GDBBS Awards Banquet 2024

Recognizing the achievements of students and faculty in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS)


Congratulations to all our 2024 Award Recipients!

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GDBBS Awards

Graduate Career Award

Logan Kavanaugh, MMG

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD

Student Leadership Award

Megen Whittling, CB

Advisor: Chrystal Paulos, PhD

Outreach & Community Service Award

Nicole Roos, GMB

Advisor: Leila Rieder, PhD

TATTO Teaching Award

Cora Hirst, PBEE

Advisor: Rustom Antia, PhD

Student Career Teaching Award

LM Bradley, PBEE

Advisor: Dave Civitello, PhD

Student Mentor Award

Juan Sebastian Duran-Ahumada, PBEE

Advisor: Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, PhD

Faculty Mentor Award

Jake Kohlmeier, PhD (IMP)

Distinguished Alumni Award 2024

James Olzmann, PhD (NS, 2007)

Program Scholar of the Year Awardees

Will McFadden, BCDB

Advisor: Stefan Sarafianos, PhD

Ewelina Sobierajska, CB

Advisors: Haydn Kissick, PhD

Juan Rodriguez, GMB

Advisor: David Katz, PhD

Maria Cardenas, IMP

Advisors: Haydn Kissick, PhD

Vedhika Raghunathan, MMG

Advisor: Anice Lowen, PhD

Analia Vazquez Cegla, MSP

Advisor: Nael McCarty, PhD

Jennifer Issac, NS

Advisor: Malavika Murugan, PhD

Brooke Talbot, PBEE

Advisor: Timothy Read, PhD

LGS Endowed Awards

Graduate Program in Biology Academic and Professional Achievement Award

Leila May Pascual, NS

Advisor: Sam Sober, PhD

Ray Dingledine Award for Extraordinary Graduate Achievement

Elijah Ullman, MSP

Advisor: Stephen Traynelis, PhD

Margaret and Thomas Lew Graduate Career Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry

Will McFadden, BCDB

Advisor: Stefan Sarafianos, PhD

Margaret and Thomas Lew Publication Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry

Will McFadden, BCDB

Advisor: Stefan Sarafianos, PhD

Margaret and Thomas Lew 1st Year Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry

Steven Cai, BCDB and Shreya Ravichandran, BCDB

Advisor: Stefan Sarafianos, PhD

William and Catherine Rice Endowed Research Award

Anna Cole, CB

Advisor: Chrystal Paulos, PhD

Keith Wilkinson Graduate Service Award

Louis Hopkins, IMP

Advisor: Jyothi Rengarajan, PhD

John B. Lyon Memorial Scholarship

Hannah Hrncir, BCDB

Advisor: Adam Gracz, PhD