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

Matthew Bressler 
PhD Program in Chemistry 
College of Arts and Sciences 

Jin Fang 
PhD Program in Business Administration 
LeBow College of Business 

Thomas Fewer 
PhD Program in Business Administration 
LeBow College of Business 

Ali Jazayeri 
PhD Program in Information Science 
College of Computing and Informatics 

Aleksandra Kirilakha 
PhD Program in Economics 
LeBow College of Business 

Ragh Kuttappa 
PhD Program in Electrical Engineering 
College of Engineering 

Bridget Milorey 
PhD Program in Chemistry 
College of Arts and Sciences 

Hager Mohamed 
PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology 
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies 
College of Medicine 

Xin Niu 
PhD Program in Psychology 
College of Arts and Sciences 

Micaela O'Reilly 
PhD Program in Neuroscience 
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies 
College of Medicine 

Greg Risser 
PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering 
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems 

Keyur Shah 
PhD Program in Electrical Engineering 
College of Engineering 

Hannah Spece 
PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering 
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems 

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

Mohammad Taheri 
PhD Program in Chemical Engineering 
College of Engineering 

Nguyen Tran 
PhD Program in Epidemiology 
Dornsife School of Public Health 

Yao Wang 
PhD Program in Electrical Engineering 
College of Engineering 

Hamed Yassaghi 
PhD Program in Architectural Engineering 
College of Engineering

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