Congratulations to the individuals listed below who received select Department of Biology scholarships and fellowships! These award recipients were recognized at the virtual Biology Student Awards Ceremony on April 29. The program for this ceremony is available for download at https://go.iu.edu/3Mgy
Undergraduate Recipients:
Gabrielle Boulet
Sid Robinson Biology Scholarship
Kyra Colston
John R. and Wendy L. Kindig Scholarship
Lily Colvin
Barwe/Rexing Scholarship
William G. Roessler Microbiology Undergraduate Scholarship
Zoe Fifer
John R. and Wendy L. Kindig Scholarship
Alex Fitt
Outstanding Honors Thesis Award
Abby Frederick
Dr. L. S. McClung Scholarship in Microbiology
Rebecca L. McAvoy
John R. and Wendy L. Kindig Scholarship
Alli McCarty
Michael R. Tansey Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
Niki Mirhosseini
Aldred Family Scholarship
Sophia Ren
Biology Undergraduate Research Award
Paper Title: S. Ren, S.A. Qazi, B. Towell, J.C.Y. Wang, and S. Mukhopadhyay, Host-specific inter-dimeric spike contacts in Alphaviruses.
Kaitlyn Ross
John R. and Wendy L. Kindig Scholarship
Matthew Ross
Sid Robinson Biology Scholarship
Alyssa Saunders
Fox Glen Research and Education Fund Award
Paper Title: Alyssa N. Saunders, M.K. Freiler, and G. Troy Smith. A comparison of chirping as an agonistic signal in gregarious and territorial species of weakly electric fish.
Luke Allen Schmitt
George M. Malacinski Biology Scholarship
Mary Slaughter
Dr. L. S. McClung Scholarship in Microbiology
Darby Tassell
Carl H. Eigenmann Scholarship
Haiz Webb
Blatchley Nature Study Club Scholarship
Fred Seward Award for Undergraduates
Howard W. Clark Scholarship
William J. Tatum Scholarship
Samantha Worthington
Barwe/Rexing Scholarship
Piper Zola
Alfred Parson Mower Scholarship
Graduate Students Recipients:
Ishara Ariyapala
Robert Briggs Fellowship
Katie Beidler
Albert Ruesink Outstanding Associate Instructor Teaching Award in Biology
William R. Ogg Fellowship (Formerly the Floyd/Ogg/Cleland Plant & Fungal Biology Final Year Fellowship)
Emma L. Boehm
Fred Seward Award for Graduate Student
Lana Bolin
Charles B. Heiser Graduate Fellowship in Plant Evolution
Jin Dai
Milton Taylor Fellowship in Virology
William G. Roessler Microbiology Graduate Student Scholarship
Zoe Dinges
Albert Ruesink Outstanding Associate Instructor Teaching Award in Biology
Megan Freiler
Louise Constable Hoover Fellowship
Stephanie L. Gummersheimer
Third Place, Floyd Outstanding Publication in Microbiology Award
Publication: Gummersheimer SL, Danthi P. 2020. Reovirus Core Proteins λ1 and σ2 Promote Stability of Disassembly Intermediates and Influence Early Replication Events. J Virol 94:2020.03.18.997874.
Yasaman Heidarian
Robert W. Briggs Graduate Fellowship
Kayleigh Hood
Louise Constable Hoover Fellowship
Richard Hull
Avian, Wildlife, and Habitat Studies Scholarship
Claude B. Jean-Guillaume
Robert W. Briggs Graduate Fellowship
Jade M. Katinas
Frank W. Putnam Research Fellowship
Christine Kim
Milton Taylor Fellowship in Virology
Catherine Klancher
Second Place, Floyd Outstanding Publication in Microbiology Award
Publication: Klancher CA, Yamamoto S, Dalia TN, Dalia AB. ChiS is a noncanonical DNA-binding hybrid sensor kinase that directly regulates the chitin utilization program in Vibrio cholerae. 2020. PNAS. 117(33):20180-20189
Roy Z. Moger-Reischer
Alfred Parson Mower Fellowship
Emmi Mueller
George A. Hudock Fellowship
Blake D. Petersen
Albert Ruesink Outstanding Associate Instructor Teaching Award in Biology
Dean Fraser Fellowship
Asha A. Philip
First Place, Floyd Outstanding Publication in Microbiology Award
Publication: Philip, Asha A.; Patton, John T. Expression of Separate Heterologous Proteins from the Rotavirus NSP3 Genome Segment Using a Translational 2A Stop-Restart Element. J Virol Aug 2020, 94 (18) e00959-20.
Walter A. Konetzka Fellowship
Misty Proffitt
Dona G. Graam Fellowship
Ashwini Ramesh
George W. Brackenridge Fellowship
Katie Talbott
Louise Constable Hoover Fellowship
Faculty Awards:
Senior Lecturer Susan Hengeveld
Senior Class Award for Teaching Excellence in Biology and Dedication to Undergraduates
Professor Armin Moczek
Senior Class Award for Teaching Excellence in Biology and Dedication to Undergraduates
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