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. TownsendAssociate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Director Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative Honors and Awards:
Independent 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship 2021 David Y. Gin New Investigator Award 2020 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award 2019 Chemistry & Engineering News Talented 12 2019 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award 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 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 |
Graduate Students:
Lianyan Xu
B.S. Vanderbilt University Year: G5 |
Johny Nguyen
B.S. University of California, Riverside Year: G5 
Rebecca Moore
B.S. University of Alabama M.S. San Jose State University Year: G5 |
Cleo Evans
B.S. Berry College Year: G4 |
Elizabeth C. Adams
B.S. Augusta University Year: G3 |
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Alex Hughes
B.S. Northeastern University Year: G3 |
Sabrina K. Spicer
B.S. Middle Tennessee State University Year: G2 |