Awards/Grants
Grants
Pace University, Classroom Based Research Experiences (CBRE) Award, 2021 (Analyzing consumer products in CHE 221 for research experience)
University of the Philippines and Department of Science and Technology. Influence of maternal dietary intake and nutrition status on the microbiological and chemical compositions of breast milk from selected lactating Filipino women at 0 to 4 months post-partum. 2019.
Pace University Scholarly Research Spring 2019 (Development of high throughput screening assays for antioxidant activities of nutraceuticals products)
NSF-MRI: Acquisition of an accelerated solvent extractor (ASE) for undergraduate research and teaching at Pace University 2018
Pace University Scholarly Research Fall 2017 (Updating a portable Raman spectrometer and installing a refurbished Raman spectrometer unit)
REU Supplement to the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM C grant at Pace University "The Billion Oysters Project STEM-C Curriculum and Community Enterprise for New York Harbor Restoration in New York City Public Schools" 2016
Pace University Scholarly Research Fund Fall 2015 (Antioxidant activities of nutraceuticals)
Pace University Dyson College 2014 Summer Research Grant (Chemical characterization of bee propolis)
Pace University Scholarly Research Fund Spring 2014 (Chemical characterization of bee propolis)
Pace University Dyson College Mentoring Program 2013 (Engaging students to do research and to present their results in scientific conferences)
Pace University Verizon Thinkfinity Foundation (Acquisition of an electrochemical system instrument for the development of sensor) Summer 2013
Pace University Dyson College 2013 Summer Research Grant
Pace University Scholarly Research Fund Spring 2013 (Application of commercially available sorbents in drug analysis)
Pace University Verizon Thinkfinity Foundation (Interactive whiteboards and computerized assistance in Chemistry) with Rita Upmacis and Canaan Karaalioglu
Pace University Verizon Thinkfinity Foundation (Raman spectroscopy as a teaching tool in the Forensic Science and Chemistry courses) with Zhaohua Dai
University of the Philippines and Department of Science and Technology. Influence of maternal dietary intake and nutrition status on the microbiological and chemical compositions of breast milk from selected lactating Filipino women at 0 to 4 months post-partum. 2019.
Pace University Scholarly Research Spring 2019 (Development of high throughput screening assays for antioxidant activities of nutraceuticals products)
NSF-MRI: Acquisition of an accelerated solvent extractor (ASE) for undergraduate research and teaching at Pace University 2018
Pace University Scholarly Research Fall 2017 (Updating a portable Raman spectrometer and installing a refurbished Raman spectrometer unit)
REU Supplement to the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM C grant at Pace University "The Billion Oysters Project STEM-C Curriculum and Community Enterprise for New York Harbor Restoration in New York City Public Schools" 2016
Pace University Scholarly Research Fund Fall 2015 (Antioxidant activities of nutraceuticals)
Pace University Dyson College 2014 Summer Research Grant (Chemical characterization of bee propolis)
Pace University Scholarly Research Fund Spring 2014 (Chemical characterization of bee propolis)
Pace University Dyson College Mentoring Program 2013 (Engaging students to do research and to present their results in scientific conferences)
Pace University Verizon Thinkfinity Foundation (Acquisition of an electrochemical system instrument for the development of sensor) Summer 2013
Pace University Dyson College 2013 Summer Research Grant
Pace University Scholarly Research Fund Spring 2013 (Application of commercially available sorbents in drug analysis)
Pace University Verizon Thinkfinity Foundation (Interactive whiteboards and computerized assistance in Chemistry) with Rita Upmacis and Canaan Karaalioglu
Pace University Verizon Thinkfinity Foundation (Raman spectroscopy as a teaching tool in the Forensic Science and Chemistry courses) with Zhaohua Dai
Student Awards/Grants/Internship
Anna Nahata - Dyson College Summer 2024 Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Award.
Carly Sullivan - Charles Dyson Award 2023.
Ethan Grimes - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2023.
Olivia Cullen - Federal Work-Study Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2022-2023.
Jennifer Hutnik - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2022.
Ethan Grimes - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2022, San Diego).
Carly Sullivan - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2022, San Diego).
Alexandrea Papadelias - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2021.
Jozlyn M. Charland - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2020.
Gwen M. Iannone - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2020.
David Gonzales - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2020, Philadelphia).
Nini Mamishasvili - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2020, Philadelphia).
Lauren Reilly - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2019.
Josephine Farshi - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2019, Orlando).
Gwen Iannone - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2019, Orlando).
Jahaira Zapata - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2018.
Lyric Wyan - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2018, New Orleans).
Lauren Reilly - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2018, New Orleans).
Paris Hanson - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2017.
Amanda Villaggi - Dyson College Summer 2017 Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Award.
Hunter Tonn - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2017, San Francisco).
Elijah Jones - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2017, San Francisco).
Samantha Pace -Dyson College Summer 2016 Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Award.
Eric Nguyen - Charles Dyson Award for 2016.
Kevin Symczak - Hamilton Grant, Fall 2015.
Maximillian Baria - Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Summer 2014.
Carly Sullivan - Charles Dyson Award 2023.
Ethan Grimes - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2023.
Olivia Cullen - Federal Work-Study Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2022-2023.
Jennifer Hutnik - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2022.
Ethan Grimes - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2022, San Diego).
Carly Sullivan - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2022, San Diego).
Alexandrea Papadelias - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2021.
Jozlyn M. Charland - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2020.
Gwen M. Iannone - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2020.
David Gonzales - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2020, Philadelphia).
Nini Mamishasvili - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2020, Philadelphia).
Lauren Reilly - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2019.
Josephine Farshi - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2019, Orlando).
Gwen Iannone - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2019, Orlando).
Jahaira Zapata - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2018.
Lyric Wyan - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2018, New Orleans).
Lauren Reilly - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2018, New Orleans).
Paris Hanson - Distinguished Graduating Fellow of the Dyson Society of Fellows of Dyson College, 2017.
Amanda Villaggi - Dyson College Summer 2017 Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Award.
Hunter Tonn - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2017, San Francisco).
Elijah Jones - Pace Undergraduate Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Joint Presentations with Faculty Mentors (ACS National Meeting Spring 2017, San Francisco).
Samantha Pace -Dyson College Summer 2016 Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Award.
Eric Nguyen - Charles Dyson Award for 2016.
Kevin Symczak - Hamilton Grant, Fall 2015.
Maximillian Baria - Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Summer 2014.
Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant Recipients
Daphne Hernandez (Biology '24) - Summer 2023
Ethan Grimes (Biochemistry '23) - Summer 2022
Jennifer Hutnik (Chemistry '22) - Summer 2021
Fernando Salcedo (Biology '22) - Summer 2021
Alexander Tielemans (Psychology '20) - School Year 2019-2020
Alexandrea Papadelias (Forensic Science '21) - Summer 2019
Elise Krupoff (Biology '22) - Summer 2019
Josephine Farshi (Biochemistry '19) - Summer 2017, School Year 2018-2019
Gwen Iannone (Chemistry '20) - Summer 2018
Emily Oberlender (Chemistry '21) - Summer 2018
Tyler Nolan (Biology '18) - School Year 2017-2018
Jahaira Zapata (Forensic Science '18) Summer 2016, School Year 2017-2018
Lyric Wyan (Forensic Science '19) - Summer 2017
Lauren Reilly (Forensic Science '19) - Summer 2017
Alexis Javornik (Forensic Science '17) - Summer 2015, School Year 2016-2017
Ashley Kuptsow (Forensic Science '17) School Year 2016-2017
Tabitha Batte (Biochemistry '17) School Year 2016-2017
Elijah Jones (Biology '17) Summer 2016
Morgan Franke (Biology '18) - Summer 2016
Kaitlyn Chhe (Biochemistry '17) - School Year 2015-2016
Kevin Symczak (Chemistry '16) - Summer 2015
Maximillian Baria (Chemistry '15) - School Year 2014-2015
Eric Nguyen (Chemistry '16) - School Year 2014-2015 - won the Research Showcase held on May 6, 2015.
Samantha Pace (Biochemistry '16) - Summer 2014
Robert Marvin (Forensic Science/Chemistry '14) - School Year 2013-2014
Nadina Horril (Biology '14) - Summer 2013
Ethan Grimes (Biochemistry '23) - Summer 2022
Jennifer Hutnik (Chemistry '22) - Summer 2021
Fernando Salcedo (Biology '22) - Summer 2021
Alexander Tielemans (Psychology '20) - School Year 2019-2020
Alexandrea Papadelias (Forensic Science '21) - Summer 2019
Elise Krupoff (Biology '22) - Summer 2019
Josephine Farshi (Biochemistry '19) - Summer 2017, School Year 2018-2019
Gwen Iannone (Chemistry '20) - Summer 2018
Emily Oberlender (Chemistry '21) - Summer 2018
Tyler Nolan (Biology '18) - School Year 2017-2018
Jahaira Zapata (Forensic Science '18) Summer 2016, School Year 2017-2018
Lyric Wyan (Forensic Science '19) - Summer 2017
Lauren Reilly (Forensic Science '19) - Summer 2017
Alexis Javornik (Forensic Science '17) - Summer 2015, School Year 2016-2017
Ashley Kuptsow (Forensic Science '17) School Year 2016-2017
Tabitha Batte (Biochemistry '17) School Year 2016-2017
Elijah Jones (Biology '17) Summer 2016
Morgan Franke (Biology '18) - Summer 2016
Kaitlyn Chhe (Biochemistry '17) - School Year 2015-2016
Kevin Symczak (Chemistry '16) - Summer 2015
Maximillian Baria (Chemistry '15) - School Year 2014-2015
Eric Nguyen (Chemistry '16) - School Year 2014-2015 - won the Research Showcase held on May 6, 2015.
Samantha Pace (Biochemistry '16) - Summer 2014
Robert Marvin (Forensic Science/Chemistry '14) - School Year 2013-2014
Nadina Horril (Biology '14) - Summer 2013
Best Poster/Paper in Conferences
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 42nd Annual Meeting, February 25, 2023. Paper: Determination of the calcium and magnesium content in bottled water by Olivia Cullen.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 41st Annual Meeting, March 26, 2022. Paper: Correlating phenol content with the antioxidant activity of various bee pollen samples by Carly Sullivan.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 41st Annual Meeting, March 26, 2022. Paper: Antioxidant activities of commercial tea samples from Bigelow tea company by Alyssa Oconnor.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 39th Annual Meeting, March 7, 2020. Paper: Correlating the flavonoid and phenol content to the antioxidant activity of various European propolis by Alexander Tielemans.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 39th Annual Meeting, March 9, 2019. Paper: Antioxidant activity of bee propolis from different parts of the world by Alexander Tielemans.
Best Manuscript, 73rd Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Manhattan College, April 6, 2019. Paper: The binding capacity of nanoceramics with sulfa drugs by Gwen Iannone.
Best Manuscript, 73rd Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Manhattan College, April 6, 2019. Paper: Raman spectroscopic analysis of nitrile containing compounds by Lyric Wyan.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 38th Annual Meeting, March 9, 2019. Paper: Antioxidant activity of bee propolis from different parts of the world by Alexander Tielemans.
Best Manuscript, 70th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Western New England University, April 2, 2016. Paper: Chromatographic analysis of bee propolis from different parts of the world by Kevin Symczak.
Best Paper, Dyson Society of Fellows 35th Annual Meeting March 13, 2016. Paper: The mark of the bees: Not all honey are the same by Kevin Symczak.
Best Paper, Dyson Society of Fellows 35th Annual Meeting March 13, 2016. Paper: Method development for illicit drugs (amphetamine and methamphetamin) analysis by Normisha Evans.
Second Place (Category: Analytical Chemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Chromatographic analysis of bee propolis by Kevin Symczak and Samantha Pace.
Second Place (Category: Organic Chemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Solid phase extraction of illicit drugs (amphetamine and methamphetamine) by Normisha Evans.
Second Place (Category: Computational Chemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Vibrational spectroscopy of fluoroquinolone antibiotics by Ashley Kuptsow.
Second Place (Category: Biochemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Surface immobilization of AMPs using click chemistry by Maximillian Baria.
First Place (Category: Biochemistry), 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 12, 2014. Study: Antimicrobial activity of bee propolis by Nadina Horril.
Best Paper, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Encapsulation of enzymes using the sol-gel process by Maximillian Baria.
Best Paper and Best Poster in Biochemistry, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Application of vibrational spectroscopy in probing sol‐gel transition by Samantha J. Pace.
Best Paper, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Binding of catalase with different nanomaterials monitored by optical spectroscopy by Eric Nguyen.
Best Paper, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Monitoring changes in microorganism's protein content and functional groups upon treatment with a heavy metal by Shreya Patel.
Research Excellence Award, First Research Day Pace University, May 2, 2013.
First Place (Category: Cell Biology), 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 12, 2014. Study: Antimicrobial activity of bee propolis by Nadina Horril, Huari Li and David Collins.
Second Place (Category: Nanochemistry), 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 14, 2012. Study: Binding of proteins with some nanomaterials by David Collins and Claudia Sobolewski.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 41st Annual Meeting, March 26, 2022. Paper: Correlating phenol content with the antioxidant activity of various bee pollen samples by Carly Sullivan.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 41st Annual Meeting, March 26, 2022. Paper: Antioxidant activities of commercial tea samples from Bigelow tea company by Alyssa Oconnor.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 39th Annual Meeting, March 7, 2020. Paper: Correlating the flavonoid and phenol content to the antioxidant activity of various European propolis by Alexander Tielemans.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 39th Annual Meeting, March 9, 2019. Paper: Antioxidant activity of bee propolis from different parts of the world by Alexander Tielemans.
Best Manuscript, 73rd Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Manhattan College, April 6, 2019. Paper: The binding capacity of nanoceramics with sulfa drugs by Gwen Iannone.
Best Manuscript, 73rd Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Manhattan College, April 6, 2019. Paper: Raman spectroscopic analysis of nitrile containing compounds by Lyric Wyan.
Best Poster, Dyson Society of Fellows 38th Annual Meeting, March 9, 2019. Paper: Antioxidant activity of bee propolis from different parts of the world by Alexander Tielemans.
Best Manuscript, 70th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Western New England University, April 2, 2016. Paper: Chromatographic analysis of bee propolis from different parts of the world by Kevin Symczak.
Best Paper, Dyson Society of Fellows 35th Annual Meeting March 13, 2016. Paper: The mark of the bees: Not all honey are the same by Kevin Symczak.
Best Paper, Dyson Society of Fellows 35th Annual Meeting March 13, 2016. Paper: Method development for illicit drugs (amphetamine and methamphetamin) analysis by Normisha Evans.
Second Place (Category: Analytical Chemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Chromatographic analysis of bee propolis by Kevin Symczak and Samantha Pace.
Second Place (Category: Organic Chemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Solid phase extraction of illicit drugs (amphetamine and methamphetamine) by Normisha Evans.
Second Place (Category: Computational Chemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Vibrational spectroscopy of fluoroquinolone antibiotics by Ashley Kuptsow.
Second Place (Category: Biochemistry), 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 11, 2015. Study: Surface immobilization of AMPs using click chemistry by Maximillian Baria.
First Place (Category: Biochemistry), 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 12, 2014. Study: Antimicrobial activity of bee propolis by Nadina Horril.
Best Paper, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Encapsulation of enzymes using the sol-gel process by Maximillian Baria.
Best Paper and Best Poster in Biochemistry, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Application of vibrational spectroscopy in probing sol‐gel transition by Samantha J. Pace.
Best Paper, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Binding of catalase with different nanomaterials monitored by optical spectroscopy by Eric Nguyen.
Best Paper, 68th Annual Meeting of Eastern Colleges Science Conference, MARIST College, April 5, 2014. Entry: Monitoring changes in microorganism's protein content and functional groups upon treatment with a heavy metal by Shreya Patel.
Research Excellence Award, First Research Day Pace University, May 2, 2013.
First Place (Category: Cell Biology), 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 12, 2014. Study: Antimicrobial activity of bee propolis by Nadina Horril, Huari Li and David Collins.
Second Place (Category: Nanochemistry), 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, William Patterson University of New Jersey, April 14, 2012. Study: Binding of proteins with some nanomaterials by David Collins and Claudia Sobolewski.