Biological Sciences
Pedro Peloso, Biological Sciences & Brandice Guerra, Art + Film
Professors Pedro Peloso (Biological Sciences) and Brandice Guerra received a grant from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation (www.maxwell-hanrahan.org) to support an illustration internship at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Alana Chin - Biological Sciences
Dr. Alana Chin received a grant to support research looking into factors impacting redwood tree fog-uptake. Redwood trees absorb water from fog, making it a key provider of water in the summer months.
New and endemic species of small mammals revealed through DNA barcoding
We just published a paper on diversity of non-volant small mammals (marsupials and rodents) from Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo (PNRA), a poorly known site located in the eastern Andean slopes in Peru.
Brian Tissot and Sean Craig, Biological Sciences
Drs. Brian Tissot and Sean Craig received funding to continue ongoing monitoring research in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) along the California coastline. MPAs are regions designated and managed for the long-term conservation of marine resources, ecosystems services, or cultural heritage.
A plant genome is documented from tropical Americas
Dr. Oscar Vargas collaborated in the assemblage and annotation of a spiral ginger genome. Authors sequenced the nuclear genome of two species of plants in the family Costaceae.
New species is described to science
Dr. Oscar Vargas collaborated in the description of a new species of spiral gingers from the mountains of Costa Rica.
Silvia Pavan, Biological Sciences
Dr. Silvia Pavan received a grant from the National Science Foundation to implement a project that will digitize and georeference Cal Poly Humboldt’s mammal collection.
Erik Jules, Biological Sciences
Erik Jules (Biological Sciences) published a paper with ten Humboldt student co-authors in the American Journal of Botany (doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16112).
Pedro Peloso, Biological Sciences (New species of frog from South America)
Research Associate Dr. Pedro Peloso and collaborators have discovered and described a new species of frog from South America (Brazil and French Guiana).
Paper published by faculty
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