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WHO WE ARE

The Team

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Education:
2005 
B.S. Oakland University
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich

2010 
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
Gary Sulikowski

​2011 - 2014 
Postdoc MSKCC & Columbia University
Sam Danishefsky

Steven D. Townsend

Honors and Awards:
​Independent
2021 David Y. Gin New Investigator Award
2020 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
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019 Chemistry & Engineering News Talented 12
​2019 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award
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2019-2024 NSF-CAREER Award
2019-2021 Deans Faculty Fellow
2018 Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
2018 Ruth A. Lawrence Investigator Award for Research in Human Milk Science
2018 ​Chancellors Award for Research

Mentored
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2011-2014 NCI Cancer Pharmacology Postdoctoral Fellowship 
2008-2010 UNCF/Merck Pharmaceuticals Predoctoral Fellowship
2008 
NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship (declined)     
2007-2008 Pfizer Synthetic Organic Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship  
2006 
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt                 
2002-2005 Thompson’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship                           
2005 Alfred G. Wilson Founders Medal, Oakland                                                                              2005 ACS Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Detroit                  
2004 ACS Outstanding Analytical Chemistry Student Award, Detroit          
2003-2005 
Outstanding Tutor and Supplemental Instructor, Oakland                                          2003 Keeper of the Dream Scholarship, Oakland    
2001-2005 
Board of Trustees Academic Scholarship, Oakland 

Post-Doctoral Scholars: 

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Keevan Marion
PhD: Indiana University with Prof. Nicola Pohl
B.S.: University of Cincinnati

Graduate Students:
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Eric Huseman
B.S. Cedarville University
Year: G6
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Lianyan Xu
B.S. Vanderbilt University
Year: G3
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Johny Nguyen
B.S. University of California, Riverside
Year: G4


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Rebecca Moore
B.S. University of Alabama
M.S. San Jose State University
​Year: G3
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Cleo Evans
B.S. Berry College
Year: G3
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       Elizabeth C. Adams
         B.S. Augusta University  
        Year: G2
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Alex Hughes
B.S. Northeastern University 
Year: G2
Sabrina K. Spicer
B.S. Middle Tennessee State University 
Year: G1
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