ABRCMS 2021 Presentation Awardees
ABRCMS 2021 AWARDS CEREMONY
Total Number of Awards Given: 401
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Total: 54
- Sumaya Addish, University of Washington
- Jaasiel Alvarez, Mount Holyoke College
- Luis Cabrera Hernández, University of Puerto Rico
- Melissa Campos, University of California, Irvine
- Anthony Castro, California State University San Bernardino
- Christopher Causby, Tidewater Community College
- Mario Coll, Florida International University
- Jordan Cook, California State University Long Beach
- Lindsay Days, Old Dominion University
- Lilian Galarza Paez, Emory University
- Valeria Gomez, Cornell University
- Patricia Guadalupe, University of Puerto Rico
- Alyssa Heath, Mississippi State University
- Barrington Henry, Morgan State University
- Amunet Jacobs, Agnes Scott College
- Gabriel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus
- Ronnesha Johnson, San Diego State University
- Delice Katula, University of California, Irvine
- Sybrina Kerr, Claflin University
- Tiffany-Chau Le, Vanderbilt University
- Tiffany Lubrino, Chapman University
- Celeste Marin, Florida International University
- Alexander Martinez, Vanderbilt University
- Lissangel Martinez, Franklin and Marshall College
- Cora Mejia, Rowan University
- Anthony Mena, Lehman College
- Luis Montalvo-González, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
- Zara Nadeem, Hunter College of the City University of New York
- Linh Nguyen, Mount Holyoke College
- Shadler Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin
- Chimere Nnatubeugo, Ball State University
- Richard Nwakamma, Emory University
- Ifunanya Okeke, Yale University
- Gabriel Pagan, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Mayaguez
- Tamia Phoenix, Kingsborough Community College
- Ezequiel Ponce, University of California, Davis
- Afsana Rahman, Hunter College, City University of New York
- Ricardo Ramirez Padilla, Case Western Reserve University
- Yaniel Ramirez Sanchez, University of California, Davis
- Alejandra Ramos, Florida International University
- Vanessa Saldivar, University of California, Irvine
- Beckyshirley Sama, Bowie State University
- Marissa Schroeter, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Pemba Sherpa, UC Davis
- Nathaniel Smith, Baylor College of Medicine
- Harriet Song, University of California San Diego
- Ashley Tai, University of Rhode Island
- Natalia Taylor, Yale University
- Yaman Thapa, Caldwell University
- Maisie Topping, University of Oregon
- William Troxel, University of California, Riverside
- Suxuan Wang, Mount Holyoke College
- Phaedra Whitty, University of Oregon
- Kamron Woods, University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Biology
Total: 42
- Joel Adade, Hamilton College
- Juan Amieva, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valle
- Paola Yazmin Anguiano Quiroz, Moores Cancer Center
- Jessica Baxter, South Carolina State University
- Athena Brooks, Carleton College
- Valeria Brown, Tougaloo College
- Ayeisha Colon-Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
- Marsha Darbouze, Columbia University in the City of New York
- Kaitlyn Done, Spelman College
- Andrea Flores Pérez, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
- Love Foster-Malave, University of Arizona
- Clarissa Garcia, California State University- San Marcos
- Kevin Gibbons, UMBC
- Tia Gordon, Baylor College of Medicine
- Mehnush Hameie, Northwestern University
- Jessica Kissi, Bates College
- Arlene Levario, The University of Texas at El Paso
- Alexandria Locke, Suffolk Community College
- Alfredo Lopez, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Karina Moreno, Baylor College of Medicine
- Favia Nixon, Wayne State University
- Jeithy Ofosu-Mensah, Bronx Community College
- Varun Ponnusamy, University of Michigan Medical School
- Nishi Rauth, California State University, Long Beach
- Zulma Reyes-Benitez, Trinity Washington University
- Alanis Rodriguez-Rosario, University of Puerto Rico- Bayamón
- Alejandra Rosario Crespo, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Alexandra Rosa-Vázquez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
- Ana Ruas, Florida International University
- Mumina Sadullozoda, City University of New York - Brooklyn College
- Darryl Sams, Meharry Medical College
- John Sanchez, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Gloria Sepulveda, El Paso Community College
- Adina Shrestha, Lafayette College
- Katarina Stefanik, The College of New Jersey
- Tigran Terterian, University of Michigan
- Ekeoma Uzoukwu University of Pittsburgh
- Keitha Varela, CUNY School of Medicine
- Valeria Velez-Galiano, University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
- Grace Waldron, Nova Southeastern University
- Tytianna White, Jackson State University
- Gordon Ye, University of California, San Diego
Cell Biology
Total: 18
- Corazon Avila, University of Illinois Chicago
- Faith Bonacorsi, Linfield University
- Darren Boydston, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
- Janna Campbell, North Carolina Central University
- Ashley Cardenas, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Melissa Cesaire, Penn State University
- Valeria Diaz, University of Missouri
- Rory Greenhalgh, University of California Davis
- Chelsey Jones, Howard Univeristy
- Rizelle Jugarap, San Francisco State University
- Jordan Kalai, Columbia University
- Kendall Kanakanui, UNC Chapel Hill
- Jade Lyons, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Christian Monsivais, University of California, Los Angeles
- Emily Movsumova, CUNY Hunter College
- Chelsea Okoro, UCLA
- Isabel Vargas, University of California, Irvine
- Camryn Zurita, University of California, Irvine
Chemistry
Total: 23
- Teemer Barry, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Delvin Caraballo-Rodríguez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
- Esonica Charles, University of the Virgin Islands
- Guillermo Correa Otero, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Senali Dansou, University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Jonathan Dean, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- David Dumas, UCLA
- Ronaldo Franjul, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
- Francisco Galang, University of California, Los Angeles
- Alex Gaspar, California State University, Fullerton
- David González, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Cordelia Isbell, Pomona College
- Brian Jordan, Tougaloo College
- Nathaniel Keyes, Hamilton College
- Chris La, University of California, Los Angeles
- Fahad Ladha, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Veronica Nash-Montes, University of Puerto Rico in Ponce
- Hien Nguyen, University of California, Irvine
- Jennifer Obike, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Catelynn Ridge, University of California Davis
- Esmeralda Segundo-Martinez, Trinity Washington University
- Angeliz Soto, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
- Frank Valoy, Hamilton College
Computational and Systems Biology
Total: 27
- Etchi Ako, University of California Riverside
- Mickayla Bacorn, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Christopher Bain, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Zoe Barinaga, University of Florida
- Seanna Bataclan, University of Guam
- Maryana Bonilla Yanez, University of Southern California
- Arike Coker, University of Southern California
- Evelyn Farkas, Georgia State University
- Sara Filler, Providence College
- Jessica Graham, University of Arizona
- Kim Ha, University of Washington
- Ryan Hernandez-Cancela, Clemson University
- Rebecca Hsieh, Washington State University
- Mariana Leyva, CSU Long Beach
- Aditi Manjrekar, University of Texas at Dallas
- Kaina Millan, Benedictine University
- Jesse Murillo, University of California Irvine
- Scarlet Nazareth Martínez Cardoze, The City College of New York of CUNY
- Shadae Nicholas, University of Miami
- Ikechukwu Ogbonna, Columbia University
- Dora Ogbonna, University of California, San Diego
- Gisselle Prida, The Ohio State University
- Morgan Rameau, Howard University
- Anika Rueppell, University of Toronto
- Djenebou Semega Diani, Columbia University
- Tadeo Spencer, UCLA
- Wendy Su, University of California, Los Angeles
Developmental Biology and Genetics
Total: 22
- Mohammad Alam, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Irene Antony, Washington University in St. Louis
- Ana Armenta Vega, University of California Davis
- Mykel Barrett, The City College of New York
- Matthew Caliz, San Francisco State Univeristy
- Juvet Ebai, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Rayna Goddard, Westchester Community College
- Bryanna Godfrey, Stanford University
- Julianna Jimenez, Rutgers University
- Maria Luisa Maas Gamboa, Cornell University
- Katya Marchetti, UCSD
- Alex McIntosh, National Institutes of Health
- Duyen Nguyen, University of St. Thomas
- Noa Odell, Spelman College
- Trinitee Oliver, Howard University
- Destiny Parker, UMES
- Sim Plotkin, Vanderbilt University
- Cristabel Portillo, University of California, Irvine
- Brianna Ramirez, University of California Riverside
- Christina Rouhotas, Northeastern Illinois University
- Celeste Sanchez, University of California, Irvine
- Karly Serrano, Heritage University
Engineering, Physics and Mathematics
Total: 29
- Isaiah Arredondo, The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Jeremy Barrios, Hunter College CUNY
- Alara Blofield, California State University, Long Beach
- Cameryn Burnette, Howard University
- Cassandra Cantu, University of California, Los Angeles
- Era Cobani, Wayne State University
- Sabrina Delva, University of Rhode Island
- Angelique Espino, University of California, Irvine
- Khari Fletcher, Howard Univeristy
- Kara Gentry, University of Florida
- Sarah Goldrod, Boise State University
- Sung Gyung Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
- Melissa Lepe, UC Irvine
- Connie Luk, University of Missouri
- Briana Martin-Villa, Stanford University
- Rachel Myers, University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Khelynn Nou, California State University Long Beach
- Rooshi Parikh, CUNY-City College
- Olivia Parker, National Institutes of Health
- Hailey Pineda, Lawson State Community College
- Drew Ramos, California State University of Long Beach
- Merlinda-Loriane Sewavi, Michigan State University
- Radhe Shantha Kumar, University of St Andrews
- Tiffany Sorto, California State University, Long Beach
- Kaitlyn Strandberg, University of California, San Diego
- Ephraim Vazquez-Rosado, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
- Simone Wall, Duke University
- Brittany Watterson, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Sarah Yoda, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Immunology
Total: 17
- Melanie Ayala Ceja, University of California, Los Angeles
- Likem Boney, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Saphira Cherfils, Hunter College
- Yasmine Elmi, University of Ottawa
- Nelly Escalante, University of California, Davis
- Dorothy Estrada, University of California - Riverside
- Joel Gutierrez Estupinan, Bunker Hill Community College
- Elisa Kodama, Northeastern University
- Kelly Lozano Ortiz, Louisiana State University
- Malik McRae, Morehouse College
- Noor Nader, University of Pittsburgh
- Benjamin Nieves, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus
- Nicole Pagan Torres, Universidad Ana G Mendez
- Jake Shapira, University of Pittsburgh
- McKella Sylvester, NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Kiara Vazquez Narvaez, Emory University
- Nathalie Vieux-Gresham, Brandeis University
Microbiology
Total:35
- Nichole Abrego, St. Edward's University
- Maame Ackon, Bowie State University
- Seydel Acuña, Gwynedd Mercy University
- Debbie Badillo, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Elsa Bean, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Tessa Chou, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Stephanie Consuegra, Wellesley College
- Janiyah Cotton, Auburn University at Montgomery
- Brianna Dominguez, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Sebastian Echave Sierra, University of Oklahoma
- Sarah Eltiste, Cal State University San Marcos
- Anyce Godoy, San Francisco State University
- Alexis Guardiola, California State University, Long Beach
- Briana Harness, Western Kentucky University
- Ana Hernandez, University of St. Thomas - Houston
- Gwen Lau, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Channon Lawrence, Farmingdale State College
- Raul Lechler, University of the Incarnate Word
- John Lee, Brooklyn College
- Crystal Lovato, Idaho State University
- Jia Mei, University of Rochester School of Medicine
- Alexandra Misciagna, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
- Amanda Ng, Rockland Community College
- Kimberly Obi, Fayetteville State University
- Jessica Oros, University of Chicago
- Ayana Paul, Medical University of South Carolina
- Princess Pinamang, Prairie View A&M University
- Hector Romero, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Arturo Salazar, University of California, Irvine
- Isabela Sanfeliz, St. Edward's University
- Deanndria Singleton, Cornell University
- Johann Tailor, California State University, Long Beach
- Allison Walker, North Carolina State University
- Railyn Williams, Prairie View A&M University
- Sijing Zhao, Haverford College
Neuroscience
Total: 52
- Zayd Al Rawi, University of Missouri
- Nicole Boodhoo, University of Iowa
- Charles Bray, Worcester State University
- Jonica Brown, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis
- Aleah Brown, Spelman College
- Emma Bucknavage, CUNY Hunter College
- Rosanna Burgos Pujols, University of California Irvine
- Gabriela Cabrera, Delaware State University
- Michael Cesar, Columbia University
- Saee Chitale, Mount Holyoke College
- Sierra Coleman, Michigan Neuroscience Institute
- Marissa Coppin, The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Victoria Corcino, University of Central Florida
- John Crespo, Rutgers University- Camden
- Melanie Cruz, University of Puerto Rico
- Chrystal Davis, North Carolina A&T State University
- Suzannah De Almeida, University of Connecticut
- Ian Díaz Nieves, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
- Keziah Diego, Hunter College
- Sebastian Echegaray, University of California San Diego
- Gabriela Franca, University of Arizona
- Sy’Keria Garrison, Fayetteville State University
- Katelyn Haly, University of California, Davis
- Leslie Hassanein, UNC Chapel Hill
- Alicia Hulitt, Tougaloo College
- Sonia Karkare, Emory University
- Victoria Koffi, Howard University
- Taylor Leone, Emory University
- Amanda Linskens, University of Oregon
- Malaika Mahmood, Rutgers Camden
- Julia Mamana, The University of Alabama
- Ana Martinez, Salve Regina University
- Angelica Mejia, University of Oregon
- Emma Monsen, UC Davis
- D'Juan Moreland, University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Aranis Muniz Perez, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Henry Nguyen, Xavier University of Louisiana
- Elicia Osigwe, Vanderbilt University
- Ephraim Oyetunji, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
- Areebah Rahman, Temple University
- Jesús Rosario-Claudio, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Sandra Sandria, University of California, Irvine
- Koralee Santiago-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Sarah Thomas, Emory University
- Jeitzel Torres Rodriguez, NCCIH
- Isabella Tyler, University of California, Davis
- Lauren Valdez, University of California, San Diego
- Leeanne Vázquez Ramírez, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Eleftheria Vogiatzoglou, Mount Holyoke College
- Ryan Weber, California State University Long Beach
- Elizabeth Yimer, VCU
- Nicolette Zargari, Santa Monica College
Physiology and Pharmacology
Total: 24
- Adebola Ademola, Memorial Sloan Kettering Center
- Sophia Aredas, University of California Irvine
- Fabiola Beauvoir, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Bernadelle Boateng, Boston University
- Elili Brown, Occidental College
- Alexis Castaneda, California State University San Marcos
- Kimberly Doan, Mission College
- Sharrell Greene, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Skylar Grimsley, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sadia Khan, University of California, Berkeley
- Zachary Kobs, St. Mary's University
- Morgan McCray, University of Mississippi
- Ruth Meletz, University of California Riverside
- Kaley Mitchell, University of California, Irvine
- Robert Novo Macaulay, Hunter College
- Ochain Okey, Luther College
- Serena Ortiz, San Jose State University
- Pratima Prabala, The Ohio State University
- Kelsey Racacho, University California, Davis
- Alejandra Reyes, University of California, Irvine
- Yolanda Simpson, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Isaiah Thomas, Northeastern Illinois University
- Alanda Thomas, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Olivia Warren, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health
Total: 58
- Lidadi Agbomi, Clemson University
- Omar Alali, US Air Force Academy
- Halle-Marie Armstrong, Spelman College
- Sarah Arrieta, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Ariana Athanase, University of the Virgin Islands
- Isis Barnes, Morehouse College
- Valencia Baxter, Jackson State University
- Franco Miguel Bislumbre, University of Santo Tomas
- Nyla Blagrove, Spelman College
- Morgan Boyd, Carnegie Mellon University
- Tawanna Brown, Georgia Southern University
- Lauren Butler Mozo, Old Dominion University
- Dana Carreno, Johns Hopkins University
- Francisco Carrillo-Álvarez, University of Connecticut
- Andy Charlorin, Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Izabella Clarke, Hunter College
- Phylicia Cooper, Morgan State University
- Rachel David, University of California, Berkeley
- Zuley Dominguez, Hunter College
- Shawna Everman, The University of Southern Mississippi
- Dominique Ewing, Spelman College
- Sydney Field, University of Arizona
- Lizeth Flores, Hunter College
- Mikayla Fors, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Dariana Gil-Hernández, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
- Jovangelis González, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
- Jayda Grant, The City University of New York
- Michaela Greenlee, New York University
- Guercie Guerrier, Temple University
- Eduardo Hernandez, San Diego State University
- Giovanni Marquez, The University of Arizona
- Kiara Matos, Universidad Ana G. Mendez Recinto Carolina
- Rebecca Mendoza, San Diego State University
- Munira Mohamed, Emory University
- Abigail Montalmant, City College of New York
- Lorena Morgan, Central Michigan University
- Esther Muriuki, Morgan State University
- Goodness Njoku Austin, City College of New York
- Michele Ocana, Northeastern Illinois University
- Chizuruoke Onuoha, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Ekene Onwubiko, City College Of New York
- Jordan Ortman, UT Health San Antonio
- Ezinwa Osuoha, Cornell University
- MacKenzie Paul, Mississippi State University
- Gabria Pearson, The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Madeleine Phan, CSU Long Beach
- Makena Pollon, California State University Long Beach
- Mira Qureshi, UCLA
- Lauryn Remmers, Arizona State University
- Shreya Sharma, Emory University
- Ravinder Singh, University of California Davis
- Anna Solomon, CUNY City College
- Tiarra Stanley, Spelman College
- Olivia Staples, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis
- Shalini Venkat, St. Mary's University
- Payton West, IUPUI
- Caleb Whatley, Mississippi State University
- Ying Zi Mei, Barnard College