UCA grad student wins national botany award

John Snider, a graduate student in UCA’s Biology Department, was one of only four national recipients of the Vernon I. Cheadle Student Travel Award, which is presented by the Botanical Society of America.

Snider was recognized for his papers, “Differences in chlorophyll fluorescence temperature optima of young and mature leaflets of Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra L.)” and “Gas exchange and leaf temperature changes in Smooth (Rhus glabra L.) and Winged (Rhus copallina L.) Sumac.” His advisor at UCA is Biology professor John Choinski.