Department of Biological Sciences Awards 2021

Undergraduate Awards

Biology Septima Cecilia Smith Award
John Conger

Grantland and Rice Scholarship – Biology
Matthew Roy
Anisha Gupta
Olivia Spaedy

Grandloand and Rice Scholarship – Marine Science
Rowan Batts
Brianna Waack

Grandland and Rice Scholarship – Microbiology
Erin Mayeux
Austin Stansbury
Cassandra Minne
Madeleine Obuya
Alexander Carayiannis

Holznagel Award in Biology
Rowan Batts
Caroline Bond
Patrick Lewis
William Laycocks
Madison Lawson

J. Henry Walker Memorial Scholarship
Haley Marcotte
Joseph Wentling

James D. and Donjette Yarbrough Scholarship
John Paul Williams Soriano
Emily Nicole Ray
Cole Kiser
Sara Brooke Larson
Abby Myers

Marine Science Septima Cecilia Smith Award
Shelby Hatchett

Michael L. McDaniel Memorial Scholarship
Sarah Darby Gaston
Brianna Holder
Lilah Havens

Microbiology Septima Cecilia Smith Award
Eric Espinal

Graduate Awards

Graham Prize
Jennie Thies
John Sutton

Joab Langston Thomas Scholarship
Bryan MacNeil
Sontosh Deb

Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student – Fall
Jennifer Fortunato
Taylor Ledford

Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student – Spring
M’Kayla Motley
Frank Gigliotti

Ralph Cermock Prize
Wesley Neely
Vanessa Marshall

Cell and Molecular Biology Research Award
Leigha Stahl
YounJi Nam
Timothy Bushman

Tanglewood/Arboretum Research Award
Jake Herschberger

Award for graduate students performing research in marine sciences
Aurora Giorgi
Matteo Monti
Meghan Yap-Chiongco

Award for graduate students performing research in ecology and/or evolution
Wesley Neely
Shannon Buttimer

Beta Beta Beta Inductees

Gina Malozzi
Kaylin Robinson (associate member)