Julienne Pharis - Recommendation

To Whom It May Concern:

I fully support Juliene Pharis’ application for a DOE Office of

Science Graduate Fellowship. I have known Julienne for
approximately three years as both an undergraduate and
graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at
Idaho State University. She is currently taking a class that I
teach in Immunology and is performing quite well academically.
This is the only class that Julienne has taken from me as she has
just begun her M.S. degree program in Microbiology. She seems
to be very interested in learning as much as possible in
Immunology/Microbiology since she has only a limited amount of
experience in such classes in her previous degree program.

Julienne is also performing as a Teaching Assistant (TA) in the

department involved in laboratory instruction in our Introductory
Microbiology (BIOL 221L) course. She is performing very well in
a professional and reliable manner. The students have
commented that she is certainly enthusiastic in her teaching
style in which the material is presented in a manner that
stimulates their interest in the subject.

With regard to research, Julienne has been working in Dr. Tim

Magnuson’s laboratory for the past three years as a technician
while completing her B.S. degree in Biology. The research
experience that she has gained during this time is now going to
contribute a great deal as she pursues graduate work. Julienne’s
research is concerned with the characterization of a selenium-
reducing bacterium from hot springs in southern Oregon.

I consider Julienne Pharis a very worthy candidate for an NSF

Fellowship and that she will contribute to Dr. Magnuson’s
research as she progresses through her program. Thank you for
your consideration of her application.

Sincerely,
Gene M. Scalarone, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, Assistant
Chair Undergraduate Programs, Department of Biological
Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8007