Photo Gallery: 2023 Outstanding Science Alumni Award Ceremony

20 April 2023

The Penn State Eberly College of Science has selected three alumni to be honored with the Outstanding Science Alumni Award for 2023. The Board of Directors of the Eberly College of Science Alumni Society established this award to recognize alumni who have a record of significant professional achievements in their field and who are outstanding role models for students in the college. The winners were presented with an award during an event held on the University Park campus on April 6, 2023.

Recipients of this year’s award are:

Trevor S. Brown, 2005 Ph.D. Integrative Bioscience
Sara C. Gallagher, 2002 Ph.D. Astronomy
Kristen Ries, 1962 B.S. Secondary Education and 1963 M.S. Biological Science

The 2023 Outstanding Science Alumni Award statue.

Alumnus Trevor Brown shakes hands with Dean Tracy Langkilde. Credit: Michelle Bixby.

Alumna Sarah Gallagher shakes hands with Dean Tracy Langkilde. Credit: Michelle Bixby.

Alumna Sarah Gallagher. Credit: Michelle Bixby.

Alumna Kristen Ries shakes hands with Dean Tracy Langkilde. Credit: Michelle Bixby.

Alumna Kristen Ries. Credit: Michelle Bixby

From left to right: Andy Santacroce (President of the Eberly College of Science Alumni Society Board), Sarah Gallagher, Kristen Ries, Trevor Brown, and Tracy Langkilde (Verne M. Willaman Dean, Eberly College of Science).