News
November 2019
Joana Tavares Advances to Candidacy!
Joana Tavares successfully presented her dissertation proposal on the effects of emissions from the shipping industry on marine biota. Congratulations on successfully advancing to candidacy, Joana!
July 2019
Mackey's Research and Teaching Honored
June 2019
Graduate Student Awards & Recognition
Congratulations to our award recipients!
Joana Tavares received a NASA Fellowship, Raisha Lovindeer received a Ridges 2 Reefs (R2R) Fellowship, and Jessica Walden received a R2R Fellowship and a Graduate Student Great Partners Award from UCI Engage in recognition of our research partnership with the Orange County Sanitation District!
June 2019
Congratulations to our Graduates!
Congratulations to Hannah Medina, Lawrence Abbot, and Lawrence Khournso, who all graduated with their Bachelor's degrees!
Lawrence Abbot was awarded the Undergraduate Research Award in Earth System Science!!! Congratulations, Abbot!
September 2018
Raisha Lovindeer Advances to Candidacy
June 2018
Student Awards and Recognition
Congratulations to our award recipients!
Lillian Lee (Honors in ESS, Phi Beta Kappa), Melanie Martinez (Honors in ESS, Phi Beta Kappa), Chris McGuire (Honors in ESS), Laura Robledo (ESS Undergraduate Research Award, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Honors in EESS, Phi Beta Kappa), and Jess Walden (Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship).
June 2018
Congratulations to our Graduates!
Congratulations to Jade Barrilleaux, Belen Cairo, Lillian Lee, Melanie Martinez, Chris McGuire, Erich Partida, Laura Robledo, and Nairi Sevajian, who all graduated with their Bachelor's degrees!
May 2018
Chris McGuire receives the
Thomas T. Tierney Award!
May 2018
Raisha Lovindeer receives the Best Student Poster Award at SCAS!
March 2018
Mackey receives Simons Early Career Investigator Award
The award "helps launch the careers of outstanding investigators who will advance our understanding of marine microbial ecology and evolution." Mackey received this award in recognition of her research on how metal toxicity affects microbial competition.
February 2018
Belen Cairo receives the Best Student Poster Award at CAMP
Belen Cairo received the Best Poster Award at the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) Symposium. Her poster showed over 2years of data from Newport Beach, monitoring the effects of ENSO on phytoplankton, and acknowledges her superior science communication skills. Congrats Bel!
November 2017
Johann Lopez advanced to candidacy
Johann Lopez successfully presented and defended his doctoral research proposal. Congratulations on your advancement, Johann!
June 2017
Congratulations to our Graduates!
Congratulations to Belen Cairo, Priya Kaur, Araceli Serrano, and Stephanie Stragier, who all graduated with their Bachelor's degrees!
Araceli was awarded the Earth System Science Undergraduate Research & Departmental Service Award!
February 2017
Mackey Awarded Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in Ocean Sciences
The Fellowship seeks “to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.” Mackey received this award in recognition of her interdisciplinary research approach in oceanography.
May 2017
Mackey receives UCI Dynamic Womxn Award
This award is to “celebrate and honor the incredible womxn who are leaders and role models actively making a difference in our community. This is a one of a kind celebration that focuses on the womxn who inspire us to take action and to fight for causes we believe in.”
October 2016
Priya Kaur receives the Best Student Poster Award at SACNAS!
Priya Kaur was awarded the Best Student Poster Award at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science Symposium. The award acknowledged her research into mercury uptake in phytoplankton, and her superior ability to communicate her research to others. Congratulations PK!
September 2015
Mackey Named Kavli Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences
The Kavli program “brings together outstanding young scientists to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in a broad range of disciplines.” Fellows are nominated by a member of the National Academy in a highly selective process.
