Recent ANSC Graduate Student Accolades

2022

+ Emily Everhart, Atul Walunj and Mairui Gao (right, left) were selected as the recipients of the ANSC Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

+ Nicole Tillquist, Brindhalakshmi Balasubramanian, Molly Riser (middle, right), Bruna Santana (middle, left), Jiaqui Zhu and Mia Kawaida (left) were selected as recipients of the UConn Graduate School Conference Participation Award.

Nicole Tillquist and Mia Kawaida were selected as recipients of the H. Allen Tucker Graduate Student Travel Scholarship

+ Jerry Yang Scholarship Award

Saurav Ranjitkar, Ph.D. student

+ UConn Graduate School Graduate Student Mentorship Excellence Award

Mia Kawaida, Ph.D. student

+ Trial Scholarship from IAFP

Mairui Gao, Ph.D. student

+ UConn Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and UConn Student Travel Scholarship

Yue Su, Ph.D. student

2021

+ Yue Su (left) was selected to receive the UConn Graduate School Conference Participation Award and placed 1st in the IETS graduate poster competition

+ ASAS/CSAS Annual Meeting

Nicole Tillquist (middle) placed 1st in the graduate poster competition.

Ella Dodd (right) placed 2nd in the graduate poster competition

 

2020

+ Si Lu and Sulaiman Aljasir were selected as the recipients of the ANSC Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

+ ASAS/CSAS Annual Meeting (Virtual)
Alexis Trench (below left), placed second in the M.S. poster competition.

+ Allen Tucker Travel Scholarship from ASAS
Brandon Smith 
(below middle), Ph.D. student

+ UConn RNA Salon Travel Award and  UConn Doctoral Student Travel Fellowship
Lang Sun (below right), Ph.D. student

Animal Science Students (L-R): Alexis Trench, Brandon Smith, Lang Sun

2019

+ Lang Sun and Poonam Vinayamohan were selected as the recipients of the ANSC Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

+ Nutmeg Institute of Food Technologist Student Night of Academic Excellence Scholarships
Sulaiman Aljasir, Ph.D. student

+ NIH-USDA Young Investigator Travel award
Brandon Smith, 
Ph.D. student

2018

+ Ling Wang was selected to receive the Jerry Yang Graduate Research Excellence Award

+ Catherine Gensler and Ellie Duan were selected as the recipients of the ANSC Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

Scholarships for the 2017-2018 School Year

+ Nutmeg Institute of Food Technologist Student Night of Academic Excellence Scholarships
Catherine Gensler, M.S. student, and Deepah Kuttappan, Ph.D. student

+ Chicagoland Food Industry Scholarship via Chicagoland Food Science Foundation
Catherine Gensler, M.S. student