Student Awards

Awards and Grants

(^indicates the student has defended)

Tisha Dash awarded Quad Fellowship (2025).

Gloria Alvarado (Lane) selected as recipient of IBiS and ISO Excellence in Leadership and Engagement Award (2025).

Yilin Feng (Hartmann) won Neena Schwartz IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2025).

Gracie Siffer (Vafabakhsh) won Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2025).

Feihong Xu (Amaral) received Rappaport Award for Research Excellence (2025).

Citlayi Villaseñor (Kamat) won IBiS and ISO Excellence in Leadership and Engagement Award (2024).

Matthew Capek (Gallio) and Eduardo Campos Chávez (Mondragón) received Rappaport Award for Research Excellence (2024).

Janet Zhao (Kozorovitskiy) won Neena Schwartz IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2024).

Juliana Bourgeois (Mirkin) won Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2024).

Eleanor Clark (Petersen) and Ely Contreras (Schmidt) received Outstanding Dissertation Awards (2024).

David Bushhouse (Lucks) and Frank Tucci (Rosenzweig) received Rappaport Awards for Research Excellence (2023).

Kat Lo (Petersen), Juhi Narula (Wignall), and Erica Rosario (Lackner) selected as recipients of IBiS Excellence in Leadership and Engagement Award (2023).

Erica Rosario (Lackner) won Neena Schwartz IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award for outstanding teaching in a lecture class (2023).

Brett Palmero (Tullman-Ercek) won Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award for outstanding teaching in a lab class (2023).

Xavier Anderson (Petersen) and Matthew Capek (Gallio) received Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSAs from National Institutes of Health (2023).

Reese Richardson (Amaral) awarded Moderna Global Fellowship (2023).

Erica Rosario (Lackner) inducted into Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (2023).

Nolan Kennedy^ (Tullman-Ercek) received Outstanding Dissertation Award (2023).

Laura Hertz (Lucks) awarded Ryan Fellowship (2022).

Frank Tucci (Rosenzweig) received Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSA from National Institutes of Health (2022).

Gabriel Cavin-Meza^ (Wignall) received Rappaport Award for Research Excellence (2022).

Gloria Alvarado (Lane) won Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2022).

Emily Czajkowski (Wignall) selected as recipient of IBiS Excellence in Leadership & Engagement Award (2022).

Michael Schamber^ (Vafabakhsh) received Outstanding Dissertation Award (2022).

Anika Marand (Lane) and Erica Rosario (Lackner) received Predoctoral Fellowships from National Science Foundation (2022).

Reese Richardson (Amaral) awarded a Dr. John N. Nicholson Fellowship (2022).

Stephenie Droll (Bao) and Ariel Thames^ (Jewett) received Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSAs from National Institutes of Health (2021).

Siyu Chen^ (He) received Rappaport Award for Research Excellence (2021).

Madison Spratt (Lane) won Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2021).

Natalie Gilbert Gonzaga-Saavedra (Blythe) selected as recipient of the IBiS Excellence in Leadership & Engagement Award (2021).

Eleanor Degen (Blythe) and Elijah Taylor (Mondragón) received Predoctoral Fellowships from National Science Foundation. Eleanor Clark (Petersen) and Laura Hertz (Lucks) earned Honorable Mentions (2021).

Jonathan Boucher (Leonard) won Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2020).

Jonathan Boucher (Leonard) and Michael Ray (Lackner) received Predoctoral Fellowships from National Science Foundation. Karlin Compton (LaBonne) earned Honorable Mention (2020).