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Achievements
Find out what our students, faculty, and staff are being recognized for.
Buddhika Madurapperuma
Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management
Lecturer recognized in Publons’ global awards
Dr. Buddhika Madurapperuma, Lecturer, FWR/ESM received Publons Peer Review Awards 2019 for placing in the top 1% global peer reviewers in "Geosciences". This award was based on the Publons global reviewer database, determined by the number of peer review reports performed during 2018-19 year. He has performed 64 peer reviews according to the publons statistics as linked https://publons.com/researcher/1240224/buddhika-madurapperuma/peer-review/. Publons peer review awards honor the elite contributors who have demonstrated outstanding expert commitment to protect the integrity and accuracy of published research.
Kevin R Fingerman
Environmental Science & Management
Kevin Fingerman was invited by the California Council on Science and Technology to participate in an Expert Briefing on "Beneficial Uses of Biomass from Wildfire Management Activities in California." Dr. Fingerman joined a 5-person panel at the State Capitol building on September 19th to brief legislative and agency staff members on this issue with cross-cutting implications for California's for climate, ecological, public health, and economic goals.
https://ccst.us/ccst-to-host-expert-briefing-on-the-beneficial-uses-of-…
Tammy Phrakonkham
Geology
HSU geology student Tammy Phrakonkham has been selected to represent northern California at the 2019 Geosciences Congressional Visits Day (GEO-CVD) on Sept. 10-11 in Washington, D.C.
GEO-CVD is sponsored by American Geophysical Union along with other Earth science societies each year “to increase the visibility of and support for the geosciences in Congress.” During this event, participants will be given an opportunity to meet with members of the congressional delegation representing their state and with staff from congressional committees who have jurisdiction over issues related to geoscience.
Luisa Segovia
Biological Sciences
Received a 2019 CSU-LSAMP at HSU Summer Research Experience Award to conduct research on immunogenetics of invasive frogs with Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy (Biological Sciences).
Erin Kelly
Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management
Invited talk at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan: Forestry projects under the cap-and-trade market in California. Symposium paper in the Sophia University Journal, Global Environmental Studies.
Erin Kelly & Yvonne Everett
Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management
Co-Edited Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, an annual special issue journal. Title: The American West after the Timber Wars. (both also contributed articles to the issue).
Jianmin Zhong
Biological Sciences
Jianmin Zhong, Ph. D. published a manuscript on the journal of "Ticks and tick-borne diseases" in May 2019. The title of the manuscript is "Isolation and characterization of a Rickettsia from the ovary of a Western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus". In addition, there are 10 HSU undergraduate and graduate students as coauthors on the manuscript. Zhong is proud of students' achievements at HSU.
Rosemary Sherriff (PI) and Lucy Kerhoulas (Co-PI)
Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management
Recieved an NSF grant to study conifer drought responses in the Klamath Ecoregion ($399,987).
Lucy Kerhoulas, Allyson Carroll, Jim Campbell-Spickler
Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management
Featured scientists at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The exhibit, "Giants of Land and Sea, Redwood Ascent," will be on display in one of the main galleries for five years.
Louise Martin, Michael Mees, Kegan Richards, Ivy Sebring-Patton, Mary Scanlan
Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management
Five Rangeland Resource Science students have been awarded the Rustici Livestock and Rangeland Scholarship, administered through the California Farm Bureau Federation. These scholarships are worth $5,000 and are renewable each year.