Graduate Student Recognition

2008 Awards

Graduate School Research Fair Poster Presentations

Jinfeng Wang - Sigma Xi Award
Ph.D. Physics
"Controlled Synthesis of ZnO Nanostructures"

Aileen Faye G. Bongat - First Place Ph.D. Level Natural Sciences Division
'Synthesis and Evaluation of Structural Analogs of Escherichia Coli Lipid A"

Randi Jo Ulbricht - Second Place Ph.D. Level Natural Sciences Division
"Yeast Puf1 regulates mRNA decay in combination with other Puf proteins"

Maria L. Udan - Third Place Ph.D. Level Natural Sciences Division
"Alzheimer’s Amyloid beta (1-42) stimulation of the innate immune response is mediated by toll-like receptors 2 and 4"

Sarah Hanly - First Place Ph.D. Level Social Sciences Division
"Exploring the Cognitive Underpinnings of Word Retrieval Failures in Dyslexia Using the Tip-Of-the-Tongue Paradigm"

Debra Walker Emery - Second Place Ph.D. Level Social Sciences Division
"A Longitudinal Examination of the Remediation of Learning Disabilities: IQ, Age of Diagnosis, School SES and Desegregation"

Kimberly L. Casey - Third Place Ph.D. Level Social Sciences Division
"Defining Political Capital: A Reconsideration of Bourdieu's Interconvertibility Theory"

Tyler Paytas - Master's level poster presentation award
"Can Falsificationists Build Good Bridges?"

2007 Awards

Jinfeng Wang - Sigma Xi Award
Ph.D. Physics “Synthesis and Characterization of Antimony-doped Tin Oxide Nanostructures”

Grigorios A. Papadakos – Second Place
Ph.D. Chemistry “Active Site Mutation Uncouples Metal IO Binding Sites in Pvull Endonuclease”

Wendy Tori - Second Place
Ph.D. Biology “A test of the Kin Selection Hypothesis for the Evolution of Lekking Behavior in White-crowned Manakins (Pipra pipra)”

Adriana Rodriguez-Ferraro – Third Place
Ph.D. Biology “Diversity Patterns of Arid Zone Birds in Northern Venezuela”

2006 Awards

Wendy Tori
NSF Dissertation Fellowship

Colin White - First Place Graduate School Research Fair
Ph.D. Chemistry "Activation of Group 14 Element to Hydrogen Bonds by Platinum-phospine Complexes"

Ngamjit Praingam - Second Place Graduate School Research Fair
Ph.D. Chemistry "The Effect of Phosphine on SiH Bond Activation Reactions with PT Complexes."

Kurt Kestler - Third Place Graduate School Research Fair
M.A. History "The Imperial Dragon and The Republican Eagle: Anson Burlingame: His Treaty, and Sino-American Relations from 1861 to 1880"

2005 Awards

Regan Gustafson - First Place Research Presentation, Graduate School Day
Ph.D. Criminology "Rurality and Approval of Violence: A Multi-level Examination of Attitudes Regarding the Use of Violence

S. Sean Houshmandi Second Place, Research Presentation, Graduate School Day
Ph.D. Biology“Puf3 Protein Elements Required for Binding and Regulation of Messenger RNA in Yeast”

Michael Hylen - Third Place, Research Presentation, Graduate School Day
Ph.D. Education"At-Risk Middle School Students’ Perspectives of School Climate and its Impact on Achievement”

Rochelle Henderson
Political Science Political Science Graduate Assistant Scholarship

Pavia Landiss
Political Science Political Science Graduate Assistant Scholarship

Cindie Jeter Yanow
Political Science Political Science Graduate Assistant Scholarship

Elizabeth Gavin
M.A. Sciology Outstanding Student in Statistics and Methods

Paulo Camara
Ph.D. Biology CAPES Scholarship

Ryan Kuehn
Accounting Jack Box Accounting Scholarship

Han-Tse Li
Accounting
Noel K. Mahr Accounting Scholarship

Yanfang Li
Accounting Accounting Alumni Scholarship

Yakun Liu
Accounting Accounting Alumni Scholarship

Vyacheslav Mikryokov
Accounting KPMG Accounting Scholarship

Kristen Mitchell
Accounting Pricewaterhouse Coopers Graduate Scholarship

Rebecca Jeyes
Women's Studies The McAffrey Graduate Scholarship

Sean Engelkemeyer
Ph.D. Psychology
Lewis J. Sherman Memorial Scholarship

Shawn O'Connor
Ph.D. Psychology
Kathy Van Dyke Scholarship

Melanie Blunt|
Ph.D. Psychology Kathy Van Dyke Scholarship

Oliver Weiberger Jorge Brea
Ph.D. Physics
Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship
"Analysis and Modeling of Stochastic Oscillations with applications to Biology"

Anand Jeyaraj
Ph.D. Business - Information Systems Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship
"The Effect of Influence Tactics and Contingency Factors on the Adoption and Diffusion of IS/IT Innovations in Social Entworks"

Osman Ozturgut
Ph.D. Education Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship
"Challenges of Running a Sino-US Joint Venture Campus in China

Krisanna Scheiter
M.A. Philosophy Graduate School Nomination to MAGS Thesis Award
Aristotle's Active Intellect and the Primary Mover"

Naomi B. Landis
NonProfit Management & Leadership Graduate
Certificate Trio Foundation Graduate Scholarship

Erica M. Fendler
NonProfit Management & Leadership Graduate
Certificate Trio Foundation Graduate Scholarship

Musawir K. Shabazz
NonProfit Management & Leadership Graduate
Certificate Trio Foundation Graduate Scholarship

Adrian Azpiroz
Ph.D. Biology Cleveland Zoo - Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation Grant

Lisa M. Smith
M. A. History
James Madison Fellow

Regan Gustafson
Ph.D. Criminology First Place, Research Presentation, Graduate School Day
"Rurality and Approval of Violence: A Multi-level Examination of Attitudes Regarding the Use of Violence”

S. Sean Houshmandi
Ph.D. Biology Second Place, Research Presentation, Graduate School Day
“Puf3 Protein Elements Required for Binding and Regulation of Messenger RNA in Yeast”

Michael Hylen
Ph.D. Education Third Place, Research Presentation, Graduate School Day
"At-Risk Middle School Students’ Perspectives of School Climate and its Impact on Achievement”

Jeff Ettling
Ph.D. Biology Des Lee Zoo Fellow

Mike Klebert
Ph.D. Nursing Third Place, Graduate Student Research Poster Session - Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference

2004 Award

Christina Gilliam
Ph.D. Psychology First Prize, UM-St. Louis Graduate School Research Poster Award

Aparna Raghuram
Ph.D. Physiological Optics Second Prize, UM-St. Louis Graduate School Research Poster Award

Mehda Kamat and Papapida Pornsuriyasak
Ph.D. Chemistry Third Place, UM-St. Louis Graduate School Research Poster Award

Patrick Sweeney
Ph.D. Biology UM System TWA Scholarship

Noah Whiteman
Ph.D. Biology UM System TWA Scholarship; NSF Dissertation Award

Alberto Vicentini
Ph.D. Biology NSF Dissertation Research Award

Elizabeth Congdon
Ph.D. Biology NSF Dissertation Enhancement Award

Kimberly Holbrook
Ph.D. Biology EPA Fellowship and NSF Dissertation Enhancement Awrad

Danielle Lee
Ph.D. Biology NSF IBN Dissertation Award

Lynn S. Urban
Ph.D. Criminology NIJ Grant "The Deterrent Effect of Sanctions" (with Dr. Scott Decker)

Mark Beilstein
Ph.D. Biology NSF Dissertation Research : Phylogeny and Trichome Evolution in the Braqssicaceae (with Dr. Elizabeth Kellogg)

Jane Merkel
M.S. Biology Des Lee Zoo Fellow