SLB 2025 Awards Announced

SLB 2025 Awards Announced

The SLB Award Committee is pleased to announce the 2025 awards.  Please join us in congratulating all of the winners in recognition of their research efforts. Join us in 2026 and apply!

Excellence in Leukocyte Biology
Ronen Sumagin, Northwestern University (first place)
Namita Rout, Tulane University School of Medicine (runner-up)
Marion Brunck, Tecnológico de Monterrey (runner-up)
Presidential Scholars - Postdocs
Chyna Lovell,Harvard Medical School (first place)
Liang De Wang, Nanyang Technological University (first place)
Zoe Michael, Brigham and Women's Hospital (runner-up)
Xenia Davis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (runner-up)

Merit Finalist
Jordan Brauner, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Miguel Hernandez-Rios, University of Florida
Helya Mortazavi, Université Laval
Presidential Scholars - Graduate Students
Mary Oliver, Vanderbilt University (first place)
Austin Lowery, Immunology Center of Georgia (first place)
Hannah Debray, University of California (runner-up)
Nichole Brandquist, University of Nebraska (runner-up)

Merit Finalist
Caleb Buerger, SUNY at Buffalo
Melanie Martinsen, Brown University
Matthew Kays, West Virginia University
Jasmine Quah, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presidential Scholars - Undergraduate Students
Ko-Eun Lee, Vanderbilt University