Author Archive

November 15, 2022

Dr. Bill Hopkins has accepted an invitation to serve on the ANGLES: A Network for Graduate Leadership in Sustainability Steering Committee beginning Fall 2022.  With a membership spanning 20 institutions across the United States and Canada, ANGLES is a network of higher education professionals dedicated to graduate student leadership development centered in sustainability, environmental, and societal issues. The charge of the group’s Steering Committee is to provide strategic guidance for the network, including facilitation of ...

October 14, 2022

In Fall 2022, Dr. Amanda Wilson Carter accepted an Assistant Professor of Eco-Physiology position at Northern Arizona University. The Carter Lab investigates how organisms respond to rapid environmental change, with special interest in how variable and extreme temperatures affect physiology across life stages, including early development and reproduction, since responses during these life stages can result in dramatic, transgenerational effects. Their work integrates thermal physiology, metabolism, and endocrinology to better predict the impacts of climate change ...

September 25, 2022

August 9, 2022

Dr. Jason Unrine, Hopkins lab postdoctoral Alum, was appointed as the new Director of the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI) – one of 54 federally authorized water resource institutes and centers located at land grant universities throughout the United States under the general guidance of the Secretary of the Interior.  Located on the campus of the University of Kentucky, KWRRI has been involved in water resources issues for over 50 years and has established itself ...

June 23, 2022

Dr. Jesse Fallon, DVM PhD defended his dissertation entitled “Diagnostic techniques for detecting exposure and anemia in birds exposed to crude oil”.

Jesse is the Owner and Medical Director of Cheat Lake Animal Hospital where he oversees 20 veterinarians and 150 staff, and serves as the Director of Veterinary Medicine for the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia, Inc.

Congratulations Dr. Fallon! 

June 1, 2022

Dr. Sarah DuRant, Hopkins lab MS and PhD Alum, was recently promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas.

Congrats Sarah on this well-deserved accomplishment!!

May 2020

Dr. Jason Unrine, Professor, has been awarded a 2019-2020 University of Kentucky Research Professorship.  This award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in research and creative work that addresses scientific, social, cultural, economic or health challenges in our region and around the world.

The University Research Professorships were established by the UK Board of Trustees in 1976 to recognize outstanding research achievement.  The professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research, scholarship and creative endeavors within ...