{"id":4428,"date":"2025-05-13T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/?p=4428"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:18:55","slug":"biology-faculty-earn-prestigious-nsf-career-awards-securing-nearly-1-8m-in-research-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/2025\/05\/13\/biology-faculty-earn-prestigious-nsf-career-awards-securing-nearly-1-8m-in-research-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology faculty earn prestigious NSF CAREER Awards securing nearly $1.8M in research funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re celebrating some major scientific wins! The College of Science is thrilled to announce that Dr. Eugene Shakirov and Dr. Kyle Palmquist have each received the esteemed CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation\u2014one of the most competitive and prestigious honors for early-career faculty. Together, their awards total nearly $1.8 million in support for groundbreaking research and student training.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shakirov\u2019s research focuses on telomeres, structures found at the ends of chromosomes, that protect genetic information during cell division, playing a crucial role in aging and stress resilience. His project examines how telomere length might influence plant growth and reproduction, potentially leading to improved agricultural productivity in changing environmental conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dr. Palmquist\u2019s research aims to understand the interactions between invasive species, wildfires and environmental changes focusing on big sagebrush ecosystems in the western United States. These habitats are vital for wildlife and the ranching industry and have significant economic implications.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in congratulating Dr. Shakirov and Dr. Palmquist on this incredible recognition and their commitment to pushing science forward\u2014one discovery at a time!<\/p>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biolog-eugene-shakirov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biolog-eugene-shakirov.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biolog-eugene-shakirov-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biology-kyle-palmquist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biology-kyle-palmquist.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biology-kyle-palmquist-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re celebrating some major scientific wins! The College of Science is thrilled to announce that Dr. Eugene Shakirov and Dr. Kyle Palmquist have each received the esteemed CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation\u2014one of the most competitive and prestigious honors for early-career faculty. Together, their awards total nearly $1.8 million in support for groundbreaking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":4429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,76,77,75,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-faculty-awards","category-faculty-scholars","category-research","category-science-abstracts"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/nsf-career-awards-marshall-university.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4435,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428\/revisions\/4435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}