Stipends & Awards - Former Recipients

Our department has the pleasure of awarding honors to outstanding graduate students during their tenure at KU. All awards include a monetary prize.

2010 - 2011 Recipients

Award Category Recipients
Ritter Award Excellence in Biochemistry Fernando Estrada (DeGuzman lab)
Carr Research Award Excellence in Biochemistry Magid Zeineldin (Neufeld lab)
Candlin Award Best Senior Graduate Student Kellen Voss (Gamblin lab)
Erik Spears (Neufeld lab)
Newmark Award Excellence in Biochemistry Research John Hickey (Hefty lab)
Twomey Award Excellence in Physiology and Cell Biology Lakshmi Sundararajan (Lundquist lab)
Cora Downs Award Excellence in Microbiology Kelly Grussendorf (Buechner lab)
Paretsky Travel   Heba Mostafa (Davido lab)
Miles Smith (Davido lab)

2008 Recipients

Award Category Recipients
Arnold Award Excellence in Microbiology Kelli Cool
Borgendale Award Best Fall Symposium Seminar Erick Spears
Candlin Award Best Senior Graduate Student Jiang Xu
Carr Research Award Excellence in Biochemistry Yang Wang
Yu Wang
Cora Downs Award Excellence in Microbiology Sumin Cai
Hirata Award Excellence in Immunology
and Microbiology		 Abby Dotson
MB Travel   Jamie Chapman
Fernando Estrada
Christy Terry
Xiaochen Wang
Liang Zhang
Newmark Award Excellence in Biochemistry Research Feng He
Paretsky Travel   Jeff Skredenske
Lingling Zhang
Ritter Award Excellence in Biochemistry Jeff Skredenske
Lingling Zhang
Twomey Award Excellence in Physiology and Cell Biology

Jamie Chapman

2004-2005 Recipients

Award Category Recipients
Candlin Award Best Senior Graduate Student YieYie Yang
Carr Research Award Excellence in Biochemistry Liang Zhang
Cassandra Ritter Award Excellence in Microbiology not awarded
Cora Downs Award Excellence in Microbiology Kelli Cool
Hirata Award Excellence in Immunology and Microbiology Jason Wickstrum
Llewellyn Borgendale, Jr. Award Best Graduate Seminar  
Newmark Award Excellence in Biochemistry Research not awarded
Twomey Award Excellence in Physiology and Cell Biology Sumin Cai & Jiamiao Lu

2003-2004 Recipients

Award Category Recipients
Candlin Award Best Senior Graduate Student Mengmeng Wang
Carr Research Award Excellence in Biochemistry Jennifer Hueston
Cassandra Ritter Award Excellence in Microbiology Jason Wickstrum
Cora Downs Award Excellence in Microbiology Kelli Olechoski
Hirata Award Excellence in Immunology and Microbiology Jake Kohlmeier
Llewellyn Borgendale, Jr. Award Best Graduate Seminar Mengmeng Wang
Newmark Award Excellence in Biochemistry Research Amanda Harrington
Mengmeng Wang
Twomey Award Excellence in Physiology and Cell Biology YieYie Yang

2002-2003 Recipients

Award Category Recipients
Candlin Award Best Senior Graduate Student Jake Kohlmeier and Ryan Bartlett
Carr Research Award Excellence in Biochemistry Mengmeng Wang
Cassandra Ritter Award Excellence in Microbiology John Osiecki
Cora Downs Award Excellence in Microbiology Jamie Zerbie
Hirata Award Excellence in Immunology and Microbiology
Llewellyn Borgendale, Jr. Award Best Graduate Seminar Amanda Harrington
Newmark Award Excellence in Biochemistry Research Jake Kohlmeier
Twomey Award Excellence in Physiology and Cell Biology Joshua Gilmore

A PDF listing of all award recipients since 1993 is available here.


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