Western Kentucky University

Biology Awards

2011 Biology Departmental Awards:

Bio Undergrad:  Chris Colonna

BioTech:  Aric Johnson

Biology TA:  Prasanna Tamarapu parthasarathy

Skean:  Kathryn Brady

Bio Grad Student:  Alice Wright

Dillard/Hoyt :  Jonathan Howton

Gleason:  Thomas Aaron Husley

Lancaster:  Callie Linden

 

2010 Biology Departmental Awards:

Outstanding Biology Graduate Student (two winners):  Danielle Racke and Daniel Starnes

Outstanding Biology Student:  Ashley Mefford

Outstanding Biotechnology Student:  Bonnie McCullagh

Outstanding Biodiversity Student:  Aaron Hulsey

Dillard/Hoyt Graduate Scholarship:  Carly Sinderbrand

Larry N. Gleason Scholarship:  Patrick Stewart

L.Y. Lancaster Award:  Patrick Jenkins

Skean Award:  Jonathan Howton

Outstanding Biology Teaching Assistant:  Mary Douglas Penick

 

2011 KAS Awards:

Graduate Research Awards

Physiology and Biochemistry:  1st - Yajie Wang, 2nd - Gopinath Rajadinakaran

Zoology:  1st - Jacob Eldridge, 2nd - Derek Rupurt

Ecology and Environmental Science:  2nd - Jennifer Yates

Botany:  1st - Pranav Chandra

Cellular and Molecular:  1st  - Jonathan Howton

 

Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Cellular and Molecular:  1st - Shawn Shannon

Chemistry:  1st - Nicholas Wright (Chem Major) and Amar Patel (Chem major/Bio minor/PreMed)

Microbiology:  1st - Travis Beeler and Alison Emmert

 

Undergraduate Paper Presentation

Ecology and Evolution:  2nd - Brenna Tinsley, 3rd - Mary Newton

Health Science:  3rd - Justin Pile

Physiology and Biochemistry:  2nd - Chad Willis

Zoology:  2nd - Bethany Coffey

 


2010 KAS Awards:

Graduate Research Awards

Agricultural Sciences:  1st - Nathan Howell,  2nd - Gary T. Cundiff

Physiology and Biochem:  1st - Yanjie Wang,  2nd - Amanda Webb

Zoology:   1st - Jacob Eldridge,  3rd - Matthew Wood

Botany:  1st - Yinu Wang

 

Undergrad Poster Presentation

Agricultural Sciences:  2nd -  Anna Marie Weldon

Botany:  1st - Sydney Combs

Cell and Molec Biology:  3rd - Zach Laux

Ecology and Environmental Sciences:  2nd -  Anna Mantooth

Microbiology:  2nd - Colin Moss, 3rd - Kathryn Brady

 

Undergrad Paper Presentation

Agricultural Sciences:  3rd - Clarice Esch

Ecology and Environmental Science:  2nd - Victoria Gilkison,  3rd - Brenna Tinsley

Microbiology:  1st -  Kati Ayer,  2nd - Aric Johnson

Physiology and biochemistry:  2nd - Ruth Sudbeck

Zoology:  1st - Brenna Tinsley

 

2009 KAS Awards

Agricultural Sciences:  2nd Place Jahnavi Kancharla, "Generation of transgenic Medicago

sativa expressing “osmotin-chitinase” gene chimera for conferring resistance towards various biotic and abiotic stresses"

Physiology & Biochemistry:  1st Place Chia-Hui Lin

Ecology & Environmental Science:  1st place Mary Douglas Penick, "Why is the Green River STILL Green? Algal biomass accrual in relation to nutrient availability in the Upper Green River, Kentucky"

2nd place Danielle Racke

3rd Place Margaret Mahan

Microbiology:  1st Place Ali Wright, "Sequencing and Annotation of the HK239 Genome"

Cellular & Molecular Biology:  2nd Place Shravya Maddi

 

2010 BSURE Awards

Sarah Schrader, Anna Mantooth, Aaron Hulsey, Kelsey Willen and James Sutton

2011 BSURE Awards

Travis Beeler, Bethany Coffey, James Sutton and Sean Shannon

 

41st Annual WKU Student Research Conference Session Winners

Graduate Papers

Carly Sinderbrand:  Best Graduate Paper in the Natural Sciences, Session 3 – Schulte

Sarah Schrader:  Best Undergraduate Paper in the Natural Sciences, Session 5 – King

Undergraduate Posters

Sean Shannon:  Best Undergraduate Poster in the Natural Sciences, Session 4 - Srivastava

Virginia Martin:  Best Undergraduate Poster in the Natural Sciences, Session 6 – Rice

Kathryn Carpenter:  Best Undergraduate Poster in the Social Sciences, Session 9 – H Johnson

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