Lab awards, honors and prizes
Undergraduate student awards and prizes
Nathan Ashby
Robert A. Clark Biotechnology Student Research Award, 2022
Charles Bishop Summer Fellowship, 2021
H. Richard Levy Biology Student Research Award, 2020-21
1st prize in the Biology Poster Competition at the CAS Undergraduate Research Festival
Katie Duggan
Syracuse University Norma Slepecky Undergratuate Research Prize, 2018
Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence in Student Research (Undergraduate), 2018
Syracuse University Scholar, 2018
Syracuse University Engineering & Computer Science Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium First Place Poster Prize, 2017
Syracuse University Neuroscience Research Day Second Place Poster Prize, 2018
Gabriela Susanna
Nu Rho Psi New York Delta Chapter inaugural president
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) / Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) summer studentship, 2018
Syracuse University Neuroscience Research Day Third Place Poster Prize, 2018
April Kessler
Crowne-Wise Scholarship for Honors Thesis Research Syracuse University 2018-2019
Coronat Scholar
Martina Morris
Syracuse University Scholar, 2019
Crowne-Wise Scholarship for Honors Thesis Research Syracuse University 2018-2019
Remembrance Scholar 2018-2019
José Marrero Rosado
Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence in Student Research, 2017
Honorable Mention for best Honors Capstone in Arts and Sciences, 2017
Best Presentation at the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences 2016. Named Meredith Scholar and given a $2,500 prize to support expenses to present at a national conference.
EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Undergraduate Fellowship. Two-year award of $50,000.
Remembrance Scholarship, Syracuse University, 2016-2017
Crowne-Wise Scholarship for Honors Thesis Research Syracuse University 2016-2017
Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Scholarship Summer 2015 – 2017
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) fellowship summer 2015
Poster Prize Syracuse University Summer Symposium for Undergraduate Research, August 2015
Invited external poster presentations at:
Atlantic Coast Conference’s Meeting of the Minds, Syracuse, NY. April 16’: Determining the toxicity of PXE and PTE, two chemicals from Onondaga Lake
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) National Conference, National Harbor, MD. March 16’: Determining the toxicity of PXE and PTE, two chemicals from Onondaga Lake
HENAAC Conference, Great Minds in Science, Pasadena, CA. October 15’: Determining the toxicity of PXE and PTE, two chemicals from Onondaga Lake
Christiane Voufo
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) summer fellowship 2016
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) 2016 academic year fellowship,
Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program summer 2015 – 2017, Ruth Meyer Fellowship summer 2015
Richard Bates
Ruth Meyer summer fellowship, 2016
Jason Zheng
Crowne-Wise Scholarship for Honors Thesis Research Syracuse University
Syracuse University Research Achievement Award, 2016
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for studying abroad summer 2015. Scholarship In Action Merit Award 2015-2016 academic year.
Sofia Pezoa
Hispanic Scholarship Fund/ Altria Group Scholar, 2011 – 2013
First Place, Syracuse University Undergrad. Summer Research Competition, $500, 2011
Ruth Meyer Scholar, 2011- 2013
Syracuse University Research Achievement Award, 2013
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Fellow, 2011 and 201
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Millennium Scholar, 2013
Post-baccalaureate Fellow, National Institutes of Heath, Dr. Brant Weinstein’s Lab, 2013-2014
Samantah Balakirsky
2012 Syracuse University Biology Department Award for Academic Achievement
2012 Syracuse University Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research 2nd Prize
2012 Syracuse University Biology Department Award for Research Achievement
2011-2012 Syracuse University Crown Scholarship for Capstone Honors Thesis
2011, 2012 Syracuse University Ruth Meyer Research Grants
2010-2012 Syracuse University Dean’s Scholarship
2010, 2011, 2012 Syracuse University Ornstein Scholar for Science Excellence