GRANTS AND AWARDS
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2012-2014)
Estimating gene flow directionality and shared biogeographic histories of western Atlantic Syngnathidae using population genomic data, $15,000
Seymour Folger Endowment Fund (2012)
Ph.D. support in genomic research, $750
Queens College Research Award (2011)
Ph.D. support for research materials, $600
Explorers Club Grant (2010)
Conservation genetics of the Patagonia seahorse (Hippocampus patagonicus), $1,400
City University of New York Science Scholar Fellowship (2009-2014)
Full financial stipend support for Ph.D. study ($25,000 annually), including tuition, and healthcare
Lerner-Gray Award in Marine Research (2009)
U.S. Seahorse trade dynamics using molecular forensic identification, $2,200
NY-NJ HEP Stewardship Grant (2005-2008): In conjunction with The River Project
Restoration of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in NY Harbor, $40,000
Patagonia Corporate Grant (2006-2008): In conjunction with The River Project
C. virginica restoration in the Hudson River, $3,500
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant (1999)
Undergraduate thesis research support, $2,500
Lemelson National Program Grant in Invention and Innovation (1998)
AquaFuture Inc. internship support at facility raising sustainable striped Bass (Morone saxatilis), $1,500
Lemelson National Program Grant in Invention and Innovation (1997-1998)
Development of facility to raise summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and "aquaponics" of hybrid Tilapia., $1,500
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2012-2014)
Estimating gene flow directionality and shared biogeographic histories of western Atlantic Syngnathidae using population genomic data, $15,000
Seymour Folger Endowment Fund (2012)
Ph.D. support in genomic research, $750
Queens College Research Award (2011)
Ph.D. support for research materials, $600
Explorers Club Grant (2010)
Conservation genetics of the Patagonia seahorse (Hippocampus patagonicus), $1,400
City University of New York Science Scholar Fellowship (2009-2014)
Full financial stipend support for Ph.D. study ($25,000 annually), including tuition, and healthcare
Lerner-Gray Award in Marine Research (2009)
U.S. Seahorse trade dynamics using molecular forensic identification, $2,200
NY-NJ HEP Stewardship Grant (2005-2008): In conjunction with The River Project
Restoration of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in NY Harbor, $40,000
Patagonia Corporate Grant (2006-2008): In conjunction with The River Project
C. virginica restoration in the Hudson River, $3,500
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant (1999)
Undergraduate thesis research support, $2,500
Lemelson National Program Grant in Invention and Innovation (1998)
AquaFuture Inc. internship support at facility raising sustainable striped Bass (Morone saxatilis), $1,500
Lemelson National Program Grant in Invention and Innovation (1997-1998)
Development of facility to raise summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and "aquaponics" of hybrid Tilapia., $1,500