Graduate Student Award Recipients
A major function of the Department is the education of graduate majors for a successful career in biology. We honor the best of our students with a number of awards in order to assist them with costs of preparation for their career. Many of the past winners of our graduate awards have established successful professional careers after graduate school.
Your tax deductible contribution to the following Awards will enhance the Department’s ability to assist our graduate students in establishing outstanding credentials for a career in the Biological Sciences.
Awards for Excellence in Teaching
William H. Gates Award for Excellence in Freshmen Instruction
2017 Afsana Sabrin
2013 Tracy Hmielowski
2013 Lorelei Patrick
2012 Jonathan Bonin
2012 Ben Dubansky
2011 Michelle Osborne
2008 Barry Aronhime
2007 Brooke A. Hopkins
2006 Kyudong Han
2005 Yasoma Hulathduwa
2004 Pauline Callinan
2004 Brian Counterman
2002 Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
2001 Wiebke Boeing
2000 Alison Styring
1999 Melanie A. Bebler
1998 Malinda Sutor
1997 David L. Reed
1996 Heiko Lars Schoenfuss
1994 Michael J. Misamore
1993 Paul D. Johnson
1992 Conrad Toepfer
1991 Jeffrey W. Harris
1990 Kevin J. Burns
1988 Quida Williams Meier
1987 Terry D. Richardson
Freshman Biology Non-majors Teaching Assistant Award
2012 Satya Avva
2011 Eve McCulloch
2008 David Johnson
2007 Adriana Bravo
2006 Shurjo Sen
2005 Vanessa Hunt
2004 Jennifer Cramer
2004 Anirban Mukherjee
2003 Sheri Marie Dixon
2001 Ning Zhang
2000 Randall Schulz
1999 Ginger Brininstool
Daisy B. and William J. Luke Botany Teaching Assistant Award
2017 Lance Pounds
2016 Andrew Flick
2013 Ganesh Bhattarai
2009 Alyssa Hakes
2008 Demetra Kandalepas
2007 Becky J. Carmichael
2007 Timothy Paine
2006 Forrest Dillemuth
2005 Raelene Crandall
2004 Ruby Ynalvez
2003 Heather Passmore
2001 Ning Zhang
1999 Roland P. Roberts
1999 Juan M. Lopez-Bautista
1998 Roland P. Roberts
1997 Aravind Somanchi
1996 Mark A. Ford
1996 Heiko Lars Schoenfuss
1995 Jeffrey Craig Bailey
1994 Susan T. Meiers
1993 Gloria Balagtas-Burow
1992 John V. Constable
1991 William R. Odom
1990 Alan W. Lievens
Simon Chang/Ezzat Younathan Outstanding Biochemistry Teaching Assistant Award
2016 Sujeet Kumar
2012 Molly Silvers
2011 Michael Cavalier
2007 Jacob Bitoun
2005 Glean Meades
2003 Steven Wilkinson
2002 Jeremy S. Myers
2001 Keith Levert
2001 John Waggener
2000 Valerie Sloane
1999 Xiaochun Xi
1998 Anwar A. Khan
1997 Michael H. Bracey
1996 Linda M. Heffernan
1995 Hee Jin Kim
1994 Zelpha Elizabeth Floyd
Awards for Excellence in Research
Robert Scott and Louise Pierce Allen Scholarship for Biochemistry
2012 Minsuh (Yuna) Seo
2009 Nathaniel Gilbert
2007 Matthew Gilbert
2005 Steven Wilkinson
2005 Jinchuan Xing
2003 Valerie Sloane
2001 Keith Levert
1999 Anwar A. Khan
1997 Robin P. Ertl
1996 Elizabeth Floyd
1995 Michael H. Bracey
1994 W. Malcolm Byrnes
1993 Beth Ann Thomas
1992 John M. Dyer
1991 Antal K. D. Hajos
1990 R. Keith Hamby
1989 Judith M. Ball
1988 Benigno D. Valdez
1987 Eldon R. Jupe
1986 Brent French
1985 Olivia Salinovich
C. W. Edgerton Honor Award
2016 Robert DiMario
2014 Narender Kumar
2013 Hector Urbina
2012 Yunbing Ma
2010 Jonathan Myers
2009 Forrest Dillemuth
2007 Jane E. Carlson
2004 Wenyu Yang
2003 Saara DeWalt
2002 Ning Zhang
2001 Kalan Ickes
2000 Paul Drewa
1999 Aravind Somanchi
1996 Andrew Baldwin
1995 Malcolm R. Neyland
1994 Karen McKee
1993 John Constable
1992 Frederick Zechman
1991 Elizabeth Harris
1990 Jose Ramirez-Domenech
1989 J. Stephen Brewer
1989 Susan Langevin
1988 Karol S. Elias
1998 Mary E. Stovall
T. Vinton Holmes Award
2016 Ryan Burner
2013 Matthew L. Brady
2012 Michael Harvey
2010 Cesar Sanchez
2009 James Maley
2008 Haw Chuan Lim
2007 Matthew Carling
2006 Santiago Claramunt
2005 Zachary A. Cheviron
2004 Ellen Leichty
2003 Ben Marks
2002 Robert Moyle
2001 Alison Styring
2000 Christopher Witt
1999 Kazuya Naoki
1998 Jason Weckstein
Carrie Lynn Yoder Memorial Fellowship
2016 Vivien Chua
2014 Karine Posbic Leydet & Ryan S. Terrill
2011 Ganesh Bhattarai
2010 Ganesh Bhattarai
2009 Demetra Kandalepas
2008 Demetra Kandalepas
2007 Kari Galvan
C.R. Komma Memorial Outstanding International Graduate Student Award
2017 Anuja Pande
Misagh Naderi
2016 Arvind Panday
2013 Vijai Krishnan
2012 Andres Cuervo
2011 Rakesh Sikdar
2009 Haw Chuan Lim
2008 Shurjo K. Sen
Dr. Mary Lou Applewhite and Mr. Ron and Mary Neal Award
2016 William B. Ludt
2014 Mike Harvey & Manju Mummadessetti
Award for Travel to Professional Meetings
McDaniel Travel Award
2017 Misagh Naderi
Anuja Pande
Erin Schexneyder
2016 Karine Leydet
Ashish Gupta
Catherine Newman
2014 Aaron Landry
2013 Allison James
2013 William Ludt
2011 Hana Kim
2011 Zhe Rui
2011 Wei Huang
2011 Ying Guan
2011 L. Christine Savolainen
2007 Matthew Carling
2007 Zachary Cheviron
2007 Matthew Gilbert
2006 Randall Schulz
2006 Hui Wang
2005 Jennifer Cramer
2005 Ron I. Eytan
2004 Kurt Gust
2004 Jessica Light
2003 Pauline Callinan
2002 Brian Hoffpauir
2002 Michelle Rankin
2002 Steve Wilkinson
2002 Christopher Witt
2001 Wiebke Boeing
2001 Matt Ducote
2001 Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
2001 Kevin Schully
2001 Bjoern Wissel
2000 Mario Cohn-Haft
2000 Michael Taylor
2000 Ning Zhang
1999 Jonathan Flowers
1999 David Reed
Bruch Award for Graduate Student Travel
2016 An Ye
Karine Leydet
Ashish Gupta
Dinesh Deochand
2014 Ryan S. Terrill & Sandra Galeano