PhD candidate, Elizabeth Burmester, of the Finnerty Lab was the recent recipient of the Marion R. Kramer Award for 2017. Liz’s research focuses on the influence of the coral-algal symbiosis and environmental stress on coral recovery using the facultatively symbiotic, temperate coral Astrangia poculata as a model.
The Marion R. Kramer Award provides support for high-achieving female students majoring in Biology. The award was established in 2001 in honor of Dr. Marion Kramer who earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Boston University in 1963 and went on to a long and satisfying career in biology and medicine.