The CBS Student Board recognizes faculty for their efforts in undergraduate education at the 2016 Golden Pipette Awards. 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)
Runner-up: Janet Dubinsky(Neuroscience)
Most Engaging Professor (Lower Division)
Winner: David Biesboer(Plant Biology)
Runner-up: Anna Mosser(Biology Teaching and Learning)

Funniest Professor (Upper Division)
Winner: Robert Brooker(Genetics, Cell Biology and Development)
Runner-up: Eric Hendrickson(Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics)
Funniest Professor (Lower Division)
Winner: Steven McLoon(Neuroscience)
Runner-up: Duane Nykamp(Mathematics)
Best Research Mentor
Winner: Ryan Hunter(Microbiology and Immunology)
Runner-up: Lawrence Wackett(Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics)
CBS Superfan
Winner: David Matthes(Biology Teaching and Learning)
Runner-up: Deena Wassenberg(Biology Teaching and Learning)
Most Passionate Professor (Upper Division)
Winner: Christian Mohr(Microbiology and Immunology)
Runner-up: Catherine Kirkpatrick(Biology Teaching and Learning)
Most Passionate Professor (Lower Division)
Winner: Brian Gibbens(Biology Teaching and Learning)
Runner-up: Peter Tiffin(Plant Biology)
Outstanding New Dean
Valery Forbes
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)