Pia Schwarz wins SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

Pia Schwartz.

Pia Schwartz

The Department of Biological Sciences is pleased to announce that Pia Schwarz, a current MS student, was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence in April, 2022. In addition to her excellence in her courses, Schwarz has worked with Dr. Trevor Krabbenhoft, studying evolutionary genomics, speciation, and hybridization in North American stream fish. She has presented her work at local, national, and international conferences. Schwartz also acted as TA for Evolutionary Biology.

In addition, Schwarz is a student-athlete on the University at Buffalo Women’s Tennis team, and has represented UB at the Mid-American Conference and Northeast Regional Championships, where she was named to All-Conference and All-MAC Tournament Teams and won numerous awards. The Department is very proud of her accomplishments, and we congratulate her for the Chancellor’s Award

Awards and distinctions from 2021-2022: 

  • BS in Biological Sciences, Summa cum laude, Highest Honors in Biological Sciences 2022
  • State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence 2022
  • Mid-American Conference Medal of Excellence 2022
  • Mid-American Conference Presidential Award 2022
  • Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete 2021 
  • Mid-American Conference Academic All-MAC Team 2021/2022
  •  Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Scholar Athlete 2021/2022
  • Mid-American Conference Academic Honor Roll 2021/2022
  • University at Buffalo Experiential Learning Network Conference travel fund 2022\
  • All-MAC 1st Team Women’s Tennis 2021
  • All-MAC 2nd Team Women’s Tennis 2022
  • MAC Women’s Tennis player of the week 03/11/2022
  • Buffalo Renaissance Foundation UB Athletics Scholarship 2022


Research Presentations:

  • Poster Presentation, Open Symposium, ESEB 2022, Prague (CZE), August 2022 “Genome Resequencing Reveals Hybrid Zone Dynamics of Secondary Contact in Darters (Teleostei:Percidei)” Pia Franziska Schwarz, Dan MacGuigan, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft.
  • Conference Talk, Hybridization Symposium, Evolution 2022, Cleveland, OH, June 2022 “Genome Resequencing Reveals Hybrid Zone Dynamics of Secondary Contact in Darters (Teleostei:Percidei)” Pia Franziska Schwarz, Dan MacGuigan, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft.
  • Platform presentation, Biological Sciences Honors Symposium, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, May 2022.“Beyond Research”, awarded with Highest Honors in Biological Sciences.
  • Poster Presentation, Biological Sciences Honors Symposium, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, May 2022 “Genome Resequencing Reveals Hybrid Zone Dynamics of Secondary Contact in Darters (Teleostei:Percidei)” Pia Franziska Schwarz, Dan MacGuigan, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft.
  •  Poster Presentation, Celebration of Student Excellence, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, April 2022
    “Genome Resequencing Reveals Hybrid Zone Dynamics of Secondary Contact in Darters (Teleostei:Percidei)” Pia Franziska Schwarz, Dan MacGuigan, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft.
     
Photo courtesy of UB Bulls.

Pia Schwartz, Photo courtesy of UB Bulls.