{"id":500,"date":"2025-01-23T02:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T02:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jennifer-sun\/?page_id=500"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:45:26","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jennifer-sun\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"comp-ldpcvky42\" class=\"HcOXKn SxM0TO QxJLC3 lq2cno YQcXTT comp-ldpcvky42 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Congratulations to all for their achievements!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"comp-ldpcvky45\" class=\"HcOXKn c9GqVL QxJLC3 lq2cno YQcXTT comp-ldpcvky45 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<h4>Shreya Gokul<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Aresty Conference Funding &#8211; $400 \/\/ 2026<\/li>\n<li>Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship &#8211; $1000 \/\/ 2025-26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Mia Cacao<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Aresty Conference Funding &#8211; $400 \/\/ 2026<\/li>\n<li>Genetics Society of America (GSA) Undergraduate Travel Award &#8211; $200 \/\/ 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Tia Hart<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>George H Cook Honors \/\/ 2026<\/li>\n<li>Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship &#8211; $500 \/\/ 2025-26<\/li>\n<li>Honors College Scholarship &#8211; Capstone Research Support &#8211; $2000 \/\/ 2025<\/li>\n<li>George H Cook Honors Program Research Grant &#8211; $1000 \/\/ 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Muqaddasa Tariq<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-m19e3n5v\" class=\"HcOXKn c9GqVL QxJLC3 lq2cno YQcXTT comp-m19e3n5v wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<ul class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\">George H Cook Honors \/\/ 2024<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Hazem Al Darwish<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-m19e58z6\" class=\"HcOXKn c9GqVL QxJLC3 lq2cno YQcXTT comp-m19e58z6 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<ul class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\">George H Cook Honors \/\/ 2024<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Safiyah Salama<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-m19e5os7\" class=\"HcOXKn c9GqVL QxJLC3 lq2cno YQcXTT comp-m19e5os7 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<ul class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<li>George H Cook Honors \/\/ 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Jennifer S. Sun<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mutual Mentoring Grant, Rutgers University Faculty Diversity Collaborative \/\/ 2025<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Certificate for Working with International Students Workshop, Rutgers Global \/\/ 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Certificate for Completion of Professional Career Development, Rutgers Office of Postdoctoral Advancement \/\/ 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Peggy Cotter Travel Award for Early Career Branch Members \/\/ 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Rutgers University Microbiome Program 2nd Annual Retreat Abstract Competition Prize \/\/ 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Faculty Fellowship, Teaching Excellence Networks Course Transformation Summer Institute \/\/ 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Certificate for Lifelong Learning in Inclusive &amp; Equitable Teaching, Rutgers University \/\/ 2023<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Certificate for Implementation of Inclusive &amp; Equitable Teaching Practices, Rutgers University \/\/ 2023<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Certificate in The Business of Science for Scientists: Core Professional Skills that Make You Competitive for a Professional Career, SciPhD \/\/ 2023<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Rutgers University \/\/ 2022 &#8211; 2024<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Part-Time Lecturers Professional Development Fund Award, Rutgers University \/\/ 2021, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">BioBus Community Science Fellowship, Columbia University \/\/ 2021 &#8211; 2022<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NIH Kirschstein-NRSA, Parent F32) \/\/ 2020 &#8211; 2021<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Semifinalist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program \/\/ 2020<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">John Spangler Nicholas Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Student in Experimental Zoology, Yale University \/\/ 2019<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">Don Tucker Memorial Award for Graduate Student Research, AChemS XL Annual Meeting \/\/ 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">P.E.O. Scholar Award, International Chapter of the P.E.O. 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