HONORS AND AWARDS
*denotes past and present Gray Lab student award
2023: GCC Undergraduate Research Awards (Awarded to Allison Montgomery, Kathryn Ouimet, and Sam Purvis)*
2023: Megan Gaesser awarded CPRC Student Travel Grant*
2023: Best Poster Presentation in Applied Research at the 2023 Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting (Awarded to Tyler Allen)*
2023: Virginia Tech Cunningham Fellowship (Awarded to Megan Gaesser)*
2023: Virginia Tech Deans Excellence Award (Awarded to Beija Gore)*
2023: Virginia Tech Deans Diversity Fellowship (Awarded to Beija Gore)*
2023: Virginia Tech, Department of Biological Sciences, Outstanding Service Award
2023: Dennis Dean Undergraduate Conference, 2nd place for College of Natural Resources and Environment (Awarded to Nathan Ferguson)*
2023: Honorable Mention for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award (Awarded to Katie Mayer)*
2023: Aquatic Biology Poster Presentation Award at 84th Annual ASB Meeting*
2023: Society for Freshwater Sciences Emerge Fellow (Awarded to Tyler Allen)*
2022: 3rd Place for Best Masters Student Poster Presentation at 43rd SETAC North America Meeting *
2022: GCC Undergraduate Research Award (Awarded to Nathan Ferguson)*
2022: William Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award (Awarded to Katie Mayer)*
2022: Mid-Atlantic PREP & IMSD Research Symposium (MAPRS)Distinguished PREP Alumni Awardee
2021: SETAC North America Eugene Kenaga Membership Award
2021: SETAC North America Recent Graduate Grant
2021: GCC Undergraduate Research Award (Awarded to UG Tyler Allen) *
2021: Virginia Tech Sendlebeck Diversity Fellow
2020: Virginia Tech Future Faculty for Diversity Program Scholar
2019: SETAC Student Exchange Award: Visiting Scholar appointment at Duke University
2019: Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences award at the 2019 UNCG Graduate Research Expo
2019: SETAC North America: Presidential Citation for Exemplary Service
2018: Distinguished Dr. Steve J. Klaine Presentation Award at CSETAC Annual Meeting
2018: SETAC North America: Presidential Citation for Exemplary Service
2017: Recipient of the NC Sea Grant/WRRI Graduate Research Fellowship
2017: Recipient of the John O’Brien Field Research Award
2016: 1st Place: Best Platform Presentation at the 7th SETAC World Congress meeting
2016: 1st Place: Best Platform Presentation at the CSETAC Regional Meeting
2016: SETAC North America: Presidential Citation for Exemplary Service
2015: Outstanding Graduate Student for the Citadel Graduate College
2015: Best Student Presentation at the Citadel Graduate College Research Conference