Hamilton Syringe Grant Recipients
Hamilton Syringe Grants are Awarded Each Month
Hamilton Company proudly supports higher education through the Syringe Grant Program. The following innovators are previous winners of a Hamilton Syringe Grant. Their dedication to teaching through experimentation has fostered their student’s passion for research and inspired the next great discoveries.
| Name | Institution | Field of Study | Testimonials | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby White | Indiana University-Purdue University | Psychology | December 2019 | |
| Tingting Wu | University of Alabama in Huntsville | November 2019 | ||
| Meredith Watson | Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis | November 2019 | ||
| Kim Loh | St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research | September 2019 | ||
| Jonah Chang | Biola | September 2019 | ||
| Elliot Choi | Case Western Reserve University/UCI | September 2019 | ||
| Eric Nacsa | The Pennsylvania State University | September 2019 | ||
| Dylan Dues | Van Andel Research Institute | August 2019 | ||
| Hong-Yuan Chu | Van Andel Institute | Neuroscience | Cellular and Neural Circuitry Studies of Changes in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease with Viral Vectors | August 2019 |
| Robert Grubbs | California Institute of Technology | July 2019 | ||
| Robert Iafe | California State University San Marcos | July 2019 | ||
| Rebeccah Wood | Emory University | July 2019 | ||
| Alexandra Strom | Smith College | July 2019 | ||
| Douglas Vander Griend | Calvin College | July 2019 | ||
| Mohammed Mashali | The Ohio State University | Life Science | Analyzing Mitochondrial Oxidative Capacity and Efficiency in Human Heart Tissue | June 2019 |
| Jazmine Yaeger | University of South Dakota | Neuroscience | Using Viral Vectors to Research Microcircuits Within Distinct Brain Regions | June 2019 |
| Anna Wenzel | Claremont McKenna College | June 2019 | ||
| Erica Siismets | University of Michigan | Life Science | FGF Signaling in Craniofacial Development of Mice | June 2019 |
| Mark Hendricks | Whitman College | Life Science | Nano Crystals and Their Application in Industry | May 2019 |
| Anthony Bosson | University of Montreal | Neuroscience | Research in Electrophysiology, Calcium Imaging, and Other in Vivo Experiments | May 2019 |
| Piran Kidambi | Vanderbilt University | Life Science | Using Nanotechnology to Improve the Dialysis Process | May 2019 |
| Jacqueline De Lora | The University of New Mexico | General Science | Nested Needle Block | May 2019 |
| Lola Mugisho | The University of Auckland | May 2019 | ||
| Brianna Carr | University of Rochester Medical Center | Neuroscience | Effects on the Visual System | May 2019 |
| Debora Bossa | UFU | May 2019 | ||
| Jibran Khokhar | University of Guelph | May 2019 | ||
| Kira Poskanzer | University of California, San Francisco | May 2019 | ||
| André Rech | Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri | Plant Biology | Reproductive Ecology of Plants | May 2019 |
| Michael Tift | University of North Carolina, Wilmington | Neuroscience | Nitrogen Solubility in Marine Animals | April 2019 |
| Chrisa Xirouchaki | Monash University | April 2019 | ||
| Dan Grilley | University of Wisconsin - La Crosse | April 2019 | ||
| Susie Suh | University of California Irvine | Life Science | Diagnostics and Therapeutic Approaches to Fight Inherited Blindness | April 2019 |
| Dana Deters | University of Minnesota | April 2019 | ||
| Daniel Beard | University of Michigan | Neuroscience | Energy Metabolism of The Heart | April 2019 |
| Maria Barnes | Des Moines University | Neuroscience | Investigating Central Mechanisms Augmenting The Development Of Post-Menopausal Hypertension | April 2019 |
| Garron Dodd | The University of Melbourne | Neuroscience | How The Brain Controls Metabolic Diseases Such as Obesity and Type-2 Diabetes | April 2019 |
| Mackenzie Michell-Robinson | McGill University | March 2019 | ||
| Elaine Farkas | Mansfield University | January 2019 | ||
| Allegra Liberman-Martin | Chapman University | General Science | Air-Sensitive Chemistry Research | January 2019 |
| Nicole Nichols | University of Missouri | December 2018 | ||
| Justin Hoover | University of California Riverside | Biology | Optimizing Production of Algal Biofuels | |
| Caroline Stead | University of Nebraska Medical Center | Neuroscience | Ultrasound Guided Injection of Tumor Cells into Mice | December 2018 |
| Patricia Kelly | Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School | Neuroscience | Identification of Causative Mechanism(s) in the Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease | December 2018 |
| Gudryan Barônio | Federal University of ABC | December 2018 | ||
| Antony McNamee | Griffith University | Life Science | Inspecting Erythrocyte Physiology to Uncover Novel Biochemical and Physical Properties of Blood Cells | October 2018 |
| Amber Jade Helsel-lckes | Juniata College | October 2018 | ||
| Emily Jorgensen | University of Wyoming | Neuroscience | Molecularly-Induced Functional Changes Within the Nervous System | August 2018 |
| Gerard Beaudoin | Trinity University | Neuroscience | Effects of Cocaine on Synapses in the Brain | July 2018 |
| Kristina Wright | Boston College | Neuroscience | Relationship Between Dysfunction in the Brain and Behavior | May 2018 |
| Shinuo Liu | Macquarie University | Neuroscience | Normal and Cerebrospinal Fluid Physiology of the Spinal Cord | January 2018 |
| Michael McDannald | Boston College | Neuroscience | DREADDS and A Neural Basis of Alcohol Drinking | April 2017 |
| Celina To | Purdue University | General Science | Food Science Research | April 2017 |
| Chuck Williamson | Willamette University | March 2017 | ||
| Matthew Kubis | University of Tennessee – Knoxville | March 2017 | ||
| Taylor Follansbee | UC Davis | March 2017 | ||
| Rejean Fortin | Bishop’s University | March 2017 | ||
| Carolina Burgos-Vega | University of Texas at Dallas | Neuroscience | Pioneering a New Technique to Study Migraine Headaches | December 2016 |
| Rena Lou | Cerritos Community College | General Science | Cerritos Community College Excels With High Standards of Teaching | December 2016 |
| Catherine Almquist | Miami University | December 2016 | ||
| Carmen Schloz | University of Alabama Huntsville | October 2016 | ||
| Suwan Jayasinghe | University College London | October 2016 | ||
| Thomas Gillingwater | University of Edinburgh | Neuroscience | Developing Novel Therapeutics for Childhood Spinal Muscular Atrophy | October 2016 |
| Justin Smith | Boston College | October 2016 | ||
| Michael Rhodes | Saint Vincent College, Biology Department | May 2016 | ||
| Christopher Berndsen | James Madison University, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department | May 2016 | ||
| James Krikke | Grand Valley State University, Chemistry Department | February 2016 | ||
| Jeff Corken | LSU College of Agriculture, School of Plant, Environmental & Soil Sciences | February 2016 | ||
| Andrea Allen | University of New Mexico, Neuroscience Department | Neuroscience | Altering miRNA and lncRNA Expression in Mice | February 2016 |
| Michelle DeWitt | Grand Valley State University, Chemistry Department | February 2016 | ||
| Alex Okaru | University of Nairobi, Pharmaceutical Chemistry | December 2015 | ||
| Diana Hoover | Seton Hill University, Division of Natural & Health Sciences | December 2015 | ||
| Dan Gallaher | University of Minnesota, Food, Science and Nutrition | General Science | Unique Nutrition Laboratory | November 2015 |
| Kyle Fink | University of California, Davis Medical Center, Institute for Regenerative Cures and Stem Cell Program | November 2015 | ||
| Michael McDannald | Boston College, Psychology | November 2015 | ||
| Molly Gabler | University of North Carolina Wilmington, Biology and Marine Biology | October 2015 | ||
| Yan Liu | California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Chemistry and Biochemistry | October 2015 | ||
| Bernhard Vogler | University Alabama Huntsville, Chemistry | October 2015 | ||
| Artem Domashevskiy | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY | October 2015 | ||
| Steven Graham | St. John’s University, Chemistry | October 2015 | ||
| Andrei Yudin | University of Toronto | September 2015 | ||
| Kayode Oshin | Saint Mary’s College | September 2015 | ||
| Wen Zhang, Ph.D., P.E. | New Jersey Institute of Technology | General Science | Sustainable Energy and Environmental Applications | September 2015 |
| William Church | Trinity College | September 2015 | ||
| Kevin Symczak | Pace University | September 2015 | ||
| Joseph Merola | Virginia Tech | Neuroscience | Metal/Amino Acid Complexes Show Activity Against Bacterial Infection | August 2015 |
| Ulrich Fekl | University of Toronto Mississauga | August 2015 | ||
| Bojan Sarkanj | Facility of Food Technology | August 2015 | ||
| Molly Croteau | Dartmouth College | Neuroscience | Novel Research on Metalloproteins | June 2015 |
| Jennifer Teske | University of Arizona | June 2015 | ||
| David Herbert | University of Manitoba | General Science | Relevant Research Opportunities | June 2015 |
| Leo Carr | Misericordia University | June 2015 | ||
| Elliott Stollar | Eastern New Mexico University | June 2015 | ||
| Dr. Kevin N. West | University of South Alabama | 2012 | ||
| Bashir Akhavan Tafti | UCLA | 2012 | ||
| Michael Young | University of California – Riverside | 2012 | ||
| Robert Rhew | University of California – Berkeley | 2012 | ||
| Eddie Luzik | University of New Haven | 2012 | ||
| Augustine Agyeman | Clayton State University | 2012 | ||
| Judy Moroz | Bradley University | 2012 | ||
| Amber M Hupp | College of the Holy Cross | 2012 | ||
| Jessica Schiffman | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2012 | ||
| Marshall Werner | Lake Superior State University | 2012 | ||
| Alicia A Peterson | College of Saint Benedict | 2012 | ||
| James Wollack | St. Catherine University | 2012 | ||
| James Cizdziel | University of Mississippi | 2012 | ||
| Molly Croteau | Dartmouth College | 2012 | ||
| Wen Zhang | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 2012 | ||
| Annemarie Ross | Rochester Institute of Technology/ National Technical Institute for the Deaf | 2012 | ||
| Dr. Daniel Amarante | College of Mount Saint Vincent | 2012 | ||
| Susan Smith Pagano | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2012 | ||
| Heather Koopman | University of North Carolina Wlimington | 2012 | ||
| Catherine Almquist | Miami University | 2012 | ||
| Amber Jade Helsel-Ickes | Juniata College | 2012 | ||
| Aniello Tambasco | Wilkes University | General Science | A Student’s Grade Depended on Hamilton Precision | 2012 |
| Herman Odens | Southern Adventist University | 2012 | ||
| Jerzy Mierzwa | Tennessee State University | 2012 | ||
| Andrew Steiner | University of Utah | 2012 | ||
| John Sorensen | University of Manitoba | 2012 | ||
| Ulrich Fekl | University of Toronto Mississauga | 2012 | ||
| Christine DeWolf | Concordia University | 2012 | ||
| Jean-Francois Masson | Universite de Montreal | 2012 |
Featured Grant Testimonials
Food Science Research
Prevention and control of foodborne infections by the Purdue University Food Science Lab with an emphasis on molecular and genetic basis of virulence of foodborne pathogens and host parasite interactions.
Pioneering a New Technique to Study Migraine Headaches
Carolina Burgos-Vega and the University of Texas at Dallas pioneers a new technique for stimulating the meninges in order to study the pathophysiology of migraine headache.
Using Nanotechnology to Improve the Dialysis Process
Probing defects less than one nanometer in membranes that are only one atom thick using simple, table top experiments.
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