Ph.D. student, Aikaterini Britzolaki was awarded a “Best Poster Award” at the 15th Neuroscience Day of the Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (OMV-SfN), May 25, Miami University, Oxford, OHPh.D. student, Connor Thelen was awarded a “Best Poster Award” at the Sigma Xi Celebration of Science Day, University of Dayton, April 25, 2018, Dayton, OH (poster presentation)Ph.D. student, Aikaterini Britzolaki was awarded the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Award for exceptional Greeks in American Colleges.Ph.D. student, Aikaterini Britzolaki was awarded a UD Graduate School Summer Fellowship (GSSF) Award for the proposal.Nationally-competitive Barry-Goldwater Scholarship to undergraduate student Joseph Saurine (BCM/BIO) to support his senior year tuition and conduct research in our lab on the role of calcium circuits in the brain. Lancaster-McDougall Award recognizing undergraduate students who demonstrate extraordinary skill and creativity in research and scholarship was awarded to undergraduate student Joseph Saurine (BCM/BIO) to conduct summer research in our lab.Integrative Science and Engineering (ISE,) Summer Collaborative Research Projects (CoRPs) Fellowship to undergraduate student Ben Klocke (BIO), “Insectile Neurochemistry: developing a novel HPLC-based method to assess neurotransmitters in the grasshopper brain” (Collaboration with Dr. Chelse Prather, UD)Integrative Science and Engineering (ISE,) Summer Collaborative Research Projects (CoRPs) Fellowship to undergraduate student Katie Parker (BIO), “Identifying oncogenic pathways in Drosophila tumor models”. (Collaboration with Dr. Madhuri Kango-Singh, UD)Stander Undergraduate Research Fellowship to Emily Flaherty (BIO) to conduct research in our lab. CAS Dean’s Fellowship to undergraduate student Joseph Saurine (BCM/BIO) to conduct research in our lab.CAS Dean’s Fellowship to undergraduate student Emily Flaherty (BIO) to conduct research in our lab.Honors Thesis Research Grant awarded to undergraduate student Joseph Saurine (BCM/BIO)Honors Thesis Research Grant awarded to undergraduate student Emily Flaherty (BIO)