Congratulations to our Graduate Students who earned recognition for their accomplishments at our Graduate Student Awards on December 10th, 2021!
Valerie Anderson Graduate Fellowship
- Awarded for academic merit to an outstanding student in any subdiscipline of plant biology.
Recipient: Matthew Bergman (Phillips Lab)
Kenneth C. Fisher Fellowship
- Awarded in recognition of a student who maintains a high standard of academic and research achievement, balanced with outstanding extra-curricular contributions to their department.
Recipient: Kathryn McTavish (Guttman Lab)
Sheila Freeman Graduate Award in Zoology
- Awarded to an incoming or in-progress graduate student focusing their studies in animal biology.
Recipient: Jeffrey Stulberg (Tropepe Lab)
Dr. Clara Winifred Fritz Memorial Fellowship in Plant Pathology
- Awarded to a student studying in the area of plant pathology demonstrating academic excellence.
Recipient: Zachary Kileeg (Mott Lab)
Duncan L. Gellatly Memorial Fellowship
- Awarded each year to one or two graduate students demonstrating excellence in Virology and/or Molecular Biology research
Recipient: Charlotte Martin (Calarco Lab)
Duncan L. Gellatly Memorial Fellowship
Recipient: Louis Dacquay (McMillen Lab)
Yoshio Masui Prize in Developmental, Molecular or Cellular Biology
- Awarded to a master’s or doctoral student in the Department on the basis of academic merit.
Recipient: Ernest Iu (Plotnikov Lab)
David F. Mettrick Fellowship
- Awarded to a graduate student in CSB engaged in any aspect of zoological research.
Recipient: Steven Chen (Chang Lab)
Dr. Klaus Rothfels Memorial Scholarship
- Scholarship awarded on the basis of academic standing.
Recipient: Arely Cruz-Sanchez (Arruda-Carvalho Lab)
Senior Alumni Association Prize in Cell & Systems Biology
- Awarded to a student in the department based on academic merit.
Recipient: Tammy Lee (Saltzman Lab)
Hilbert and Reta Straus Award
- Awarded to a full-time graduate student who has demonstrated high research achievement in the fields of plant molecular or cellular biology.
Recipient: Tamar Av-Shalom (Guttman Lab and Desveaux Lab)
Vietnamese-Canadian Community Graduate Award in Zoology
- Awarded to a master’s or doctoral student studying animal biology based on academic merit and who exhibits research potential, excellent communication skills and leadership.
Recipient: Shanelle Mullany (Mitchell Lab)
Elizabeth Ann Wintercorbyn Award
- This first award is made to a student engaged in research work which is likely to prove beneficial to medicine.
Recipient: Jonathan Burnie (Guzzo Lab)
Elizabeth Ann Wintercorbyn Award
- The second half of the award goes to a student engaged in research work which is likely to prove beneficial to agriculture.
Recipient: Avesh Chadee (Vanlerberghe Lab)
Ramsay Wright Scholarship in Cell and Systems Biology
- Awarded to a CSB student engaged in research in zoology.
Recipient: Areej Al-Dailami (Lange Lab)
Zoology International Scholarship
- This is the first of two awards for international students demonstrating high academic performance.
Recipient: Tara McDonnell (Tropepe Lab)
Zoology International Scholarship
- This is the second award, again, going to international students demonstrating high academic performance.
Recipient: Sonia Evans (Phillips Lab)
Zoology Sesquicentennial Graduate Award
- Awarded to a graduate student enrolled in full-time studies in CSB, on the basis of academic merit.
Recipient: Mouly Rahman (McGowan Lab)
Alfred and Florence Aiken and Dorothy Woods Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Cell and Systems Biology
- Awarded based on academic merit.
Recipient: Anita Taksokhan (Peever Lab)
Rustom H. Dastur Graduate Scholarship in Cell and Systems Biology
- Awarded to a graduate student studying plant sciences, on the basis of academic merit.
Recipient: Arnaud N’Guessan (Nguyen Ba Lab)
Awards from earlier this year:
Dr. Christine Hone-Buske Scholarship for Outstanding Publication by a PhD Student
(Awarded in March)
Recipient: Dr Julia Gauberg (Senatore Lab)
Joan M. Coleman Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
(Awarded in June as part of the OGS competition)
Recipient: Avesh Chadee (Vanlerberghe Lab)
Sherwin S. Desser Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
(Awarded in June 2021 as part of the OGS competition)
Recipient: Chengyin Li (Saltzman Lab)