{"674169":{"#nid":"674169","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sciences in the Spotlight: Georgia Tech Student Honors Celebration ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the academic year nears its end, a season of celebration begins. Students from across the Institute were recognized for excellence this year at the annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/specialevents.gatech.edu\/events\/student-honors\u0022\u003EStudent Honors Celebration\u003C\/a\u003E on Wednesday, April 10. Several College of Sciences students were recognized.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESee the \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/11\/student-excellence-honored-annual-event\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Efull list of student awardees\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E from across the Institute.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EView \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/georgiatech\/albums\/72177720316149841\/with\/53647024746\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ephotos from the Student Honors Celebration\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u2014 and \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gtsciences\/albums\/72177720316164604\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Emore spring events\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E around the College of Sciences.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EInstitute Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProvost\u2019s Academic Excellence Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHope Hazelton\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPsychology Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZikang Leng\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhysics and Computer Science Dual Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Tutor Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarrison Banks\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhysics Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Learning Assistant Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllia Kelso\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBiology Major (Pre-Med)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ECollege of Sciences Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Prize\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELance Lampert\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMathematics and Physics Dual Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Undergraduate Research Award \u003C\/strong\u003Eis presented by the College of Sciences to a student who has engaged in scholarship at the interface of physics and mathematics. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELance Lampert \u003C\/strong\u003Eentered Georgia Tech as a graduate of Syosset High School, in Syosset, New York. This May, he will graduate with dual degrees in Physics and in Mathematics. Lampert has research experience in the School of Physics with both Professor Dragomir Davidovic and Professor Colin Parker, and with the GTRI Quantum Systems Division.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn summer 2022, Lampert participated in the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Michigan, and he spent last summer as a researcher at the CERN in Switzerland where he worked on advancing the measurement of the gravitational acceleration of antimatter. Lampert will embark on graduate study in physics this fall, and is currently deciding between multiple offers of positions.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERoger M. Wartell, Ph.D., and Stephen E. Brossette, M.D., Ph.D. Award for Multidisciplinary Studies in Biology, Physics, and Mathematics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrittany Ahn\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENeuroscience Major, Mathematics Minor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Roger M. Wartell and Stephen E. Brossette Award \u003C\/strong\u003Eis presented to a student who has engaged in scholarship at the interface of the life sciences with physics or mathematics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis May, \u003Cstrong\u003EBrittany Ahn\u003C\/strong\u003E will graduate with a degree in Neuroscience and a minor in Mathematics. At Georgia Tech, Ahn engaged in research in the Computational Industrial Design Lab, the GTRI Electrical-Optical Lab, and the Mathematical Neuroscience Lab with Professor Hannah Choi.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast summer, Ahn participated in the NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates program at Northwestern University, during which she modeled the effect of temperature on neuronal action potential dynamics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhn has served as a teaching assistant in both industrial systems engineering and the neuroscience program, a math tutor, and as a volunteer with the Atlanta Science Festival and the Special Olympics. This fall, Ahn will enroll in the doctoral program in Computational Neuroscience at Boston University.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECallie Goins\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EChemistry Major, Materials Science and Engineering Minor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEmily Melvin\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAtmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMichelle Seeler\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBiology Major, Spanish Minor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe College of Sciences presents the Robert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E to top graduating seniors. This year there are three recipients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECallie Goins\u003C\/strong\u003E will graduate with a degree in Chemistry and a minor in Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Goins attended River Ridge High School in Woodstock, Georgia, and dual enrolled at Kennesaw State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the last three years, she has conducted research in the laboratory of Professor John Reynolds, leading to her undergraduate thesis titled \u201cInvestigating IR Switching of Dioxythiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoins has also completed summer internships with Alcon and with Parker Lord, and served as a teaching assistant in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Goins appears as a co-author on peer reviewed articles in the journals \u003Cem\u003EMaterials Advances\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EACS Materials Letters\u003C\/em\u003E and on a number of conference presentations. She is the recipient of the American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Reynolds shares that \u201cCallie has always demonstrated a tremendous enthusiasm for learning \u2026 She is a student who loves scientific discourse and takes advantage of every opportunity that she gets to share her research.\u201d This fall, Goins will embark on graduate studies; she is currently choosing between a number of opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEmily Melvin\u003C\/strong\u003E will be among the first graduates of the new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/23\/school-earth-and-atmospheric-sciences-offer-three-new-undergraduate-degrees\u0022\u003EAtmospheric and Oceanic Sciences B.S. degree\u003C\/a\u003E (AOS). Melvin\u2019s degree will include the AOS research option, also offered through the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelvin hails from Marstons Mills, Massachusetts. She has served as an intern with Brookhaven National Laboratory and at the Naval Research Laboratory where she worked on simulations of the proposed flight plans to explore the marine atmospheric boundary layer. Beyond academic work, Melvin has volunteered as treasurer and marketing manager of The Dance Company at Georgia Tech, a group of Tech students who love to dance and perform.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelvin plans to attend graduate school in atmospheric sciences and is currently selecting a program of study.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Seeler\u003C\/strong\u003E grew up in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She is graduating with a degree in Biology, a minor in Spanish, and completion of the research option. For the last two years, Seeler has worked with Professor Julia Champion on the targeted delivery of therapeutics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn summer 2022, Seeler conducted research at the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) biomedical research institution, and she spent the summer of 2023 at Harvard Medical School. She served as the founding president of the March of Dimes at Georgia Tech, and as president of the Support Health and Education for Women initiative at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Champion notes that \u201cMichelle is an intelligent, motivated, a dedicated researcher and effective communicator, and she has an innate desire to use her talents to help patients in the future \u2014 especially women who have been underserved by current research efforts and spending.\u201d After graduation, Michelle plans to enroll in the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Sciences at University of California, San Francisco.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Students from all six College of Sciences schools were recognized for excellence at this year\u0027s celebration."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from all six College of Sciences schools were recognized for excellence at this year\u0027s celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students from all six College of Sciences schools were recognized for excellence at this year\u0027s celebration."}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2024-04-12 19:39:00","changed_gmt":"2024-12-04 20:59:28","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673702":{"id":"673702","type":"image","title":"Hope Hazelton","body":null,"created":"1712951176","gmt_created":"2024-04-12 19:46:16","changed":"1712951176","gmt_changed":"2024-04-12 19:46:16","alt":"Hope Hazelton","file":{"fid":"257131","name":"Hope Hazelton.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/12\/Hope%20Hazelton.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/12\/Hope%20Hazelton.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7159241,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/12\/Hope%20Hazelton.jpg?itok=7qBjmV-Q"}},"673703":{"id":"673703","type":"image","title":"Zikang Leng","body":null,"created":"1712951200","gmt_created":"2024-04-12 19:46:40","changed":"1712951200","gmt_changed":"2024-04-12 19:46:40","alt":"Zikang Leng","file":{"fid":"257132","name":"Zikang Leng 2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/12\/Zikang%20Leng%202.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/12\/Zikang%20Leng%202.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8908766,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/12\/Zikang%20Leng%202.jpg?itok=43gAZWKw"}}},"media_ids":["673702","673703"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/11\/student-excellence-honored-annual-event","title":"2024 Georgia Tech Student Honors Celebration"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/georgiatech\/albums\/72177720316149841\/with\/53646150797","title":"Photos: 2024 Georgia Tech Student Honors Celebration"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gtsciences\/albums\/with\/72177720316164604","title":"Photos: Spring 2024 in the College of Sciences"},{"url":"https:\/\/oue.gatech.edu\/node\/3102","title":"2024 Provost\u2019s Academic Excellence Award Recipients "}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"193733","name":"_for_math_site_manual_feed_"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"167103","name":"student honors"},{"id":"167034","name":"student awards"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jess@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJess Hunt-Ralston\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Sciences at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jess@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}