GDBBS Awards Banquet


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


Congratulations to all our 2023 Award Recipients!

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Program Scholar of the Year Awardees

Colby Schweibenz, BCDB

Advisor: Kenneth Moberg, PhD

Lenore Monterozza, CB

Advisors: Rabindra Tirouvanziam, PhD & Periasamy Selvaraj, PhD

Dominick Hellen, GMB

Advisor: Saul Karpen, MD, PhD

Cameron Mattingly Robinson, IMP

Advisors: Jacob Kohlmeier, PhD

Brandon Berryhill, MMG

Advisor: Bruce Levin, PhD

Sophie Yount, MSP

Advisor: Shannon Gourley, PhD

Alyssa Roeckner, NS

Advisor: Jennifer Stevens, PhD

Xorla Ocloo, PBEE

Advisors: David Civitello, PhD & Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, PhD

GDBBS Awards

Graduate Career Award

Kelsey Bennion, CB

Advisor: Mandy Ford, PhD

Student Leadership Award

Elijah Ullman, MSP

Advisor: Stephen Traynelis, PhD

Outreach & Community Service Award

Samantha Lanjewar, GMB

Advisors: Steven Sloan, PhD

TATTO Teaching Award

Alexander Gulka, GMB

Advisor: David Gorkin, PhD

Student Career Teaching Award

Ashlyn Johnson, NS

Advisor: Chadwick Hales, MD, PhD

Student Mentor Award

Colby Schweibenz, BCDB

Advisor: Kenneth Moberg, PhD

Faculty Mentor Award

Mandy Ford, PhD (IMP)

LGS Endowed Awards

Graduate Program in Biology Academic and Professional Achievement Award

Brandon Berryhill, MMG

Advisor: Bruce Levin, PhD

Ray Dingledine Award for Extraordinary Graduate Achievement

Cate Risener, MSP

Advisor: Cassandra Quave, PhD

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

Sarah Strassler, BCDB

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD

Margaret and Thomas Lew Publication Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry

Emily Legan, BCDB and Heidi Ulrichs, BCDB

Advisor: Renhao Li, PhD / Advisor: Shashank Shekhar, PhD

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

Mohamed Barmada, BCDB, Nasab Ghazal, BCDB and Megan Hinrichsen, BCDB

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD / Advisor: Jennifer Kwong, PhD / Advisor: Christine Dunham, PhD

William and Catherine Rice Endowed Research Award

Kelsey Bennion, CB

Advisor: Mandy Ford, PhD

Keith Wilkinson Graduate Service Award

Logan Kavanaugh, MMG

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD

John B. Lyon Memorial Scholarship

Alicia Lane, NS

Advisor: Victor Faundez, MD, PhD