Honors
2024
Special Government Employee, United States FDA
2022
Session Chair - IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Discussion leader for an international biomedical imaging conference session
2019
TED Senior Fellow
Senior Fellows embody the spirit of the TED Fellows program. They mentor new fellows and continue to share their remarkable work with the TED community.
2018
AAAS Lemelson Foundation Invention Ambassador
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) selected cohort of accomplished inventors interested in raising awareness and engaging influential audiences about the critical role of invention and the need for a robust invention ecosystems in global communities.
2017
TED Fellow
The TED Fellows program provides transformational support to a global community of over 500 remarkable individuals who are collaborating across disciplines to spark future-shaping change around the world.
2016
INK Fellow
International award recognizing global and cross-disciplinary community of path-breakers
2016
Conference Award - Gordon Research Conference
Image Science Gordon Research Conference, Easton, MA
2014
Conference Travel Award - American Society for Microbiology
Triennial bacterial cell-to-cell communication conference in San Antonio, TX
2014
Conference Award - Gordon Research Seminar
Discussion leader international Microbial Stress Response Gordon Conference in South Hadley, MA
2010
Fellowship Award
Annual National Postdoctoral Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2010
ECOR Fund for Medical Discovery Independent Fellowship Award
Fellowship training at Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA.
2009
Raymond W. Sarber National Award. Philadelphia, PA.
Recognizes graduate fellows at predoctoral levels for research excellence and potential. Awarded to one outstanding graduate student annually after a nationwide nomination and search
2009
Conference Award - American Society for Microbiology annual national meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Charles C Randall Award
Ph.D. dissertation research award finalist
2008
Conference Award - American Society for Microbiology’s national meeting Boston, MA
Discovery of a new vaccine candidate against bacterial pneumonia
2006