ELIZABETH HADLY, professor of biology, has received the 2010 Allan V. Cox Medal, which is awarded annually to a faculty member who has established a record of excellence directing undergraduate research.
The medal was presented by RICHARD SALLER, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, during the Department of Biology‘s diploma ceremony on Sunday, June 13.
The citation for Hadly’s award recognized her for “exemplifying the passion for research; for her dedication to cultivating undergraduate research; for fostering a spirit of inquisitiveness and creativity in a collegial setting; for mentoring and encouraging students, particularly young women in the sciences, and enabling them to enter into the community of scholars; for setting the highest standards of intellectual exchange and development in her classroom and lab, and providing her students with unstinting support; for nurturing the ambitions and professional development of junior scientists, helping them to become original contributors to the field, and inspiring them to excel at Stanford and beyond.”
According to its website, the Hadly Lab researches prehistoric and modern vertebrate ecology and evolution, particularly studying the response of animals to climatic change using genetic, morphological, community and geochemical analyses.
The Cox award was established in memory of the late Allan Cox, a professor of geophysics and dean of the School of Earth Sciences. He is widely known as the co-discoverer of magnetic field reversals.
