Curriculum Vitae Highlights
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 April 2021)
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
2021 Smriti Bardhan Scholarship, Vanderbilt University
2020 Favorite Artist Award, Catalyst: A Virtual Sci-Art Exhibition
2020 Oral presentation award, SACNAS – The National Diversity in STEM Virtual Conference
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
2021 Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
2021 Medical Mycology Trainee Seminar Series, University of Utah
2021 Mycology Graduate Student Organization, University of Georgia
2021 MicroSeminar, International Society for Microbial Ecology
2021 Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering, Young Researchers Conference
2021 Andrew Murray Lab seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge
2020 Evan Eichler Lab seminar, University of Washington, Seattle
2020 Genetics Society of America, Science in a Snapshot Seminar Series
2020 Nicole King Lab seminar, University of California Berkeley
2020 The National Diversity in STEM Conference, SACNAS
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
2021-Pres. Member, Communication and Outreach Subcommittee, Genetics Society of America
2020-Pres. Founder and Chief Officer, SciArt with Purpose, https://jlsteenwyk.com/sciart.html
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
2018-Pres. Volunteer Deputy, American Society of Microbiology Vanderbilt University Chapter, Nashville, TN
2017-Pres. Educational outreach booth design and execution, MEGAMicrobe, Nashville, TN
2017-Pres. Communications chair, Inclusivity in Biosciences Association, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2017-Pres. Member, Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2017-Pres. Judge, Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
2019-2021 Co-chair, Communication and Outreach Subcommittee, Genetics Society of America
2019-2020 President, Inclusivity in Biosciences Association, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019-2020 Co-chair, MEGAMicrobe, Vanderbilt Institute for Infections, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN
2018-2019 Vice President, Inclusivity in Biosciences Association, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN