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)