Touseef is selected for Verena Fellows in Residence Program

Touseef has been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Verena Initiative Fellows in Residence Program to build upon his existing research work. He will conduct his lab work at Colorado State University in June 2023 in collaboration with Dr. Anna Fagre, who is Research Lead for Biology Integration at Verena.

The Inaugural Cohort of the Verena Initiative Fellows in Residence

This fellowship will enable Touseef to build upon his existing research work by including bat-borne DNA viruses’ propagation. He will be investigating the impact of heat stress and dietary deficiency in propagation of DNA viruses by Indian flying foxes in the environment.

Verena Fellows in Residence Profile. Find More here.

Congrats to Joe – Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Joe in the field in Sumatra with coffee farmers (back row -- baseball cap).

Joe in the field in Sumatra with coffee farmers (back row — baseball cap).

A very well done to Joe in being awarded a Texas Tech University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship. These are brand new fellowships that provide outstanding students full support (so no teaching!) for the final 12 months of their dissertation.

A big thanks to the Graduate School for this new initiative too!

Congrats To Kendra!

Well done to Kendra in securing a Helen DeVitt Jones Graduate Fellowship from the TTU Graduate School (thanks Graduate School – your support is appreciated!). Helen DeVitt Jones “was a great humanitarian and patroness of education and the fine arts, and was born into one of the early ranching families of West Texas”. You can read more about her contribution to TTU and our area  here

Kendra in action!

Kendra in action!