Congratulations to our 2018-19 UTIG Staff and Student Awards winners!
Every year UTIG recognizes the work of our hard-working staff and students. These members of UTIG have gone above and beyond in their work, both in administration and research. We honor them at a recognition luncheon. Thank you to all of our staff and students for their continuous hard work every day.
For a full list of the 2018-19 winners, see below.
Nancy Hard received the UTIG Career Award. 
John Snedden, Senior Research Scientist and GBDS program director, received the UTIG Director’s Circle of Excellence. 
Yuko Okumara, Research Scientist, received the UTIG Director’s Circle of Excellence Award. 
Research Associate Adrien Arnulf received the UTIG Director’s Circle of Excellence Award. 
John Goff, Senior Research Scientist, received the UTIG Director’s Circle of Excellence. 
Research Scientist, Duncan Young, received the UTIG Director’s Circle of Excellence. 
Graduate research assistant Kelly Olsen received the UTIG Graduate Student award. 
Professor Brian Horton gets ready to take home his UTIG Outstanding Research Award. 
UTIG Interim Director Mrinal Sen presents Rosalind Gamble the UTIG Eleanor Picard Excellence Award. 
Chris Lowery, Research Associate, received the UTIG Outstanding Young Researcher Award. 
Steve Phillips, a former postdoc who is now a full time Research Associate at UTIG, received a UTIG Outstanding Postdoc Award. 
Josh O’Connell, recently promoted to Research Scientist Associate IV, received a UTIG Outstanding Achievement award. 
Gail Christeson, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of UTIG, received a UTIG Staff Service award. 
Rosalind Gamble, Executive Assistant, received a UTIG Staff Service award. 
Sara Sieberath, Research Administration Manager, received a UTIG Staff Service award. 
Mrinal Sen introduces UTIG new hire, Travis Tate. Travis is UTIG’s new administrative associate. Welcome Travis! 
Research scientist associates Marcy Davis and Dan Duncan with Mrinal Sen. 
Adrien Arnulf shows off his shiny new UTIG Director’s Circle of Excellence 
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UTIG postdocs Cornelia Rasmussen and Gregor Steinbrugge. 
Rosalind Gamble and Anisa Abdulkader. 
Some of the UTIG administrative team. 
UTIG graduate research assistant Andrew Gase. 
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2018-19 UTIG Staff and Student Awards
| Name | Award |
|---|---|
| Rosalind Gamble | Staff Service (15 years) |
| Sean Gulick | Staff Service (20 years) |
| Gail Christeson | Staff Service (25 years) |
| Jamie Austin | Staff Service (40 years) |
| Cliff Frohlich | Staff Service (40 years) |
| Josh O’Connell | Outstanding Support Staff |
| Stephen Phillips | Outstanding Postdoc |
| Chris Lowery | Outstanding Young Researcher |
| Nancy Hard | UTIG Career |
| John Goff | Director’s Circle of Excellence |
| John Snedden | Director’s Circle of Excellence |
| Duncan Young | Director’s Circle of Excellence |
| Yuko Okumura | Director’s Circle of Excellence |
| Pedro Di Nezio | Director’s Circle of Excellence |
| Adrien Arnulf | Director’s Circle of Excellence |
| Rosalind Gamble | Eleanor Picard Excellence Award |
| Gabriel Tagliaro | UTIG Student Award |
| Kelly Olsen | UTIG Student Award |