TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kristin R. Di Bona, a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant in The University of Alabama’s department of biological sciences, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Teratology Society’s Marie W. Taubeneck award.
The award, which includes a cash prize from the Teratology Society’s Marie W. Taubeneck Fund, is presented annually to a student or postdoctoral fellow in recognition of scholarship in the study of birth defects and developmentally-mediated disorders, as well as service to the Society.
Di Bona earned the distinction for her graduate research, which focuses on the developmental and reproductive toxicity of iron oxide nanoparticles. She also conducted investigations into the pharmaceutical and nutritional roles of Cr(III) and the pharmacokinetics of ionic liquids.
Candidates for the award are nominated by mentors and the final selection is made by a student affairs committee. Award recipients are selected for their level of enthusiasm for developmental and reproductive toxicology, their courage to pursue new methods and areas of research and their leadership among and mentoring of fellow students.
Di Bona, who conducts her research in the lab of Dr. Jane Rasco in the UA department of biological sciences, will graduate with her doctoral degree in biology in December.
UA’s department of biological sciences is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Team.
Contact
Kristi Payne or Richard LeComte, UA media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782
Source
Kristin R. Di Bona, roger064@crimson.ua.edu