Congrats to 2019 MBT Graduates
Twenty-six students celebrated their graduation from the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford’s Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology Program on Saturday, December 7, 2019. The graduation ceremony was in the Robert J. Vickery MD Auditorium on the UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford, 1601 Parkview Ave.
The keynote speaker was former Rockford mayor Lawrence J. Morrissey and the speaker selected by the Class of 2019 was Adijan Kuckovic.
The following are the graduates of the Class of 2019:
- Lokha Ranjani Alagar Boopathy
- Andrew Canciamille
- Abhishek Deshpande
- Nahid Forouzandeh
- Anjhana Hariharasubramanian
- Nivedita Jaishankar
- Paul Jeong
- Sean Kampe
- Adijan Kuckovic
- Pragya Kumar
- Swarali Lele
- Sukhada Mukte
- Divya Sree Nagalati Sudhakar
- Rajini Nagaraj
- Timothy Nelligan
- Devesh Raizada
- Barani Ramadossrangasamy
- Bhargavi Ramesh
- Nikhil Ramesh
- Archana Shankar
- Anna Marie Smolucha
- Priyadarshini Thiruvalluvan Shanthi
- Gauri Tyagi
- Reshmii Venkatesan
- Elif Yagci Demirel
- Zao Yang
The Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology Program, which started in 2007, is part of the College of Medicine Rockford Department of Biomedical Sciences. It concentrates on biological processes, technologies and skill sets used in the research and development of pharmaceutical products, vaccines and devices for the medical industry.
MBT Program Presents 2019 Awards
Several students in the Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology Program received awards at the Dec. 7 Graduation Ceremony.
Academic Excellence Award:
Lokha Ranjani Alagar Boopathy
Andrew Canciamille
Pragya Kumar
Devesh Raizada
Archana Shankar
Elif Yagci Demirel
Research Innovation Award:
Rajini Nagaraj
Outstanding Research Award:
Anjhana Hariharasubramanian
Swarali Lele
Sukhada Mukte
Barani Ramadossrangasamy
Priyadarshini Thiruvalluvan Shanthi
Reshmii Venkatesan
Outstanding Service Award:
Adijan Kuckovic
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award:
Anjhana Hariharasubramanian
Thermo Fisher Scientific Overall Achievement Award:
Nikhil Ramesh
Faculty and staff of the MBT program also received awards.
Research Mentor Award
Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram, DVM, PhD
Vishal Khatri, PhD
Nikhil Chauhan, PhD
Excellence in Teaching Award
Kari Severson, PhD
Outstanding Service Award
Suah Cho