Dr. Romina King was part of the team that won the NASA Group Achievement Award for developing a citizen-science app.

Britney Sison, a biology and chemistry major, has discovered five potentially undocumented diatoms in mud from various Micronesian Islands.

Jeried Calaor, a master's biology student at the University of Guam, presented his thesis work in Thailand on the threatened Mariana fruit bat.

Chieriel Desamito, a graduate student in the Sustainable Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources program, took an important step in his future career by presenting his research, networking with others in the field, and learning about current trends and issues at the Soil Science Society of America conference held Jan. 6–9 in San Diego.