{"id":300,"date":"2021-08-17T14:02:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T14:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2025-06-02T20:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:47:46","slug":"graduate-awards-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/graduate-awards-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Departmental Graduate Awards and Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong id=\"top\">Skip To:<\/strong>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;border-bottom-color: #d8ab4c\" href=\"#ann-bernard\">Ann Bernard Martin Award for Excellence in Graduate Research<\/a> \u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#hickory\">Hickory Stick Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000;border-bottom-color: #d8ab4c;font-size: 1.2rem\" href=\"#gisela\">Gisela Mosig Best Presenter Award<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#poster\">Biological Sciences Annual Retreat Best Poster Award<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#excellence\">Graduate Student Research Excellence Award in Biological Sciences<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#rip\">Best Short RIP Talk<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#thesis\">Best Three Minute Thesis<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#talk\">Best Postdoc Talk<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"> \u00a0 <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#ted\">Best TED Talk<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"#george\">George C. Eickwort Student Research Award<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Award Winners<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"excellence\">Graduate Student Research Excellence Award in Biological Sciences<\/h3>\n<p>This award is presented to a graduate student in Biological Sciences who has performed outstanding and scholarly research over a sustained period of their tenure in the department. Nominees must be of at least third year status and in residence at the time of the award presentation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lindsay Martin (2025)<\/li>\n<li>Dongsheng Han and Marie Claire Harrison (2024)<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Davies (2023) [Commendations: Remington Hoerr]<\/li>\n<li>James Held (2022)<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Steenwyk (2021)<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Ferguson and Abigail Searfoss (2020)<\/li>\n<li>Bryan Gitschlag and Dylan Shropshire (2019) [Commendations: Scott Hinger and Cristina Robinson]<\/li>\n<li>Meredith Frazier and Teddy Van Opstal (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Esther Epum (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Diana Cha and Haley Eidem (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Neil Dani (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Leonidas Salichos (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Baldridge(2012)<\/li>\n<li>John Gibbons (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Jones (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Xiaoming Zhou (2009)<\/li>\n<li>Guoxiang Ruan and Elizabeth Thatcher (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Jimann Shin (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Chunyue Yin (2006)<\/li>\n<li>Jinming Gu (2005)<\/li>\n<li>Jinming Gu (2004)<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Trotta (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Florence L. Marlow and Zhaolin Hua (2002)<\/li>\n<li>John K. Wilkinson and Walter E. Gall (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Daron C. Barnard (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Utz Herbig (1999)<\/li>\n<li>Chorng- Horng Lin and DeAnne S. Olsen (1998)<\/li>\n<li>Brian Keplinger (1994)<\/li>\n<li>Alex J. Harvey and Katherine E. Cullen (1993)<\/li>\n<li>Brian A. McCool (1992)<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey L. Franklin (1991)<\/li>\n<li>Yue Feng (1990)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ann-bernard\">Ann Bernard Martin Award for Excellence in Graduate Research<\/h3>\n<p>This award is presented annually to a graduate student of second or third year status who has demonstrated exceptional promise in research and scholarly activities in the early stages of their graduate career in Biological Sciences.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Olivia Riedling (2025) [Commendation: Katharine Walls]<\/li>\n<li>Ximena Leon (2024) [Commendation: David Gonzalez]<\/li>\n<li>Lantana Grub (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Reese Martin (2022) [Commendations: Greg Konar &amp; Jordyn Sanner]<\/li>\n<li>Adriana Norris (2021)<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Amidon (2020)<\/li>\n<li>Noah Bradley and Jacob Steenwyk (2019)\u00a0\u00a0[Commendations: Justin Critchlow, James Held, Logan Richards, and Yan Yan]<\/li>\n<li>Kate Snyder (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Bryan Gitschlag, Dylan Shropshire, and Stephanie Birnbaum (2017) [Commendations: Ling Chen &amp; Kate Snyder]<\/li>\n<li>Meredith Frazier (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Leah T. Sigle and Diana Tafoya (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Garrett League (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Jason Mecalf and Udo Obodo (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Funkhouser (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Chao Liu and Rob Brucker (2010)<\/li>\n<li>John Gibbons and Ryan Baldridge (2009)<\/li>\n<li><em>no award (2008)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Robert Taylor (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Eric Warren (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"hickory\">Hickory Stick Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant<\/h3>\n<p>Presented annually to a graduate student who has done an outstanding job at Teaching Assistance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Gonzalez (2025) [Commendation: Mohit Das]<\/li>\n<li>Ashlynn Bruder (2024)<\/li>\n<li>Audrey Arner &amp; Jordyn Barr (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Cole Meier (2022) [Commendation: David Gonzalez]<\/li>\n<li>Annie Hatmaker and Natalie Wallace (2021)<\/li>\n<li>Justin Critchlow (2020)<\/li>\n<li>Logan Richards (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Cait Kirby (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Esther Epum (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Lynn Dear and Danielle Kopke (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Udo Obodo (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Scott Fites (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Lawson (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Abigail Olena and Rob Brucker (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Tessy Sebastian and Robin Bairley (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Brian Robertson and Jonas King (2009)<\/li>\n<li>Jennell Talley (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Scott Egan (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Xiaoming Zhou (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Gisela\">Gisela Mosig Best Presenter Award<\/h3>\n<p>Presented annually to the best presenter at the Department of Biological Sciences Annual Retreat.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Gonzalez (2025)<\/li>\n<li>Carl Stone (2024)<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Martin &amp; Reese Martin (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Remington Hoerr &amp; Cole Meier (2022)<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Davies (2021)<\/li>\n<li>Christina Robinson (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Kennedy (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Garrett League (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Mahesh Rao (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Will Wan (2011)<\/li>\n<li>John Gibbons (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Emily Rubinson (2009)<\/li>\n<li>James Brian Robertson (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Eric Warren (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Thatcher (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Jennell Talley (2006)<\/li>\n<li>Christina Speirs (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"poster\">Biological Sciences Annual Retreat Best Poster Award<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Toby McCabe (2025)<\/li>\n<li>Shabbir Ahmed and William McLaughlin (2024)<\/li>\n<li>David Gonzalez (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Greg Konar &amp; Lantana Grub (2022)<\/li>\n<li>Remington Hoerr and Cole Meier (2021)<\/li>\n<li>Justin Critchlow (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Lu\u00edsa\u00a0Jabbur and Jacob Steenwyk (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Cait Kirby (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Birnbaum\u00a0(2015)<\/li>\n<li>Meredith Frazier and Danielle Kopke (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Haley Eidem (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Lynn Dear (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Leolene Jean (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Cassidy Cobbs (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Rob Brucker and Kamya Rajaram (2009)<\/li>\n<li>John Gibbons (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Morgan Sammons (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Morgan Sammons (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"rip\">Best Short RIP Talk<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yan Yan (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Cait Kirby (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Lepage and Garrett League (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"thesis\">Best Three Minute Thesis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kevin Kelly (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Kopke (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Juan Ortiz (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Leone Jean (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"talk\">Best Postdoc Talk<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Bart Roland (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"ted\">Best TED Talk<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisa Funkhouser (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View graduate program award <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biosci\/media\/Annual-Graduate-Student-Awards-SOP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">standard operating procedures.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_mce_tagged_br\">Non-Departmental Awards<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"george\">George C. Eickwort Student Research Award<\/h3>\n<p>This award, named in honor of the late George Eickwort, recognizes outstanding research by a graduate or undergraduate student. The award is given to the student who (in the opinion of the award committee) shows the most distinguished record of research and scholarly activity in the area of social insect biology.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah Lawson (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip To:\u00a0Ann Bernard Martin Award for Excellence in Graduate Research \u00a0Hickory Stick Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant \u00a0 \u00a0Gisela Mosig Best Presenter Award\u00a0 \u00a0Biological Sciences Annual Retreat Best Poster Award \u00a0\u00a0Graduate Student Research Excellence Award in Biological Sciences \u00a0\u00a0Best Short RIP Talk \u00a0\u00a0Best Three Minute Thesis \u00a0\u00a0Best Postdoc Talk \u00a0 Best TED Talk \u00a0\u00a0George C&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1479,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-headline-img.php","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3240,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions\/3240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biological-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}