Congratulations to all the BISI graduate student winners and their advisors for receiving prestigious awards this spring.
Graduate School Awards
Outstanding Graduate Assistant (TA) Award:
- Theresa Menna (CBBG, Fritz Lab; Nominated by Dr. Kimberly Paczolt for BSCI222)
Outstanding Graduate Assistant (RA) Award:
- Guanchao Ding (MOCB, Briken Lab)
- Aisha Abdulkarimu (MOCB, Maisel Lab)
Summer Research Award:
- Wesley DeMontigny (MOCB, Delwiche Lab)
- Michelle Launi (BEES, Bruns Lab)
Charles Carmello Outstanding Dissertation Award:
- Kristen Behrens (BEES, Kocher Lab)
Ann Wylie Semester Dissertation Fellowship:
- Nathaniel Felbinger (CBBG, Pierce Lab)
- Zexuan Zhao (BEES, Machado Lab)
MPower Investment Fund Track 2 (Ph.D. Candidates):
- Johena Sanyal (PSYS, Taneyhill Lab)
BISI-CBMG-CMNS Endowed Awards
Edna O. Hokenson Summer Fellowship:
- Shayana Saravanakumar (CBBG, Pierce Lab)
Stefanie & Richard Vogel Summer Fellowship:
- Jeff Loube (MOCB, Scull Lab)
Drs. Wayne T. & Mary T. Hockmeyer Summer Fellowship:
- Fu "Ben" Dong (MOCB, Jose Lab)
- Husan Turdiev (MOCB, Chang Lab)
- John Labella (MOCB, Winkler Lab)
- Christina Ippoliti (MOCB, Chang Lab)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
- Michael Liapin - Honorable Mention (BEES, Juntti Lab)


