{"id":26508,"date":"2020-05-06T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=26508"},"modified":"2020-05-06T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:45:28","slug":"biology-grads-research-paper-lands-award-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/biology-grads-research-paper-lands-award-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Grad&#8217;s Research Paper Lands Award for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26509 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/1-KHarris-2019-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/1-KHarris-2019-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/1-KHarris-2019-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/1-KHarris-2019-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/1-KHarris-2019-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/1-KHarris-2019-299x398.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/1-KHarris-2019-scaled.jpg 1203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UCF College of Sciences graduate, Katherine Harris \u201918, has recently been awarded the UCF Library Annual Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for her published research paper on infaunal organisms (i.e. aquatic, sediment-dwelling organisms like worms or clams) on restored oyster reefs.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the award took Harris by pleasant surprise when she was informed of being the recipient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had absolutely no idea I was going to receive this award,\u201d said Harris. \u201cI was absolutely thrilled because so much work went into that paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOyster Reef Restoration: Impacts on Infaunal Communities in a Shallow Water Estuary,\u201d focuses on the restoration of different reefs and analyzes them based on the number and variety of infaunal species found at each. The project spanned a total of six months and is currently being continued by a graduate student in the UCF Biology department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had some really great motivators and mentors throughout my undergraduate experience at UCF,\u201d said Harris. \u201cI couldn\u2019t have accomplished what I have without the opportunity offered to me by the biology department.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF College of Sciences graduate, Katherine Harris \u201918, has recently been awarded the UCF Library Annual Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for her published research paper on infaunal organisms (i.e. aquatic, sediment-dwelling organisms like worms or clams) on restored oyster reefs. 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