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!

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 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
2008
 
  • James Brian Robertson
2007
  • Eric Warren and Elizabeth Thatcher

2006
  • Jennell Talley and Christina Speirs

2005
  • Christopher G. Brown
2004
  • David J. Willls "Chloroplast SSR polymorphisms and the mode of organellar inheritance in Sunflower"
  • Jing Xiao  "Domain function analysis of Swa2p in clathrin dynamics" 
2003
  • Stephanie Whitson

Hickory Stick Award
This award is presented annually to a graduate student who has done an outstanding job at Teaching Assistance.
2008

  • Jennell Talley
2007
  • Scott Egan

2006
  • Xiaoming Zhou

2005
  • Natasha Sherman
  • Jennifer Osterhage
  • Karen McFarland

2004

  • Alex Flynt

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.
2007
  •  Robert Taylor

2006
  •  Eric Warren

2005
  • Tan Lu

2004

  • Jinman Shin


Biological Sciences Annual Retreat Best Poster Award
2008
  • John Gibbons
2007
      
  •  Morgan Sammons
2006
  • Morgan Sammons

2005
  • Corey Snelson

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

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
  • 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
2005-2006

  • Caleb Doll
  • Joe Gomez
    (High Honors)
  • Richard Green
    (High Honors)
  • Emma Hamilton
    (High Honors)
  • Audrey E. Herrin
    (High Honors)
  • Erik Hysinger
  • Mousumi Medda
  • Elissaveta Petrove
  • Nia Soetandyo
  • Stan Sonu
  • Sarah Tiggelaar
    (High Honors)
  • Geoffry Todd
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)