Biological Chemistry Annual Student Awards
2009 Distinguished Graduate Lecturer
Dr. Cathrine L. Drennan
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Crystallographic Snapshots of Metalloproteins in Action"
The Halvor N. and Mary M. Christensen Award
Presented to a second-year student on the basis of academic record. This award is given in honor of Mary M. and Professor Emeritus Halvor N. Christensen who served as Chair of Biological Chemistry from 1955-1970, and who has generously provided the gift that supports this annual award.
2008 Awardee: Jennifer Gehret, mentor: Janet Smith
The Adam A. and Mary J. Christman Award
Presented to a third-year student judged to be the most outstanding in that class. The Christman Award is named in memory of former long-time faculty member Professor Adam Christman.
2008 Awardee: Ashley Reinke, mentor: Jason Gestwicki
The Anthony and Lillian Lu Award
Presented to a student on the basis of academic background, achievement in the graduate program, and potential as a scientist. This award is made possible by the Lu Family who have generously provided the gift that supports this annual award.
2008 Awardee: Li Yi, mentor: Stephen Ragsdale
The Lee Murphy Memorial Prize
Awarded annually to the student who embodies the highest ideals of scientific integrity and who has published a paper or a series of papers judged most significant by the Awards Committee. This award is named in honor of Lee Murphy, an alumnus of this department.
2008 Awardee: Bin Zhao, mentor: Kun-Liang Guan
(Bin Zhao & Kun-Liang Guan were unable to attend the awards ceremony)
The Dziewiatkowski Award
Dedicated to the memory of the late faculty member, Dominic D. (Jay) Dziewiatkowski, this award is offered to the student who has submitted the most outstanding Ph.D. dissertation during the last academic year.
2008 Awardee: Rebecca Fagan, mentor: Bruce Palfey
The Minor J. and Mary Lou Coon Award
Awarded annually to the student who exhibits overall excellence in research, teaching, and service to the department. This award honors Professor Coon, former Chair of the department, and Mary Lou Coon who have provided the gifts that supports this award.
2008 Awardee: Donald Raymond, mentor: Janet Smith
Halvor and Mary Christensen Award
| Year | Recipient | Mentor | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | James R. Stone | Michael A. Marletta | |
| 1993 | Nicholas Santoro | Dennis J. Thiele | |
| 1994 | Rafael Perez Ballestero | Michael D. Uhler | |
| 1995 | Sean Collins | Michael D. Uhler | |
| 1996 | Xiaoli Zhan | Kun-Liang Guan | 8/96 |
| 1997 | Lauren Stegman | Brian Ross | 7/97 |
| 1998 | Utpal Munshi | Jerry Menon | 7/98 |
| 1999 | Heidi Campbell | Claudia Kent | 7/99 |
| 2000 | Elise Manning | Rowena Matthews | 5/00 |
| 2001(tie) | Huira Chong | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/01 |
| Peter Clapp | Ronald Taussig | 5/01 | |
| 2002 | Katherine Hicks | Carol Fierke | 5/02 |
| 2003 | Erin Rees | Dennis Thiele | 5/03 |
| 2004 | Becky Haeusler | David Engelke | 5/04 |
| 2005(tie) | Jared Chrispell | Debra Thompson | 5/05 |
| Junyu Xiao | Zhaohui Xu | 5/05 | |
| 2006 | Rebecca Fagan | Bruce Palfey | 5/06 |
| 2007 | Ryan Evans | Audrey Seasholtz | 5/07 |
| 2008 | Ashley Reinke | Jason Gestwicki | 5/22 |
| 2009 | Jennifer Gehret | Janet Smith | 5/19 |
The Adam A. And Mary J. Christman Award
| Year | Recipient | Mentor | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990(tie) | James T. Drummond | Rowena Matthews | |
| Cathy Luschinsky | Martha Ludwig | ||
| 1991 | Bruce Palfey | David P. Ballou/Vince Massey | |
| 1992 | None | ||
| 1993 | Heather K. Webb | Rowena Matthews | |
| 1994 | None | ||
| 1995(tie) | Pimchai Chaiyen | David Ballou/Vince Massey | |
| Rafael Perez Ballestero | Michael D. Uhler | ||
| 1996(tie) | Faye Bradbury | Jerry Menon | 8/96 |
| William Ziehler | David Engelke | 8/96 | |
| 1997 | Gregor Zimmermann | Ron Taussig | 7/97 |
| 1998 | Chat Srisawat | David Engelke | 7/98 |
| 1999 | Michelle Steinhilb | James Gaut | 7/99 |
| 2000 | Vladimir Ramirez-Carrozzi | Tom Kerppola | 5/00 |
| 2001 | Jennifer Blanchette | Robert Fuller | 5/01 |
| 2002 | Xiahua Shen | Randy Kaufman | 5/02 |
| 2003 | Jennifer Aurandt | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/03 |
| 2004 | Mohamed Abazeed | Robert Fuller | 5/04 |
| 2005 | Rebecca Haeusler | David Engelke | 5/05 |
| 2006 | Junyu Xiao | Zhaohui Xu | 5/06 |
| 2007 | Rebecca Fagan | Bruce Palfey | 5/07 |
| 2008 | Ryan Evans | Audrey Seasholtz | 5/22 |
| 2009 | Ashley Reinke | Jason Gestwicki | 5/19 |
Anthony and Lillian Lu Award
| Year | Recipient | Mentor | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dong Xu | David Ballou/Vincent Massey | 7/99 |
| 2000 | Hao Zhao | Dennis Thiele | 5/00 |
| 2001 | Shaohua Xiao | David Engelke | 5/01 |
| 2002 | Feng Shao | Jack Dixon | 5/02 |
| 2003 | Yannan Shen | Tom Kerppola | 5/03 |
| 2004 | Qian Yang | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/04 |
| 2005 | Jun Wu | Randy Kaufman | 5/05 |
| 2006 | Kunyoo Shin | Ben Margolis | 5/06 |
| 2007 | Feng Wang | Ming Lei | 5/07 |
| 2008 | Bin Zhao | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/22 |
| 2009 | Li Yi | Stephen Ragsdale | 5/19 |
Lee Murphy Memorial Prize
| Year | Recipient | Mentor | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | David Roberts | Irwin J. Goldstein | |
| 1987 | Jon Huibregtse | David R. Engelke | |
| 1988 | Min-Jin Tseng | G. Robert Greenberg | |
| 1989 | Michelle M. Marceau | Jules A. Shafer | |
| 1990 | Marc G. Taylor | Vincent Massey | |
| 1991 | Michael C. Naski | Jules A. Shafer | |
| 1992 | Pengbo Zhou | Dennis J. Thiele | |
| 1993 | Jennifer A. Hunt | Vincent Massey | |
| 1994(tie) | Bruce A. Palfey | David Ballou/Vincent Massey | |
| Katherine T. Tamai | Dennis J. Thiele | ||
| 1995 | James Stone | Michael A. Marletta | |
| 1996 | Brett W. Lennon | Charles H. Williams | 5/97 |
| 1997 | Pimchai Chaiyen | Vincent Massey | 7/98 |
| 1999 | Yunde Zhao | Michael Marletta | 7/99 |
| 2000 | Scott Stewert | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/00 |
| 2001 | Vladimir Ramirez-Carozzi | Tom Kerppola | 5/01 |
| 2002 | Haris Vikis | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/02 |
| 2003 | Feng Shao | Jack Dixon | 5/03 |
| 2004 | Huira Chong | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/04 |
| 2005 | Shaohua Xiao | David Engelke | 5/05 |
| 2006 | Kuei Lee | Brian Ross | 5/06 |
| 2007 | Qian Yang | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/07 |
| 2008 | Junyu Xiao | Zhaohui Xu | 5/22 |
| 2009 | Bin Zhao | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/19 |
Minor J. and Mary Lou Coon Award
| Year | Recipient | Mentor | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | William Ziehler | David Engelke | 7/98 |
| 1999 | Gregor Zimmermann | Ronald Taussig | 7/99 |
| 2000(tie) | Faye Bradbury | Jerry Menon | 5/00 |
| Xiaoli Zhan | Kun-Liang Guan | 5/00 | |
| 2001 | Hao Zhou | Dennis Thiele | 5/01 |
| 2002(tie) | Tim Blauwkamp | Alex Ninfa | 5/02 |
| Dong Xu | David Ballou/Vince Massey | 5/02 | |
| 2003 | Stephen Cary | Michael Marletta | 5/03 |
| 2004 | Robert Pejchal | Martha Ludwig | 5/04 |
| 2005 | Shaohua Xiao | David Engelke | 5/05 |
| 2006 | Rebecca Haeusler | David Engelke | 5/06 |
| 2007 | Jay Pieczynski | Ben Margolis | 5/07 |
| 2008 | Rebecca Fagan | Bruce Palfey | 5/22 |
| 2009 | Donald Raymond | Janet Smith | 5/19 |
Dziewiatkowski Award
| Year | Recipient | Mentor | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Jacalyn Green | Rowena G. Matthews | |
| 1989 | Andrew Prongay | Charles Williams | |
| 1990 | Mark A. Adams | Dale L. Oxender | |
| 1991 | Jae-yong Lee | David Engelke | |
| 1992 | Carl C. Correll | Martha L. Ludwig | |
| 1993 | James T. Drummond | Rowena G. Matthews | |
| 1994 | Anthony J. Tranguch | David R. Engelke | |
| 1995(tie) | Cathy L. Drennan | Martha L. Ludwig | |
| George T. Gassner | David P. Ballou | ||
| 1996 | Eileen Pagan-Ramos | David Engelke | 5/97 |
| 1997(tie) | Christopher Harris | Vincent Massey | 7/98 |
| Ji Yuvaniyama | Mark Saper | 7/98 | |
| 1999 | Xiao-Dong Liu | Dennis Thiele | 7/99 |
| 2000(tie) | Mariliz Ortiz | David Ballou/Vincent Massey | 5/00 |
| Bill Ziehler | David R. Engelke | 5/00 | |
| 2001 | Lauren Stegman | Brian Ross | 5/01 |
| 2002 | Michelle Steinhilb | James Gaut/Dennis Thiele | 5/02 |
| 2003 | Claudia Figueroa | Anne Vojtek | 5/03 |
| 2004 | Hao Zhou | Dennis Thiele | 5/04 |
| 2005 | Jennifer Blanchette | Robert Fuller | 5/05 |
| 2006 | Mohamed Abazeed | Robert Fuller | 5/06 |
| 2007 | Rebecca Haeusler | David Engelke | 5/07 |
| 2008 | June Pais | Carol Fierke | 5/22 |
| 2009 | Rebecca Fagan | Bruce Palfey | 5/19 |
Distinguished Graduate Lecturers
| Year | Graduate Lecturer | PhD Awarded | Mentor |
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| 1999 | Dr. Morris White |
1981 | Dr. Halvor Christensen |
| Professor of Medicine at Harvard and member of the Joslin Diabetes Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute | |||
| 2000 | Dr. Dan Oprian | 1980 | Dr. Minor J. Coon |
| Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at Brandeis Constitutive Activation of Rhodopsin as a Molecular Mechanism of Retinal Disease |
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| 2001 | Dr. Sidney Strickland | 1973 | Dr. Vincent Massey |
| Professor of Neurobiology and Genetics and Dean and Vice President for Educational Affairs at The Rockefeller University. Life, Death, and Regeneration in the Mammalian Nervous System: Roles for Proteases and the Extracellular Matrix |
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| 2002 | Dr. Mark D. Adams | 1990 | Dr. Dale Oxender |
| Vice President of Genome Programs, Celera Genomics, MD Comparative Genomics of the Mouse and Human Genomes |
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| 2003 | Dr. Nancy G. Nossal | 1962 | Dr. G. Robert Greenberg |
| Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Interactions of Proteins and DNA at the Phage T4 Replication Fork |
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| 2004 | Dr. Colleen Hayes | 1973 | Dr. Irwin Goldstein |
| Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Vitamin D Endocrine System and Autoimmune Disease |
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| 2005 | Dr. Edward A. Kravitz | 1958 | Dr. Armond Guarino |
| George Packer Berry Professor, Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School Genetic Manipulations in the Fruit Fly Fight Club |
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| 2006 | Dr. Keith Wilkinson | 1977 | Dr. Charles Williams |
| Professor Biochemistry, Emory School of Medicine, Acting Director, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Structure and Function of USP5, a Deubiquitinating Enzyme |
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| 2007 | Dr. Paul F. Hollenberg | 1969 | Dr. Minor J. Coon |
| Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professor and Chair, University of Michigan, Department of Pharmacology Mechanism-Based Inactivation of Human Cytochromes P450 |
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| 2008 | Dr. Robert Landick | 1983 | Dr. Dale Oxender |
| Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison RNA polymerase: allosteric regulation of a complex molecular machine |
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| 2009 | Dr. Cathrine L. Drennan | 1995 | Dr. Martha L. Ludwig |
| Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Crystallographic Snapshots of Metalloproteins in Action |
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