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2021 Research Excellence Award Winners

Research Excellence Awards are presented to graduate students who have completed original, innovative research, scholarship and/or creativity during their career at Drexel. The awards are designed to recognize widely disseminated student research with significant impact on the field or society.

Graduate College Award Winners

Mohammad Balapour - Post-Candidacy 
PhD Program in Civil Engineering 
College of Engineering 

Brian Hosler - Pre-Candidacy 
PhD Program in Electrical Engineering 
College of Engineering 

Hadiya Bynoe-Seabron - Master’s 
MS Program in Interior Architecture and Design 
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design 

Karla Roberts – Most Original & Creative Work 

MS Program in Interior Architecture and Design 
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design 

Nominees - Post-Candidacy

Nominees - Pre-Candidacy

Joanna Chen 
PhD Program in Clinical Psychology 
College of Arts and Sciences 

Anna Lilly 
PhD Program in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics 
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies 
College of Medicine 

Simar Singh 
PhD Program in Clinical Psychology 
College of Arts and Sciences 

Nominees - Master's

Julia Oleksak 
MS Program in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics 
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies 
College of Medicine

Nominees - Most Original & Creative Work

Katherine Innamorati 
PhD Program in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics 
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies 
College of Medicine