Marc A. Branham           Personnel           Awards           Research           Pubs           Firefly ID Keys           Broader Impacts           Links   Student Awards & Honors Received Beucke, K.A. 2007. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund, Systematics and Biogeography of Mycotrupes (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), $1,000. Beucke, K.A. 2005. University of Florida Alumni Graduate Fellowship. Bybee, S.M. 2008. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation. Bybee, S.M. 2006. Graduate Student Award for Systematic Research, Society for Systematic Biology, $1,400. Bybee, S.M. 2005. Honorable Mention, NSF Pre-Doctoral Graduate Student Fellowship. Bybee, S.M. 2005. Gahan Scholarship, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida. Bybee, S.M. 2005. Photography Award, Microptics Inc. Bybee, S.M. 2005. IFAS/CALS Travel Grant, University of Florida, $200. Bybee, S.M. 2005. Dept. of Entomology and Nematology Travel Grant, University of Florida, $200. Fogarty, F. 2008. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Grant, $500. Hodson, A.M. 2010. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant, American Museum of Natural History, $1,500. Hodson, A.M. 2010. Entomological Society of America Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity Section Student Travel Grant, $1,200. Homziak, N.T. 2017. "Best Masters Thesis in the College 2017." Award of Excellence for Graduate Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Florida. Thesis Title: Systematics and Phylogenomics of the Erebinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Erebidae). Homziak, N.T. 2016. Mulrennan Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, $1,000. Homziak, N.T. 2014. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Ingley, S. 2008. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Grant, $500. Ingley, S. 2008. Explorers Club Research Grant, Undergraduate Research, $1,500. Keller, O. 2016. Ernst Mayr Travel Grant in Animal Systematics. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Keller, O. 2016. Davidson Graduate Student Travel Scholarship, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida. Nearns, E.H. 2009. J.G. Edwards Prize for best published M.S. Thesis in 2008, The Coleopterists Society. Nearns, E.H. 2007. "Best Masters Thesis in the College 2007." Award of Excellence for Graduate Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Florida. Thesis Title: Revision and phylogeny of the tribe Curiini LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Nearns, E.H. 2007. Mulrennan Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, $500. Nearns, E.H. 2006. Kirby Hays Outstanding Master's Student Award, Southeastern Branch, ESA, $250. Nearns, E.H. 2006. Editor's Award, The Coleopterists Bulletin, $500. Nearns, E.H. 2006. Center for Systematic Entomology Travel Grant, Gainesville, FL, $500. Nearns, E.H. 2006. Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Predoctoral Competition. Nearns, E.H. 2006. University of Florida Alumni Graduate Fellowship (declined). Nearns, E.H. 2005. IFAS/CALS Travel Grant, University of Florida, $200. Nearns, E.H. 2005. Entomology and Nematology Travel Grant, University of Florida, $200. Nearns, E.H. 2005. Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, University of Florida, $250. Scott, C.H. 2007-2011. University of Florida Alumni Graduate Fellowship. (Four years, full ride). Scott, C.H. 2011. University of Florida SPICE (Science Partners in Inquiry-based Collaborative Education) Fellowship, National Science Foundation. Scott, C.H. 2010. Ernst Mayr Travel Grants in Animal Systematics, Museum of Comparative Zoology, $1,500. Scott, C.H. 2010. Entomological Society of America's Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Section's Student Travel Award, $874. Zaspel, J.M. 2008. "Best Doctoral Dissertation in the College 2008." Award of Excellence for Graduate Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Florida. Dissertation Title: Systematics, Biology, and Behavior of Fruit-Piercing and Blood-feeding Moths in the Subfamily Calpinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Zaspel, J.M. 2008. Systematics Research Fund, "Systematics and taxonomy of the vampire moths and their fruit-piercing relatives (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)," $2,900. Zaspel, J.M. 2008. Research and Exploration Grant, National Geographic Society, "Phylogeographic structure and species boundaries in a vampire moth population in Far Eastern Russia (Lepidoptera: Noctiudae)," $18,455. Zaspel, J.M. 2008. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation. Zaspel, J.M. 2007. Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, University of Florida, for travel to the SEL Congress of Lepidopterology, Berlin, Germany, $250. Zaspel, J.M. 2007. IFAS CALS Travel Grant, University of Florida, for travel to the SEL Congress of Lepidopterology, Berlin, Germany, $200. Zaspel, J.M. 2007. Entomology and Nematology Travel Grant, University of Florida, for travel to the SEL Congress of Lepidopterology, Berlin, Germany, $200. Zaspel, J.M. 2007. Davidson Travel Award, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, $300. Zaspel, J.M. 2007. Marie Stopes Travel Award, Willi Hennig Society, for travel to the international meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, $500. Zaspel, J.M. 2007. National Park Service Inventories and Monitoring Program: Preliminary survey of the macrolepidopteran moth diversity in Big Cypress National Preserve, $5,287. Zaspel, J.M. 2006. Harry K. Clench Award for Best Student Paper, Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society, $250. Zaspel, J.M. 2006. Travel Grant for field research. The Exploration Fund of The Explorers Club, $1,200. Zaspel, J.M. 2006. Vam York Scholarship for Women in the Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida, $500. Zaspel, J.M. 2005. President's Prize for Best Student Paper, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, $70. Zaspel, J.M. 2005. Alexander Klots Award for Best Student Poster, Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society, $100. Zaspel, J.M. 2005. Lewis and Clark Fund for Research and Exploration Grant, American Philosophical Society, $3,500. Zaspel, J.M. 2005. Photo contest winner "Ruby Lamp Shell (Brachiopoda)," Microptics imaging competition. Zaspel, J.M. 2005. Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, University of Florida, $250. Zaspel, J.M. 2005. IFAS CALS Travel Grant, University of Florida, $200. Zaspel, J.M. 2005. Entomology and Nematology Travel Grant, University of Florida, $200.     Branham Lab, Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, P.O. 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