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Patricia Brennan was named the Grad Fest Lecturer at University of Berkley on May 15, 2020.  She delivered her remarks on "Defending Basic Science" virtually.


Patricia Brennan was invited as the Darwin Day invited Speaker at Bridgewater University where she gave two seminars; one on her research on genital evolution, and one open to the general public on the importance of basic science. (February 28, 2020).


Patricia Brennan was a Graduate Student Invited Speaker at University of Chicago in the Department of Evolution and Ecology and gave one presentation on her research on Sexual Conflict and Genital Evolution, and an outreach presentation on the Importance of Basic Science November 18-19, 2019.


Renae Brodie received supplemental funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for RUI: Exploring range limits in the fiddler crab Uca pugnax using the Dynamic Energy Budget approach. 

National Science Foundation


Brodie, R. [Review of] Developmental Biology and Larval Ecology. The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 7. The Quarterly Review of Biology 96(1): 58   


Hews, S., Allen, Z.., Baxter, A., Rich, J.,  Sheikh, Z.  Taylor, K. Wu, J., Zakoul, H. and R. Brodie. (2021). Field based body temperatures reveal the thermoregulatory behaviors of the Atlantic Marsh Crab, Minuca pugnax. PLoS ONE 16(1), e0244458.


Styles, R., S. Borgianini, R. Brodie, J. Jurisa. (2014) Application of a particle transport model in the vicinity of a riverine tidal boundary. Journal of Coastal Sciences 1(2): 1-10.


Staton J.L., Borgianini S.A., Gibson I.B., Brodie R.J., Greig T.W. (2014) Limited gene flow in Uca minax (LeConte 1855) along a linear estuary. Central European Journal of Biology. 9(1):28-36.


Borgianini, S., Styles, R., Brodie, R. 2012. A simple model of megalopal transport in narrow-river dominated estuaries. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 452:179-191.


Received the 2020 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award for his book  "Asteroids: Astronomical and Geological Bodies", at the virtual 237th American Astronomical Society meeting.