Honors and Awards

Yeonwoo Park Wins Program Award for Best Dissertation

In a celebration of scholarly excellence, dozens of this year's Ph.D. and MD graduates received divisional awards for research projects and overall excellence. Yeonwoo Park (Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology) stands as a beacon of academic achievement, having secured the coveted Program Award for Best Overall Dissertation. His recognized research is encapsulated in the dissertation titled "The Possible And The Accessible: Epistasis And Contingency In Protein Sequence Spaceā€. This accolade serves as a testament to Park's work within the Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology division, which coincides with his Program Award for Oustanding Performance in the field. His advisor is Joseph Thorton, Ph.D

See the full story here for more on the 537th Convocation and this year's list of Ph.D. and MD graduates receiving divisional awards for their research and overall excellence.