Awards/Funding

PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2026 / 1 MIN READ

Goldwater Scholar

Cornell University (2026)

  • 1 of 4 students who won at Cornell
  • Only biology researcher awarded the scholarship
  • Awarded $15,000 tuition scholarship

Rawlings Presidential Research Scholar

Cornell University (2024–Present)

  • Selected from all Cornell applicants (~5 biology students per year)
  • Awarded $8,000 in research funding
  • Awarded $16,000 tuition scholarship

Janet McKinley ‘74 family grant

Cornell University (2026)

  • Awarded $5,000 in research funding to complete lung cancer research at Mount Sinai hospital (continued from work at MD Anderson)
  • 1 award given to Cornell undergraduates per year

Morley Student Research Grant

Cornell University (2026)

  • Awarded $2,000 in research funding to complete biotechnology research regarding programmable heterochromatin nucleators

CALS undergraduate research grant

Cornell University (2026)

  • Awarded $400 in research funding to complete biotechnology research regarding programmable heterochromatin nucleators

Honorable Mention — Toshiba Exploravision

Spring 2022

  • Designed a molecule to detect a specific form of beta-amyloid protein associated with early Alzheimer’s disease.