Welcome to Biological Sciences
2022-2023 proved to be another outstanding year. Students came back with an enthusiasm and commitment and worked closely with faculty mentors in independent research projects. Your dedication and hard work led to a number of accolades, honors and awards.
Congratulations to our graduate students…..
Caitlin Brabblerose was recipient of this year’s UNC Charlotte Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Megan Mitchem was chosen as a 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellow Caitlin Brabblerose was awarded Outstanding Presentation by a Graduate Student, SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, and received a SACNAS Travel Scholarship to attend the meeting. Ping Yates was awarded First Prize Winner of the Survey- Management Section at the National Soybean Nematode Conference Graduate- Young Professional Poster Competition, received a graduate travel fund for travel to National Soybean Nematode Conference, and awarded first place in the poster Presentation National Soybean Nematode Conference. Caroline French received a Travel Award to the FASEB Meeting on Mammalian DNA Repair and Recombination. Ruth Wright received a LUMICON Graduate Student Fellowship and a SACNAS Travel Scholarship to attend the annual meeting. Kaitlin Klotz received a SACNAS Travel Scholarship to attend the annual meeting Farida Yasmin received the Thomas L. Reynolds Graduate Research Award and the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Graduate Student Fellowship. Our graduate students who presented at the Annual Graduate Student Symposium. What a sweep of acknowledgements!
Kaitlin Klotz – 3rd place sciences oral presentation
Andrea Kirk – 2nd place sciences oral presentation
Sophie Sipprell – 1st place sciences oral presentation
Kiran Lalwani – 3rd place sciences poster
Caitlin BrabbleRose – 2nd place sciences poster Our graduate students recognized by the department for their excellence- Sophie Sipprell Outstanding Publication Siddhi Omkar Outstanding Oral Presentation at a Conference Tiffany Barwell Outstanding Teaching in a Lower Level Course or Lab Justin Davis Outstanding Teaching in a Upper Level Course or Lab Andrea Kirk and Megan Mitchem for Outstanding Efforts in Community Outreach
Congratulations to our undergraduate majors…
Invited to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society: Yuleny Gomez Rodriguez, Rei Rama, Madison Snyder, Mckenzie Miller, Yashushi Yang, Rachel Hayes & Patrick Deegan. Ainella Rysbayeva was awarded the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship to work in the lab of Andy Truman studying the role of the Hsp70 chaperone code on prion propagation. Ainella Rysbayeva was the Honors College recipient of the Delbridge E Narron Scholarship & Travel Award. Kayla Skinner received an IRTA Post-baccalaureate award to join Dr. Steven Holland’s lab (Lab of Clinical Imm & Micro; NIAID) for the next 2 years. Kirthi Kaushik is the 2023 Marian Beane Crossing Borders Writing Competition Undergraduate Student Winner Kathryn Brinegar received a SACNAS Travel Scholarship to attend the annual meeting. Yuleny Gomez Rodriguez received a SACNAS Travel Scholarship to attend the annual meeting Our undergraduate students who presented at the Annual Student Symposium. What a sweep of acknowledgements! Ainella Rysbayeva Poster Presentation Honorable Mention Mary-Kate Key Oral Presentation Honorable Mention Yuleny Gomez Rodriguez Oral Presentation Award Exaucee Kandolo Poster Presentation Award Emily Gailey Poster Presentation Honorable Mention Caitlin Buggeln Health Sciences – Oral Award Fowsia Mahamed, Rida Zainab Health Sciences Poster Award Laura Rebolledo Science, Technology, & Engineering Oral Award Ashley Choi Science, Technology, & Engineering Poster Award Mariam Jaliwala Community Engaged Research Oral Award Kristen Minehart PKP Honor Society Oral Award