Student Achievements
Michael Snider, Biology - Graduate Student Awards and Recognition 2012
February 05, 2013
Michael Snider is a first-year student in the MS in Biology program and was recently awarded a $5,000 Michigan Space Grant Fellowship for his research project Cyanobacterial mat structure and function. His advisor, Dr. Bopi Biddanda of the Annis Water Resources Institute, stated Michael will be invited to present his research at the Fall 2012 MSGC Conference to be held at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Michael is a Graduate Assistant for the AWRI in Muskegon. His project involves extensive use of PAM fluorometry (to look at photosynthesis and the physiological state of cells) and microscopy, and he is currently growing mat sample cultures. After his studies at GVSU, he would like to pursue a Doctorate program.