The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Recipient Details
Carla Caceres
Affidivation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NSF Directorate:
BIO
Gender:
F
Award Year:
2003
Citation:
For combining the tools of several fields of biology with new technology to reconstruct the history of the many varieties of zooplankton and to explore the factors contributing to their diversity or extinction. Her classes for non-scientists, her classroom manual for elementary and middle school students, and her outdoor field guide for students and their families, demonstrate outstanding public outreach.