Sabrina Samad Shoily Receives AAUW Fellowship
Biology PhD student Sabrina Samad Shoily of the Garcia-Marcos Lab recently received an International Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). This fellowship promotes education and equity for women by investing in international applicants who will be pursuing postgraduate studies or research in the U.S., with the intention of applying their expertise, professional skills, and leadership in the context of their home countries. Sabrina’s research focuses on developing biosensors for detecting G protein-coupled […]
Mu-Han Chen and Ninon Martinez Awarded Graduate Research Fellowships by the International Coral Reef Society
PhD student Mu-Han Chen of the Davies Lab and PhD student Ninon Martinez of the Finnerty Lab were both recently awarded Graduate Research Fellowships by the International Coral Reef Society. This award provides funding to aid in the cost of research. Mu-Han studies how diel thermal variability (DTV) influences energy allocation in the Caribbean coral Siderastrea […]
So Young Bae Receives Invitation and Award to Speak at the American Crystallographic Association in Chicago
MCBB PhD student So Young Bae of the Tolan Lab received a Travel Award to present her research at the 2025 American Crystallographic Association (ACA) Annual Meeting. Her work was selected for both a 30-minute oral presentation and a poster presentation, and marked a notable achievement in the field of structural biology of ketohexokinase. […]
Jared Tague Receives 2025 Master’s Research Award
Jared Tague of the Ho-Beffert Lab is this year’s recipient of the Master’s Research Award. This award provides a one-semester Research Assistantship to a continuing Biology MS student who stands out in their field of research. Jared studies the molecular mechanisms of reelin signaling and its implications in brain development and Alzheimer’s disease. His […]
Zoey Werbin Receives 2025 Belamarich Award
Dr. Zoey Werbin of the Bhatnagar and Dietze Labs was selected as the winner of the 2025 Belamarich Award for her doctoral dissertation in Biology titled “Forecasting the Soil Microbiome.” The selection committee was impressed by Zoey’s ability to quickly and effectively adapt bioinformatics tools to predict the distribution of microbial populations, and implement new methods for […]
Ritika Sibal Receives 2025 Denton Award
Ritika Sibal of the Knott Lab was selected as the winner of the 2025 Denton Award for her master’s research thesis in Biology titled “Investigating Positional Behavior and Locomotion of Wild Bornean Orangutans Using Behavioral Sampling and Computer Vision.” This award is given for excellence in scholarship and research accomplishment during a master’s thesis under the […]
JK Da-Anoy Receives 2025 Economakis Award
JK Da-Anoy of the Davies Lab received the 2025 Alistair Economakis Award in Marine Science. This award provides support for graduate students conducting research in marine science with a focus on research related to ecology, evolution, or behavior. JK is a Filipino PhD student fascinated by evolution of metazoan complexity. He received his Master’s degree at […]
Isabel Novick Receives 2025 Thomas H. Kunz Award
Isabel Novick, a Biology PhD student in the Mullen Lab, received the 2025 Thomas H. Kunz Award. The Kunz Award recognizes and celebrates exemplary contributions by an early or mid-career scientist to the study of bats, including measurable impacts on bat research and/or conservation, student mentoring, public education, and collaborations. Isabel studies the phylogenetics, biogeography, […]
Corinne Vietorisz Receives 2025 AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship
Biology PhD candidate Corinne Vietorisz of the Bhatnagar Lab recently received a 2025 American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). This Fellowship offsets scholars’ expenses during their final year of dissertation writing and is open to women in all fields of study, though those engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math […]
Victoria Zdanowicz Receives 2024 Denton Award
Victoria Zdanowicz of the Knott and Scmitt Labs was selected as the winner of the 2024 Denton Award for her master’s research thesis in Biology titled “Local ecology and dietary selectivity at indicators of differing orangutan habitat quality within Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, Indonesia.” This award is given for excellence in scholarship and research […]