Student Awards & Achievements

• Dean's Fellowship, Summer Research, University of Maryland 2022

Graduate students (former)

• Pablo's confocal image gets the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience, 2021
• Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, one semester, 2021
• BISI-PSYS Research Fellowship, 2020
• Best Teaching Asssitant, Biology Department, 2018
• Debra L. Mechanick and Dr. Jeffrey I. Mechanick Scholarship 2016, $2,000
• UMD Dean's Fellowship 2016, $5,000
• Biology Department Travel Award, SFN 2015, $335

• Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, one semester, 2018-2019
• Cosmos Club Foundation Fellowship, 2018
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Project title; “Automated analysis of olfactory-mediated social behaviors,” $46,00/year (09/2015-09/2018)
• AChemS Travel Fellowship Award, AChemS 2015, $250
• NACS Travel Award, SFN 2015, $300
• NACS Summer Research Award, NACS program, University of Maryland, 2014 and 2015
• NACS Travel Award, SFN 2014, $500

• USA delegation to attend the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, sponsored by MARS corporation and ORAU, Lindau, Germany, June 2014
• Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, CMNS, 2013
• CMNS Board of Visitor's Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2012
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Project title; "Cholinergic modulation of olfactory neural networks and behavior," $40,500/year (05/2011-05/2014)
• Chateaubriand Fellowship from the French Embassy. Project title; "Photolytic activation of inhibition in the cerebellum and olfactory systems," $25,000 (09/2011-09/2012)
• Cosmos Club Foundation Fellowship. Project title; "Photolytic activation of inhibition in the olfactory systems," $3,000 (2012)
• Best Graduate Student Researcher, Biology Department, University of Maryland, 2011

• Dissertation fellowship award from the Chilean Scientific Council (CONYCIT). Project tittle; "Noradrenergic modulation of adult neurogenesis in mouse accessory olfactory bulb," $43,000/year (8/2011-8/2012)
• International Conference Student Support Award, UMD 2012
• Goldhaber travel award, UMD 2012
• AChemS Travel Fellowship for Diversity, AChemS 2012, $1,200
• MBL Scholarship to attend the Neural Systems and Behavior course, $4,000
• First Prize Bioscience Research Day, poster session, University of Maryland, 2009
• First Prize NACS FEST poster session, NACS program, University of Maryland, 2009
• NACS Summer Research Award, NACS program, University of Maryland, 2009

• Dean's Fellowship Summer Research, University of Maryland, 2012

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship (2021)

• Co-curricular Scholarship Award (2016)

Shimona Malik

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship (2016)

Taj Keshav

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship (2015)

Jenny Le

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship (2015)

Ashley Sabet

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship (2013)

Andre DeSouza

• 2014 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP) award
• Senior Summer Scholars (2013)
• First Place, Biological Sciences poster presentation, 2013 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Christian Eberly

• Second Place, Biological Sciences poster presentation, 2012 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium (2012)
• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship (declined)
• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2013)

Wilson Chan

• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Graduated High Honors

Allison Arai

• Second Place, Biological Sciences poster, presentation 2012 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium (2012)
• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship (declined)
• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2013)
• Winston Best Honors Student Paper Awards (2014)

Anthony Bui

• First Place, Biological Sciences poster presentation, 2013 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Robert Maurer

• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Graduated High Honors

Ramita Dewan

• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Graduated High Honors

Tyler Treadway

• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Graduated High Honors

Nathan Zimnik

• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Graduated High Honors

Victoria Pugh

• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Graduated High Honors

Rupal Jain

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship

Matthew Grant

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship

Sanmeet Singh

• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Graduated High Honors

Richard Smith

• Senior Summer Scholars Fellowship; Capstone Travel Award
• Biology Honors Student
• HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• First Place Biological Sciences poster presentation, 2013 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium
• Graduated High Honors.

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