Honors & Awards

  • Top Doctor Award
  • Incisal Edge 40 Under 40
  • Top Doctor Magazine Dentist of the Year
  • Palm Spring Life Top Dentists
  • The National Dean’s List
  • CAAP in Mathematics
  • Honors Research Grant
  • TKE Zeta Theta Chapter – Top Academic Scholar Award
  • Western Illinois University Honors Research Grant
  • Paul M. Nollen Outstanding Biology Honors Student Award
  • National Science Foundation
  • Paul M. Nollen Outstanding Biology Honors Student Award
  • Department of Biological Sciences – Honors Research Award
  • Department of Chemistry – Honors Research Award
  • The Illinois Centennial Honors College Recognition Award
  • Outstanding Organic Chemistry Student Award
  • The Mary Bennett Outstanding Senior Award
  • Fall and Spring Semester Honors, Dean’s List
  • WEOG/WIU Foundation Summer School Scholarship
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Honors Scholar Medal
  • Biological Sciences Departmental Scholar Medal
  • College of Arts and Science Scholar Medal
  • WIU December 2000 Graduation: Convocation Speaker
  • All-USA Academic Team (Honorable Mention USA Today: Feb 15, 2001)
  • Phi Kappa Phi National Graduate Fellowship Recipient