The Pasquale Porcelli Award for Graduate Research Excellence has been presented to three doctoral students: Carolyn Chun, Jens Christensen, and Adam Lowrance. Carolyn Chun has coauthored four research papers and has presented her research at conferences in both Canada and New Zealand. Jens Christensen has written or coauthored three research papers, presented numerous talks outside LSU, and has spent a Research Semester off campus at MIT, visiting Prof. Sigurdur Helgason. Adam Lowrance has written three research papers and has spent a Research Semester off campus visiting Prof. Peter Ozsvath at Columbia University.