Spring graduate Anindya Bijoy Das receives Karas Award
Shortly before defending his dissertation this past April, Dr. Anindya Bijoy Das learned he had been selected as a Karas Award winner for Outstanding Dissertation.
Dr. Maria Alcívar-Zúñiga wins 2022 Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation
Dr. Maria Alcívar-Zúñiga, an alumna of Iowa State’s Human Development and Family Studies, is a winner of the 2022 Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation. Named for Dr. George Karas, retired former Associate Dean of the Graduate College, this accolade is given every year to honor students in rotating disciplines.
Ph.D. student Charity Njeshi presents at regional Three Minute Thesis competition
Charity Njeshi, a Ph.D.
Crystal Roach receives fellowship for research on environmental stressors
Crystal Roach, a doctoral student in Iowa State’s Department of Animal Science, recently received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) predoctoral fellowship through the National Institutes of Health. The award allows Ms. Roach to expand her research into the field of reproductive toxicology examining the impacts of zearalenone, a mycotoxin commonly found on corn and grains in prepubertal gilts.
2020 graduates celebrated with special commencement
When Iowa State cancelled their in-person commencement ceremonies for spring and fall 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, graduate students understood the decision to go virtual but also felt disappointed.
Meet our 2021-22 3MT Finalists: Rachel Sorensen
Rachel Sorensen, in her fourth year of Iowa State's Ph.D. program in toxicology, will compete in the final round of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Oct. 28. Learn more below about Rachel and her 3MT presentation, titled "Possible Problems with Puny Plastic Particles."
Meet our 2021-22 3MT Finalists: Njeshi Charity Nya
Njeshi Charity Nya, an Iowa State graduate student in toxicology, will participate in the final round of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Oct. 28. Learn more about her below, and watch her presentation, "Drug Development for the Treatment of Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)," on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Meet our 2021-22 3MT Finalists: Holly Loper
Holly Loper is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in microbiology. You can watch her Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation, "Novel Field Study to Measure Environmental Nitrogen Losses from Maize," Oct. 28 at 6 p.m.
Meet our 2021-22 3MT Finalists: Carlos Llosa
Carlos Llosa, a graduate student in statistics, will present his Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation, "Assessing Suicide Risk Using Statistics," on Thursday, Oct. 28. Learn more about Carlos's graduate studies below.
Meet our 2021-22 3MT Finalists: Swathy Krishna
Swathy Krishna, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Genetics and Genomics, will compete in the Graduate College's sixth annual Three Minute Thesis competition on Oct. 28. Learn more about Swathy below, and watch her presentation, "Does a High-fat High Sugar Diet Make Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Worse?" on Thursday at 6 p.m.