2010 Awards Banquet

Governor Jack Markell presented the 2010 Delaware Governors’ Biotechnology Fund Scholarships to three students at the May 17th, 2010 Awards Banquet held at the Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club.

Scholarships were presented to Charles Eke, a student at Delaware State University; Nathan Pomroy, a student at Delaware Technical and Community College; and Melanie Smith, a student at the University of Delaware.

Charles Eke of Plainfield, NJ is a rising junior at Delaware State University. He plans to continue his studies to achieve a Ph.D degree in cell biology, expand his research experience, and establish his own laboratory. Eke will be participating this summer in a 10-week biomedical research internship program at Cornell University Medical School.

Nathan Pomroy of Wilmington, DE is a student at Delaware Technical and Community College, Stanton campus. He is pursuing an Associate’s Degree in Biotechnology and Chemistry and scheduled to graduate next year. He plans to continue his studies in this field and work toward a Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Delaware. Pomroy is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq 2002-2003.

Melanie Smith of Newark, DE is a rising senior at the University of Delaware in the honors program where she is pursuing a bachelor’s of science degree in biological sciences with a concentration in biotechnology and a minor in biochemical engineering. She has worked as an undergraduate researcher at the A.I. DuPont Hospital’s medicine lab. Smith plans to continue her post-graduate studies in the field of biotechnology.

Governor Jack Markell praised the student scholarship winners saying that he was impressed with their biographies. Remarking that one of the students is from Delaware and two are from other states, he said, “ Our job is to keep you here. We are trying to build an economy of companies and emerging industries that need talented, educated people, and that want to be here because we can supply those employees.”

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