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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
