05. 22. 2017
Announcing the 2017 Graduate School Best Dissertation Award Winners
Selections were based on the originality and importance of the research, as well as the potential for the student to make an unusually significant contribution to his or her field.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Best Dissertation Award! One graduate student from each of four groups – arts and humanities, biological and life sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences and education – was chosen by faculty from the broad disciplinary area. Selections were based on the originality and importance of the research, as well as the potential for the student to make an unusually significant contribution to his or her field.
Congratulations!
Biological & Life Sciences
Ameya Kirtane
- Advisor: Jayanth Panyam
- Dissertation: Overcoming Transport Barriers to Nanoparticle-based Chemotherapy
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Social Sciences & Education
Sarah Lageson
- Advisor: Christopher Uggen
- Dissertation: Digital Punishment: The Production and Consequences of Online Crime Reporting
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University-Newark
Mathematics, Physical Sciences & Engineering
Deborah Schneiderman
- Advisor: Marc Hillmyer
- Dissertation: High Performance Materials from Renewable Aliphatic Polyesters
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago
Arts & Humanities
Ann Zimo, History
- Advisor: Michael Lower
- Dissertation: Muslims in the Landscape: A Social Map of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Thirteenth Century
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire
Honorable Mention
- Jessica Apolloni, English; Advisor: John Watkins
- Jonathan Clayton, Comparative and Molecular Biosciences; Advisor: Timothy Johnson
- Ahmed Eldawy, Computer Science; Advisor: Mohamed Mokbel
- Allison Page, Communication Studies; Advisor: Laurie Ouellette
- Brenton Wiernik, Psychology; Advisors: Deniz Ones & John Campbell