Sophie McCoy awarded NSF CAREER Grant!

Congratulations to Sophie McCoy for receiving an NSF CAREER Grant! From the Chair: “Professional success of our junior faculty is a key way that our department stays vibrant. So I’m excited to share that Sophie McCoy has just been officially awarded an NSF CAREER grant, which is entitled “Species Interactions of Coral Reef Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats: Within-Mat Diversity Promotes Both Facilitation and Top-Down Control.” These are highly competitive awards, and so it’s a great honor and testament to Sophie’s exciting research. Congrats Sophie and we’ll look forward to hearing about this work in the future.”