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ARCS Scholar Alums, We’d Like to Hear from You!

ARCS Pittsburgh Scholar alums continue to make their mark on the scientific world. We are proud of their accomplishments.

If you are a former Pittsburgh Chapter ARCS Scholar, you are a vital part of our mission and we would love to hear from you. Your stories encourage current scholars and your accomplishments help us demonstrate the importance of the work of ARCS^® Foundation. To update your profile information, please LOG IN to access your account. If you need help, email us at pittsburgh@arcsfoundation.org.

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Carnegie Mellon University Scholar Alums
*2020, 2021, 2022 Scholar Alums*
Ayesha Abdullah	The Roy and Susie Dorrance Award Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Leo Chen	The Jeanne B. and Richard F. Berdik ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award Carnegie Mellon University, Institute for Software Research/Software Engineering, School of Computer Science
Erica Cruz	The Pittsburgh Chapter Award Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
Peter Manohar	The Roy and Susie Dorrance Award Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Computer Science
Srinivasa Pranav	The Professor Virgil D. Gilgor and Alicia M. Avery ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Hannah Schriever	The Roy and Susie Dorrance Award Carnegie Mellon University, School of Medicine, Department of Computational Biology
Felix Weilacher	The Roy and Susie Dorrance Award Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Math, Mellon College of Science

*2019, 2020, 2021 Scholar Alums*
Ryan Bowman	The Catharine M. and John T. Ryan, III ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Award 2019-2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Michael De Zeeuw	The Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2019-2021 Carnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering
Kevin Edelson, MS	The Martin-Ragni-Stover Award 2019-2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science Rhobotics Institute
Madeline Hagen	The Gookin Family Foundation ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Award 2019-2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Department of Physics
Amber Horvath	The Heppner-Testoni-Thier Award 2019-2021 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
Deepa Issar	The Thomas- Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2019-2021 Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Bioengineering
Eric Lopato	The Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2019-2021 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Department of Chemistry
Adam Smoulder	The Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2019-2021 Carnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Benjamin Weber	The Fine Foundation Award 2019-2021 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Department of Mathematics

*2018, 2019, 2020 Scholar Alums*
Samuel Foley	The Leslie and Hans Fleischner Award 2018-2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Physics Research: The theoretical and computational modeling of lipid membranes.
Christopher Kottke	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2018-2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Theoretical Chemistry Research: Biological systems modeling, drug design, and machine learning.
Thomas Magelinski	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2018-2020 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Societal Computing Research: Computational analysis of social systems, currently focused on The Ukrainian Government.
2017, 2018, 2019 Scholar Alums
Alyssa Lawler	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2017-2019 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Biological Sciences Research: Understand the gene expression and epigenetic landscape of different types of neurons in the brain.
Amanda Quay	The Berdik-Unkovic Award 2018-2019 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Dept. of Engineering and Public Policy and Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research: Remotely sensed data for environmental policy analysis at the Water-Energy-Food Nexus.
Ziv Scully	The Susan and Roy Dorrance Award 2017-2019 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Computer Science Research: Queueing theory – the study all sorts of systems that involve queues, lines, or waiting—for example, how to manage line lengths at a grocery store.
Katherine Ye	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2017-2019 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science Research: Techniques for programming language design and domain-specific language design to invent declarative and principled modes of information visualization.
Diana Zhang	The Alicia M. Avery and Virgil D. Gilgor Award 2017-2019 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering Research: Sensing using commodity wireless communication devices.
2016, 2017, 2018 Scholar Alums
Dean Alderucci	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2016-2018 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology / Engineering & Public Policy/ School of Computer Science / Language Technologies Institute Research: application of machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to patent documents and the patent system.
Timothy Bartholomew, PhD	The Heppner-Testoni-Young Award 2016-2018 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering Research: improving water treatment and management for the energy sector
Ryan Wagner	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2016-2018 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Institute for Software Research Research: graceful degradation of computer systems in response to adversarial attacks
Zoe Wright	The PPG Industries/Templeton Award 2016-2018 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Chemistry Research: Designing new medical adhesives from the molecular level up, using principles from both organic chemistry and materials science engineering.
2015, 2016, 2017 Scholar Alums
Stephanie Biedka, PhD	The Roche/ARCS Foundation Scholar Award 2015-2017 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science Research: Biological sciences
Michael Craig, PhD	The Lockheed Martin Award 2015-2017 Carnegie Mellon University, CIT Research: Environmental impact of the electricity grid
Hannah Gommerstadt, PhD	The Auclair-Unkovic Award 2015-2017 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science Research: Programming languages and information security
William Herlands, PhD	The Hans and Leslie Fleischner Award (V) 2015-2017 Carnegie Mellon University, H. John Heinz III College and School of Computer Science Research: Machine learning and public policy
Amy Shannon Cook, PhD	The Jared L. and Maureen B. Cohon Award 2015-2017 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science Research: Human-comp
2014, 2015, 2016 Scholar Alums
Daniel Gingerich, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2014-2016 Carnegie Institute of Technology, Engineering and Public Policy
Devin Griffith, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2014-2016 Carnegie Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering
Clay Long	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2014-2016 Carnegie Institute of Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Momin Malik, PhD	The Gookin-Stockman Award 2014-2016 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
Joseph Tassarotti, PhD	The Susan and Roy Dorrance Award (II) 2014-2016 Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science Department
2013, 2014, 2015 Scholar Alums
Peter Chapman	The Kirwin-Leckey Award 2013-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
Tom Jackson, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2013-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Peter Lund	The BNY Mellon Award 2013-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Department of Biomechanical Engineering
Lauren Strahs Bergman	The Heppner-Testoni-Young Award 2013-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2011, 2012, 2013 Scholar Alums
David Bamman, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2011-2013 Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science/Language Technologies Institute
Shawn Burton, PhD	The Hans and Leslie Fleischner Award (III) 2011-2013 Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Biological Sciences
Amy Dale, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2011-2013 Carnegie Mellon University, Engineering and Public Policy, College of Engineering Research: Water quality and public health and risk-based regulatory policy
Samantha Finkelstein, PhD	The Hans and Leslie Fleischner Award (IV) 2011-2013 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction Institute Research: Promoting science discourse with bidialectal virtual peers
Rachel Jackson, PhD	The Berdik-Elliott Award (III) 2011-2013 Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2010, 2011, 2012 Scholar Alums
Andrew DeYoung, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2010-2012 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Chemistry Department
Michael McCann, PhD	The Susan and Roy Dorrence Award 2010-2012 Carnegie Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering Department Research: Improving biomedical image reconstruction algorithms using tools from signal processing, optimization, and machine learning
Manya Sleeper, PhD	The Thomas W. and Carol K. Henderson Family Fund Award 2010-2012 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science Research: Everyday online sharing
Stephen Spagnol, PhD	The PPG Industries Award 2010-2012 Carnegie Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Department
Jason Tsay, PhD	The Catalyst/Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2010-2012 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
2009, 2010, 2011 Scholar Alums
Melissa Day, PhD	The Dr. Arnold O. Beckman Award 2009-2011 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Department
Robert Fisher, PhD	The Fine Foundation Award 2009-2011 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Machine Learning Department
Lauren Jackson	The Jeanne Berdik Founder Chapter Award 2009-2011 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering Department
William Levine, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2009-2011 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Department of Physics
Julia Schwarz, PhD	The BNY Mellon Award 2009-2011 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Institute PhD Thesis: A Monte Carlo Approach to Probabilistic User Interfaces
2008, 2009, 2010 Scholar Alums
Chase Hetherington Butler	The Hans and Leslie Fleischner Award 2008-2010 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Inorganic Chemistry/Astronomy
Mark DeBlois	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2008-2010 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
Lindsey Hines, PhD	The Highmont Foundation Award 2008-2010 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Robotics
Stephen Oney, PhD	The Heitzenroder-Stockman-Woodward Award 2008-2010 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Institute/Astronomy
Andrew Rape, PhD	The Carol and Richard Heppner Award 2008-2010 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering
Robert Smith, PhD	The MSA Charitable Foundation Award 2008-2010 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering
Enrique Suarez	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2008 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Physics, Radio Astronomy
Jessica Wilson, PhD	The Berdik-Elliott Award 2008-2010 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2007, 2008, 2009 Scholar Alums
Brian Becker, PhD	The Westinghouse Electric Company Award 2007-2009 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Robotics
Katherine Fu, PhD	The Lawrence J. Rhoades Memorial Award 2007-2009 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Katharine Ricke, PhD	The Abraham-Wainwright Award 2007-2009 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Engineering & Public Policy
Nathaniel Shank, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2007-2009 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Chemistry
James Arthur Tolbert II	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2007-2009 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
David Whitney, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2007-2009 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science, Biological Sciences
Christopher Wirth, PhD	The PPG Industries Award 2007-2009 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering
2006, 2007, 2008 Scholar Alums
Armen Arevian, MD, PhD	The Thomas W. and Carol K. Henderson Family Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation 2006-2008 Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Center for Neuroscience, Biological Sciences
Thomas C. Diaz	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2006 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Gimpel, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2006-2008 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Computer Science, Language Technologies Institute
Alysha J. Grenko	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2006-2008 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Materials Science & Engineering
2005, 2006, 2007 Scholar Alums
Michael H. Dinitz, PhD	The Vicki and Tom Griffin Award 2005-2007 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Computer Science
Gabriella Engelhart Farnham, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2005-2007 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering
Kathleen Spees, PhD	The Berdik-Elliott Award 2005-2007 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Engineering & Public Policy
Daniel J. Wendlandt	The Hans and Leslie Fleischner Award 2005-2007 Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
2004, 2005, 2006 Scholar Alums
Elisabeth A. Gilmore, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2004-2006 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Engineering
University of Pittsburgh Scholar Alums
*2020, 2021, 2022 Scholar Alums*
Nathan Brantly	The Jeanne Berdik Founder Pittsburgh Chapter Award University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Rehab and Neural Engineering Labs, Department of Bioengineering Research: Dextrous prosthetic hand control via brain-computer interfaces; how arm and hand movement and grasping are encoded in cortex
Jessica Davis	The Fromm/Payne Pittsburgh Chapter Award University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing
Giancarlo Gonzalez-Areizaga	The Leonard B. and Helen P. McCully Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation Award University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Lisa Hong	The Beukema, Wainwright, Wood Award University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Andrea Sajewski	The Meadowcroft-Mooney-Stockman Award University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering

*2019, 2020, 2021 Scholar Alums*
Abigail Allen	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2019-2021 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering Research: Role of Profilin1 (Pfn1) in vascularization and vascular:immune interactions.
Stephanie Helman	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2019-2021 University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing Research: Investigate how temperature behaves in neonates with congenital heart disease after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
Angela Hinchie	The Elliott-Hotopp Award 2019-2021 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine Research: The intersection of idopathic pulmonary fibrosis and telomere stability
Sara Springer	The Bruschi-Hoffman-Wagner Award 2019-2021 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Center for Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience Research: Molecular, cellular and circuit-level dysfunction contributing to psychiatric disorder
Kevin Stieger	The Gookin Family Foundation Award 2019-2021 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering Research: Mechanisms of electrical stimulation of the central nervous system.
*2018, 2019, 2020 Scholar Alums*
Mason Donnell, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2018-2020 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Pathology Research: Immunology of asthma and cystic fibrosis.
Stephanie Frisch, PhD	The McGough-Dunn-Unkovic Award 2018-2020 University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Department of Acute and Tertiary Care Research: The development of models for recognition and prediction of critical illness early in the disease course.
Gary Yu, PhD	The Burke-Harter Award 2018-2020 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering Research: The use of therapeutic ultrasound and injected lipid microbubbles to physically destroy microvessel clots and restore blood flow as a minimally invasive therapy.
2017, 2018, 2019 Scholar Alums
Christopher Lee Hughes, PhD	The Beukema-Wainwright-Wood Award 2017-2019 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering . Research: Electrical stimulation in the human brain for the restoration of tactile perception.
Tyler Meder	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2017-2019 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering Research: Peripheral nerve repair, specifically by using an injectable hydrogel meant to modulate the immune response to be more constructive rather than destructive.
Michelle Scribner	The Fromm-Payne-Stockman Award 2017-2019 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology Research: The evolution of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens during chronic respiratory infection in cystic fibrosis patients.
Alex White	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2017-2019 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Research: G-protein coupled receptor signaling biology.
2016, 2017, 2018 Scholar Alums
Ethan Bassin, PhD	Chapter-Ragni-Ryan Award 2016-2018 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology Research: Developing Treg mimicking microparticles with the goal of treating type 1 diabetes
Katerina Clemens Acar	The Fine Foundation Award 2016-2018 University of Pittsburgh, Center for Neuroscience Research: Neural population activity across visual and oculomotor regions underlying the selection of targets for saccadic eye movements
Michelle Heusser, PhD	Freed-Jones-Meadowcroft Award 2016-2018 University of Pittsburgh - Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering Research: Mechanisms of population coding in the oculomotor system
Alexis Nolfi	Pittsburgh Chapter Award, 2016-2018 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering Research: Women’s health research, specifically the disease endometriosis and the conditions of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinences
Michael Oddo	Pittsburgh Chapter Award, 2016-2018 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering Research: Mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis and chemotherapy resistance
2015, 2016, 2017 Scholar Alums
Shelby Hemker, PhD	The Berdik-Pappas Award 2015-2017 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Program Research: Hypoxia in kidney development and its effects on gene expression
Daniel Long	The Roche/ARCS Foundation Scholar Award in Life Sciences 2015-2017 University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioengineering Research: cellular and organ engineering
2014, 2015, 2016 Scholar Alums
Jennifer Boatz, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2014-2016 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Research: Aggregate Polymorphism in Protein Deposition Diseases: Investigations by Magic Angle Spinning Solid State NMR and Transmission Electron Microscopy
Victoria Corbit, PhD	The Beukema-Wainwright-Wood Award 2014-2016 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine Research: The Effects of Cortical and Pallidal Inputs on Striatal Microcircuit Activity and Behavioral Output
Michelle Guaragno	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2014-2016 University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioengineering
2013, 2014, 2015 Scholar Alums
Courtney Andersen, PhD	The Woodard-Ryan Award 2013-2015 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Research: TARGETING ESTROGEN RECEPTOR AS A STRATEGY FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN OVARIAN CANCER
Whitney Lane, PhD	The Jeanne Berdik Founder Award 2013-2015 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Research: Temperature-dependent efficacy of the IFN-alpha/beta response against chikungunya and other arboviruses
Nick Pavlovsky	The Abraham-Martin-Ragni Award 2013-2015 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering
Brooke Sullivan Thomas	The Fine Foundation Award 2013-2015 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Immunology Research: How the immune system keeps the herpes virus latent and hiding in our neurons
*2011, 2012, 2013 Scholar Alums*
Denver Faulk, PhD	The Stockman-Paul Award 2011-2013 University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering
Adam Large, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2011-2013 University of Pittsburgh, Center for Neuroscience Research: The role of somatostatin-expressing interneurons in anterior piriform cortex
R. Matthew Miller, PhD	The Burke-Harter Award 2011-2013 University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering
Austin Nuschke, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2011-2013 University of Pittsburgh, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program, College of Medicine Research: Improving the clinical utility of mesenchymal stem cells through enhancing cell survival: engineered and cellular approaches
*2010, 2011, 2012 Scholar Alums*
Anny Caceres, PhD	The Joy-Linhart Award 2010-2012 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine Research: THE ROLE OF NHERF1/EBP50 IN WNT SIGNALING IN THE EPITHELIUM
Katharine Harris, PhD	The Beukema-Carrow-Wainwright Award 2010-2012 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology Research: Manipulation of host cell death and innate immune signaling pathways by Coxsackievirus B3
Megan Jamiolkowski, PhD	The Westinghouse Electric Company Award 2010-2012 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering
Tyler Tarr, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2010-2012 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Center for Neuroscience Research: Utilizing presynaptic structure-function properties to inform the design of novel therapies for neuromuscular disease
2009, 2010, 2011 Scholar Alums
Berook Alemayehu, PhD	The Burke-Harter Award 2009 University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mahlon Collins, PhD	The Huntington-Testoni Award 2009-2011 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Center for Neuroscience Research: Identification of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disease Mechanisms by Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomic Profiling
Sarah Cook	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2009 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Center for Neuroscience
Douglas Marvel, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2009-2011 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Immunology Program Research: Regulation by IL-10 of Innate Immune Responses to MUC1 as a Self-Antigen in MUC1 Transgenic Mice
Callie Norris	The McCague-Munchmeyer-Ragni Award 2009-2011 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Program
2008, 2009, 2010 Scholar Alums
Prince Awuah, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Research: Delineating roles of Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor alpha in liver development, liver regeneration, and liver cancer
Nydiaris Hernandez-Santos, PhD	The Gookin Family Foundation Award 2008-2010 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Research: Understanding how the lung epithelium lining the airways mounts an immune response to pulmonary fungal pathogens.
Kristen Balogh Leslie, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2008-2010 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology research: Exploring the Role of EBP50 in Vascular Inflammation
Michelle Messmer, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2008-2010 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Immunology Research: Analysis of Cellular Sentinels for Extracellular Heat Shock Protein-Peptide Complexes
Bartholomew Roland, PhD	The Granito-M. Ryan Award 2008-2010 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Research: An In Vivo Structure-Function Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Triosephosphate Isomerase Deficiency
Penn State University Scholar Alums
2015, 2016, 2017 Scholar Alums
Jenna Reeger	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2015-2017 Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences Research: plant biology
Stacey Amburgey	Ryan Award in Honor of Jeanne Berdik Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences Research: Ecology of species ranges and modeling population dynamics
2014, 2015, 2016 Scholar Alums
Joseph Schneiderwind	The Bennett-Coppersmith-Palmer Award 2014-2016 Penn State University, Graduate Program in Acoustics
2013, 2014, 2015 Scholar Alums
Laura Radville, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2013-2015 Penn State University, Department of Ecology Research: Effects of climate change on root dynamics and phenology in Arctic tundra in southwestern Greenland
2011, 2012, 2013 Scholar Alums
Christopher Thawley, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2011-2013 Penn State University, Ecology Intercollege Graduate Program, Huck Institute of the Life Sciences Research: How organisms adapt to rapid environmental change
2010, 2011, 2012 Scholar Alums
Whitney Coyle, PhD	The Bennett-Coppersmith-Palmer Award 2010-2012 Penn State University, Graduate Program in Acoustics Research: Using the Green's Function Parababolic Equation Method to Predict Sound Propagation Outdoors in the Presence of Weather and Complex Terrain
Denise M. Finney, PhD	The Maureen Emily Ryan Award 2010-2012 Penn State University, Department of Biology
Meredith Hanlon, PhD	Pittsburgh Chapter Award 2010-2012 Penn State University, Department of Biology Research: New perspectives on conventional ideas about root system architecture and morphology

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