Canadian Society of Ecology / en Ruth Rivkin wins Excellence in PhD Research Award /celebrates/ruth-rivkin-wins-excellence-phd-research-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ruth Rivkin wins Excellence in PhD Research Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-05-20T10:22:22-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 10:22" class="datetime">Wed, 05/20/2020 - 10:22</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/canadian-society-ecology" hreflang="en">Canadian Society of Ecology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-ecology-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/ruth-rivkin.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Ruth Rivkin"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://ruthrivkin.github.io/"><strong>Ruth Rivkin</strong>, a PhD candidate</a> at the University of Toronto Mississauga, has won <a href="http://www.csee-scee.ca/category/awards-2/">the Excellence in PhD Research Award</a> from the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution – the highest distinction the society awards&nbsp;to PhD students.</p> <p>Rivkin, who is completing the final year of her degree, <a href="https://evoecolab.wordpress.com/">works in the&nbsp;EvoEco Lab</a>&nbsp;of Associate Professor <strong>Marc Johnson</strong>. She studies interactions between plants, pollinators, and herbivores. Her research focuses on how cities can shape those interactions through changes to the landscape, which can affect population sizes, the way individuals disperse&nbsp;and patterns of evolution.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Cities are fascinating because they bring humans and nature into direct contact with one another,” Rivkin says. “Through my research, I try to shed light on biological processes that often go unseen in cities, and I'm hoping to continue this work throughout my career.”</p> <p>Rivkin is a leader among young scientists studying how cities affect the evolution of life, Johnson says.</p> <p>“This award signifies that in the study of ecology and evolutionary biology, she is among the top scientists of her generation in Canada.”</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 20 May 2020 14:22:22 +0000 lanthierj 164645 at