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Latorya Mason successfully defends her thesis: "Effect of Sex on the Accumulation of Hepatic Mercury in Mallards Wintering in Louisiana"
Congratulations Tory!
Congratulations to our Winter 2024 Graduates!
Dr. Terri Maness presents at GOMCON in Tampa, FL February 19-22
Dr. Maness helped host a special symposium session about ecosystem health and was part of three oral presentations
Hailey Stroderd presents at SEAFWA conference in Corpus Christi Texas, October 15 -18
Biology undergraduate, Hailey Stroderd presented a poster entitled "Ingestion of Microplastics by Louisiana Waterfowl."
Least tern adult and chick. Photo credit: Melissa Groo / Audubon Photography Awards
For more information visit: https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/optimizing-coastal-bird-stewardship
Dr. Maness and colleagues awarded a $1.96 million NOAA RESTORE grant
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RESTORE Science Program recently announced $16.8 million of funding to 10 actionable research projects in the Gulf of Mexico, including a $1.96 million to a diverse research team that includes Biological Sciences Associate Professor, Dr. Terri Maness. The project team is led by Dr. Nicole Michel of National Audubon and includes researchers from NGOs, USGS, USFWS, and several universities including Tulane, University of Illinois, Texas A&M, and Virginia Tech in addition to Louisiana Tech.
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Coastal-breeding bird populations have declined significantly due to anthropogenic and environmental threats, such as human disturbance. The project team will develop science-based guidance on stewardship and outreach techniques for the Gulf of Mexico, which will help resource managers reduce threats from human disturbance to coastal-breeding bird populations. The team will conduct field surveys, bird health assessments, and community-based social marketing campaigns. These will be used to estimate the relationships between stewardship techniques and both bird and human responses, to predict how specific stewardship actions will influence population-level outcomes of interest, such as bird nest success.
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The project is funded for five years and will support graduate and undergraduate researchers at Tech
Dr. Maness awarded a Gulf of Mexico Alliance grant
Terri Maness and collaborator Dr. Jacquelyn Grace of Texas A&M University were awarded a Gulf of Mexico Alliance Wildlife and Fisheries Team grant award of $90,000 for a project entitled "Evaluation of Microplastics and Ecotoxins in Waterfowl." This award will support undergraduate researchers!
Jacob Mitcham successfully defends his Master's Thesis!
Congratulations Jacob!
Dr. Maness is recognized with the 2023 Scholarly Activity Award
This award is given to an ANS faculty member for exemplary scholarly activity to recognize accomplishments in outreach and/or service learning projects, enhancement of Louisiana Tech University programs, and creative productions related to one’s profession.
Sarah Bollinger, Emilee Doyle, Garrison Lowder, Jacob Mitcham, Katie Redman, and Marissa Robertson present their research at the Applied and Natural Sciences Research Symposium!
Congratulations to Emilee Doyle, Sarah Bollinger, and Garrison Lowder for winning first place in the undergraduate poster category for their poster entitled: "Airborne Microplastics in Carson-Taylor Hall, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA"!
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Everyone did a great job!
Jacob Mitcham wins R.J. Strawinski Memorial Research Award at at the annual American Society of Microbiology (ASM) meeting for the South Central Branch
Dr. Maness is profiled by the Gulf of Mexico Avian Monitoring Network
Dr. Maness receives US Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director’s Conservation Partner Award
Dr. Maness presents Michael Hirchak's undergraduate research at the International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology in Edinburgh, Scotland
