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At this year's opening convocation on October 5, two graduate students from the department of Biochemistry & Biophysics received Graduate Fellowship's. Dejun Lin, a Ph.D. student in the Biophysics, Structural and Computational Biology graduate program, was awarded the Leon L. Miller Graduate Fellowship. This fellowship, established by the Miller family, honors Dr. Leon Miller, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry & Biophysics, for his contributions to science and the School of Medicine and Dentistry. It is awarded annually to a student with interest in developing a biophysics-related research career.

Sarah Amie, a Ph.D. student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate program, was awarded the Elmer H. Stotz Graduate Fellowship. This fellowship, established by the Stotz family to honor Dr. Elmer Stotz, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Biochemistry, is awarded to a Ph.D. student in biochemistry.

Robert Bambara and Biochemistry & Biophysics Graduates.

The department of Biochemistry & Biophysics held its annual awards ceremony to celebrate those students that received their doctoral degree this year. Awards were also given out to various students and faculty members for their respective research and teaching contributions. The following awards were given:

Walter Bloor Award for Excellent Ph.D. Thesis

Keith Connolly and Christopher Hine

George Metzger Award for Excellence in Biophysics Ph.D. Thesis

Jessica Snyder

Marvel-Dare Nutting Award Recognizing an Outstanding Biochemistry Ph.D.

Tamara Caterino

William Neuman Award in Biophysics

Paul Black

William Neuman Travel Awards

Paul Black, He Fang, Nicholas Leioatts, and Wenhua Wang

Excellent Student Seminar Presentations

Wen Shen, Karyn Schmidt, Krystle McLaughlin, and Nicholas Leioatts

Faculty Teaching Awards

David Mathews, Ph.D. and Lynne Maquat, Ph.D.

Staff Recognition Award

Melissa Vera