Awards

Our lab features some of the best and brightest students and post-doctoral fellows around, and the accolades they have received reflect that.

• Najmuddin Gunja, BMES Graduate Student Award, 2008
• Benjamin Elder, 1st place, ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference Ph.D. student podium competition, July 2008 (Keystone, CO)
• Benjamin Elder, 1st place, Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering Annual Symposium, student poster competition, July 1008
• Dena Wiltz, AGEP Fellowship, 2008
• Johannah Sanchez-Adams, AGEP Fellowship, 2008
• Donald Responte, NIH Biotech Fellowship, 2008
• Ben Lu, an undergraduate student in our lab, was chosen to participate in the 2008 NanoJapan Program in Japan
• Gidon Ofek, Nanobiology Fellowship through the Gulf Coact Consortuum, February 2008
• Gidon Ofek, 1st place, Keck Annual Research Conference, poster competition, October 12, 2007
• Gidon Ofek, Nanobiology Fellowship through the Gulf Coast Consortium, August 2007
• Gwendolyn Hoben, 1st place, Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering 3rd Annual Conference graduate poster competition, July 2007
• Roman Natoli, 3rd place, ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference Ph.D. student podium competition, July 2007 (Keystone, CO)
• Chris Revell, 2nd place, ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference PH.D. student poster competition, July 2007 (Keystone, CO)
• Najmuddin Gunja, 1st place, ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference Ph.D. student poster competition, July 2007 (Keystone, CO)
• Ben Elder, NIH Technology Grant, June 2007
• Eugene Koay, 3rd place, Rice BIOE recruiting poster competition, March 2006
• Kyle Allen, 1st place, NSF IGERT poster competition, 2006
• Eugene Koay, 2nd place, NSF IGERT poster competition, 2006
• Zaven Sargsyan, 1st place, Undergraduate Research in Biosciences, poster session, Fall 2005
• Zaven Sargsyan, 3rd place, IGERT Undergraduate research program, Summer 2005
• Roman Natoli, selected for participation in the NASE Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Microbes in Space (MIS) Workshop, July 2005
• Dr. Michael Detamore, Best Thesis Prize, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Rice-TMC Chapter of Sigma Xi, 2005
• Jean Bao, 1st place, Division of Engineering, Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2005
• Alejandro Almarza, Winner of Bioengineering Graduate Recruiting Poster Competition, 2005
• Dr. Rajesh Uthamanthil, Career Advancement Fellowship, Orthopaedic Research Society, 2005
• Alejandro Almarza, Morse Fellowship, 2005
• Kyle Allen, 1st prize, NSF IGERT poster competition, 2005
• Varun Rachakonda (St. Johns High School, Houston, TX), semi-finalist, Siemens Westinghouse Science Competition, 2004
• Rohan Balsaver (St. Johns High School, Houston, TX), semi-finalist, Siemens Westinghouse Science Competition
• Danika Hayman, 1st place, BIOE 400, Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2004
• Kyle Allen, recipient of NSF IGERT Fellowship, 2004
• Eugene Koay, recipient of NSF IGERT Fellowship, 2004
• Sriram Eleswarapu, 2nd place, Division of Engineering, Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2004
• Eric Darling, winner of the 2004 Second Annual Poster Competition (cellular & molecular engineering)
• Sriram Eleswarapu, 2nd place, Division of Engineering, Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2003
• Sriram Eleswarapu, 1st place, BIOE 400, Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2003
• Eric Darling, Michael Detamore, Corey Scott, and Adrian Shieh, BMES Student Travel Awards, 2003
• Michael Detamore, recipient of the 2003 Nettie S. Autrey Fellowship
• Dr. Margaret French, recipient of NRSA NIH (NIAMS) research fellowship 2003-2006
• BMES Student Chapter, Rice University, Honorable Mention Award, BMES Annual Meeting, 2002
• Sriram Eleswarapu, 1st place Co-Winner, NSF Rice IGERT Undergraduate Award, 2002
• Rohan Wagle, 1st place Co-Winner, NSF Rice IGERT Undergraduate Award, 2002
• Livia Van, 3rd place, NSF Rice IGERT Undergraduate Award, 2002
• Adam AufderHeide, recipient of NSF IGERT Fellowship, 2002
• Michael Detamore, recipient of Whitaker Foundation Fellowship and NSF Fellowship, 2001
• BMES Student Chapter, Rice University, Honorable Mention Award, BMES Annual Meeting, 2001
• Eugene Koay, Winner of BMES Whitaker Undergraduate Award, 2001
• Julie Horng and Adrian Shieh, BMES Student Travel Awards, 2001
• Adrian Shieh, NSF GK-12 Fellowship, 2001
• Adrian Shieh, recipient of Whitaker Foundation Fellowship, NDSEG Fellowship, and Rice Presidential Fellowship, 2000