Awards and Recognition – Page 4 – Department of Biology

Pre-med Student Leader Reda Riffi Awarded the Nourish 2025 Nelson Mandela Prize for Global Equity

July 29, 2025

Reda Riffi, a CWRU pre-med student leader and CEO of The non profit ELEOS Impact, has been named the recipient of the Nourish 2025 Nelson Mandela Prize for Excellence in Equity, Inclusion, and Global Compassionate Service. The award, presented by the leadership of Nourish Educare in South Africa, recognizes...

Rachel Wyetzner Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

July 15, 2025

Biology alumna Rachel Wyetzner (2023, Atit Lab) was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in the "Life Sciences - Developmental Biology" category. Congratulations Rachel!

Qiannan Ma Publishes First Graduate Paper in FASEB Journal

July 10, 2025
graduate student, Qiannan Ma

Qiannan Ma, a PhD candidate in the Atit lab, published her first paper from her graduate work in the lab in the Journal Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Her paper titled "Wnt Activation in Mature Dermal Adipocytes Leads to Lipodystrophy and Skin Fibrosis via ATGL-Dependent Lipolysis", which highlights...

Postdoc Troy Neptune Headed to Spain on Fulbright Fellowship!

June 30, 2025
Fulbright, Troy Neptune

In late 2025, postdoctoral scholar Troy Neptune will be travelling to Seville, Spain to study the effects of artificial light and light pollution have on amphibians, building on his previous research on how amphibians respond to changing light conditions in the context of climate change. “I used to love looking...

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