Tiffany L. Bogich

Offering financial support to young scientists to meet the nation's mounting environmental challenges has been an ongoing mission of the Environmental Protection Agency. Recently, the government agency found a rising star at Penn State.

Recognized for excellence in her young, but burgeoning career, Tiffany L. Bogich, a fifth-year student completing a B.S. in mathematics and an M.S. in ecology, has been awarded the EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship in support of her research on “Optimization of the Monitoring and Management of the North American Gypsy Moth."

The purpose of the EPA STAR fellowship is to encourage promising and committed students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields.

The Moon Township, Pa., native was one of 130 students selected from among 2,100 applicants to receive the STAR fellowship for 2005-2006 due, in part, to her work on a unique project that has allowed her to combine her love of mathematics and ecology.

NewsClip: EPA Honors Penn State Student as Rising STAR

9/2/2005