College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University
Department of

Biological Sciences

Student Awards and Honors

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Congratulations to the recent Biological Sciences Award Recipients!


 


Hickory Stick Award  presented to Abigail Olena and Rob Brucker who has exemplified outstanding teaching assistance.


Gisela Mosig Best Presenter Award presented to Will Wan for the best presentation at the Department of Biological Sciences Annual Retreat.


Graduate Research Excellence Award presented to John Gibbons who has shown outstanding performance in achieving research goals.


2011 Biological Sciences Retreat Best Graduate Student Poster Award presented to Leolene Jean.
 
 
Ann Bernard Martin Award for Excellence in Graduate Research presented to Lisa Funkhouser



 

Graduate Awards

Gisela Mosig Best Presenter Award 
This award is presented annually to to the best presenter at the Vanderbilt University Department of Biological Sciences Annual Retreat
2011

  • Will Wan

2010

  • John Gibbons

2009

  • Emily Rubinson

2008

  •  James Brian Robertson

2007

  • Eric Warren and Elizabeth Thatcher
2006
  • Jennell Talley and Christina Speirs

 

Hickory Stick Award
This award is presented annually to a graduate student who has done an outstanding job at Teaching Assistance.
2011

  • Abigail Olena and Rob Brucker

2010

  • Tessy Sebastian and Robin Bairley

2009

  • Brian Robertson and Jonas King
2008
  • Jennell Talley
2007
  • Scott Egan
2006
  • Xiaoming Zhou

 

Ann Bernard Martin Award
This award is presented annually to a graduate student who has demonstrated exceptional promise in research and scholarly activities in the early stages of his/her graduate career in Biological Sciences.
2011

  • Lisa Funkhouser

2010

  • Chao Liu and Rob Brucker

2009

  • John Gibbons and Ryan Baldridge

2008

 

2007

  •  Robert Taylor
2006
  •  Eric Warren

 

Biological Sciences Annual Retreat Best Poster Award

2011

  • Leolene Jean


2010

  • Cassidy Cobbs

2009

  • Rob Brucker and Kamya Rajaram
     
2008
  • John Gibbons
2007
      
  •  Morgan Sammons
2006
  • Morgan Sammons

 

Graduate Student Research Excellence Award in Biological Sciences
This award is presented annually to a graduate student of at least third year status who has performed outstanding and scholarly research over a sustained period of his/her tenure in the Department of Biological Sciences.

  • 2011 John Gibbons
  • 2010 Patrick Jones
  • 2009 Xiaoming Zhou
  • 2008 Guoxiang Ruan and Elizabeth Thatcher
  • 2007 Jimann Shin
  • 2006 Chunyue Yin
  • 2005 Jinming Gu
  • 2004 Jinming Gu
  • 2003  Nicholas Trotta
  • 2002 Florence L. Marlow and Zhaolin Hua
  • 2001 John K. Wilkinson and Walter E. Gall
  • 2000 Daron C. Barnar
  • 1999 Utz Herbig
  • 1998 Chorng- Horng Lin and DeAnne S. Olsen
  • 1994 Brian Keplinger
  • 1993 Alex J. Harvey and Katherine E. Cullen
  • 1992 Brian A. McCool
  • 1991 Jeffrey L. Franklin
  • 1990 Yue Feng

Undergraduate Awards

Award for Outstanding Research in Biological SciencesThis award is presented to a senior in Biological Sciences for outstanding research performed as part of a Biological Sciences Major
  • 2011 Saul Siller and Sarah Coggins
  • 2010 Robert Bowman and Ralph Passarella
  • 2009 Caroline Nebhan (Commendation:Christopher Adkins,Sarah Baumgarten,Justin Glenn,Arick Park,Ima Paydar)
  • 2008 Joseph Knadler (Commendation: Zurabi Lominadze, Asmitha Sathiyakumar, Noah Spiegel)
  • 2007 Timothy Bowles and Jennifer Colby (Commendation: Colin Dinsmore and Leslie Kim)
  • 2006 Audrey E. Herrin
  • 2005 Joseph Richard Francica Jr.
  • 2004 Latif Dharamsi, Joshua Nepute and Polina Shindiapina
  • 2003 Janene L. Boyce and Susan C. Follstaedt
  • 2000 Christopher G. Bunick and Kelly L. McNaughton
  • 1999 Jason W. Griffith and Megan A. Higgenbotham
  • 1998 Jay Z. Parrish
  • 1997 Peter H. Rosal
  • 1996 Melissa A. Helms and Michael E. Nemergut
  • 1995 Dawn K. Gupta
  • 1994 Pete Fong
  • 1993 Anne Eugenia Kornegay and Jennifer E. Gries
  • 1992 Anita R. Ernst
  • 1991 Monica A. Elrod and Stephan K.H. Lau
  • 1989 Rachel L. Landon
  • 1988 Chavela Carr
Honors Students
2006-2007
  • Timothy Bowles
    (High Honors)
  • Julia Brown
    (High Honors)
  • Daniela Buscariollo
  • Jennifer Cialone
  • Jennifer Colby
  • Carter Davis
  • Colin Dinsmore
    (High Honors)
  • Alexander Feoktistov
  • Brian Fuller
  • Matthew Hollar
  • Luis Huerta
    (High Honors)
  • Taha Jan
  • Saira Khan
  • Leslie Kim
    (High Honors)
  • Anjali Kumbla
  • Steven Liu
  • Alex Page
  • Krithika Srikanthan
Honors Students
2007-2008
  • Laura Chretien
  • Jae Lee
  • Zurabi Lominadze
  • Emily Peeden
  • Joshua Wiederman
  • Bethany Cartwright
    (High Honors)
  • Kathleen Grogan
    (High Honors)
  • Joseph Knadler
    (High Honor)
  • Asmitha Sathiyakumar
    (High Honors)
  • David Shisler
    (High Honors)
  • Noah Spiegel
    (High Honors) 
Honors Students
2008-2009
  • Christopher Adkins
    (High Honors)
  • Sarah Baumgarten
    (High Honors)
  • Kerin Bentley
  • Yue Gao
  • Justin Glenn
  • David Hall
  • Elliott Kim
    (High Honors)
  • Caroline Nebhan
  • Arick Park
    (High Honors)
  • Ima Paydar
    (Hight Honors)
  • Meredith Seller
    (High Honors)
  • Lauren Siewny
  • Patricia Smith
  • Anna Talaga
  • Yu Ting
    (High Honors)
  • Suzanne Wetz
    (High Honors)
 
Honors Students
2009-2010

  • Courtney Bartel
    (High Honors)
  • Robert Bowman
    (High Honors)
  • Sara Chen
    (High Honors)
  • Ilyas Eli
  • Jordan Etscheidt
    (High Honors)
  • Kyle Hope
  • Catherine Meador
    (High Honors)
  • Jessica Mezzanotte
  • Ralph Passarella
  • (High Honors)
  • Kelsey Pendleton
    (High Honors)
  • Christine Sailer

Honors Students
2010-2011

  • Saul Siller
  • Shira Paul
  • Anne Timmel
  • Kasey Leach
  • Sarah Coggins  (High Honors)
  • Jenny Qi
  • Tim Thurman (High Honors)
  • Monica Da Silva
  • Elliot Blask