John Bogdan Jr. '86 of Westminster, Md., will receive the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) Fellows Award from the Department of Biology on Friday, Sept. 16. The award will be presented following a lecture on careers in science and biotechnology beginning at noon in the auditorium of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. The program is open to the campus community.

Bogdan is a scientific review administrator at the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, where he specializes in the review of grants and contracts for biocontainment laboratory construction, bioinformatics database development, and vaccine and therapeutic research in the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by Category A-C priority pathogens and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

He received a bachelor of science degree in biology from Rensselaer in 1986. He earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from SUNY Buffalo.

The RAA Fellows Award honors alumni or friends of Rensselaer who set an example by their professional or personal achievements and by their service to Rensselaer.

Originally published in Campus.News on August 22, 2005.

Published August 23, 2005