DISCOvery Team

Meet the DISCOvery Team Members

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS - CONGRATULATION TEAM MEMBERS!

Research, Education and Student Success

Current and Former DISCOvery Students Award Winners!

SURCA: Summer Undergraduate Research and Creativity Awards (SURCA) are competitive grants awarded to students to enhance scholarly activity opportunities for faculty-mentored undergraduate research or creative scholarship over the summer. Well done DISCOvery students!

Emma Smith

SURCA (Summer 2022)

Glaxo Smith Kline Women in Science Scholarship (2022)

Jared Wood

First student from UNCW to be awarded a Merck Internship (Summer 2022)

Sandra Bennett

First student from UNCW to be awarded the American Society of Microbiology Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship (2022)



Sarah Barr

NSF Fellowship for Graduate Training in Nairobi Kenya (Summer 2022)


Travel Award Winners (Summer 2022)

CMS Graduate Student Travel Award

Sandra Bennett

UNCW Graduate School Travel Award for ASP 2022

Jared Wood

ASP 2022 Travel Awards

Alex Swystun (Lynn Brady Award); Sandra Bennett (Lynn Brady Award); Sarah Barr (ASP President’s Award); Jared Wood (Jerry McLaughlin Award)

UNCW Travel Awards

Alex Swystun; Sandra Bennett; Sarah Barr

Sarah Barr

Masters Student Pharmaceutical Chemistry (SURCA Winner)

Courtney Kapczynski

Bachelors in Science Student Chemistry (SURCA Winner)

Brittany Denchfield

Bachelors in Science Student Chemistry (SURCA Winner)

Board of Visitors Undergraduate Fellowship at UNCW for 2021-2022