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Graduate Student Awards
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Bryan Henry Ferlez (Golbeck lab) was awarded second place in the Engineering division of the 2013 Graduate Exhibition. "Solar Powered Biomimetic Desalination Membrane" (3/13)
- Laura Dassama (Bollinger-Krebs lab) is the recipient of the Alumni Association Dissertation Award for 2012-2013. The Alumni Association Dissertation Award provides funding and recognition to outstanding full-time doctoral students who have passed their comprehensive exams and have received approval of the dissertation topic. This award is considered to be among the most prestigious awards to Penn State graduate students and recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship and professional accomplishment (1/13).
- Bede Portz (Gilmour lab) and Claire Reynolds (Selleck lab) are co-winners of the Paul M. Althouse Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Jason Miller (Reese Lab)
and Shuyi Zhang (Bryant Lab) are the recipients of 2012/2013 Richard l. and Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship Endowment in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (10/12).
- Heather Feaga (Harvill Lab) won a Predoctoral Fellowship for Training in Microbial Genomics from USDA.
- Zhenfeng Liu of Dr. Don Bryant's lab won the Fred Wedler Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
- Daniel Cordek of Dr. Craig Cameron's lab and Saikat Chowdhury of Dr. Tracy Nixon's lab are recipients of the Simpson Innovative (Risky) Science Award. Jason Miller (Reese Lab) and Megha Wal (Pugh Lab) receive honorable mention (1/12).
- Zhenfeng Liu of Dr. Don Bryant's lab is one of two recipients of the Alumni Association Dissertation Award in the category of Life and Health Sciences. The Alumni Association Dissertation Award provides funding and recognition to outstanding full-time doctoral students who have passed their comprehensive exams and have received approval of the dissertation topic. This award is considered to be among the most prestigious awards to Penn State graduate students and recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship and professional accomplishment (1/12).
- Tracy Vrablik of Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose's lab was awarded the 2010/2011 Richard l. and Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship Endowment in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (9/10).
- Allison Saunders of Dr. Squire Booker's lab has been awarded the 2010/2011 Richard L. and Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship Endowment in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (9/10).
- Ashley Hill of Dr. Kao's lab was awarded the Althouse Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (9/10)
- Stephanie Lange of Dr. Hanna-Rose's lab has been chosen honorable mention for the Althouse Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (9/10)
- Marta Reviriego-Mendoza placed third in the Health and Life Sciences Division at the 2010 Graduate Research Exhibition. Marta's presentation was titled, "JC virus interacts with SCFbeta-TrCp, a degradation machine of the cell." (3/10)
- Dan Cordek wins Graduate School Outstanding TA Award (2/10)
