Biological Sciences
The following is a list of our students who completed Honors in Biology and our senior award winners in 2021! Congratulations to our graduating seniors!
2021 Biological Sciences Honors and Awards:
Honors in Biology:
Highest Honors
| Last name | First name | Project title |
| Allison | Almeda-Ahmadi | Evaluating the Biological Activity of Novel Inorganic Antimicrobial Compounds for Consumer Products |
| Taylor | Andrews | The Isolation of Lytic Phages Against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis For Use in Phage Therapy |
| Klaudia | Bunkowski | Role of miR-4697 in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease |
| Julia | Li | |
| Kyle | Mani | Simulating Chlorophyll Fluorescence using a Computational Model of Photosystem II |
| Siddarth | Marwaha | |
| Dhriti | Mehta | Efficacy of Small Molecule Inhibitors Against TAM Receptors |
| Rebecca | Mulwa | |
| Isaac | Seelenfreund | Investigations of the impacts of cannabidiol and dietary fatty acids on postmenopausal osteoporosis |
| Victoria | Stiritz | The Role of Dynorphin in Hyperkatifeia Induced By Acute Opioid Withdrawal |
| Athmika | Vaseeharan | |
| Eton | Victor |
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Honors
Neha Yunus
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Awards
William B. Foster Award
For outstanding academic performance, participation in research, and involvement in
service to Rutgers University or the outside community
Athmika Vaseeharan
Betty Falk Yatvin Memorial Award
Senior who has shown particular aptitude in the area of animal biology
Klaudia Bunkowski
Marjorie Frew Knox Memorial Award
Douglass College Senior judged to have completed
the best honors project in biological sciences.
Allison Almeda-Ahmadi
S. Oakley Van der Poel Award
Members of the graduating class who have signified an intention to
study medicine (high academic merit)
Stephanie Ji
Mamta Kalavadia
Hamza Khan
Siddarth Marwaha
Panda Om
Carlos Pareja
Dominick Scalia
Anam Shaikh
Nafee Ullah