2024 Graduating Senior and University Awards
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence In Undergraduate Research—Dean Keith Simonton Prize
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Alexandra Serna Godoy
V. Glenn Winslow Jr. Award
Biological Sciences
Andrew Tran
Rost Family Biology K-12 Education Scholarship
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Akanksha Pabari
Ronald and Lydia Baskin Research Award
Biomedical Engineering
Anna Kolesov
Molecular and Medical Microbiology; Computer Science
Anthony Weidner
College of Biological Sciences Undergraduate of the Year
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
Kyle Elshoff
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Neha Gondra
College of Biological Sciences Medal
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Carmina Alves
Meet this year's top undergraduate award recipients!
2024 Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards
Alden S. Crafts Scholarship
Plant Biology
Jaden Darmali
Plant Sciences
- Ozan Dogrul
- Sriram Srinivas
Alys Hay Travel Award
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Aaron Dukes
Barbara Horwitz and John Horowitz Undergraduate Scholarship in Physiology
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Asher Khattak
- Ya Phoo
Edward Dussich Memorial Scholarship
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gemma Le
Gary D. Hori STEM Award
Cell Biology
- Hamza Abdelrahman
- Harnejan Atwal
- Ryan Burke
- Bilan Ismail Simran Kaur
- Alexis Lyon
- Rashmi Parashar
- Benay Taylor
- Zhiyuan Yu
George and Ann Lin Honors Scholarship
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
Lila Magbilang
Henry and Norma Hom Scholarship
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Alvaro Felix-Estrada
John and Jeanne Pryor Educational Support Award
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Jacqueline Ballesteros
- Chinemerem Elelleh
- David Hodges
- Hector Magana Romero
Biological Sciences
- Zena Al-Saidali
- Mustafa Alesmail
- Jazmin Avalos-Garibay
- Alyssa Bathke
- Vanessa Campos
- Joseph Garcia
- Jeslyn Garcia Guerra
- Brandon Mendiola
- Emily Montes
- Monica Nava
- Angelica Ortiz Fernandez
Cell Biology
Campbell Le
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
- Rachel Lester
- Aliya Magdaleno
- Valeria Tinoco Perez
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Mia Calderon
Psychology
Kayli Dela Rosa
Undeclared Life Sciences
Angelique Holguin
Kathleen C. Green Scholarship in Biology
Biological Sciences
- Simran Kaur
- Salsala Nasim
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gemma Le
Cell Biology
- Darya Einollahi
- Bilan Ismail
- Benay Taylor
- Sabrina Truong
Human Biology
Simran Gakhal
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
- Tala Abboushi
- Samantha Medina
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Anika Minoji
- Ya Phoo
Kathryn S. Hinchee-Rodriguez, Ph.D. Award
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Marisa Carelli
Katrina K. Hoyer and Shane G. Smith Family Scholarship
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Mahmood Ikram
Liliane D. Wells Scholarship
Plant Biology
- Matthew Part
- Katelyn Tung
Lois and John Crowe Scholarship
Biological Sciences
- Stephanie Bahena
- Jiho Baik
- Hailey Davis
- Stuart Kennedy
- Girija Swami
Louise and Eric Conn Undergraduate Scholarship in Biochemistry
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lawrence Cheung
Mark Presky and Marsha Saltman Biological Sciences Scholarship
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
- Caitlyn Left
- Simoun Raga
Milauskas Family Scholarship
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Carmina Alves
- Srutik Nagamalla
- Akshaya Ravi
Nieland Family Award
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
Andrew Matayoshi
Oliver Leonard Memorial Scholarship
Plant Biology
Dustin Lower
Robert A. Kucer Student Research Award
Plant Biology
Dustin Lower
Robert Thornton Memorial Award
Plant Biology
Abigail Broderick
Robyn L. Smith Family Scholarship
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Soren Johnson
Steve and Tammy Conston Scholarship
Biological Sciences
Salsala Nasim
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Simoun Raga
Verne and Katinka Mendel Scholarship
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Carmina Alves
- Srutik Nagamalla
Wilfred William Robbins Award
Plant Biology
Dustin Lower
Debbie and Rick Yaver Scholarship in Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
- Marissa Brooks
- Emily Xu
2024 Undergraduate Research Awards
Alumni to Aggie Student Research Award
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Rohini Sambyal
Biological Sciences
Di Yang
Charles and Nanci Cooper Undergraduate Research Award
Cell Biology
Peiyi Liu
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jedidiah Peek
Dean’s Circle Undergraduate Research Award
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sydney Becker
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
Nadia Sparenberg
Genetics and Genomics
Neha Hariharan
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Tianna Le
John Cuppoletti and Danuta H. Malinowska Award in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Angel Perez
Kendra M. Chan Award
- Theo Kyser
- Aishu Santosh
Khaira Family Experiential Learning Award
Biological Sciences
Azucena Virgen
Cell Biology
Darian Debortoli
Human Biology
Conrad Tang
Maud Wrightson Hinchee, Ph.D. Undergraduate Research Award
Biological Sciences
Ethan Perez
Robert and Rosabel Osborne Undergraduate Research Awards
Biological Sciences
Shay Xinying Wang
Environmental Science and Management
- Kaelin Campbell
- Caroline Donohew
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
- Siiri Hamberg
- Mingyuan Zhu
Marine and Coastal Science
- Zoe Fricker
- Lainie Mikeska
Undeclared
Saira Erfan
Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology
Valentina Montes
Roy H. Doi Undergraduate Research Award
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cheryl Yee
Stacey Roberts and Michael Lassner Award
Biological Sciences
Max Kelly
2024 Outstanding Senior and Distinguished Scholar Awards
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Evan Gehres (outstanding senior)
- Evan Roybal (outstanding senior)
- Eli Bejarano
- Ellianna Damozonio
- Gemma Le
- Sebastian Liu
- Michelle Lopez Ramos
- Kayla Louie
- Aishini Singh
- Aman Singla
- Michael Tsortos
- Melinda Wong
Biological Sciences
- Jonah Abu-Ghazaleh (outstanding senior; distinguished scholar)
- Madison An
- Harnejan Atwal
- Amrit Bains
- Ali Dehghani
- Ryan Hioe
- Aisha Saiyed
- Jalal Saleh
- Jalena Wouters
- Zhiyuan Yu
Cell Biology
Jackson Crane (outstanding senior)
Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity
- Kyle Elshoff (outstanding senior; distinguished scholar)
- Sindhu Bala
Genetics and Genomics
- Meghana Mahantesh Magadum (outstanding senior; distinguished scholar)
- Jaskaran Halait
- Ella Halberstadt
- Claire Hsieh
- Nathan Ng
- Liana Williams
Human Biology
- Alec Gerges (outstanding senior; distinguished scholar)
- Laila Mae Canosa
- Simranpreet Gakhal
- Puneet Kaler
- Bohan Li
- Nathan Shimamoto
- Gabriella Tenret
- Ma The Su Thu
Marine and Coastal Science
Zoe Brumbaugh (outstanding senior; distinguished scholar)
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
- Akanksha Pabari (outstanding senior; distinguished scholar)
- Ariana Enriquez
- Ethan Hintz
- Anthony Weidner
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
- Ansh Jain (outstanding senior; distinguished scholar)
- Carmina Alves
- Avalon Babros
- Liebe Cho
- Jenna Dohner
- Kareelynn Donjuan Fernandez
- Massie Gardizi
- Neha Gondra
- Cameron Hawk
- David Hunter
- Zara Imran
- Kriti Iyer
- Kiruba Jeyaseelan
- Alexandria Long
- Wen Min
- Anika Minoji
- Rosalyn Muniz
- Shreyas Raj
- Aalia Raza
- Jordan Shore
- Sweta Tummala
- Tanishq Vaidya
- Faith Zirkelbach-Ngai
Plant Biology
- Dustin Lower (outstanding senior)
- Xiaoyan Liu
- Yuchen Liu
Systems and Synthetic Biology
Jonathan Sunkan (outstanding senior)
2024 Department Citations
Department citations are given to graduating seniors with a UC GPA of 3.7 or higher, and who graduate between summer of the year prior through spring of the current year. Students are listed below by major.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Taha Al Tekreeti
- Taeyeon Cha
- Ezra Chan
- Ross Charboneau
- Carolyn Chiu
- Amelia Chu
- Ellianna Damozonio
- Tracy Dao
- Justin Dinh
- John Abram Flores
- Evan Gehres
- Ayesha Ghazali
- Rianna Gonzales
- Noman Hashimi
- Erik Hay
- Oksana Hura
- Isabelle Jacobsen
- Angela Jiang
- Sumi Kimura
- Allison Kwon
- Dylan Kwong
- Gemma Le
- Sebastian Liu
- Michelle Lopez Ramos
- Kayla Louie
- Wayson Luo
- Marwa Mayar
- George Mo
- Elissa Nakano
- Brian Nguyen
- Kimberly Nguyen
- Katelyn Nielsen
- Chi Phan
- Ezequiel Ponce
- Noel Riely
- Evan Roybal
- Aishini Singh
- Aman Singla
- Colin Snell
- Akshanth Srivatsa
- Audrey Telkamp
- Kathy Ton
- Ethan Tran
- Trish Tran
- Jenevieve Weissman
- Melinda Wong
- Simon Wu
- Michael Yasuda
- Isaac Yu
- Xinran Yu
- Jiakun Zhai
- Yilin Zheng
Biological Sciences
- Jonah Abu-Ghazaleh
- Zakee Ahmed
- Fahad Alhworani
- Madison An
- Amrit Bains
- Ashley Betchart
- Deepika Bhardwaj
- Sania Bhella
- Emily Bogetich
- Lucas Bubica
- Sophia Buckley
- Ryan Burke
- Adam Bynder
- Erin Cashin
- Tianrong Chen
- Grace Cheng
- Sally Chenh
- Carmen Chow
- Lily Crook
- Julissa De La Torre
- Ali Dehghani
- Rance Del Mar
- Anna Dethlefson
- Maria Do
- Francisco Fabregas
- Anika Freimuth
- Lisa Gu
- Dillon Hallman-Cook
- Yuzhou Hong
- Grant Huez
- Ahmad Ikram
- Bilan Ismail
- Jasmine Jackson
- Elika Javaheri
- Ashmeet Kaur
- Simran Kaur
- Kaitlyn Keshishian
- Amir Khorsand
- Morgan Krueger
- Donnawhitte Le
- Mao Li
- Weini Lin
- Jingqi Liu
- Tongtong Liu
- Leah Ma
- Atticus Mackey
- Zach Mccauley
- Aeddon Mckaba
- Yu-Ping Meng
- Manu Moganti
- Ryan Moran
- Sara Mukai
- Karthik Nandakumar
- Salsala Nasim
- Han Nguyen
- Caitlin Nix
- Yingzhou Pan
- Arshpal Parmar
- Veronica Patton
- Claire Pearson
- Khloe Rosemund Rodriguez
- Renee Rosiles
- Khalid Saif
- Aisha Saiyed
- Ronak Sancheti
- Jonathan Schurr
- Ye Shu
- Garja Singh
- Kristin Tam
- Benay Taylor
- Andrew Tran
- Evelyn Vega
- Rebecca Wang
- Michelle Weiby
- Jalena Wouters
- David Yang
- Zhiyuan Yu
Cell Biology
- Rutab Anjum
- Madhulika Appajodu
- Jordan Burrise
- Jackson Crane
- Brian Huang
- Meera Mallya
- Julia Michels
- Lorin See
- Yibo Shi
- Nicole Tng
- Sabrina Truong
- Sohaib Usman
- Brian Wong
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
- Sindhu Bala
- Kyle Elshoff
- Miranda Lowe-Webb
- Maya Michels
Genetics and Genomics
- Sophia Chen
- Anthony David
- Jaskaran Halait
- Claire Hsieh
- Junda Huang
- Ana Jauregui
- Shiyu Ji
- Nicholas Kaiser
- Xingchen Liu
- Amina Muhic
- Nathan Ng
- Clarissa Otto
- Melody Shiau
- Alexandria Skinner
- Urmi Vaidya
Human Biology
- Erica Chiu
- Gloria Devitt
- Marissa Durst
- Scarlette Ernst
- Simranpreet Gakhal
- Alec Gerges
- Jeanne Huynh
- Puneet Kaler
- Jasprit Kaur
- Peter Mazzotta
- Alan Nava
- Gurshan Rai
- Nathan Shimamoto
- Gabriella Tenret
- Thae Su Thu
- Angelina Tran
- Georgia Tucker
Marine and Coastal Science – Marine Ecology and Organismal Biology
- Zoe Brumbaugh
- Sammuel Huang
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
- Tala Abboushi
- Aiperi Aruueva
- Gregory Bui
- Juhi Desai
- Ariana Enriquez
- Ethan Hintz
- Anhha Ho
- Cassie Huang
- Kavya Khandelwal
- Evan Maher
- Macey Mcadams
- Daisy Montoya
- Alyssa Nguyen
- Akanksha Pabari
- Micah Suan
- Kayla Valdez
- Anthony Weidner
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Takhmina Abdul
- Darren Adela
- Sasha Afroz
- Marco Alarcon
- Carmina Alves
- Laila Ardalan
- Luxi Arnold
- Vishalakshi Arun
- Caroline Au
- Rohin Ayuby
- Beatrice Begley
- Kandace Bui
- Vinh Bui
- Jalen Chang
- Divya Chimmi
- Liebe Cho
- Olivia Cho
- Soham Choudhary
- Jenna Dohner
- Michael Donoghue
- Ella Fenstermaker
- Diana Freed
- Massie Gardizi
- Brandon Gatanaga
- Neha Gondra
- Emily Guo
- Vinayak Harikumar
- Julienne Harmon
- Cameron Hawk
- Brandon Hong
- Katie Huang
- Sophie Huang
- Athena Huntalas
- David Hunter
- Zara Imran
- Kriti Iyer
- Ansh Jain
- Oriana Jalal
- Soren Johnson
- Bhavdeep Kahlon
- Gabriella Kaiser
- Yoonah Kang
- Jonathan Kaslow
- Navdeep Kaur
- Michelle Khuong
- Katherine Kim
- Paul Kim
- Ehlen Kokka
- Matthew Lee
- Jessie Lei
- Haocheng Li
- Kendra Liu
- Jessica Lu
- Ashraf Mansur
- Ksenia Medvedeva
- Anika Mehndiratta
- Natalie Mejia
- Anastasia Mifsud
- Lourd Xedric Miguel
- Wen Min
- Anika Minoji
- Alay Adeen Moustafa
- Rosalyn Muniz
- Aubrey Nguyen
- Karen Nguyen
- Mauricio Ojeda
- Dev Patel
- Dhruti Patel
- Ya Phoo
- Ritvik Punati
- Shreyas Raj
- Yuxin Ren
- Gloria Rodriguez
- Ella Rogers
- Daltrey Schmidt
- Siddhi Shenoy
- Jordan Shore
- Anna Si
- Andrea Smith
- Ahya Snyder
- Christian Stan
- Lia Stocking
- Jeetu Sujith
- Andrew Tran
- Dathan Tran
- Emily Tran
- Theodore Tran
- Thuy Tran
- Sweta Tummala
- Tanishq Vaidya
- Srinidhi Viswanathan
- Jacquelyn Vo
- Matthew Vu
- Rhea Zachariah
- Karen Zhai
- Jay Zhang
Plant Biology
- Noah Kulchin
- Xiaoyan Liu
- Sadie Peters
2024 Graduate Fellowships and Awards
CBS Dean's Mentorship Award
Animal Behavior Graduate Group
- Meredith Lutz
- Sabrina Mederos
Plant Biology Graduate Group
Anna Cowie
Population Biology Graduate Group
Jonathan Aguiñaga
Meet this year's Dean's Mentorship Award recipients!
Barbara Chapman Neuroscience Award
Neuroscience Graduate Group
- Rose Victoria De Kock
- Sarah Gooding
- Tracy Warren
Barbara Horwitz and John Horowitz Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Award
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Graduate Group
- Nathaniel Herrera
- Shisheng Li
- Amy Parkhurst
- Pauline Trinh
David L. Weaver Award
Neuroscience Graduate Group
Quimby Lee
Dean’s Circle Travel Award
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Group
Joey Truong
Dr. Ronald J. Smith Distinguished Teaching Fellow in Quantitative Biology
Ecology
Hannah Houts
Elsie Taylor Stocking Fellowship in Plant Physiology
Plant Biology Graduate Group
- Alex Gueorguieva
- Katherine Hand
- Tamera Taylor
Eric and Louise Conn Graduate Student Award in Plant Biochemistry
Plant Biology Graduate Group
- Yujie Meng
- Gabrielle Wyatt
Irving I. Hertzendorf Memorial Award in Physiology
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Graduate Group
Nathaniel Herrera
Jack Major Memorial Award
Ecology Graduate Group
- Sabine Dritz
- Rebecca Wynd
Horticulture and Agronomy Graduate Group
Daisy Huang
Population Biology Graduate Group
Deva Holliman
Karen Sigvardt, Ph.D. Neuroscience Fellowship
Neuroscience Graduate Group
Stephanie Lozano
Larry and Charlotte Mitich Memorial Fund
Horticulture and Agronomy Graduate Group
Katherine Brafford
Ling-Lie Chau Graduate Student Award for Brain Research
Neuroscience Graduate Group
- Caroline Keeshen
- Ksenia Vlasov
Loren D. Carlson Prize in Physiology
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Graduate Group
- Sarah Mendoza
- Ross Wohlgemuth
Luc Bossuyt/Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholarship
Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program
Jeff Cheng
Monsanto Endowed Student Fund in Agricultural Biotechnology Award
Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group
- Mariele Lensink
- Anna Muhich
Richard G. Coss Wildlife Research Award
Animal Behavior Graduate Group
- Alice Michel
- Abigail Morris
Sharon Gray Memorial Award
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Group
- Maria Ayala Hernandez
- Hannah Tan (undergraduate mentee)
Plant Biology Graduate Group
- Gabrielle Wyatt
- Ayna Muftic (undergraduate mentee)
Simon Chan Memorial Fellowship
Plant Biology Graduate Group
- Ashley Chrisman
- Tamera Taylor
Walter R. and Roselinde H. Russell Graduate Fellowship in Plant Biology
Calvin Huang