Faculty-Staff Achievements
David Domozych, professor of biology, co-authored a paper, "Callose deposition is essential for the completion of cytokinesis in the unicellular alga Penium margaritaceum," in the ). The paper describes the cell division mechanism and its evolutionary significance in a model alga that is one of the closest living ancestors of land plants and is a culmination of collaborative research done by scientists from Skidmore College, the University of California at Davis and Cornell University. A micrograph from this paper also made the cover of the journal.
Mary Kate Donovan, assistant professor of Spanish, published an academic article, 鈥溾�� in the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (2020).
Daniel Johnston, visiting assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, co-authored an article, 鈥�,鈥� published in the Journal of Combinatorics. It is the culmination of work started
as a participant in the in 2017.
Juan Navea, associate professor of chemistry, has been selected as a by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. He is one of eight scholars in the country
to win the prestigious award, which 鈥渉onors young faculty in the chemical sciences
who have created an outstanding independent body of scholarship and are deeply committed
to education with undergraduate students.鈥� The award includes an unrestricted grant
of $75,000.
Rodrigo Schneider, assistant professor of economics, was interviewed by .
Auden Thomas, managing director of the Office of Special Programs, has been appointed to serve
on WMHT's Community Advisory Board for the 2020-2022 term. WMHT is the local PBS radio/television
affiliate.
Elizabeth Tybush, administrative assistant for engagement and stewardship in the Office of Advancement, extended her book deal with NineStar Press to include a third book and her first novel, 鈥�. It was released Nov. 2. She thanks Skidmore professors, the Storytellers鈥� Institute
and her peer 2019 fellows and her SCE writing groups in her acknowledgements.
Juliane Wuensch, visiting assistant professor of German, co-authored an article, "," in the journal German as a Foreign Language.
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