CCOR Travel Award Winners – Spring 2019
We are pleased to announce the seven recipients of the Center for Coastal Oceans Research (CCOR) travel awards for the early 2019 […]
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Aquarius Resurfaced: Ecology of fear in plant-eating coral reef fish
In November 2013, during FIU’s first Aquarius mission, researchers used fiberglass models of predatory fish to study how the risk of predation […]
Simulating oil spills in the lab
Dr. Piero Gardinali, professor within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, shares on the Academic Minute how oil spills can be […]
BSI-mentored researchers awarded grants
Graduate student and PhD candidate, Sana Nasim, and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Hooi Hooi Ng, mentored by Biomolecular Sciences Institute faculty […]
We Are Tropics: Matthew Morris
The danger of extinction for the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is unfortunately within reach. North America’s most critically endangered bird species, […]
FIU Tropics Spring 2019 photo contest winners
Over the last two years, FIU Tropics has celebrated the merging of arts and conservation by hosting a photo contest. […]
Psychology graduate student awarded competitive NRSA F31 grant
By Brandon Isahack Psychology graduate student Ileana Pacheco-Colón‘s F31 training grant, co-sponsored by Raul Gonzalez and Angela Laird, was recently funded by the […]
Environmental DNA used as tracking tool
The so-called “environmental DNA” is helping conservationists keep track of marine species. Sharks, especially, are not easy to track as many […]
Scientists concerned over drop in shark bites
The number of shark bites in Florida have plummeted in 2018, and scientists are trying to figure out why. Just 16 […]
Alumnus recognized for impacting the community
FIU alumnus Andres Arnavat was recently honored with the Dean’s Community Service Award. The award, which is given to students […]
