Awards and Honors


  • UG — Undergraduate Student
  • GS — Graduate Student
  • PD — Postdoctoral Researcher/Fellow
  • CL — Collaborator’s lab

2022

Liam Shanahan (UG) Selected as an OSU Beckman Scholar
Jamison Law (GS) Pelotonia Graduate Student Research Fellowship
OSU Wexner Medical Center
Liam Shanahan (UG) Center for RNA Biology Summer Research Fellowship

2020

Eleanor Bashian (UG) Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry – Rosenfeld Scientific Achievement Award and the Distinguished Organic Student Teacher Award

2019

Rachel Braun (UG) Poster Presentation – Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award
Rustbelt RNA Meeting, Cleveland, OH
Jamison Law (GS) Research Fellowship
OSU Cellular, Molecular, and Biochemical Sciences Training Program (CMBP)
Hong Duc Phan (GS) Pelotonia Graduate Student Research Fellowship
OSU Wexner Medical Center
Rachel Braun (UG) Undergraduate Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  Kraska Endowed Chemistry Scholarship
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
OSU Center for RNA Biology (CRB)
Eleanor Bashian (UG) Gary Booth Scholarship
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Chellis Family Scholarship
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Undergraduate Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  iCAPS Pre-doctoral Summer Research Award
OSU Center for Applied Plant Sciences
  Edward G. Mayers Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship (Declined)
OSU Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry

2018

Walter Zahurancik (PD) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
OSU Center for RNA Biology (CRB)
  Pelotonia Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
OSU Wexner Medical Center
Ila Marathe (GS) Pelotonia Graduate Student Research Fellowship
OSU Wexner Medical Center
Blake Szkoda (GS) Research Fellowship
OSU Cellular, Molecular, and Biochemical Sciences Training Program (CMBP)
Matt Jajowka (UG) Gary Booth Scholarship
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Seth Lyon (UG) Poster Presentation – Outstanding Research
OSU Natural and Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum
  Poster Presentation (Molecular Biophysics & Chemical Biology) – 1st place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
Yehong Qiu (UG) Gary Booth Scholarship
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

2017

Seth Lyon (UG) Oral Presentation – Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award
Rustbelt RNA Meeting, Indianapolis, IN
  Poster Presentation (Addressing Complex Questions in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences) – 1st place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
  Edward G. Mayers Summer Research Scholarship (Declined)
OSU Undergraduate Research Office, Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences – College of Arts and Sciences
  Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  Gary Booth Scholarship
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Pelotonia Undergraduate Research Fellowship
OSU Wexner Medical Center
Humza Qureshi (UG) CAS Endowment Fund Scholarship
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nick Thomsen (UG) Poster Presentation – Outstanding Research
OSU Natural and Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum

2016

Seth Lyon (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
Tuan (Nathan) Nguyen (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee

2015

Arthur Broadstock (UG) Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 1st place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
Jane Chuang (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
Seth Lyon (UG) Research Scholar Award
OSU Undergraduate Research Office, Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences – College of Arts and Sciences

2014

Arthur Broadstock (UG) Edward G. Mayers Summer Research Scholarship
OSU Undergraduate Research Office, Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences – College of Arts and Sciences

2013

Jane Chuang (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
Stephen Firkins (UG) Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 1st place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
  Irene Rosenfeld Scientific Achievement Award
OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

2012

Stephen Firkins (UG) Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship
American Society for Microbiology
  Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  Edward G. Mayers Summer Research Scholarship
OSU Undergraduate Research Office, Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences – College of Arts and Sciences
Stella Lai (CL) Poster Presentation – Best Poster Research Presentation Award
Rustbelt RNA Meeting, Dayton, OH
Eric Reville (UG) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
OSU Department of Biochemistry
Andrew Wallace (UG) Poster Presentation – Outstanding Research
OSU Natural and Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum
  Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 2nd place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)

2011

Chigo Ekeke (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 1st place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
Cory Schwartz (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
Derek Smith (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 1st place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
Andrew Wallace (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
Emily Wong (UG) NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (at Yale University)
National Science Foundation
  Poster Presentation – Outstanding Research
OSU Natural and Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum
  Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 2nd place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)

2010

Anil Challa (PD) Pelotonia Postdoctoral Fellowship (Declined)
OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Wen-Yi Chen (GS) Oral Presentation – 1st place
OSU Molecular Life Sciences Symposium
I-Ming Cho (GS) Burrell Travel Award (to attend the Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Seattle, WA)
OSU Department of Biochemistry
Derek Smith (UG) Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Research
OSU College of Biological Sciences
  NSF REU Site (Ohio State University) Stipend
National Science Foundation
Emily Wong (UG) Undergraduate Student Pelotonia Fellowship
OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
  Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 2nd place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)

2009

Wen-Yi Chen (GS) Oral Presentation – 2nd place
OSU Molecular Life Sciences Symposium
  Burrell Travel Award (to attend a Gordon Research Conference)
OSU Department of Biochemistry
I-Ming Cho (GS) Burrell Travel Award (to attend a Gordon Research Conference)
OSU Department of Biochemistry
  Oral Presentation – Best Oral Research Presentation Award
Rustbelt RNA Meeting, Mt. Sterling, OH
Cecilia Go (GS) Poster Presentation – Best Poster Research Presentation Award
Rustbelt RNA Meeting, Mt. Sterling, OH
Derek Smith (UG) Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Research
OSU College of Biological Sciences

2008

Scott McHenry (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee

2007

Cecilia Go (UG) Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 1st place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
Dileep Pulukkunat (GS) Oral Presentation – 1st place
OSU Molecular Life Sciences Symposium
  Poster Presentation – Outstanding Research
OSU College of Biological Sciences Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

2006

Cecilia Go (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
Debra Kot (UG) Poster Presentation – Outstanding Research
OSU College of Biological Sciences Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

2005

Dileep Pulukkunat (GS) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
OSU College of Biological Sciences
  Pre-doctoral Fellowship
American Heart Association
  Burrell Travel Award (to attend the International Workshop on tRNA, Bangalore, India)
OSU Department of Biochemistry
Hsin-Yue Tsai (GS) Herta Camerer Gross Graduate Research Fellowship
OSU College of Biological Sciences

2004

Cynthia Hatfield (GS) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
OSU College of Biological Sciences
Steven Kawamoto (UG) Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 2nd place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)
  Poster Presentation – 1st place
OSU College of Biological Sciences Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
  Grant-in-Aid of Research
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
  Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  United States National Homeland Security Pre-doctoral Fellowship
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Medicinal Chemistry
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Walter Woznick (UG) Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences) – 3rd place
Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (OSU)

2003

Milan Jovanovic (GS) Professional Development Fund Award (to attend the Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Vienna, Austria)
OSU Council of Graduate Students
Steven Kawamoto (UG) Poster Presentation – 3rd place
OSU College of Biological Sciences Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
  Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
Dileep Pulukkunat (GS) Burrell Travel Award (to attend the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI)
OSU Department of Biochemistry
Hsin-Yue Tsai (GS) Pre-doctoral Fellowship
American Heart Association
Walter Woznick (UG) The Wilber Waight Canaga Memorial Fund Scholarship
OSU Department of Biochemistry

2002

Milan Jovanovic (GS) Student Leadership Award
The Graduate School at Ohio State
Sunita Rangarajan (PD) Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Graduate School at Ohio State
Hsin-Yue Tsai (GS) Oral Presentation – 1st place
Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum (OSU)

2001

Timothy Eubank (GS) Oral Presentation – 3rd place
Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum (OSU)
Michael Stiffler (UG) Bilateral Student Exchange Representative
OSU and University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
  Research Scholarship
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Hsin-Yue Tsai (GS) MCDB Graduate Program Travel Grant (to present at the Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Banff, Canada)
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program

2000

Milan Jovanovic (GS) Oral Presentation – 2nd place
Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum (OSU)
M.L. Stephen Raj (PD) Oral Presentation – Outstanding Research
Rustbelt RNA Meeting, Mt. Sterling, OH

1999

Roopa Biswas (PD) Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Heart Association
Benjamin Burkett (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee
John Kyle Friend (UG) Research Scholarship
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committe
Dileep Pulukkunat (GS) IUBMB Wood-Whelan Travel Fellowship Award
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology