toledo alum Michael Thomas (M.S. ‘22, biology/ecology), currently a research technician in the Heckathorn Lab, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo, who had his master’s thesis paper accepted for publication in Horticulturae. Not only was the paper accepted for publication, it was also selected for the August 2023 journal cover and is designated as a feature paper in the journal!

“Elevated CO2 Increases Severity of Thermal Hyponasty in Leaves of Tomato” by Michael D. Thomas, Scott A. Heckathorn and Jennifer K. Boldt (USDA). Horticulturae 2023, 9(

, 907; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9080907

11.01.2023 - Congrats to Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss, et al on the recent publication of a research paper in Scientific Reports, titled "Abnormal centriolar biomarker ratios correlate with unexplained bull artificial insemination subfertility: a pilot study". (Sci Rep 13, 18338 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45162-8)

This study was led by two current Ph.D. students, Katerina Turner and Luke Achinger, in the University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences, as well as two BioSci undergraduate students, Derek Kluczynski (senior) and Audrey Phillips (B.S. ’22), and past Ph.D. student, Dr. Emily Lillian Fishman (’19, Avidor-Reiss Lab). This work is in collaboration with Dr. Bo Harstine from Select Sires Inc., Dr. Barbara Saltzman from the UToledo Department of Population Health, as well as Drs. Dong Kong and Jadranka Loncarek from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute.

10.03.2023 - Please join us in congratulating Ciping Anderson-Huang (Physics ‘88), the current executive director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, a prominent Chinese human rights (HR) and democracy not-for-profit organization, who was selected as the 2023 Distinguished Alumna in The University of Toledo College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (NSM), Department of Physics & Astronomy!

Ciping also serves as the secretary general for the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, a global umbrella association of Chinese democracy and human rights organizations. She has written and published various articles in both Chinese and English that cover HR, compassion, social reality and justice.

07.26.2023 - Joshua Otten, The University of Toledo alum, Ph.D. Biology-Ecology and Organismal concentration (‘22, Refsnider), Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo, recently had an article accepted for publication in the high-impact journal Ecological Indicators. “Freshwater turtle populations as bioindicators following an oil spill: Delayed demographic changes reveal long-term impacts” from his doctoral research, sheds light on the long-term survival of turtles following an inland oil spill in Michigan. The study validates the significance of aiding animals in the aftermath of environmental disasters. (Full article access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110519)

The Wildlife Society also recently published an online article covering Otten’s research and findings, “10 years later, translocated turtles find their way home”. (Full article: http://wildlife.org/10-years-later-translocated-turtles...)

Dr. Otten will soon be starting a faculty position at Cornell College and we’re so excited to see where this new journey leads!

07.20.2023 - Dr. Tony Bova, (’13, B.S. Chemistry), The University of Toledo alum from the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is highlighted in the Beyond Benign article, “Thinking Outside of the Box: The story of Tony Bova” -

“Tony Bova is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mobius a company focused on converting organic waste into renewable chemicals and materials ...

Tony decided to pursue chemistry as his major at the University of Toledo. This is where he was introduced to green chemistry by his undergraduate research mentor and green chemistry champion Dr. Mark Mason, who signed his department onto the Beyond Benign Green Chemistry Commitment in 2014. During his undergraduate research, Tony started to deeply question the reasons behind his work and who he could help with it. Exactly why was he doing what he was doing? Tony realized that, if he could find a way to get his work out of the laboratory and into the hands of society, he could help more people! …”

06.27.2023 - Please join us in congratulating Katherine McKeone, The University of Toledo Alum, B.S. Biology (‘17), M.S. Biology (’20) and B.S. in Medical Technology (‘22), University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences, who has recently joined us back at UToledo, but this time, as an instructor in the program she graduated from last year, Medical Technology!

06.07.2023 - Please join us in congratulating Victoria “Tori” Drago, The University of Toledo Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry alum – B.S. Biochemistry (‘17) and Ph.D. in Chemistry (’22, Mueser) who was recently highlighted as an Extraordinary Early Career Member by the American Crystallographic Association (ACA). Early career scientists at ACA make remarkable contributions shaping our present and inspiring our future!

05.08.2023 - Congratulations to Michelle Huynh (B.S. '23, Biochemistry), Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, on being named the overall College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Spring 2023 Outstanding Graduating Student!

05.04.2023 - Congratulations to Sabrina Jaffe, Ph.D. student in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo (Dr. Song Qian Lab), recipient of the 2023 IAGLR David M. Dolan Scholarship for her research “Application of Bayesian hierarchical models in grass carp and harmful algal bloom management”. Sabrina received her M.S. in Biology/Ecology from The University of Toledo in 2021!

04.28.2023 - Students in Dr. Jeanine Refsnider's Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles course, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo, spent time in the field this week looking for frogs and checking turtle traps at the pond located on the University of Toledo Foundation's Center for Alumni & Donor Engagement (CADE) campus. CADE will soon be undergoing a restoration project, fully funded by ONDR's H2Ohio program, to restore the wetlands and provide improved educational and recreational opportunities at the CADE campus!

The weather cooperated and made for a great day to be outdoors and do some fieldwork before the end of the semester! Students in the field included: Devin Wilson (junior, environmental sciences), Alyshia Grant (B.S. Biology/Ecology, spring ‘23), Brendan Luurtsema (B.S. Environmental Sciences, spring ‘23), Clay Bollinger (B.S. Biology/Ecology, spring ‘23) and Paige Madden (M.S. Biology/Ecology, spring ’23; B.S. ‘17) checked turtle traps and inspected a dragonfly larvae.

2022 Alumni News Items:

12.18.2022 - Congratulations to Robert Snuggs (B.S. in Physics applied physics concentration), Department of Physics & Astronomy, on being named the overall College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Fall 2022 Outstanding Graduating Student!

10.05.2022 - Congratulations to Dr. Douglas Geiger (’82, ’84, ’87), a board-certified surgeon specializing in neurological surgery and orthopedic surgery of the spine (Ann Arbor, MI), who was selected as the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus in UToledo College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) from the University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences.

Dr. Geiger’s surgical work has included a wide array of procedures, from major reconstructive deformity correction in children and adults, to currently focusing on minimally invasive and outpatient spinal surgery. He implanted the first artificial disc in a patient in Michigan and currently consults with industry leaders in developing innovative devices. He is a member of the distinguished group the Scoliosis Research Society and also the North American Spine Society.

07.21.2022 - It’s #NationalZookeeperWeek and we want to give a shout-out to Adam Siefker, The University of Toledo alum (B.S. Biology, ecology and organismal, '18), The Toledo Zoo!

Adam, a herpetology keeper, was featured in a video to kick off the week by #ToledoZoo, showing how Adam spends his days in a behind-the-scenes video at the ProMedica Museum of Natural History feeding various Vipers housed in the "cool room".

05.09.2022 - Congratulations to Jacob Kahle (B.S. in Biology), University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences, on being named the overall College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Spring 2022 Outstanding Graduating Student!

02.25.2022 -The University of Toledo's recent alum (‘21, Ph.D. Biology/Ecology) and 2021 Ohio Sea Grant Knauss Legislative Fellow, Michaela Margida, published an inspiring personal story about her time working in Senator Cory Booker's office, describing how “building confidence requires the bravery to take the first step".

Read Michaela’s full story, “Building Confidence in a New Position”, to find out how she learned to take risks and find her voice: bit.ly/3Hf6nYU

01.10.2022 - Huge shout-out and congrats to Govind Sharma Shyam Sunder, (’21, Ph.D. Chemistry), on all of his success while at The University of Toledo and best wishes on future endeavors!

In Sharma’s own words:

“When I came to #UToledo in 2016, I began to explore labs and choose an advisor. I was excited to talk with Dr. Kirchhoff, who became my advisor and helped me join his lab,” Shyam Sunder said. “I’m so glad that I did and that I made the right decision because the growth in my learning curve was steep.”

“When I was new to the University of Toledo, I was good at theoretical knowledge of instrumentations and techniques. Then I got real-world experience. Dr. Kirchhoff was so encouraging and kept motivating me to learn new things.”

Kirchhoff said that Shyam Sunder’s discovery and development of a new air-stable polymer for the extraction of rare earth elements, which was published this year (ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, bit.ly/3n8jaFi), was a major contribution to the scientific literature.

Full #UTnews article: bit.ly/3zFoViV

2021 Alumni News Items:

12.15.2021 - The University of Toledo Jesup Scott Honors College recognized its graduating students at its Fall Medallion Ceremony held on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.

A special shout-out to the six recipients of the Honors medallion from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics:

• Hung Do, B.S. Data Science, minor in Economics

• Denisa Ivan, B.S. in Biology, pre-med concentration, minor in Chemistry

• Lilian Jerow, B.S. in Biology, neuroscience and pre-med concentration, minor in Chemistry

• Drew Pariseau, B.S. in Biology, minor in Chemistry

• Ashley Scheutzow, B.S. in Biochemistry, pre-med concentration, minor in Biology

• Gracie Siffer, B.S. in Biochemistry

Dr. Thomas Wakefield, Professor, Vascular Surgery and Director, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, and a 1975 Honors graduate of the University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences, provided the alumni remarks at the medallion ceremony.

12.03.2021 - Join us in congratulating Gunnar Kramer, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo, who is heading to Harvard University as an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow after graduating this month with his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from The University of Toledo!

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Kramer the fellowship to advance research to understand the basis of avian diversity, evolution and behavior. Kramer has published 17 papers on cutting-edge ornithological research that identifies migration routes.

“Most notably, my research showed that the population dynamics of migratory species can be linked to factors like deforestation in species’ wintering areas,” Kramer said. “This type of information is critical for conserving declining migratory birds.”

“He is a perfect example that we can and do host some of the best graduate students in the world here at UToledo,” said Dr. Henry Streby, associate professor of ecology.

Kramer, a Minnesota-native, will work in the laboratory of Dr. Scott Edwards, professor of organismal and evolutionary biology at Harvard and curator of ornithology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Full #UTNews article: bit.ly/3G4MBPB

11.29.2021 - HUGE shout-out to Angela Messmer-Blust, The University of Toledo alumna - B.S. Biology (’03) and Ph.D. Biology (’09/Advisor, D. Vestal), University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences – on some really exciting recognition she recently received for her work developing a coloring book to explain the science of the #mRNAvaccine to children!

Angela is a Sr Scientific Advisor and Assistant Professor at UMass Chan Medical School where she was able to turn her vision into reality with the opportunity to lead the “Emma RNA Saves the Day” coloring book project at the RNA Therapeutics Institute!

The Boston Celtics recognized Angela as a #HeroAmongUs for her work on the coloring book at the Celtics vs. LA Lakers game where #EmmaRNA got a standing ovation on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021!

For more information about this project and to download or request physical copies for a classroom, in English or Spanish, visit: bit.ly/3rzpR6z

10.01.2021 - Huge shout-out and congrats to Matthew McCormick, (’21, M.S. Geology), recent alum from The University of Toledo, on getting his dream job!

In Matt’s own words:

“I accepted a position with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The position is in Region 9 working on superfund site remediation in California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii and is based in San Francisco! It's literally my dream job!

I want to thank you for all your help and direction in the development and execution of my thesis research. Our committee meetings were the most influential points in the evolution of my research, and you helped me think outside of the box and drove me to do more. Looking back, I think that if I didn't have you on my committee that my research wouldn't have evolved into the study it did, and I wouldn't have learned the skills which got me an awesome EPA job. It was an honor having you as a committee member, and I hope that future students can share the benefit of having you serve on their committee.

Thank you again for guidance and tutelage, it helped me land a great job! I'll make sure to keep in touch in the future and will do my best to represent the department.”

The Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo's Dr. Daryl Dwyer (received this message from Matt) was a member of Matt’s thesis committee and Dr. Jamie Martin-Hayden was Matt’s MS thesis advisor ~ kudos to you both on your outstanding student support!

08.16.2021 - HUGE shout-out to David Baliu-Rodriguez, The University of Toledo, who is graduating with a Ph.D. in #chemistry (Isailovic Lab), and on Aug. 30 will join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Calif., as a postdoctoral #researcher!

“Research has long been my passion,” he said, “and the National Laboratories have outstanding scientists and facilities. At LLNL, I’ll have the opportunity to work with instruments and techniques that are not available anywhere else.”

“I look forward to expanding my horizons to California, where there is so much exciting science being done,” Baliu-Rodriguez said. “Dr. Dragan empowers his students to be independent thinkers, and to find new ways to apply what we’ve learned to our projects. At LLNL, I’ll be taking that skill to the next level.” Full #UTNews story: bit.ly/3xXk6z6.

08.02.2021 - Congratulations to Eanas Abutaha, The University of Toledo alum, (’20, B.S. Biology, pre-dent, University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences) on becoming a 2021 Fellowship Recipient of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi!

The 2021 class of fellows represents students from more than 60 colleges and universities across the nation. The recipients—drawn from all academic disciplines—are pursuing post-baccalaureate programs of study ranging from science and engineering to arts and humanities.

#PhiKappaPhiFellowships are part of the Society’s robust awards program, which gives more than $1 million each year to outstanding members and students on chapter campuses through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.

07.22.2021 - HUGE shout-out to #UToledo alumnus and newest Dr. Riley Elliott - Shark Scientist crew member,Randy Thomas (’19, B.S. Environmental Sciences, Biology concentration, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo)!

Randy recently competed in Discovery’s first-ever shark series, #SharkAcademy, during #SharkWeek2021 on discovery+. The docu-series followed eight men and women who competed to secure a crew spot on #sharkscientist Dr. Riley Elliott’s next great shark diving expedition. Randy was the top competitor and won the coveted crew spot!

#UTNews article: bit.ly/3k3dzPS

discovery.com/shark-week

05.10.2021 - Congratulations to Nathan Gembreska (B.S. in Biochemistry), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, on being named the overall College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 2021 Outstanding Graduating Student!

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