[AMES, IOWA, October 15, 2021]—Dr. Katherine Gross, a highly decorated scientist and educator, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at a ceremony on Thursday, October 21, 2021 in Ames, Iowa. The award recognizes outstanding alumni from the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State.