Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies MS Grant Awards for 2012

Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies (YIBS) Director, Os Schmitz, is pleased to announce the recipients of the YIBS MS Grant Awards for 2012. 

Members of the MS Grant Awards committee, David Post, Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Peter Raymond, Professor in the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, chose the following students to receive awards:

Cara Mae Cirignano

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Award:  $1,750
Research topic:  The monetary value of air pollution impacts from American beef cattle

Max Lambert

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Award:  $2,500

Research topic:  Endocrine disruption between amphibian species and among land uses

Geoffrey Giller

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Award:   $2,500

Research topic:  Estrogenic contamination of ground and pond waters