Student Awards

Undergraduates:

Adam Forbes ‘24 (advisor Lili He) and Xiaoke Xiang ‘25 (advisor Julian McClements) have been selected as 2023- 2024 UMass Amherst Rising Researchers
Nicholle Tan (advisor Lutz Grossmann) won the 2023 Emily J. Prior scholarship
Cristina, Lauren, Mia, and Abby won 2nd place in the American Society of Baking Product Development Competition
Lily Saad (advisor Matt Moore) won 2024 IFT Hollingsworth Student Leadership Scholarship
Lauren Ho (advisor Julian McClements) won 2024 IFT Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists

Graduates/PostDocs:

Sloane Stoufer and Christina Allingham (advisor Matt Moore) won 2024 Phi Tau Sigma Student Achievement Scholarship
Xiaoyan Hu (advisor Julian McClements) has been honored with 2024 Honored Student Award from the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) for the outstanding contributions to science.
Rabia Shamim Basha (advisor Amanda Kinchla) on winning the highly prestigious and competitive FMI Food Safety Auditing Scholarship. 
Prerana Balasubramanian (advisor Lutz Grossmann) and Melissa Fernandez (advisor Amanda Kinchla) - the final round of the 3 Minute Thesis competition.
Kimberly Acevedo (advisor John Gibbons) won the best poster in the 2024 Pioneer Valley Microbes Symposium 
Yuzhen Zhang (advisor Lili He) won the 2024 Health Tech for the People (HT4P) fellowship award
Prarthanaa Sankaranarayanan (advisor Lili He) won the 1st place in "Speedy Science", a 3-minute thesis competition organized by the Phi Tau Sigma.
Dr. Minji Kim (advisor Matt Moore) won the 2024 ASM Peggy Cotter Award for Early Career Scientists.
Prarthanaa Sankaranarayanan (Advisor Lili He) received 1st place in the oral competition at the Toxicology and Safety Evaluation Division of IFT.
Xiaoyan Hu, Jaekun Ryu, and Xiaoke Xiang won 3rd place in the 2024 IFT Proteins of the Future Challenge.
Rabia Farheen S and Prarthanaa Sankaranarayanan won the 3rd position at the 2024 IFT Think Tank Hackathon 2024 in the non-thermal processing division.
Yuzhen Zhang (advisor Lili He) was selected to present in Massachusetts Life Science Innovation DAY 2024 Poster Pitch Showcase. 
Rachael Enfield and Haknyeong Hong (advisor Jiakai Lu) won the 2024 NEIFT Scholarships.