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James B. Duke Fellowship for Graduate Study, 2005-2009 ($16,000)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005-2008 ($90,000)
Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research, 2007 ($855)
American Society for Microbiology Student Travel Grant, 2007 ($500)
Keever Endowment Grant-in-Aid, 2006 ($1,000)
William and Mary Student Research Grant, 2004-2005 ($300)
Community of Scholars Fellowship, 2004 ($1,000)
James Monroe Research Scholarship, 2004 ($3,000)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Student Research Grant, 2003-2004 ($325)
William and Mary Minor Grant, 2003-2004 ($300)
NSF Research Training Grant to SERC, 2003 ($3,000)
Monroe Freshman Research Scholarship, 2002 ($1,000)

Honors, Prizes, & Awards

A. J. Sharp Award, 2007 (ABLS best student conference paper, $500)
Diversa Award, Explorers Club Exploration Fund, 2007 ($1,200)
Duke Graduate International Research Travel Award, 2007 ($2,200)
American Bryological & Lichenological Society Travel Award, 2007 ($500)
Adkins Arboretum Botanical Research Award, 2006 ($1,500)
Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study, 2005 (declined)
Charlotte P. Mangum Prize, 2005 (best undergraduate Honors research)
Baldwin-Speece Plant Conservation Award, 2005 ($1,000)
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Virginia, 2005
PBK William Lamb Scholarship, 2005 ($2,125)
PBK Jane Williams Mahoney Scholarship, 2004 ($1,362)
Morris K. Udall Scholarship Nominee, 2004

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Hodkinson, B. P., R. C. Harris, and M. A. Case. 2008. Checklist of Virginia lichens. In prep… to be submitted to Evansia.

Hodkinson, B. P., and F. Lutzoni. 2008. Ribosomal Heterogeneous Amplicon Pool Sequence Analysis using Degenerate oligonucleotide-primer bias (RHAPSA-D): A case study on lichen-associated non-photobiont bacteria. In review... submitted to Symbiosis.

Hodkinson, B. P., and M. A. Case. 2008. A lichen survey of Williamsburg, Virginia. Banisteria 31: in press.

Miadlikowska, J., F. Kauff, V. Hofstetter, E. Fraker, M. Grube, J. Hafellner, V. Reeb, B. P. Hodkinson, M. Kukwa, R. Lücking, G. Hestmark, M. Garcia Otalora, A. Rauhut, B. Büdel, C. Scheidegger, E. Timdal, S. Stenroos, I. Brodo, G. Perlmutter, D. Ertz, P. Diederich, J. C. Lendemer, P. May, C. L. Schoch, A. E. Arnold, C. Gueidan, E. Tripp, R. Yahr, C. Robertson, and F. Lutzoni. 2006. New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes. Mycologia 98:1088-1103.
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McCormick, M. K., D. F. Whigham, D. Sloan, K. O'Malley, and B. Hodkinson. 2006. Orchid-fungus fidelity: a marriage meant to last? Ecology 87:903-911.
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Swaddle, J. P., M. G. Cathey, M. Correll, and B. P. Hodkinson. 2005. Socially transmitted mate preferences in a monogamous bird: a non-genetic mechanism of sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 272:1053-8.
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Recent Conference Abstracts

Hodkinson, B. P., F. Lutzoni, T. M. Loveless, and P. E. Bishop. 2008. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with lichens: an alternative lifestyle? 6th International Association for Lichenology Symposium, Asilomar, Monterey, California.

Hodkinson, B. P., and F. Lutzoni. 2008. Lichen-associated non-photobiont bacteria: the third symbiont? Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, State College, Pennsylvania.
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Hodkinson, B. P., and F. Lutzoni. 2008. Culture- and PCR-based surveys of lichen-associated bacteria. Graduate Research Symposium, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Hodkinson, B. P., and F. Lutzoni. 2007. Non-photosynthetic bacteria and the lichen symbiosis. American Bryological and Lichenological Society Annual Meeting, Xalapa, Mexico. (A. J. Sharp Award: best student conference paper)
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Hodkinson, B. P., and M. A. Case. 2007. Lichen ecology in coastal ravines. American Bryological and Lichenological Society Annual Meeting, Xalapa, Mexico.
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Hodkinson, B., and F. Lutzoni. 2007. A culture-independent, PCR-based approach for examining bacterial communities associated with photosynthetic organisms: a case study using lichen thalli. American Society for Microbiology 107th General Meeting, Toronto, ON.
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Hodkinson, B. P., F. M. Lutzoni, T. M. Loveless, and P. E. Bishop. 2006. Non-photosynthetic bacteria and the lichen symbiosis. 5th International Symbiosis Society Congress, Vienna, Austria.
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Hodkinson, B. P., and F. Lutzoni (adv.). 2006. The role of non-photosynthetic bacteria in the lichen symbiosis. 2006. Graduate Student Research Day, Duke University, Durham, NC.
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Hodkinson, B., and M. Case (adv.). 2005. Lichens of Williamsburg. Honors Colloquium, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
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