Francesca Gherardi Memorial Prize 2015
The Prize Winner 2015 for research in the field of the Biology of Invasive Animals is Dr CAROLYN TEPOLT, postdoctoral fellow of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Carolyn Tepolt awarded by the zoologists’ commission (Bella Galil, Rita Cervo, Marco Vannini, Felicita Scapini) receives flowers by Ugo Gherardi
Dr Carolyn Tepolt received the award at the Department of Biology, University of Florence, on occasion of the memorial event in honour of Francesca Gherardi, on 15th May 2015. In this occasion, Dr Carolyn Tepolt presented her research:
"Next-generation marine invasion: using transcriptomics to explore adaptation in a global invader"
Carolyn Tepolt during her talk
Prof. Dr Bella Galil of the National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Israel, gave a talk on
"The legacy of Francesca in invasion biology"
Bella S. Galil presents the work by Francesca Gherardi
The Award Committee was headed by Prof. Felicita Scapini, assisted by Prof. Bella Galil and Prof. Marco Vannini and the zoologists of the Department of Biology, University of Florence.
(Photos by S. Cianfanelli and G. Innocenti)
Awarded prizes: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Ultimo aggiornamento
02.11.2020