Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Given to a student who has excelled in scholarship, research and teaching activities during his or her career in this department. Candidates should be graduate students in their final year of study.

Year	Awardee	Mentor
2021 2020	Quynh Dong Alyssa Preiser	Jason Bazil Tom Sharkey
2020	Joel Rankin	Bob Hausinger
2019	Geoffrey Severen	Christopher Waters
2018	Kelly Fader	Tim Zacharewski
2017	Sebastian Raschka	Leslie Kuhn
2016	Rance Nault	Tim Zacharewski
2015	Mark Faruggia	Robert Hausinger
2014	Fei Li	Shelagh Ferguson-Miller
2013	Youssef Kousa	Brian Schutte
2012	Nitin Raj	Bill Henry
2012	Adam Cornish	Eric Hegg
2011	Jodi Boer	Bob Hausinger
2010	Eric Moellering	Christoph Benning
2009	Michael Ruckle
2009	Jana Simmons

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Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award

Presented to a student who has excelled in research during his or her career. (Candidates should be graduate students who have successfully passed their prelim examination)

Year	Awardee	Mentor
2021 2020	Joel Rankin Martin Ogrodzinski	Bob Hausinger Sophia Lunt
2019	Bryan Leong	Robert Last
2018	Peter Dornbos	John LaPres
2018	Meng-Lun Hsieh	Chris Waters
2017	Kun "Kenny" Wang	Christoph Benning
2016	Yiliang Wei	David Arnosti
2016	Anthony Parenti	Amy Ralston
2015	Ronghui Pan	Jianping Hu
2014	Disha Srivastava	Chris Waters
2013	Mark Farrugia	Bob Hausinger
2012	Zhen “Jenny” Wang	Christoph Benning
2012	Ziru “James” Li	Tom Sharkey
2011	Marcos Oliveira	Laurie Kaguni
2010	Fei Zheng	Hongbing Wang
2009	Hoo Sun Chung
2008	Leron Katsir	Gregg Howe
2008	James Johnson	Charles Hoogstraten

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Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award

Given to a student for exceptional performance as a graduate teaching assistant during his or her graduate program.

Year	Awardee	Mentor
2021 2020	Elise Rivett Ana-Maria Raicu	Eric Hegg David Arnosti
2020	Jennifer Watts	Amy Ralston
2019	Anastasiya Lavell	Christoph Benning
2018	Jagannath Silwal	Honggao Yan
2017	Han Nguyen	Bruce Uhal
2016	Natalia Hubbs	Kirsten Parent
2015	Sandra Olenic	Lee Kroos
2014	Eric Poliner	David Arnosti
2011	Alison Gjidoda	Bill Henry
2010	Yi Zheng	Michael Garavito
2009	Emily Harper
2008	Anna Kopec	Tim Zacharewski

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Jack Throck Watson Graduate Fellowship

Former students and colleagues of Dr. Jack Throck Watson, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, have established the graduate fellowship to honor their teacher, mentor, friend, and colleague. Awards will be made to graduate students. Preference given to individuals engaged in research related to mass-spectrometry and its applications.

Year	Awardee	Mentor
2021 2020	Deanna Broadwater Paul Fiesel	Sophia Lunt Rob Last
2019	Jason Schrad	Kristin Parent
2018	R. Michael Sgambelluri	Jonathan Walton
2017	Daniel Lybrand	Robert Last
2016	Alyssa Preiser	Tom Sharkey
2015	Jie Li	Susanne Hoffmann-Benning
2012	Fei Li	Shelagh Ferguson-Miller

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Dr. Richard U. and Claire M. Byerum Fellowship

Mrs. Claire Byerrum has established the Dr. Richard U. and Claire M. Byerrum Endowed Fellowship to aid the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in attracting or retaining outstanding graduate students.

Year	Awardee	Mentor
2021 2020	Qianjie Wang Quynh Duong	Peter Lundquist Jason Bazil
2019	Joel Rankin	Robert Hausinger
2018	Alyssa Preiser	Tom Sharkey
2017	Peter Dornbos	John LaPres
2016	Daniel Parrell	Lee Kroos

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Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award

This award is open to any postdoctoral researcher working in a BMB faculty member's laboratory. (Postdoctoral researcher is defined as an individual being within 5 years of their PhD being granted. Research Assistant Professors are also eligible if within 5 years of their Ph.D.) The award will recognize outstanding postdoctoral progress towards developing an independent scientific career as an academic PI or industrial scientist. Evidence of such progress may include a significant record of peerreviewed publications and extramural talks, attaining a competitively reviewed postdoctoral fellowship or other honor/award from an extramural agency, establishing a clear set of research aims for future work as an independent scientist, and laying the groundwork for that research (via collaborations and preliminary results) while at MSU.

Year	Awardee	Mentor
2021 2020	Shao Thing Teoh Sarah Doore	Sophia Lunt Kristin Parent
2019	Rance Nault	Tim Zacharewski
2018	Tuo Zhang	Jian Hu
2017	Gaurav Moghe	Robert Last
2016	Pengxiang Fan	Robert Last
2016	Sarathi Wijetilleke	Tom Sharkey
2015	Ruthie Angelovici	Dean DellaPenna
2014	Parimal Kar	Michael Feig
2012	Rebecca Roston	Christoph Benning
2009	Anthony Schilmiller	Robert Last

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Clarence Suelter Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

New in 2022, this award is open to any postdoctoral researcher (received PhD within the last five years) working in a BMB faculty member's laboratory. The award will recognize outstanding postdoctoral accomplishments and also encourage and support career development. In addition to a $3,000 award to the recipient, up to $5,000 will be made available for a career development opportunity. Career development activities may include: intensive training courses, workshops on teaching, career coaching fees, and other opportunities that a PI would not be expected to fund. The application process for the Clarence Suelter Award is: Prepare a CV along with an essay describing how the selected opportunity will advance your career goals. A single pdf should be submitted to the awards chair, (kparent@msu.edu) by Friday, February 25. Once a recipient is selected for the award, the PI of the postdoctoral fellow must sign an acknowledgement stating the additional career development will be supported, as it will take time away from the postdoctoral fellow’s main lab duties. It is a good idea to discuss this ahead of time with your PI.

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