Award Recipients

Outstanding Graduate Student

Mariana T. Farcas

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Wei-Chun Chou

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow (Runner-Up)

Antonella Marrocco

Best Publication

Dorothy J. You, Ho Young Lee, Alexia J. Taylor-Just, Keith E. Linder, James C. Bonner. Sex Differences in the Acute and Subchronic Lung Inflammatory Responses of Mice to Nickel Nanoparticles. Nanotoxicology. 2020.

Best Publication (Runner-Up)

Saeed Alqahtani, Lisa Kobos, Li Xia, Christina Ferraira, Jackeline Franco, Xugin Du, Jonathan H Shannahan. Exacerbation of Nanoparticle-Induced Acute Pulmonary Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Metabolic Syndrome. Frontiers in Immunology. 2020.

Outstanding Graduate Student (First Place)

Matthew Sydor, University of Montana

Outstanding Graduate Student (Runner-Up)

Saeed Alqahtani, Purdue University

Dorothy You, North Carolina State University

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Alba Rodriquez, Binghamton University

Best Publication

Mostovenko E, Young T, Muldoon PP, Bishop L, Canal CG, Vucetic A, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Erdely A, Campen MJ, and Ottens AK. 2019. Nanoparticle Exposure Driven Circulating Bioactive Peptidome causes Systemic Inflammation and Vascular Dsyfunction. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 16(1):20.

Outstanding Graduate Student (First Place)

Katherine A. Roach, WVU/NIOSH

Outstanding Graduate Student (Honorable mention)

Candace Wong, University of Rochester Medical Center

Christopher G. Canal, Virginia Commonwealth University

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Valerie C. Minarchick, University of Colorado Denver

Best Publication

Todd Stueckle, Short-Term Pulmonary Toxicity Assessment of Pre- and Post incinerated Organomodified Nanoclay in Mice. ACS Nano, 12:2292–2310, 2018

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

1st Place —Kelly Fraser, WVU/NIOSH

2nd Place —Lisa Kobos, Purdue University

3rd Place —Katherine A. Roach, WVU/NIOSH

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Yi-Hsien Cheng, Kansas St. University

Best Publication

Lindsey Bishop, In Vivo Toxicity Assessment of Occupational Components of the Carbon Nanotube Life Cycle To Provide Context to Potential Health Effects. ACS Nano, 2017, 11 (9), pp 8849–8863

Outstanding Graduate Student

Katherine Duke, NC State

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Ekaterina Mostovenko, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Publication

Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Functionalization with High Molecular Weight Hyaluronan Significantly Reduces Pulmonary Injury. Salik Hussain, Zhaoxia Ji, Alexia J. Taylor, Laura M. DeGraff, Margaret George, Charles J. Tucker, Chong Hyun Chang, Ruibin Li, James C. Bonner, and Stavros Garantziotis. ACS Nano. 2016 Aug 23;10(8):7675-88. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6b03013

Outstanding Graduate Student(Tie)

Monica Johnson, University of Colorado

Katelyn Siegrist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow(Tie)

Parwathy Chandran, PhD, Kansas State University

Donna Davidson, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Best Publication

Phoebe Stapleton, PhD, West Virginia University. Microvascular and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Female F1 Generation after Gestational TiO2 Nanoparticle Exposure. Nanotoxicology, 2015; 9(8): 941–951.

Outstanding Graduate Student

1st Place—Kelly Shipkowski, University of Washington

2nd Place—David Scoville, University of Washington

3rd Place—Mario Aragon, University of New Mexico

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

1st Place—Jonathan Shannahan, PhD, UC Denver

2nd Place (Outstanding)—Blessy George, Rutgers University

3rd Place (Honorable Mention)—Kate Annunziato, Rutgers University

Best Publication

Brittany Baisch, PhD, University of Rochester. Equivalent Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Deposition by Intratracheal Instillation and Whole Body Inhalation: The Effect of Dose Rate on Acute Respiratory Tract Inflammation. Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2014; 11:5.

Outstanding Graduate Student

1st Place—Valerie Minnarchick, West Virginia University

2nd Place—Forrest Jessop, University of Montana

3rd Place—Katherine Dunnick, West Virginia University

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

1st Place—Dr. Salik Hussain, NIEHS

2nd Place—Dr. Amy Wang, US EPA

3rd Place—Dr. Phoebe Stapleton, West Virginia University

Best Publication

Brian Sayers, North Carolina State University. Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Exacerbation of Allergen-Induced Airway Remodeling by Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. American Journal of Respiratory Cellular & Molecular Biololgy, 49:525–535.

Outstanding Graduate Student

1st Place—Christin Grabinski, Case Western Reserve University

2nd Place—Jenna Strickland, North Carolina State University

3rd Place—Fahimeh Fallahi, Wright State University

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

1st Place—Dr. Kristin Comfort, University of Dayton

2nd Place—Dr. Kitae Kim, Oregon State University

3rd Place—Dr. Jonathan Shannahan, East Carolina University

Best Publication

Amelia Romoser, Interdisciplinary Program of Toxicology, Texas A&M University. Distinct immunomodulatory effects of a panel of nanomaterials in human dermal fibroblasts. Toxicology Letters 210: 293–301, 2012.

Outstanding Graduate Student

1st Place—Lisa Truong, Oregon State University

2nd Place—Anurag Mishra, West Virginia University

3rd Place—Jeremy Kevin Larson, University of Wisconsin

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

1st Place—Jason Blum; New York University

2nd Place—Vamsi Kodali; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

3rd Place—Gaurav Sharma, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Best Publication

Valerie Kagan; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Carbon nanotubes degraded by neutrophil myeloperoxidase induce less pulmonary inflammation. Nat Nanotechnol 5(5): 354–359

Unsung Hero Award

Christie Sayes; Research Triangle Institute

Outstanding Graduate Student

Brittany Serke, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Xiaoqing Chang, NIEHS

Best Publication

Dongeum Huh and Donald Ingber; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University Reconstituting Organ-Level Lung Functions on a Chip, Science 328:1662–1668. June 25, 2010

Outstanding Graduate Student

Ofek Bar-IIan; University of Wisconsin

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Rong Wan; University of Louisvillel

Best Publication

Jae Hyuck Sung; College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University Subchronic Inhalation Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles, Tox. Sci. 108(2):452–461, 2009