Dear Colleagues,

Join me in congratulating Cynthia Rodriguez for being selected to receive a Rose Hills Foundation Science & Engineering Fellowship. Cynthia is studying the assembly of microbial communities in the human gut and is mentored by Dr. Jen Martiny. Congratulations Cynthia on receiving this prestigious award!

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James W. Hicks, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697