Zuniga Lab | Computational Biotechnology Research Group
2026, New Voices Infection & Immunity (IAI) of the American Society for Microbiology
2026-2027, ARI-NextGen Fellowship awarded to Salina Berhe
2026-2027, ARI-NextGen Fellowship awarded to Shaila Prasad
2026-2027, Research and Creative Activity (CORE) Fellowship awarded to Gabriela Canto-Encalada
2026, U.S. DOE Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) awarded to Barbara Saucedo
2025-2026, ARI-NextGen Fellowship awarded to Alannah Harnden
2025, WILEY, Top Viewed Article, Microbial Biotechnology, A model industrial workhorse: Bacillus subtilis strain 168 and its genome after a quarter of a century.
2025, Assigned time, DRI-SDSU
2025-2026, ARI-NextGen Fellowship awarded to Barbara Saucedo
2025, Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program, Alannah Harnden.
2025, Michelle Alex was accepted to Medical School A.T. Still University SOMA’s DO program
2025, Acceptance to the 2025 EMLS Summer School: From Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Agent-Based Science to Gabriela Canto-Encalada
2024, NASA STAR (Spaceflight Technology, Applications and Research), training Award
2024-2025, Mabel Myers Memorial Scholarship awarded to Zimri Mena
2024-2025, Harold & June Grant Memorial Scholarship awarded to Barbara Saucedo
2024-2025, Harold & June Grant Memorial Scholarship awarded to Alannah Harnden
2024, NSLI-Y: Summer 2024 Study Abroad Scholarship to Seoul, South Korea awarded to Mason Raymond
2023, NASA. 2023 Phase 1 awardee of the MUREP Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN)
2023, National Microbiome Collaborative, Department of Energy, Champion Award
2023, CSUPERB: Spring 2023 Student Travel Grant Program awarded to Gabriela Canto-Encalada
2023, The 16th SDSU Student Symposium Dean’s Award: Imperial Valley Campus awarded to Gabriela Canto-Encalada
2023, The 16th SDSU Student Symposium President’s Award awarded to Ila Peeler
2023, Winner of the “GO” decision of the CSU I-Corps program (Award #1735714) awarded to “Biotechnicolor” team from Zuniga Lab
Grants Research and Enterprise Writing (GREW) Fellowship – Fall
SDSU 2022, Inclusive Excellence Fellowship Summer 2022, SDSU
BSURE – Boosting Spaceflight Underrepresented Researcher Equity, Fellowship NASA
I-CORPS CSU Fellowship and GO decision for I-CORPS national
Assigned time, DRI-SDSU
Funding Support for Postdoctoral Fellowships, DRI-SDSU
2022-2023, Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship (PGRF) awarded to Gabriela Canto-Encalada
2020, Water Journal Board Member
2019, Guided Engineering Apprenticeship in Research program (GEAR) advisor UCSD
2019, Member of the National System of Research, Level 1 CONACYT, Mexico
2017, Illustrious Guest at Alas Peruanas University, Lima, Peru
2016, Postdoctoral scholar fellowship 237897, CONACYT, $48K award
2014, Academic merit medal, PhD in biotechnology UAM-I, Mexico, DF
2011, Poster award XIII National Congress of Biotechnology and Engineering SMBB
2010, Academic merit medal, master in science of biotechnology UAM-I, Mexico, DF
2007, Recognition as one of the best graduates from the country of engineering in biotechnology. National Association of Colleges and Schools of Engineering (ANFEI) of Mexico