Student Awards

2019 IBiS award winnersAwards and Grants

(^indicates the student has defended)

David Bushhouse (Lucks) and Frank Tucci (Rosenzweig) received Rappaport Awards for Research Excellence (2023).

Katherine Lo (Petersen), Erica Rosario (Lackner), and Juhi Narula (Wignall) were announced as the recipients of the IBiS Excellence in Leadership & Engagement Award (2023).

Brett Palmero (Tullman-Ercek) won the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award for outstanding teaching in a lab class (2023).

Erica Rosario (Lackner) won the Neena Schwartz IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award for outstanding teaching in a lecture class (2023).

Xavier Anderson (Petersen) and Matthew Capek (Gallio) received Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSAs from the National Institutes of Health (2023).

Reese Richardson (Amaral) was awarded a Moderna Global Fellowship (2023).

Erica Rosario (Lackner) was inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (2023).

Nolan Kennedy^ (Tullman-Ercek) received an Outstanding Dissertation Award (2023).

Laura Hertz (Lucks) was awarded a Ryan Fellowship (2022).

Frank Tucci (Rosenzweig) received a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSA from the National Institutes of Health (2022).

Gabriel Cavin-Meza^ (Wignall) received the Rappaport Award for Research Excellence (2022).

Gloria Alvarado (Lane) won the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2022).

Emily Czajkowski (Wignall) was selected as the recipient of the IBiS Excellence in Leadership & Engagement Award (2022).

Michael Schamber^ (Vafabakhsh) received an Outstanding Dissertation Award (2022).

Anika Marand (Lane) and Erica Rosario (Lackner) received Predoctoral Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (2022).

Reese Richardson (Amaral) was awarded a Dr. John N. Nicholson Fellowship (2022).

Stephenie Droll (Bao) and Ariel Thames^ (Jewett) received Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSAs from the National Institutes of Health (2021).

Siyu Chen^ (He) received the Rappaport Award for Research Excellence (2021).

Madison Spratt (Lane) won the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2021).

Natalie Gilbert Gonzaga-Saavedra (Blythe) was selected as the recipient of the IBiS Excellence in Leadership & Engagement Award (2021).

Eleanor Degen (Blythe) and Elijah Taylor (Mondragón) received Predoctoral Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.  Eleanor Clark (Petersen) and Laura Hertz (Lucks) earned Honorable Mentions (2021).

Katie Evans^ (Andersen), Joseph Muldoon^ (Leonard/Bagheri), Erik Schad^ (Petersen), and Gokay Yamankurt^ (Mirkin/Carthew) received Outstanding Dissertation Awards (2020).

Patrick Donahue^ (Leonard) received the Rappaport Award for Research Excellence (2020).

Jonathan Boucher (Leonard) won the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2020).

Alexis Reyes^ (He) and Antoineen White^ (Lackner) won IBiS Excellence in Leadership & Engagement Awards (2020).

Sarah Lloyd^ (Bao) received a Northwestern University Presidential Fellowship (2020). 

Jonathan Boucher (Leonard) and Michael Ray (Lackner) received Predoctoral Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.  Karlin Compton (LaBonne) earned an Honorable Mention (2020).

Antoineen White^ (Lackner) was inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (2020).

Miranda Jacobs^ (Kamat) was awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association (2020).

Sean Allen^ (Scott), Timothy Mullen^ (Wignall), Anjali Rao^ (LaBonne), Matthew Ross^ (Rosenzweig/Hoffman), Kasia Soczek^ (Mondragón), and Stefan Zdraljevic^ (Andersen) received Outstanding Dissertation Awards (2019).

Gabriel Cavin^ (Wignall) won the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2019).

Jasmine Lucas^ (Schmidt) won the IBiS Excellence in Leadership & Engagement Award (2019).

Clare Harper^ (Lackner), Katherine Lo (Petersen), Rebecca Rasmussen (O'Halloran/Lucks), and Jake VanBelzen (Brickner) received Predoctoral Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (2019).

Heidi Anderson^ (Lackner) and Vasin Dumrongprechachan^ (Kozorovitskiy) were awarded Predoctoral Fellowships from the American Heart Association (2019).

Amanda Davis-Roca^ (Wignall), Lauren Geary^ (LaBonne), and Lauren Kraft^ (Lackner) received Outstanding Dissertation Awards (2018).

Timothy Mullen^ (Wignall) received the PLoS Genetics Research Prize (2018).

Emily Pujadas (Backman) was named a GEM Associate Fellow by The National GEM Consortium (2018).

Nicolle Bonar^ (Petersen) and Stefan Zdraljevic^ (Andersen) received Rappaport Awards for Research Excellence (2018).

Sarah Lloyd^ (Bao) won the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2018).

Nolan Kennedy^ (Tullman-Ercek) was awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (2018).

Anne d'Aquino^ (Jewett) received a Northwestern University Presidential Fellowship (2018).

Nisan Hubbard^ (Mayo) was inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (2018). 

Shannon Brady^ (Andersen) was awarded a Dr. John N. Nicholson Fellowship (2018).

Amanda Davis-Roca^ (Wignall) and Lauren Kraft^ (Lackner) received Rappaport Awards for Research Excellence (2017).

Shannon Brady^ (Andersen) won the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2017).

Anne d'Aquino^ (Jewett) and Shuya Wang^ (Mirkin) were awarded Ryan Fellowships (2017).

Luay Almassalha^ (Backman/Szleifer) and Kathryn Gunn^ (Mondragón) received Outstanding Dissertation Awards (2017).

Grant Rybnicky^ (Jewett) received a Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Evan Buechel (Pinkett) earned an Honorable Mention (2017).