Throughout his career, Erik Andrulis has been recognized for his accomplishments in education, research, teaching, and leadership. For example, while an undergraduate at University of Rochester (UR), he was consistently on the Dean’s List for maintaining a high grade point average. After graduating from UR in 1992 with his B.S. degree, Erik Andrulis received a Student Research Training Program fellowship from the National Cancer Institute for pre-doctoral studies. In 1993, the National Cancer Institute was so impressed with his research contributions that they granted Erik Andrulis a General Fellowship. He left NCI when State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY) accepted him as a doctoral student in molecular biology and biochemistry. While working toward his Ph.D., Erik Andrulis undertook a number of teaching and research duties, winning a SUNY Honors in Teaching award, a travel fellowship from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and an Excellence in Research Award from the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. After he graduated with his Ph.D., SUNY honored Dr. Erik Andrulis with an Excellence in Graduate Research Award for his landmark study published in Nature.

Serving as a postdoctoral fellow with Cornell University from 1998 to 2003, Dr. Erik Andrulis was awarded the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Public Health Service from the National Institutes of Health. During his recruitment to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, he was awarded and recognized as a Mount Sinai Health Care Foundation scholar. While working as an assistant professor at CWRU, Dr. Andrulis received a competitive R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health and, for his service in the classroom, received teaching reviews that were always high. Finally, demonstrating his commitment to and leadership in the larger CWRU community, Dr. Erik Andrulis won second place in the University’s 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr., Faculty/Staff Essay Contest.