Scholarships, Grants, & Awards
Scholarships, Grants and Awards
2018-2020 RISE Students
Sierra Lauman
Graduate Student in Dr. Erin Questad's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at The Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry in Hawaii with Dr. Carla D'Antonio (2018). Received the Rachel Carson Environmental Science Scholarship in 2018. Entering PhD Program at University of Arizona Fall 2019.
Uriah Sanders
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Bharti Sharma's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Harvard University in the department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology under the supervision of Dr. Elena Kramer (2018). Received the Larry Dang Memorial Scholarship in 2018.
Jacqueline Gutierrez
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Jamie Snyder's lab received a fellowship from NIH for a 10-week Research Program at Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics under the supervision of Daryl Armstrong Scott, M.D., Ph.D (2018).
Robert Manuel
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Jamie Snyder's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at the University of Georgia in Population Biology of Infectious Diseases under the supervision of Dr. Michael Strand, Ruby Harrison (2018).
Michael Garrett
Gradaute student in Dr. Junjun Liu's lab received a summer research grant from ARI (2018).
Karapet Mkrtchyan
Undergraduate student in Dr. Bharti Sharma's lab received a fellowship from McGowan Institute to conduct research at McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Badylak (2018).
Karina Moreno
Graduate Student in in Dr. Valdes' lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at California Academy of Sciences, San
Francisco under the supervision of Dr. Terrence Gosliner (2018). Received teh Western Society of Malacologists grant, the Conchologists of America Grant and the MENTORES-PPOHA Grant in 2018.
Brian Ramos
Graduate Student in Dr. Mogul's lab. Recieved a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at UCI SURF. Received the Achieve Scholars OUR Scholarship from CPP in 2018.
Eric Breslau
Graduate Student in Dr. Valdes' lab. Received a grant from Conchologists of America in 2018.
Edgar Gonzalez
Graduate Student in Dr. Adler's Lab. Received the MENTORES Scholarship from CPP in 2018.
Adilene Sandoval
Graduate Student in Dr. Adler's Lab. Received the MENTORES Scholarship from CPP in 2018.
Anthony Dant
Graduate Student in Dr. Bonisoli-Alquati's lab. Received the MENTORES Scholarship in 2018 from CPP. Received the Tim Brown Scholarship, 2019.
2017-2019 RISE Students
Hansini Vitharanage
Graduate Student in Dr. Buckley's lab. Entered into a PhD Program at COH (2018).
Yeraldi Loera
Graduate Student in Dr. Bonisoli-Alquati's lab received the Rachel Carson Award, was part of the MENTORES Program, and received the Student Membership from the American Ornithological Society. Yeraldi received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at the Environmental Sciences/ Toxicology program, University of California, Riverside (2018). Received the Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship in 2019. Entering into PhD Program at UCLA, Fall 2019.
Karina Moreno
Undergraduate student in Dr. Valdes' lab received the COAST Award in 2017.
Beverly Stretch
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Stieber's lab received the Assistance League of Greater San Diego Award in 2018.
Sierra Lauman
Undergraduate in Dr. Questad's lab received the Tim Brown Memorial Scholarship for Field Biology in 2017.
Eden Faneuff
Graduate Student in Dr. Jill Adler-Moore's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology under the supervision of Drs. Arturo Casadevall and Carolina Coelho. Entering into PhD Program at Vanderbilt, Fall 2019.
Pablo Garcia
Graduate Student in Dr. Kristopher Lappin's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at University of South Florida under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Deban. Received the Roche Scholarship in 2018. Entering into PhD Program at University of South Florida in Fall 2019.
Isis Janilkarn
Graduate Student in Dr. Marcia Ewer's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program through the USDA at UCR. As aGraduate Student in Dr. Nancy Buckley's lab, Isis received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at City of Hope in the department of Cell and Molecular Biology in Dr. John Rossi’s lab. Entering into PhD Program at USC, Fall 2019.
Jade Lolarga
Graduate Student in Dr. Junjun Liu's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Wright State.
Danielle McHaskell
Graduate Student in Dr. Jayson Smith's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at University of NJ/Rutgers (2017) and Scripps Institute of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer E. Smith (2018). Received the MENTORES-PPOHA from CPP in Fall 2018. Received the Dr. Steven J. Wickler Scholarship Award from CPP in Spring of 2018. Entering into PhD Program at UCSD, Fall of 2019.
Summer Blanco
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Bharti Sharma's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Harvard University with the Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard (SROH) program (2018) under the supervision of Dr. Elena Kramer.
2016-2018 RISE Students
Mark Alonzo
Graduate student in Dr. Peter Arensburger's lab received the CSUPERB Travel Grant for the 10th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium at Notre Dame University in 2017 Plant Genomics Program Michigan State University in 2015. Mark also received a fellowship from Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars Program for a 10-week Research Program in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2018). Will enter PhD program at Cedars-Sinai Fall 2019.
Tim Batz
Graduate Student in Dr. Bharti Sharma's lab received the MENTORES scholarship, Leadership Coalition Scholarship from Cal Poly Pomona in 2017 and AAAS Best Poster Award in 2018. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, Purdue University.
Bianca Cruz
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Nina Abramzon's lab received the Middle Class Scholarship Award. Bianca also received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Stanford University in 2017.
Benjamin Soto
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Buckley's lab has been on the Dean's List Every Quarter Fall 2015-Spring 2018 and the President's List 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018. He received the Achieve Scholars Program Fellowship 2015-2016, won 1st Place Presentation Undergraduate Biological Sciences in 2016 at the 5th Annual Student RSCA, received an award for Exemplary Presentation at SCCUR in 2017, President's Discovery Fellowship in 2018-2019, President's Council Scholarship in 2018-2019 and the Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 2018-2019. Ben also received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at The Mayo Clinic in 2017. Will enter PhD Program at Johns Hopkins, Fall 2019.
Nicole Lynn
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Craig LaMunyon's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at The University of Minnesota in 2017. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, UCLA.
Marie Gomez
Graduate Student in Dr. Jill Adler-Moore's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at McGill University in 2017. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, USC.
Taylor Halsey
Graduate Student in Dr. Cristos Stathopoulos received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Purdue University in 2017. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, MD Anderson.
Austin (Ka'ala) Pacheco
Graduate Student in Dr. Angel Valdes' lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at St Francis Xavier University, Canada in 2017.
Marina De'Leon
Graduate Student in Dr.Wei Jen Lin's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Menzies School of Health Research in 2016. Marina also received the NSF Predoctoral Fellowship in 2016. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, UC Davis.
2015-2017 RISE Students
Pablo Unzueta
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Francis Flores' lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina in 2016. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2017, UCR.
Jennifer Enriquez
Graduate Student in Dr. Andrew Steele's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at The California Institute for Technology in 2016.
Hessam Ghanimi
Graduate Student in Dr. Angel Valdes' lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program in University California, Irvine in 2016. Will enter into PhD Program at UC Davis in Fall 2019.
Adam Marentes
Graduate Student in Dr. Nancy Buckley's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at University California, Riverside in 2016. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2017, USC.
Jennifer Rubio
Graduate Student in Dr. Jill Adler-Moore's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Wright State in 2016. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, USC
Hernan Reza
Graduate Student in Dr. Jill Adler-Moore's lab received the Graduate Presidential Fellowship in 2016. Hernan also received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program at Harbor-UCLA. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, COH.
Tim Batz
Undergraduate Student in Dr. Bharti Sharma's lab received a fellowship for a 10-week Research Program in the Plant Genomics Program Michigan State University in 2015. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2018, Purdue University.
2012-2014 RISE Students
Renee Estephan
Received the Sally Casanova pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2013
Jessica Jackson
Jessica Jackson, a Master's student in Dr. Wei-Jen Lin's laboratory, was awarded the scientific discipline award for her poster presentation on "Study of Autolysins and Autolysis Patterns of Clostridium botulinum" at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in San Jose, CA. Ms. Jackson was one of 278 awardees out of over 1,700 students who presented their research. The award recognizes students in 12 different scientific disciplines who excel in their research and presentation thereof. Her scientific discipline was Microbiology with a subdiscipline of Bacteriology, Received a 12 month Stem Cell Internship Award from CIRM (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine) from August 2012-end of July 2013 in a laboratory at University of Southern California. Entered into PhD Program Fall 2014, Vanderbilt University.
Erika Espinoza
2012-13 Siu Family President’s Council Scholar for the College of Science for an award of $2500.
Giselle Blanco
Received 6 month Stem Cell Internship Award from CIRM (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine) during winter and spring quarters of 2012 and she worked in a laboratory at Western University of Health Sciences doing stem cell research.
Daniel Miranda
Entered into PhD Program at Wright State University.
Julio Sanchez
Entered PhD Program at Cornell University (2015).
Martha Zamora
Entered PhD Program at UCLA (2015).
Jermaine Mahguib
Entered PhD Program at Iowa State University (2014).
2011-2013 RISE Students
Juan Ruiz
Awarded a summer 2011 research internship to participate in the NIH-funded Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Program at Cornell University. The aim of the program involved training. in the Dominican Republic on the Botany, Chemistry and Pharmacology of medicinal plants used in the treatment of infectious diseases in the Caribbean.
Diego Jaime
Dean’s List Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Winter 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, President’s List Spring 2012, Phi Upsilon Omicron Honor Society April 2010 - June 2012. Entered into PhD Program at Brown University.
Giselle Blanco
Entered into PhD Program at UC Davis.
Joseph Henriquez
Entered into PhD Program at Michigan State University.
Rachel Sanchez
Entered into PhD Program at Drexel University.
Mirabel Marquez
Entered PhD Program at University of Wisconson Medical Center (2014).
2010-2012 RISE Students
Elysse Gatdula
May 2010, Chuck Bayless Memorial Scholarship, Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
2010-2011, Southern California Academy of Sciences Student Research Grant.
Gustavo Ramirez:
NASA-USRP fellowship to work under Dr. Parag Vaishampayan (one of our summer speakers), College Cost Reduction Act Award (January- August 2009) (CCRAA), Plant-Microbe Interaction project: The search for an alternative Nod Factor perception mechanism in Medicago truncatula seeds, National Institute of Health: Minority Health Disparities International Research Fellowship Award (NIH–MHIRT), Plan-Microbe Interaction project.
Anna Zelaya
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar (California Pre-Doctoral Program), 2010-2011.
Jessamine Quijano
ABERCMS: Award for Oral Presentation.
Michael Medrano
Entered into PhD Program at UC Santa Cruz.
Dianne Sanchez
Entered into PhD Program at UC Irvine.
Edward Guzman
Entered into a PhD Program at the University of Colorado.
2009-2011 RISE Students
Elysse Gatdula
2009 Edward T. Roche Research Assistant Scholarship, Conchologists of America (COA) Grants to Malacology Academic Grant, Spring 2010: Student Research Grant from Southern California Academy of Sciences.
Noelle Olson
Spring 2010: ARCHES Pell Grant Scholarship, Bruno, Muriel Scholarship Scholarship, Awarded for the Nutritional Genomics Conference.
Liliana Nunez
NSF-STEM scholarship for 2009-2010, Alpha Pi Sigma Sister of the Year Award for the 2008-2009 school year. Entered into PhD Program at Scripps University.
Michael Peralta
01/2009-06/2009: CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) fellow, 09/2009-06/2010: NSF Scholarship for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors recipient ,11/2009: Applied for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in chemistry.
Anna Zelaya
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program, 2009-Present, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Science Council Scholarship (May 2009). Entered into PhD Program at Montana State.
Gustavo Ramirez
Entered into PhD Program at USC.
Natasha Ward
Entered into PhD Program at the University of Miami.