The following are select highlights from my Curriculum Vitae.
To see the full version of my CV, please see here: Jacob L. Steenwyk's CV (last updated Oct. 2020)

Education

Pres.   Graduate Student, Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
       Advisor: Antonis Rokas
       GPA: 3.97
2016   M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA
       Advisor: John G. Gibbons
       GPA: 3.98
2015   B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA
       Advisor: Denis Larochelle
       Summa cum laude
       Cumulative GPA: 3.84
       Science GPA: 3.84

Select Awards

2020   Registration scholarship, SACNAS – The National Diversity in STEM Virtual Conference
2020   Best Talk Honorable mention, Canadian Fungal Research Network Meeting
2020   Trainee-of-the-Year, Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
2019   Gilliam Predoctoral Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2019   Ann Bernard Martin Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, Vanderbilt University
2019   Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health
2019   Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation
2019   Graduate student travel grant, Vanderbilt University
2019   Curb Center Fellow, ArtLab, Vanderbilt University
2018   GENETICS Peer Review Training Program, Genetics Society of America
2018   Best poster award, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology, Gordon Research Seminar
2018   Best poster award, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology, Gordon Research Conference
2018   Best poster award, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
2018   T-shirt design contest winner, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University

Select Invited Talks

2020   Genetics Society of America, Science in a Snapshot Seminar Series (forthcoming)
2020   The National Diversity in STEM Conference, SACNAS (forthcoming)
2020   Canadian Fungal Research Network Meeting
2020   Graduate trainee-of-the-year talk, Vanderbilt University, VI4, Annual Symposium
2020   Day of Wond’ry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019   Genetics Society of America, Science in a Snapshot Seminar Series
2019   Gordon Research Conference, Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution, Easton, MA
2019   Gordon Research Seminar, Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution, Easton, MA (declined)
2019   Focal Point, ArtLab, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019   30th Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA
2019   Phylogenomics and Evolution Group of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Select Service

2019-Pres.   Co-chair, Communication and Outreach Subcommittee, Genetics Society of America
2019-Pres.   Inclusion Coordinator, The Evolutionary Studies Initiative at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019-Pres.   Graphic Illustrator, The Evolutionary Studies Initiative at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019-Pres.   President, Inclusivity in Biosciences Association, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2018-Pres.   Volunteer Deputy, American Society of Microbiology Vanderbilt University Chapter, Nashville, TN
2017-Pres.   Communications chair, Inclusivity in Biosciences Association, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2017-Pres.   Judge, Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
2019-2020   Co-chair, MEGAMicrobe, Nashville, TN