The BFS is excited to announce that two of the senior theses carried out at the BFS this year have won prizes for their outstanding work!
Courtney (Liz) Miranda at Scripps College.
Courtney (Liz) Miranda (Scripps ’13) received the 2013 McClintock Science Award for the best senior thesis in science at Scripps College for her thesis “Facilitative Interactions Among Native Perennial Shrubs and Native and Exotic Annuals in Recovering Coastal Sage Scrub.” Liz’s advisor was Prof. Diane Thomson, Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges. You can read Liz’s thesis abstract here.
Megan Wheeler (right) helps volunteer Thendral Govindraj (HMC ’16) sort one of Megan’s many litter samples for carbon analysis. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Megan Wheeler (HMC ’13) received the Harvey Mudd Biology Department prize for Outstanding Thesis, and she was also the co-recipient of the Mindlin Prize for Innovative Ideas in the Sciences for her thesis, “Carbon Storage in Coastal Sage Scrub and Non-Native Grassland Habitats”. BFS Director Marty Meyer was Megan’s advisor. You can read Megan’s abstract here.
Please congratulate Liz and Megan!