Laura DiRoberts of the Rotjan Lab was selected as the inaugural winner of the Denton Award for her master’s research thesis in biology titled “Nitrogen Cycling in the Temperate Northern Star Coral, Astrangia poculata: Distinguishing Autotrophic from Heterotrophic Nutrient Contributions.” This award is given for excellence in scholarship and research accomplishment during a master’s thesis in the Department of Biology.
Laura has a BA in Marine Biology from Salem State University and a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Saint Joseph. Prior to coming to BU, Laura interned at the Ocean Alliance in Gloucester, MA on the SnotBot project. She recently won “Best Talk” at the Astrangia Research Workshop at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Congratulations, Laura!