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Paul Pollack

Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award (sciences) Paul Pollack, professor in the Department of Mathematics, is one of the most distinguished experts of his generation in the field of number theory, a branch of mathematics that is thousands of years old and concerned with properties of whole...

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J. Derrick Lemons

Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award (arts and humanities) J. Derrick Lemons, associate professor in the Department of Religion, has played a central role in establishing, advancing, and naming a new interdisciplinary sub-field of research: theologically engaged anthropology. A recipient of two major John Templeton Foundation grants,...

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Dennis E. Kyle

Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award (sciences) Dennis E. Kyle, professor of cellular biology and infectious diseases, is one of the top parasitologists in the world due to his work on multiple parasitic diseases. Kyle also serves as director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global...

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Christina Boyd

William A. Owens Creative Research Award (behavioral sciences) Christina Boyd, Thomas P. and M. Jean Lauth Professor of Political Science, is one of the nation’s most important scholars researching diversity in the courts. She has published 34 refereed journal articles and two books, including “Supreme...

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Kevin Vogel

Postdoctoral Research Award 2016 Kevin Vogel, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of entomology, uses comparative genomics and molecular biology to study reproduction and development processes in mosquitoes. Over the last three years, he worked to identify and characterize a hormone receptor that, when silenced, blocked the...

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Alexander Tokarev

Postdoctoral Research Award 2016 Alexander Tokarev, a former postdoctoral research associate in the department of textiles merchandising and interiors, is recognized for his role in creating a new, inexpensive way to manufacture extraordinarily thin polymer strings commonly known as nanofibers. The new method, dubbed “magnetospinning,” provides a...

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Josh Clevenger

James L. Carmon Award 2016 Josh Clevenger, a doctoral student in the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, uses genomic data and computational approaches to find genetic signatures of resistance to aflatoxin in peanut. Aflatoxin is a highly carcinogenic compound that causes liver damage in...

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Sarah Budischak

Robert C. Anderson  Memorial Award 2016 Sarah Budischak, a recent doctoral graduate in ecology, studies the disease transmission and health implications of parasitic infections. Her dissertation research on the consequences of coinfection—the simultaneous infection of a host by multiple pathogens—in wild African buffalo required extensive field...

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Arnab Banerji

Robert C. Anderson  Memorial Award 2016 Arnab Banerji, a recent doctoral graduate in theater and film studies, is recognized for his scholarship on Asian performing arts, Indian cinema and Indian popular culture. His doctoral dissertation, Setting the Stage: A Materialist Semiotic Analysis of Contemporary Bengali Theatre...

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Chi Zhang

Graduate Student Excellence-in-Research Award 2016 Chi Zhang, a recent doctoral graduate in Bioinformatics, studies the mechanisms of cancer initiation, progression, metastasis and post-metastasis development using large-scale data analyses of cancer tissue samples and computer modeling. Much of his research focuses on cancer micro-environment alterations and the Warburg’s...

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