We would like to congratulate Autumn Peterson and Dr. William Ratcliff on being awarded the prestigious HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study. Autumn is a Ph.D. student in our lab who is exploring the evolution of phototrophy and the role of life cycles in the evolution of multicellularity. As a part of the fellowship, she will be receiving $53,000 per year for up to three years for dissertation research. This fellowship is awarded by HHMI to student-advisor pairs based on the student’s potential for scientific leadership and the advisor’s commitment to a culture of inclusion in academia.