Grants & Fellowships
2019-2021
USDA NIFA Pre-doctoral Fellowship ($120,000), The Pennsylvania State University
Title: Tracing Astringency from Plant to Chocolate Using Human and Chemical Methods
2018
The Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture INTAD Competitive Grant ($2,500)
Title: Does a national sensory panel improve food quality? An exploratory study with Honduran cocoa liquor
2015
Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellowship, Ghent University ($25,000)
2011-2013
European Masters in Food Studies Fellowship, Wageningen University (€10,000)
Awards
2017-2021
Edith and William B. Rosskam, II Memorial Scholarship in Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University
2019
IFT Dr. Richard L. Hall Scholarship in Flavor Science, The Pennsylvania State University
2008
Research Chefs (RCA) Foundation Scholarship, The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
2019-2020
John and Jane Ziegler Graduate Award in Sensory Science, The Pennsylvania State University
2017-2018
NY/NJ American Association of Confectionery Technologists Walter Hopkins Memorial Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University
2006
Kellogg’s Research, Quality and Technology Scholarship, University of Illinois
2019-2020
Ira W. Minter Memorial Award, The Pennsylvania State University
2017-2018
Fred and Florence Jacobson Food Science Graduate Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University
2003-2007
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholarship, University of Illinois
2019-2020
Ira W. Minter Memorial Award, The Pennsylvania State University
2017-2018
IFT Sensory and Consumer Sciences Division PhD Degree Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University
2003
Illinois General Assembly Legislative Scholarship, University of Illinois