The Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Graduate Research was established by colleagues in the Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy in memory of Dr. Bhuvaneswaran who was a member of the faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Bhuvan, as students and colleagues alike affectionately knew him, was a superb experimentalist and the laboratory provided the stimulation for continued learning throughout his life. Because his culture revered the teacher/mentor most of all, his highest aspiration was to gain respect as a teacher. In addition to his formal contributions to graduate and medical student education, fostering an interest and love of science in young scientists was an important aspect of Dr. Bhuvan’s life.
All graduate students that use some aspect of Biochemistry in their research are eligible for the award.
- First place: Walter Saul Aragon-Ramirez, working in the lab of Dr. Vladimir Lupashin
- Second place: Baku Acharya, working in the lab of Dr. Brendan Frett
- Third place: Matthew Thompson, working in the lab of Dr. Alicia Byrd