2008 Graduate Award Winners
(Left to Right)
John Gibbons, Robin Bairley, Jennell Talley, and Brian Robertson
Not Pictured: Elizabeth Thatcher, Guoxiang Ruan
Hickory Stick Award presented to Jennell Talley who has exemplified outstanding teaching assistance.
Gisela Mosig Best Presenter Award presented to Brian Robertson for the best presentation at the Department of Biological Sciences Annual Retreat.
Graduate Research Excellence Award presented to Guoxiang Ruan and Elizabeth Thatcher who has shown outstanding performance in achieving research goals.
2008 Graduate Retreat Best Poster Award presented to John Gibbons
* New* 2008 Chair Award this award is presented by the departmental chair to a deserving graduate student. This year's award was given to Robin Bairley for being actively engaged in may departmental activities and for providing leadership that significantly enhanced the mission of the department.
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.
- 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
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
- 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
