Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes

Graduate Student Award

The Graduate Student Award is given to the Master of Science in Forensic Science student with the highest GPA. Previous winners include:

2022 – Alexandra Kuchinos

2021 – Amber Rose

2020 – Celeste Lambert

2019 – Jessica McFarland

2018 – Emily Parchuke

2017 – Allison Murray

2016 – Kaitlyn Hess

2015 – Sean Block

2014 – Lauren Cohen

Several of our master’s students have received awards from the forensic science community for academic excellence. Recipients include:

Tori Schaffer, Recipient of Jan Basinski Memorial Scholarship, The Forensic Science Foundation, 2022.

Skyler Williams – Recipient of 2022 Carol De Forest Research Grant from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Kelsey Patterson -  1st Place Poster Presentation (HPTLC of Tryptamine Based Hallucinogens), Delaware Valley Chromatography Forum, 2022.

Mia Fabbri, 2nd place poster presentation )Separation of Hallucinogenic Tryptamines Using HPLC-PDA and UPLC-PDA/QDa), Delaware Valley Chromatography Forum, 2022.

Alexandra Kuchinos – Delta Delta Epsilon Travel Grant to Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Science, 2022.

Alexandra Kuchinos – Recipient of the 2021 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Kirstin Siegfried - Recipient of 2020 Carol De Forest Memorial Research Grant from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Amber Rose – Recipient of 2020 Peter R. De Forest Forensic Science Student Research Award (best graduate presentation) from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Amber Rose – Recipient of the 2020 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Delilah DeWilde - Recipient of New York Microscopical Society Travel Award, Eastern Analytical Symposim, 2018.

Jessica McFarland - Recipient of New York Microscopical Society Travel Award, Eastern Analytical Symposim, 2018.

Delilah DeWilde - Recipient of 2018 Carol De Forest Memorial Research Grant from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Gabrielle Smith - Recipient of 2018 Carol De Forest Memorial Research Grant from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Nicholas Lararia -  Recipient of 2018 Scholarship from the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists.

Emily Parchuke ‘18 – Recipient of the 2018 Emerging Forensic Scientist Award from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Haley Melbourne – Recipient of 2018 Scholarship from the New Jersey Association of Forensic Scientists.

Nick Laraia – Recipient of 2017 Peter R. De Forest Forensic Science Student Research Award (best graduate presentation) from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Emily Williamson ‘17 – Recipient of 2017 Scholarship from the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists.

Clare Fried '17 – Forensic Science Foundation Travel Grant to the 2017 annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans.

Emily Parchuke ’18 – Recipient of the 2016 Carol De Forest Memorial Research Grant from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Angelica Wilz ’17 – Recipient of 2016 Peter R. DeForest Forensic Science Student Research Award (best graduate presentation) from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Chandler Grant ’17 – Recipient of 2016 Carol De Forest Memorial Research Grant from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Emily Prisaznik '18 – Recipient of the 2016 Scholarship from the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists.

Kaitlyn Hess '16 – Recipient of the 2015 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Heidi Campbell – Recipient of the 2014 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Emily Myers '15 – Recipient of the 2014 Carol De Forest Memorial Research Grant from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Lauren Cohen – Recipient of a 2014 New Jersey Association of Forensic Scientists Scholarship.

Jennifer Leach - Recipient of a 2014 Peter De Forest Research Award from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Caitlyn Deppen ’15 – Recipient of a 2014 Peter DeForest Research Award from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Jennifer Bonetti ’12 – Recipient of a 2010 National Institute of Justice/Forensic Science Foundation Student Research Grant.

Jennifer Bonetti ’12, Megan Crowley ’13, Kristen Johnson ’12, Manal Khalil ’13, and Kayla Sween ’13 – Winners of 2012 Best Student Paper Award for published paper titled, “Forensic Science Administration and Ideals for Laboratory Management,” from Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal.

Lindsay Carbone ’11 – Recipient of a $20,000 Innov-X-Systems Academic & Research Relations Grant.

Michelle De Paola ’10 – Recipient of the 2007 New Jersey Association of Forensic Scientists Scholarship.

Kaitlin Hafer ’14 – Recipient of the 2012 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Kristin Johnson ’12 – Recipient of the 2011 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Stacie Kaufman ’09 – Recipient of the 2008 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Manal Khalil ’13 – Recipient of a 2011 National Institute of Justice/Forensic Science Foundation Student Research Grant.

Christina Mulligan ’09 – Recipient of the 2007 George Neighbor Memorial Scholarship from the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists.

Michelle Schmidt ’11 – 2011 Society of Forensic Toxicologist Student Research Award.

Michelle Schmidt ’10 – Recipient of a 2010 National Institute of Justice/Forensic Science Foundation Student Research Grant.

Megan Zellner ’08 – Winner of the 2007 Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists Collegiate Competition.