Sherri Goodman Presents 2015 Watkins Award for Excellence in Research
– February 24, 2015
 (Click to enlarge) Lindsey and Kristina receive their awards from Sherri Goodman, Consortium for Ocean Leadership President & CEO. |
Consortium for Ocean Leadership President & CEO Sherri Goodman presented Lindsey Dornberger and Kristina Deak of the University of South Florida with the James D. Watkins Award for Excellence in Research for outstanding presentation at the 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference.
The James D. Watkins Student Award for Excellence in Research strives to recognize outstanding research in order to cultivate the next generation of ocean scientists and encourage excitement for presenting their work. Lindsey’s talk, entitled Ecosystem modeling: an approach to estimate effects of PAH on fishes, and Kristina’s presentation, entitled Cytokine expression patterns in red snapper and golden tilefish collected from the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2013-2014, both embodied the Watkins Award evaluation criteria (scientific merit, research capability, design & style, and knowledge of presenter).
Lindsey and Kristina have been recognized as GoMRI Scholars for their contributions to improve understanding about the damage, response, and recovery following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. They have both been conducting research with the C-IMAGE consortium for several years and will continue their work with the recently-funded C-IMAGE II consortium. Lindsey also conducted research with the Deep-C consortium.
Congratulations Lindsey and Kristina.
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