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SMCM Newsroom > Archives for Biology

Professor Price to Discuss Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in Female Songbirds

March 26, 2018

J. Jordan Price

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Biology Professor Jordan Price will discuss the evolution of sexual dimorphism in female songbirds on Wednesday, April 11 at 4:40 p.m. in Schaefer Hall, room 106, on the College’s campus. The talk, titled, “Female Songbirds Aren’t So Dull After All: Reconstructing the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism,” is the final lecture Find out more »

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, Featured News, Laurels, Lectures and Talks Tagged With: Biology, Featured on SMCM's Home Page

Asst. Prof. Malisch Offers Solutions to the Conference-Childcare Conundrum as a Mother in Science

March 7, 2018

Jessica L. Malisch, St. Mary’s College assistant professor of biology, was a member of a working group of academic mothers who, with lead writer Rebecca M. Calisi (University of California), compiled a list of methods for conference organizers to facilitate attendance at conferences by primary caregivers. “This was an important collaborative project conducted by 46 Find out more »

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, Featured News, Laurels, Publications & Projects, Published Works Tagged With: Biology, Featured on SMCM's Home Page

Alumna and College Faculty published in Scientific Reports

September 13, 2017

St. Mary’s College alumna Kaitlyn Thompson ’16 and College faculty collaborated with The Chesapeake Biological Lab on the paper titled “Sulfate Reduction in Sediments Produces High Levels of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter” recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. Thompson’s St. Mary’s Project research at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Find out more »

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, Featured News, Published Works, Research & Innovation, Students and Alumni Tagged With: biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Featured on SMCM's Home Page

Visiting Researcher Modeling Marine Ecosystems of Southern Iran

August 1, 2017

Christy Lewis, left , with visiting researcherMaryam Hakim Elahi

St. Mary’s College welcomes visiting researcher Maryam Hakim Elahi, who is spending two months on campus this summer working with St. Mary’s College’s Kristy Lewis, assistant professor of biology, to expand her knowledge of ecosystem modeling. Elahi is a PhD candidate in marine ecology at Khorramshahr Marine Science and Technology University (KMSU) in South Iran, adjacent Find out more »

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, Featured News, Learning and Research Tagged With: Biology, Featured on SMCM's Home Page, Office of Research & Sponsored Research

Prof. Price’s Research Featured in Scientific American Article

May 2, 2017

J. Jordan Price

Research on the evolution of bird nests by Professor of Biology and Steven Muller Distinguished Professor of the Sciences J. Jordan Price is featured in the article “Bird Nests Used to Look More Like Fortresses” by Kat Long, published May 2017 in Scientific American. Price’s research was first published in the Royal Society Journal “Proceedings Find out more »

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, Laurels Tagged With: Biology, Laurels

Prof. Mertz presents Work at Experimental Biology 2017

April 27, 2017

Pamela Mertz

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Pamela Mertz presented a poster at Experimental Biology 2017 on April 23 in Chicago, IL. titled “A Multiweek Tyrosinase Inhibitor and Analysis Project:  A Capstone Experiment for the Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory Course.” The poster was co-authored by two St. Mary’s College faculty: Kelly Neiles, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and Find out more »

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Faculty & Staff, Laurels Tagged With: Biology, Chemistry, Laurels

St. Mary’s College Professor J. Jordan Price published in Royal Society Journal “Proceedings B”

February 3, 2017

J. Jordan Price

J. Jordan Price, professor of biology and Steven Muller Distinguished Professor of the Sciences at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and co-author Simon C. Griffith from Macquarie University, Sydney, had a paper titled, “Open Cup Nests Evolved from Roofed Nests in the Early Passerines,” published on Feb 1 in the Royal Society Journal “Proceedings B.” Find out more »

Filed Under: Campus & Community, Faculty & Staff, Laurels, Published Works Tagged With: Biology, Laurels

St. Mary’s College Professor Named Chair of Local Board

January 24, 2017

Professor Bob Paul

St Mary’s College Professor of Biology Robert W. Paul officially took office on January 1 as board chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Paul served as chairman-elect for 2015-16, and now will assume a two-year term as chairman. The Alliance is one of the oldest and well-respected non-profits Find out more »

Filed Under: Campus & Community, Faculty & Staff, Laurels Tagged With: Biology, Faculty, Laurels

St. Mary’s College Professor Collaborates on Research of Dryland Mosses

November 21, 2016

Kirsten Deane-Coe, assistant professor of biology for St. Mary’s College of Maryland, was awarded $130,079 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Dimensions of Biodiversity Program. She will be working with collaborators to investigate the drivers of diversity in an ecologically important clade of dryland mosses. Syntrichia is a large and diverse genus of mosses occurring worldwide Find out more »

Filed Under: Accomplishments, Faculty & Staff Tagged With: Biology, Laurels

Goats tackle invasive kudzu on campus

April 25, 2016

Kudzu is an aggressive invasive plant species found all across the United States, including on the campus of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Research has shown that goats can be used as an effective biological control agent against kudzu. This is the focus of a St. Mary’s Project (SMP) by Brooke Bartko ’16. Bartko’s research Find out more »

Filed Under: Featured News, Grants and Gifts, Learning and Research, Students and Alumni Tagged With: Biology, Educational Studies, Environmental Studies, Featured on SMCM's Home Page

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