Jennifer Harrell, a Ph.D. student in biological sciences, received the 2025 Shi/Ma Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research at Missouri S&T and earned $1,000 in recognition of her contributions to the field.
Harrell is researching sleep patterns in wildland fire dispatchers by applying insights from fruit fly sleep studies. Her faculty advisor is Dr. Matthew Thimgan, associate professor of biological sciences at S&T.