The John Richard Binford Memorial Award (Previous Winners)
December 2023
Belinda Joyce Petri
Ph.D. Microchemistry and Molecular Genetics
Mentor: Professor Carolyn Klinge
May 2023
Kylea Rose Garces
Ph.D. Biology
Mentor: Professor Sarah Emery
December 2022
Mohamed Nazih Mohamed Shehata
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering
Co-mentors: Professors Ayman El-Baz and Adel Elmaghraby
May 2022
Robert Eric Shoemaker
Ph.D. Humanities
Mentor: Professor Alan Golding
December 2021
Victory Oseken Osezua
Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Mentor: Associate Professor Muriel Harris
May 2021
Jill Marie Randall
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Karen Kayser
December 2020
Justin Douglas Smith
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Assistant Professor Sachin Handa
May 2020
Irina Miralda Molina
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Associate Professor Silvia Uriarte
December 2019
Casey Jean Steadman
Ph.D. Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Professor Charles Hubscher
May 2019
Kelsey Lynn Kaht
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Richard Baldwin
December 2018
Ashlee J. Warnecke
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Professor Richard Lewine
May 2018
Ashley Atri Assgari
Ph.D. Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Assistant Professor Christian Stilp
December 2017
Andrew A. Gibb
Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics
Co-Mentors: Associate Professor Bradford Hill and Professor Aruni Bhatnagar
May 2017
Andrew Zahidaoud Haddad
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Craig Grapperhaus
December 2016
Sujith Dassanayaka
Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics
Mentor: Professor Steven Jones
May 2016
Matthew Cody Lee Keith
Physiology and Biophysics
Professor Roberto Bolli
December 2015
Sabrin Husein Albeituni
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Professor Jun Yan
May 2015
Abdallah Eteleeb
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering
Mentor: Associate Professor Eric Rouchka
December 2014
Adam T. Gerstenecker
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Mentor: Associate Professor Benjamin Mast
May 2014
Michael James Sobiech
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Professor Debra Journet
December 2013
G. Christopher Crawford
Ph.D. Entrepreneurship
Mentor: Associate Professor Bruce Kemelgor
May 2013
Sebastien Laulhe
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Michael Nantz
December 2012
John Martin Mueller
Ph.D. Entrepreneurship
Mentor: Professor David Dubofsky
Ghanashyam Sharma
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Associate Professor Joanna Wolfe
May 2012
Zhuang Jin
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Gerald Hammond
December 2011
Sarah B. Bush
Curriculum and Instruction
Mentor: Professor Karen Karp
Eric Wallace Leake
English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Professor Bronwyn Williams
May 2011
Carlo Renato Bartoli
Physiology and Biophysics
Mentor: Professor Sumatha D. Prabhu
December 2010
Cynthia Britt
English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Professor Debra Journet
May 2010
Marion E. Hambrick
Ph.D. Educational Leadership and Organizational Development
Mentor: Co-Chair Associate Professor T. Christopher Greenwell
Co-Chair Assistant Professor Sue Lasky
December 2009
Caitlin Killelea Holley
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Mentor: Associate Professor Benjamin Mast
Gladys Afor Ngoh
Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics
Mentor: Co-Chair Associate Professor Steven Jones
Co-Chair Professor Irving Joshua
May 2009
Amisha Poret-Peterson
Ph.D. Biology
Mentor: Associate Professor Martin Klotz
December 2008
Satoru Arimitsu
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Gerald Hammond
May 2008
Mesia Moore Steed
Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics
Mentor: Professor Suresh C. Tyagi