Awards | College of Sciences | UTSA | University of Texas at San Antonio

2023

Melissa Cadena – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
Claudia Collier – Third Place Oral Presentation Award (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase)
Zina Helal – Biomedical Engineering Poster Presentation Award (ABRCMS)
Zina Helal – Second Place Poster Presentation Award (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase)
Juan Hilario Vasquez – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
Gabriela Maldonado – First Place Poster Presentation Award (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase)
Daniel Martinez – Chemistry Presentation Award (SACNAS)
Favour Obuseh – Goldwater Scholarship
Gabriela Rice – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
Meagan Shinn – Life Sciences, Neurosciences Presentation Award (SACNAS)

Nicolas Diaz – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
Valeria Juarez – Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics Presentation Award (ABRCMS)
Alejandro Morales-Betancourt – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
Tara Ortiz-Ithier – Neuroscience Presentation Award (ABRCMS)
Saifa Pirani – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

Madeline Cortez – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
Jason Giuliani – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
Ranad Humeidi – Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Chemistry and Biochemistry (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Jasmine King – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
Gabriella Rice – Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Regenerative and Molecular Medicine (UTSA COS Research Conference)

Travis Kotzur – Best in Show (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase)
Saifa Pirani – Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Mathematics and Statistics (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Saifa Pirani – Best in Show (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase)
Gabriella Rice – Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Regenerative and Molecular Medicine (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

Nicolas Diaz – Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation-Chemistry and Biochemistry (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Travis Kotzur – Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation-Regenerative and Molecular Medicine (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Joanna Perido – Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation-Physics & Astronomy and Nanotechnology (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Kirstie Salinas – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
Marissa Wechsler – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

Krysta Lynn Amezcua – Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Physics & Astronomy and Nanotechnology (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Danielle Chapa – Third Place Poster Presentation Award (UTSA COLFA Spring Conference)
Rolando Garza – Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Infectious Diseases (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Rebecca Rodriguez – Best Oral Presentation Award (UTSA ABES Student Conference)
Rita Thornton – Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Computer Science & Mathematics (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez – Best Oral Presentation Award (UTSA ABES Student Conference)

Danielle Chapa – Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation-Life Sciences Award (UTSA COS Research Conference)
Xavier De Luna – Distinguished Service Award (UTSA SACNAS Chapter)
Luis Munoz – Best Oral Presentation Award (UTSA ABES Student Conference)
Rita Thornton – First Place Poster Presentation Award (UTSA ABES Student Conference)
Vanessa Torres – Alumni Association Scholarship
Marissa Wechsler – Featured Article and Cover Picture (Innovations, UTSA Engineering Magazine)
Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez – Chemistry Poster Presentation Award (SACNAS)
Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez – Full-paid visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chemistry Opportunities Program)
Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez – Rice University Chemistry Chair Invitation to apply to the University's Regional Undergraduate Symposium
Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez – Society of Toxicology National Conference Travel Award