Biological Sciences

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