Robert Jetton, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources and a Project Leader in Camcore, is the 2009 recipient of the Roger F. Anderson Memorial Outstanding Graduate Student Award sponsored by the Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. 
Robert has a B.S. in Biology from Furman University and a M.S. in Forestry with an Entomology co-major from NC State University. He received his Ph.D. in Entomology with a Forestry co-major from NC State in December 2008. The award is for his doctoral research with Fred Hain, Professor in the Department of Entomology, which he completed as a part-time student while on staff at Camcore.
Camcore is a non-profit, international program that strives for the conservation and domestication of forest genetic resources for sustainable economic, ecological, and social benefits. Robert serves as the Project Leader for gene conservation and research programs with Eastern and Carolina hemlock and Table Mountain Pine. He explains, "All three species are native to the southeastern United States and are endangered in their native range."
Among Robert's many accomplishments are six refereed publications (four as senior author), 25 oral and poster presentations at national and regional scientific conferences, and three invited presentations/guest lectures. He will receive a plaque and check for $250.00 in recognition of this impressive achievement in forest entomology.