The CBS Student Board hosted the third-annual Golden Pipette Awards Thursday, March 3 at TCF Bank Stadium. The event honored CBS and other University faculty for their contributions to the CBS undergraduate experience. Awards were given in nine categories including most engaging, funniest, best research mentor and most passionate, along with the "Super Fan" award and best new dean. Dean Valery Forbes also presented the inaugural CBS Dean's Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards to faculty who hosted the 10 or more undergraduate researchers in their lab over the last year.
The 2016 Golden Pipette award winners are:
Most Engaging Professor (Upper Division)
Winner: Paul Siliciano(Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics)
![Janet Dubinsky Janet Dubinsky](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Dubinsky2.jpg)
Most Engaging Professor (Lower Division)
Winner: David Biesboer(Plant Biology)![David Biesboer David Biesboer](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Biesboer2.jpg)
![Anna Mosser Anna Mosser](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/mosser3.jpg)
Funniest Professor (Upper Division)
Winner: Robert Brooker(Genetics, Cell Biology and Development)![Robert Brooker Robert Brooker](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Brooker2.jpg)
![Eric Hendrickson Eric Hendrickson](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Hendrickson2.jpg)
Funniest Professor (Lower Division)
Winner: Steven McLoon(Neuroscience)![Steve McLoon Steve McLoon](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/McLoon_S.jpg)
![Duane Nykamp Duane Nykamp](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Nykamp.jpg)
Best Research Mentor
Winner: Ryan Hunter(Microbiology and Immunology)![Ryan Hunter Ryan Hunter](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Ryan_Hunter.jpg)
![Lawrence Wackett Lawrence Wackett](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Wackett2.jpg)
CBS Superfan
Winner: David Matthes(Biology Teaching and Learning)![David Matthes David Matthes](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Matthes3.jpg)
![Deena Wassenberg Deena Wassenberg](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Deena2.jpg)
Most Passionate Professor (Upper Division)
Winner: Christian Mohr(Microbiology and Immunology)![Christian Mohr Christian Mohr](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/ChristianMohr.jpg)
![Catherine Kirkpatrick](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/2023-09/portrait-17.jpg)
Most Passionate Professor (Lower Division)
Winner: Brian Gibbens(Biology Teaching and Learning)![Brian Gibbens Brian Gibbens](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Gibbens3.jpg)
![Peter Tiffin Peter Tiffin](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Tiffin2.jpg)
Outstanding New Dean
Valery Forbes![Valery Forbes Valery Forbes](/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/migrated-files/Forbes2.png)
Dean's Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards
- Fumi Katagiri (Plant Biology)
- Anindya Bagchi (Genetics, Cell Biology and Development)
- David Largaespada (Genetics, Cell Biology and Development)
- York Marahrens (Genetics, Cell Biology and Development)