Honors & Awards
Selected funding, fellowships, and recognition supporting my translational neurodegeneration program.
Colton Center for Autoimmunity Award
Co-PI, $200,000 direct costs. Supports technical validation of blood biomarkers identifying patients at high risk for progression.
MilliporeSigma High Impact Award - Nucleate Activator (Yale Chapter)
Startup recognition for translational potential of East Rock Diagnostics in the Nucleate New Haven Activator program.
Young Investigator Educational Grant - ACTRIMS Forum
Competitive educational grant supporting presentation of progression-focused multiple sclerosis biomarker research.
Winner - Graphical Abstract Competition, Labex ARCANE
Recognized for top graphical abstract in bio-driven chemistry at Universite Grenoble Alpes.
Best Poster Award - French-American Workshop, GIANT Campus
Awarded for poster presentation in translational nanosensing research, Grenoble, France.
Ph.D. Fellowship - Fondation Nanosciences
Competitive graduate fellowship supporting doctoral research in nanoscience and biophysical sensing.
Magna Cum Laude - M.Sc. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, KU Leuven
Graduated with high honors in Erasmus Mundus Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Erasmus+ Joint Masters Scholarship - European Commission
Full scholarship for Erasmus Mundus Nanoscience and Nanotechnology training across Europe.
Summa Cum Laude - B.Sc. Nanosystems Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Graduated at top rank in Nanosystems Engineering with mathematics minor.
Dr. & Mrs. P. K. Smith Endowed Scholarship - Louisiana Tech University
Merit scholarship for engineering academic excellence.
Outstanding Junior - College of Engineering & Science, Louisiana Tech University
Selected as top junior student in the College of Engineering and Science.
Charles G. Tullis Endowed Scholarship - Louisiana Tech University
Scholarship recognizing strong engineering performance and potential.
Robert E. Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Mentored Research Award
Principal Investigator, $200,000. Supports development of glial-derived EV RNA signatures for neurodegeneration risk stratification in multiple sclerosis.