Promoting the Future of Research

by Elizabeth Hefner, Development Team

The Wetlands Institute is pleased to announce that Garrett Maggio, a Ph.D. student in the Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry Program at East Carolina University, has been awarded a fellowship through the Jeannie Morris Graduate Fellowship Program for Coastal Conservation and Research.

Garrett will use this $10,000 fellowship to continue his project “Investigating Diamondback Terrapin Population Ecology using a Parasitic Bioindicator,” which he began last year as the inaugural Jeannie Morris Graduate Fellow. Funding through this fellowship will allow Garrett to continue to take a deep dive into the genetic relationship between a parasite and its terrapin host, which can ultimately have large-scale benefits for terrapin conservation. We look forward to learning more through Garrett’s work.

“We are pleased to support the research aspect of TWI’s mission by endowing a yearly research fellowship for graduate students,” says Jeannie Morris.

We are truly grateful to Jim and Jeannie Morris, who are dedicated to supporting academic training and development and diversifying and expanding research endeavors focused on wetlands and coastal ecosystems.

We can increase our impact through the generosity of people like Jim and Jeannie, who support TWI’s programs. If you want to discover how you can make a strategic investment in TWI’s mission and support the programs you care most about, please email us at ltedesco@wetlandsinstitute.org or ehefner@wetlandsinstitute.org.