88R12049 JRI-D
By: A. Johnson of Harris H.R. No. 982
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dr. Kory Evans, an assistant professor of
biosciences at Rice University, is the recipient of a 2023 CAREER
Award from the National Science Foundation; and
WHEREAS, Among the most prestigious honors conferred by NSF,
CAREER Awards include grants to support early-career faculty who
exemplify the highest ideals of their profession and who work to
advance their organization's mission; each year, NSF presents only
about 500 awards across all disciplines; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Evans was selected to receive a five-year grant
totaling more than one million dollars for his research on the shape
change in the skull of spiny ray-finned fishes across their
300-million-year history; the study will examine how modularity,
the ability of different parts to form a functional whole, is
involved in the evolution of this complex biological structure; the
grant funding will also cover two educational components, one of
which will involve teaching a marine biology class on several
junior and community college campuses; and
WHEREAS, Prior to joining the faculty at Rice, Dr. Evans
received a bachelor's degree in marine biology from Nova
Southeastern University; he went on to earn a Ph.D. in biological
sciences at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; and
WHEREAS, Through his outstanding work at Rice University,
Kory Evans has distinguished himself as an inspiring leader and an
innovative researcher, and he may reflect with pride on this
well-deserved recognition; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Kory Evans on receiving a 2023
CAREER Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of
the National Science Foundation and extend to him sincere best
wishes for continued success in his important work; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Dr. Evans as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.