LabAutomation2008 Academic Travel Award Winners Announced

The following 33 individuals have been selected as the LabAutomation2008 Academic Travel Award recipients. These winners will receive complimentary travel and housing for LabAutomation2008, as well as a poster presentation to showcase their work.

Congratulations to the following Academic Travel Award Winners:

• Craig Blackhart, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
• Manish Bothara, Ph.D., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• Allen Chaparadza, B.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• David Eddington, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Axel Emmer, Fachhochschule Wiesbaden - University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden, Germany
• Barbara Fogarty, Ph.D., Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland
• Maojun Gong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States
• Jason Greene, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Shilpi Gupta, M.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• Peng He, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
• Nigel Kent, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Glasnevin, Ireland
• Michelle Kovarik, B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
• Vindhya Kunduru, M.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• Thom Leiding, M.S., Lund University, Lund, Sweden
• Margaret Lerch, B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
• Sara Lindstrom, M.S., The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
• Johannes Luderschmidt, B.S., University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
• Ekaterina Magonova, Pfizer, San Diego, California, United States
• Frank Masur, Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
• Divakara Meka, M.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• Peyman Najmabadi, Ph.D., University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
• Soren Skou Nielsen, M.S., Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
• Irena Nikcevic, B.S., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Derek Nowak, M.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• Evandro Piccin, M.S., University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
• Ketul Popat, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
• Alexander Price, M.S., Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
• Abdourahmane Ange Sar, M.S., University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Henrik Schiott Sorensen, Ph.D.,M.S., Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
• Hossein Tavana, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Shweta Ugaonkar, M.S., University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
• Vinu Venkatraman, M.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States
• Jinjin Zhou, Ph.D.,M.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States