For Dr. Mónica Medina’s amazing work in pioneering contributions to understanding the evolution and molecular microbial ecology of coral symbiosis and coral reef sensitivity to global change and for dedication to mentoring diverse young scientists. Only 564 individuals are recognized with this honor, for their outstanding achievements in their advancements in science. https://www.psu.edu/news/story/five-penn-state-faculty-named-aaas-fellows/?utm_audience=Combined&utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Penn+State+Today&utm_content=01-27-2022-11-10&utm_term=TopStories+-+2#.YfsbHF3u5nY.twitter
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Welcome, Leah!
We are so pleased to welcome Penn State alumna, Leah Guizar, to our lab as our jellyfish husbandry expert! Victoria and the undergraduate students have increased the number of jellyfish experiments, so we are happy to have Leah’s aquaria expertise in rearing more jellies. Leah and her family maintain several saltwater tanks in their home, […]
Welcome, Dr. Crandall!
We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Eric Crandall to Penn State as a research associate professor. He is participating in our lab initiatives as he settles in to research in the Biology Department. He comes to us from Cal State University at Monterey Bay where he was an assistant professor. His research has been […]
Diversity Podcast with Colin
Colin was interviewed in 2020 for the Out There Podcast. The discussion on the resilience through diversity can be found here. Great work, Colin!
Sofia wins Dean’s Climate & Diversity Award
Sofia adds another award to her shelf when she won the Penn State College of Eberly Science Dean’s Climate & Diversity Award in January 2021! She has worked hard for many justice, equity, diversity and inclusion efforts, including starting the SACNAS chapter at Penn State, teaching data processing techniques to URM, assisting with the Bridge […]
Victoria earns Sloan Scholarship
We couldn’t be more proud of our second Sloan Scholar in the Medina Lab, Victoria Sharp! She has been diligently working on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) projects at Penn State, in addition to her excellent graduate work on Cassiopea. Her latest achievement has been writing Wikipedia pages about underrepresented minorities (URM) in science […]
Colin wins at SACNAS!
We congratulate our new Ph.D. student, Colin Howe, on his Outstanding Presentation Award at the Fall 2020 Society for the Advancement of Chicano/as and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference. He presented his Master’s degree work on coral nursery transplants. Way to start off your Ph.D., Colin!
Sofia’s study is published
Sofia’s stellar study, performed with Medina Lab collaborators, on the microbiomes of transplanted corals in reefs in and around Varadero has been published in Coral Reefs! Learn more about how the reef environments influenced the microbial community and survivorship here
Dr. Medina in the news
Dr. Medina was recently interviewed and quoted on the state of coral reefs for the Environmental Health News magazine. She and other top coral researchers discussed the importance of using genetic tools to understand corals and call for the cessation of climate change. You can read the article here.
Dr. Medina interviewed for Nature article
At the Science Writers’ conference hosted by Penn State in October 2019, Dr. Medina presented her labs research and fielded questions about the future of coral reefs. She was interviewed by a science writer for the Nature magazine and gave a sobering reminder about maintaining hope for reefs while avoiding a sense of complacency. Read […]