Congratulations to as RGGS Assistant Professor and Gerstner Scholar postdoc alum Angelo Soto-Centeno, Maxwell/Hanrahan 2026 Awardee in Field Biology!
Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation: Angelo Soto-Centeno
Innovative Ph.D. Program in Comparative Biology- the first Ph.D. degree-granting program for any museum in the western hemisphere
- Congratulations to Columbia DEES/AMNH-RGGS PhD alum Julia Tejada (Caltech) on her NSF CAREER award "Evolution of Diets and Landscapes in Tropical Ecosystems"!
- New from RGGS CB PhD Violet Onsongo, PD alums M. Kohli & L. Newton, CUNY GF alum A. Goodman, & Professors Ware, Prendini & Raxworthy, & colleagues: Evolution and biogeography of the widespread dragonfly genus Orthetrum: Massive dispersal in the tertiary-
- Publication in Nature from RGGS PhD alums A. Giallombardo and E. Hoffman, Postdoc alum P. Velazco, Prof M. Novacek and colleagues on implications of a new Mongolian fossil- a Cretaceous eutherian stem taxon to Placentalia
- Congratulations to Dr. Brianna Mims on a successful Ph.D. dissertation defense (#58, 7/28/2026)!

