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Congratulations to the 2025 Outstanding Neuroscience Senior Awards

Congratulations Class of 2025!

At the end of spring semester, the neuroscience faculty honor the program’s exceptional graduating seniors in the Outstanding Neuroscience Student Awards with a ceremony and reception. The neuroscience program faculty and staff love celebrating the students and meeting students' friends and family at the event--it reinforces why we work in higher education and at Mason. Congratulations to all of our 2024/25 graduates! 

IPN also celebrated three newly minted PhDs in Neuroscience. Congratulations to Drs. Jeffrey Kopsick (summer 2024) and Dylan Scarton (spring 2025)! 

Outstanding Neuroscience Senior Award
Given to majors with a cumulative 3.5 GPA with at least 60 credits at Mason
Fall 2024 graduates
Victoria Ghanma
Brendan Hall
Fae Jensen
Khanh Le
Diya Sabareesh Meethaleveettil
Daniela Rodrigues-Henry
Carolyn Soltani
Bryce Sullivan
Molly Sullivan
Haneen Yousif

Spring 2025 graduates
Sakina Abbas
Marina Boshra
Hailey Cruver
Diana Ene
Vanessa Fajardo
Mariam Fareed
Engy Ibrahim
Abdulhanan Khan
Guno Kletter
Gurtej Matharoo
Sidney Mays
Sahithi Mummalaneni
Jessica Oliveira
Muhammad Shah
Daniel Yusufi
Shady Zaki
Roshanay Zeeshan

Summer 2025 graduates
Aaqib Ali
Qizar Ali
Nicole Brandt
Sarah Diaz
Andrew Di Donna
Jacqueline Lopez Lopez

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Neuroscience Award Given to the student(s) with the highest GPA. 
Carolyn Soltani
Daniel Yousif

Outstanding Neuroscience Researcher Award

Awarded to students who have excelled at research, either through development of his/her own project or through contribution to laboratories on campus or in the community.

Diborah Gutema 
Nominated by Dr. Theodore Dumas

Cintia Martinez Cardenas
Nominated by Dr. Giorgio Ascoli and Dr. Carolina Taloma

Faculty Choice Award

This award is designed to reward the senior neuroscience major who demonstrates an exceptionally high degree of interest, maturity, motivation, and effort in his/her neuroscience classes. The primary focus of this award is the attitude of the nominated student. In determining the recipient of this award, personal challenges or circumstances that the student has had to overcome can be considered.

Andrew DiDonna
Nominated by Dr. Giorgio Ascoli and Dr. Carolina Taloma

Sidney Mays
Nominated by Dr. Jennifer Brielmaier

Daniela Rodrigues
Nominated by Dr. Theodore Dumas
 

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