The CSUN Biology Department is pleased to announce the winners of student awards and scholarships for the 2021-2022 school year, who will be recognized in a departmental awards ceremony this afternoon at 2:30pm in Chaparral Hall 5122.
Graduate students
From the University and the College of Science and Mathematics
- Donald E. Bianchi Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Kelly Wong
- Hugo and Irma Oppenheimer Student Award: Emily Wilson
- Leslie and Terry Cutler Scholarship: Emily Wilson and Erik Hernandez Catalan
- CSM nominee for Graduate Outstanding Thesis: Michael Snyder
- Nathan O. Freedman Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student: Allea Cauilan
- Thesis Support Program: Jack Dirck
- CSUN Sigma Xi graduate research presentation awards:
- First place: Allea Cauilan
- Third place: Amanda DiMaso
From the Department of Biology
- Donald E. Bianchi Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Kelly Wong
- Donald E. Bianchi Outstanding Graduate Research Award: Jamie Kerlin
- Donald E. Bianchi Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award: Caitlin MacGregor
- Julie Gorchynski, MD, Research Graduate Student Scholarship: Nikolas Yousefi
- Newhall Land and Farming Southern California Ecology Scholarship: Shane Jordan
- The Richard Duenckel Memorial Horticultural Scholarship: Martin Puebla
- Dr. Bob and Lori Luszczak Graduate Scholarship in Biology: Danielle Barnas
- Hugo and Irma Oppenheimer Biology Department Award: Emily Wilson
From other organizations
- COAST graduate student research award: Jack Corsco, Kiran Reed, and Jamie Kerlin
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship: Robert Dellinger and Danielle Barnas
Undergraduate students
From the University and the College of Science and Mathematics
- CSUN Presidential Scholarship: Natalie Castillo
- CSUN Outstanding Graduating Senior Award: Raphael Zambrano
- CSM Georgia L. Bianchi Heald Outstanding Graduating Senior Award: Julyssa Renteria
- CSM Georgia L. Bianchi Heald Outstanding Junior Award: Kit Cheung
- Robert R. Sprague Foundation Scholarship: Natalie Castillo
- Robert Nolan Scholarship: Audrey Todd
- CSM nominee for the 2022 Wolfson scholar: Julyssa Reneria
- CSUN Sigma Xi undergraduate research presentation awards:
- First place: Katherine Orr (Session 1) and Victoria Cerrillos (Session 2)
- Second place: Aleksander Bogoniewski (Session 1) and Sandra Illescas (Session 2)
- Third place: Emily Suratovsky (Session 1) and Kevin Lozano (Session 2)
From the Department of Biology
- Alumni Prize for Undergraduate Research in Biology – Areas of cellular, molecular, physiological or developmental biology: Kit Cheung
- Alumni Prize for Undergraduate Research in Biology – Areas of ecology, evolution, ethology, or systematics:
- Judge Julian Beck Outstanding Graduating Senior Biology Department Award: Priscilla Yoon
- Bennett-Bickford Biology Scholarship:
- Ian and Kathy Leslie Scholarship in Biology: Tam Nguyen
- Prakriti Suri Memorial Award:
- Lieberman Family Foundation Biology Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates: Piper McCulloch
- Dr. Celina Barba-Simic Biology Scholarship in Honor of Dr. Steven Oppenheimer: Dylan Castro
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