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
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