Graduate

Departmental graduate awards

Many of our graduate students do exceptional work, worthy of recognition. Here are the awards we use to recognize them!

ACADEMIC AWARDS

To recognize outstanding graduate achievement of a recent PhD graduate.

2023
Joshua Faskowitz

2022
Danielle Panoz-Brown

2020
Julie Eyink

2019
Pegah Fakhari

2018
Jerillyn Kent

2017
Catarina Vales

2016
Richard Betzel

2015
George Kachergis

2014
Katie Boucher

2013
Lile Jia

2012
Joshua Clarkson

2011
Jackson Goodnight

2010
Ji Yun Son

2009
Keith Fargo

2008
Paul Kieffaber

2007
Colleen Brenner

2006
Hanako Yoshida

2005
Uzma Rehman

2004
Catherine Sandhofer

2003
Andrew Cohen

2002
Teresa Treat

1999
John Spencer

1998
Lisa Gershkoff-Stowe
Hugh McDonald

1996
Allen McConnell
Thomas Palmeri

1994
Cara Wellman

1993
Heather Eisthen
Steve Goldfinger

1991
Mitch Earlywine
Kevin Murnane

1989
Maria Sera

1988
Howard Berenbaum
Edward Hirt 

To recognize an outstanding advanced graduate student

2023
Thomas Varley

2022
Julia Yurkovic

2021
Joshua Faskowitz
Alex Moussa-Tooks


RESEARCH AWARDS

2023
Amani Holder-Dixon

2022
Gabrielle Shimko

2021
Elizabeth Clerkin

2023
Caitlyn Jones
Andrew White

2022
Caitlyn Jones

The Harlan Scholars Program recruits and trains students who conduct neuroscience research using animal models and focus on problems related to behavior, disease, and fundamental processes that affect health and wellbeing. Funding for this award is through a donation by Harlan Laboratories.

2024
Cassandra Sheridan
Jonah Wirt
Kelsey Guenther
Irene Choi
Hailey Storsved

2023
Cassandra Sheridan
Jonah Wirt
Kelsey Guenther
Taylor Woodward

2022
Clare Johnson
Dylan Layfield
Kelsey Guenther
Taylor Woodward

2021
Cassandra Sheridan
Gabriel Nah
Kelsey Guenther
Ningyao Geng

2020
Cory Chew
Danielle Panoz-Brown
Jordan Cruse
Michelle Murphy-Green
Sierra Wilson

2019
Cory Chew
Dylan Layfield
Shahin Saberi
Vishakh Iyer

2018
Alexandra Moussa-Tooks
Danielle Panoz-Brown
Dylan Layfield
Lawrence Carey
Vishakh Iyer

2017
Amanda Essex
Cory Chew
Danielle Panoz-Brown
Kelly Moench
Richard Slivicki
Vishakh Iyer

2016
Alexandra Moussa-Tooks
Alexandra Smith
Danielle Panoz-Brown
Emma Leishman
Lawrence Carey

2015
John Orczyk
Justin Bollinger
Natalie Wallace
Rachel Skipper
Richard Slivicki

2023
Gabrielle Shimko

2022
Molly Apsel

2021
Erin Freiburger

2023
Antonio Viera

2023
Eli Farmer
Amani Holder-Dixon
Lindy Howe
Lily Jiang
Elizabeth Ray
Gabrielle Shimko
Claire Tomlinson

2022
José Chimelis-Santiago
Eli Farmer
Lily Jiang
Gabrielle Shimko
Claire Tomlinson

2023
Emily Richter

2022
Hellen Kyler

2021
Samantha Heiman

2023
Eeshan Hasan
Gunnar Epping

2022
Erin Freiburger
Zainab Mohamed

2021
Huzi Cheng


TEACHING AWARDS

2023
Andrew White

2022
Tessa Benson-Greenwald

2023
Holly Huber
Dina Jamshidi
Megan Merrick

2022
Dina Jamshidi
Priyamvada Modak
Andrew White