Congratulations to Rutgers E&E doctoral student Johnny Quispe on being named a 2018 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award winner!  The award comes from the Ecological Society of America.  As part of being named a 2018 recipient Jonny will travel to Washington D.C. and learn about obtaining federal funding in science, meet with legislators, will discuss environmental policy with legislators on behalf of science researchers!  Johnny's research focuses on sea level rise and how it may impact coastal communities and wetlands.  Congrats Johnny!

​Join us to congratulate Rutgers LA and Ecology and Evolution Graduate Professor JeanMarie Hartman and her Lab: Both of her Ph.D. students – Kate Douthat and Johnny Quispe - received highly competitive scholarships.
 
Kate’s comes from the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and names her a Botany In Action Fellow. Kate’s project is titled “The Plant Communities of Stormwater Detention Basins in New Jersey: Types, Landscapes, and Local Drivers”

Johnny’s comes from the Garden Club of America and Center for Coastal Resources Management, Virginia Institute of Marine Science. He has been awarded the 2018 GCA Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies. Johnny’s project is titled “ Submergence or Survival? The Role ofPhragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora in the Survival of Tidal Marshes”

​Awesome work you two!!