Awards & Honors

• First prize in PhD oral presentation at the 2008 Hawaii Chapter of American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting
• First prize in PhD poster presentation in the 2008 College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Student Symposium (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
  
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant – 20th North American Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Conference - 2007
  
• First prize in PhD oral presentation in the 2007 College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Student Symposium (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
  
• First prize in MS oral presentation in the 2005 College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Student Symposium (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
  
• Award of Merit for MS Student Oral Presentation in the 2004 CTAHR Symposium (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
  
• Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture - 2005 (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
  
• Alpha Chi National College Honor Society - 1999 (Hawaii Pacific University)
  
• Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society - Phi Kappa Chapter – 2000 (Hawaii Pacific University)
  
• Dean’s List – 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001(Hawaii Pacific University)
  
• Presidential Academic Scholarship – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (Hawaii Pacific University)
  
• The President’s Award for Academic Achievement - 1997 (Hawaii Tokai International College)
  
• Presidential Scholarship Award – 1997 (Hawaii Tokai International College)