Raymond H. Berner Graduate School Scholarship Program in Molecular Biosciences

Raymond H. Berner was born in November 1913 in Chicago, Illinois and moved west after World War II where he worked as a quality control inspector for the aircraft/aerospace industry then retired at an early age. He spent 25 years of his life as a resident of Douglas County and Carson City, Nevada and died on March 12, 2004 at the age of 90. Ray was cognizant of the need for higher education and upon the death of his wife Margaret in December 2015, the Berner Trusts were distributed equally to four institutions to endow perpetual funds in his name to provide grants-in-aid to graduate and undergraduate students. The University of Nevada, Reno Foundation, Northwestern University, the University of California, Berkeley Foundation and the University of Illinois Foundation are the grateful beneficiaries.

The Raymond H. Berner graduate scholarship provides educational funding to students in four categories within the Molecular Biosciences graduate programs. To nominate a student, please contact the graduate program director.

• Biochemistry: Ian Wallace
• Cell and Molecular Biology: Subhash Verma
• Cellular Molecular Pharmacology Physiology: Seungil Ro

In order to be eligible for this scholarship program, current students must have completed the annual general scholarship application. It is available in the supplemental forms section of students' MyNEVADA account. Submission must occur between October 1 and February 15 for the subsequent academic year. In order to be eligible, students nominated for a Berner Scholarship must have been admitted to their program without an exception-to-policy (e.g., due to low GPA).

2022-2023 Raymond H. Berner Scholarship award recipients

The following students were awarded Berner Scholarships:

• Kabita Adhikari - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Simindokht Aliabadi - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Ria Anand - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Gain Baek - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Allison Bartlett - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Fatemeh Charkhtab Basim - Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Arnab Biswas - Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Sarah Brianne Welby - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Ning Chang - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Hayeong Cho - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Isis Dakota Strickland - Biochemistry, Ph.D.
• Sushmita Debnath - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Pavani Dilshanika Ponnimbaduge Perera - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Karla Elizabeth Flores Martinez - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Elizabeth Ellen Walsh - Biochemistry, Ph.D.
• Chase Fiore - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Silvana G. Cooper - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Omar Garcia Cruz - Biochemistry, M.S.
• Shipra Goswami - Biochemistry, M.S.
• Katherine Izzat Gabrie - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Hailey J. Hermann - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Lauren Jones - Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Ryan K. Olen - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Jacob L. Dayton - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Serena Lee - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Johnathan Lomas - Biochemistry, Ph.D.
• Irene Louise Richardson - Biochemistry, Ph.D.
• Lauryn Massic - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Isabella Mcgowen - Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Emer Ni Bhraonain - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Ariany Oliveira Santos Nicolich - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Bethany Ponte - Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Yaw Quagraine, Sr - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.
• Athira RK - Biochemistry, Ph.D.
• Arianna Thoksakis - Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Maeve Vittoria Nave - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Ph.D.
• Taiana Vlemincq-Mendieta - Anthropology, Ph.D.
• Simon Whitton - Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Andrew Zareie - Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D.