SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS
- 2011 NSF Polymer Division Grant
- 2011 Office of Naval Research Young- Investigator Program Award (ONR-YIP)
- 2011 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant
- 2010 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant
- 2008 ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science (PMSE)
- 2008 Frank J. Padden, Jr. Award for Excellence in Polymer Physics (Finalist)
- 2008 XEROX Technical Minority Scholarship
- 2007 MRS Graduate Silver Award
- 2007 Best Poster Award, MDITR Conference and Expo
- 2007 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Science Research Award (ACS POLY Division)
- 2005 Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Award Fellowship, Gordon Conference
- 2004 UCLA Graduate Division Award Fellowship (only one awarded)
- 2003 Bell Labs Graduate Research Fellowship, Lucent Technologies (2003-2007)
- 2003 CSULA Graduate Student of the Year Award
- 2001 NIH-Fellowship (MBRS-RISE Program, California State University- Los Angeles)
