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Rishi Mehta ('22
Barry Goldwater Scholar
Research Mentor: Dr Marc Rothenberg
March 2020

Nihar R. ('21)
Barry Goldwater Scholar
Research Mentor: Dr Tanya Kalin
April 2019

Andrea O. ('19)
Fulbright Scholar
Research Mentor: Dr Andrew Herr
April 2019

Anna L. ('19)
Finalist, Truman Scholar
April 2018

Andrew E. ('19)
Barry Goldwater Scholar
Research Mentors: Dr June Goto, Dr Francesco Mangano
March 2018

Mohamed E. ('17, minor in medical sciences)
Truman Scholar
April 2017

Mohamed E. ('17, minor in medical sciences)
Fulbright Scholar
April 2017

Aswin B. ('19)
Honorable Mention, Barry Goldwater Scholar
Research Mentor: Dr. Rafael Kopan
2016

Mohamed E. ('17, minor in medical sciences)
Honorable Mention, Barry Goldwater Scholar
2016

Claire Voegele ('21
Undergraduate Student Stipend and Research Cost Program for Faculty (URC)–Student Collaboration,
University Research Council, University of Cincinnati
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
March 2020

Rishi Mehta ('22)
AMD Instruments Travel Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Marc Rothenberg
September 2019

Vighnesh Ramesh ('20)
Research Excellence Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Daniel Starczynowski
September 2019

Farhan Ilyas ('20)
Local Undergraduate Research Award in Physiology, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Laura Conforti
April 2019

Sydney Stone ('20)
Horwitz/Horowitz Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
April 2019

Corbin Azucenas ('20)
Horwitz/Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
February 2019

Sydney Stone ('20)
Horwitz/Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
February 2019

Newsha Jahanpanah ('19)
Robert W Young Award for Undergraduate Student Research in Acoustics, Acoustical Society of America
Research Mentor: Dr Kevin Haworth
October 2018

Nora Lakes ('19)
Peter K Lauf Travel Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Elisa Boscolo
September 2018

Nihar Rama ('21)
Peter K Lauf Travel Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Tanya Kalin
September 2018

Corbin Azucenas ('20)
Research Excellence Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
September 2018

A Scott Emmert ('19)
Research Excellence Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr June Goto
September 2018

Vighnesh Ramesh ('20)
Research Excellence Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Daniel Starczynowski
September 2018

Sydney Stone ('20)
Research Excellence Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
September 2018

Sydney Stone ('20)
Olivia V Erhardt Award, UC CoM SURF Capstone Poster Symposium
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
August 2018

John Bonamer ('18)
Horwitz/Horowitz Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
April 2018

Jared Iding ('19)
Local Undergraduate Research Award in Physiology, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Atsuo Sasaki
April 2018

Corbin Azucenas ('20)
STRIDE Summer Fellowship, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
March 2018

Sydney Stone ('20)
STRIDE Summer Fellowship, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
March 2018

John Bonamer ('18)
Horwitz/Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
February 2018

Justin Dunham ('19)
Poster Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
October 2017

Chinmay Bakshi ('21)
Peter K Lauf Travel Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
Research Mentor: Dr Nira Ben-Jonathan
October 2017

Justin Dunham ('19)
Honorable Mention, UC/CCHMC SURF Capstone Poster Symposium
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
August 2017

John Bonamer ('18)
Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
April 2017

Mohamed Elzarka ('17, minor in medical sciences)
Peter K Lauf Travel Award, Ohio Physiological Society Annual Meeting
November 2016

Melissa MacDonald ('19)
2nd Place, SURF Poster Symposium
Research Mentor: Dr Aaron Zorn
Summer 2016

Rahul Sandella ('19)
Innovative Program Design Poster Award, Research Week 2016
Research Mentor: Dr Kasiani Myers
April 2016

Shahana Prakash ('16, minor in medical sciences)
Undergraduate Research ExcellenceFellowship, American Physiological Society
Research Mentor: Dr Bryan Mackenzie
April 2015

Meghna C., Divya V., and Shivani T. ('20)
Experience-Based Learning Achievement Award, University of Cincinnati
April 2018

Zoha M. ('20)
Annie Fitzgerald Award for Service & Leadership, UC Center for Community Engagement
Summer 2017

Anna L. ('19)
Annie Fitzgerald Award for Service & Leadership, UC Center for Community Engagement
Summer 2016

Andie S. ('20)
Greater Cincinnati Association for Women in Science Scholarship
Summer 2017

Aswin B. ('19)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Pierce Scholarship
December 2015

Aswin B. ('19)
Tylenol Future Care Scholarship
November 2015