Weslee S. Glenn (PhD '13) holds an SB in Chemistry from Hampton University and was a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry (at the Sarah O'Connor lab) at the time of receiving an MLK Leadership Award. He was honored for his role in the development of teacher training material on the topic of reducing stereotype threat [view PDF].

He is the recipient of numerous other awards and fellowships:

National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2010-13
Walter L. Hughes Award(MIT), 2010
Henry A. Hill Fellowship, 2009-10
MIT Institute Fellowship, 2008-09
MIT Chemical Biology Trainee, 2008-09
HBCU Undergraduate Program Scholar, 2005-08
Hampton University Presidential Scholar, 2004-08