2021 Awards and Citations

 

Congratulations to Our Students!

Our student award recipients created personal slides for this year's ceremony. Slides are alphabetized by last name and can be found by letter in the video on YouTube. 

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Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research/Dean Keith Simonton Prize

This an annual award was first instituted in 1994 to recognize outstanding undergraduate students for their research, scholarship or creative activity tied to any academic subject and performed while at UC Davis. 

• Jayashri Viswanathan - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  Naomi A. Murray - Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity 

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Mary Jeanne Gilhooly Award

The Mary Jeanne Gilhooly Award is given to the most outstanding graduating female. Recognizing service and leadership in university and community activities, as well as excellent scholarship, the award is given to a student who is held in high esteem by other students.

• Jasmine Daragahi - Biological Sciences

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The V. Glenn Winslow Jr. Award

The V. Glenn Winslow Jr. Award is given to the most outstanding graduating male. Recognizing service and leadership in university and community activities, as well as excellent scholarship, the award is given to a student who is held in high esteem by other students.

• Roger Christopher Hsieh - Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

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CBS College Medal

The College of Biological Sciences Medal honors a graduating senior in biological sciences for scholastic excellence.

• Thu Pham - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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CBS Undergraduate Student of The Year

The College of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student of the Year is awarded based on three criteria: academic excellence, research activity and involvement in service.

• Naomi A. Murray - Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity

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Ronald and Lydia Baskin Research Award

The Ronald and Lydia Baskin Research Award recognizes one graduating senior each year for excellence in research.

• Aryan Taheri - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  Alejandro Tenorio - Biomedical Engineering

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CBS Distinguished Scholar Awards

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• Devun Birk
• Caleb Bower
• Jack Goon
• Seung Jin
• Sean Kumar
• Alyssa Marinas
• Thu Pham
• Kritika Sharma
• Rana Sherkat
• Aryan Taheri
• Jayashri Viswanathan
• Yin Ming Matthew Wong
• Liming Xiao

Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology

• Iris Juanico

Biological Sciences

• Zainab H Apalara
• Kavenpreet Bal
• Heayoon Shauna Cho
• Madeline Frey
• Kaanan Goradia
• Yifei Li
• Audrey Loaiza
• Austin Trung-Hieu Nguyen
• Heera Rasheed
• Muhammad Sulman
• Yuying Sun

Cell Biology

• Aliza Husain
• Anjali Joseph
• Akshaya Karthikeyan
• Noah Marx

Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity

• Hannah De La Calle
• John Amiel Mena Flores
• Naomi A. Murray
• Elizabeth Polston

Genetics and Genomics

• Megan Bettencourt
• Mari Hoffman
• Matangi Kumar
• Taylor Ngo
• Brian Stallings
• Nasim Zeighami

Microbiology

• Kayleen Lederman
• Alycia Rasmussen
• Andrea Tang

Molecular and Medical Microbiology

• Angela Nguyen
• Bryant Tran
• Garrett Wu

Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

• Jennifer Addleman
• Guneet Bindra
• Madeline Bright
• Helena Chan
• Liam P Condon
• Prianka Shashank Deshmukh
• Daniel Roberts Erenstein
• Yasameen Farahvash
• Lauren Ford
• Megan Hoang
• Roger Christopher Hsieh
• Michael Kohn
• Abdulsamad Mohammed
• Cliff E Moran
• Jed Keenan Obra
• Akash Pathak
• Anysa Razaghzadeh
• Erik-Matthew Sario
• Mukul Sharda
• Camille Tenyenhuis
• Lara Vetter
• Vivian Vo
• Kevin Yashar
• Yuhan Zhang

Plant Biology

• Adrianna Ng

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CBS Outstanding Senior Award

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jack Goon

Biological Sciences

Kavenpreet Bal

Cell Biology

Jeffrey Sagan

Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity

Naomi A. Murray

Genetics and Genomics

Sarkis Bouladian

Marine and Coastal Science

Isaiah Bluestein

Molecular and Medical Microbiology

Jason Tirado

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Prianka Shashank Deshmukh

Plant Biology

Adrianna Ng

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CBS Graduate Scholarships

CBS Dean's Mentorship Award

• Kirk Amundson
• Madison Armstrong
• Alicia Bird

Barbara Chapman Neuroscience Award

• Lindsay Cameron

Barbara Horwitz and John Horowitz Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Award

• Lu Ren
• Chih-Ting Wu
• Danielle Zumpano

Daphne and Ted Pengelley Endowment for Research in Evolutionary Biology

• Victoria Morgan

Dr. Ronald J. Smith Distinguished Teaching Fellow in Quantitative Biology

• Eli Moore

Elsie Taylor Stocking Fellowship in Plant Physiology

• Ximena Anleu Gil
• Angelica Guercio
• Calvin Huang

Eric and Louise Conn Graduate Student Award

• Nyd Sertsuvalkul

Hardman Native Plant Research Award

• Jasen Liu

Irving J. Hertzendorf Memorial Award in Physiology

• Dera Alim

Jack Major Memorial Award

• Chenjiao Deng
• Reed Kenny

Ling-Lie Chau Graduate Student Award for Brain Research

• Stela Petkova

Loren D. Carlson Memorial Prize

• Aki Chaffin
• Lu Ren

Monsanto Endowed Student Fund in Agricultural Biotechnology

• Rongkui Han

Richard G. Coss Wildlife Research Award

• Bidisha Chakraboty
• Maggie Creamer
• Alice Michel
• Jessica Schaefer

Walter R. and Roselinde H. Russell Graduate Fellowship in Plant Biology

• Zach Liechty

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CBS Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards

CBS Dean's Circle Summer Undergrad Research Award

• John LaRue

Alden S. Crafts Scholarship

• Aung Nyein
• Vianney Ahn
• Yuxin Bai

Alys Hay Travel Award

• Nicol Garcia Laura

Barbara Horwitz and John Horowitz Undergraduate Scholarship in Physiology

• Henna Mohabbat          

Dennis Walker Fund for the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory

• Natascha Paxton

Edward Dussich Memorial Scholarship

• Angelina Phan

John and Jeanne Pryor Educational Support Award

• Chelsea Arellano
• Elizabeth Bejarano
• Cynthia Cabrales
• Leslie Estrada-Tena
• Miah Carey Ferolino
• Margarita Garcia-Velasco
• Brandon Gatanaga
• Christian Gonzalez Balcazar
• Aaron Helali
• Karen Jimenez-Reyes
• Abigail Ko
• Lizbeth Kuruvilla
• Lizbeth Lozano Ruiz
• Evelyn Macias Reyes
• Maria Guadalupe Altamirano Manriquez
• Guadalupe Montoya-Lepe
• Prashant Naidu
• Allysa Nguyen
• Juventino Nunez
• Evelyn Pacheco
• Brisia Ramos
• Brittany Rocha
• Andrea Saldana
• Nia Serrano
• Jamie Serrano
• Leslie Diaz Tinoco
• Olivia Yoder

Kathleen C. Green Scholarship in Biology

• Hannah Gerber
• Maya Sahtout
• Erin Scott

Kathryn S. Hinchee-Rodriguez, Ph.D. Award

• Isabel Heaton
• Shannon Reilly

Katrina K. Hoyer and Shane G. Smith Family Scholarship

• Faraz Ahmad

Kendra M. Chan Award

• Lara Gu-Yin Hsia

Larry and Charlotte Mitich Memorial Fund

• Danielle De La Pascua

Liliane D. Wells Scholarship

• Javier Damian Casillas
• Kayla Davis
• Christina Harter

Lois and John Crowe Scholarship

• Beatrice Begley
• Emaad Khan
• Amy Phan
• Aishini Singh

Louise and Eric Conn Undergraduate Scholarship in Biochemistry

• Brandon Nguyen

Milauskas Family Scholarship

• Brandon Nguyen

Nieland Family Award

• Marta Hess
• Julianna Porter

Oliver Leonard Memorial Scholarship

• Xiaoyan Liu

Robyn L. Smith Family Scholarship

• Soren Johnson

Rost Family Biology K-12 Ed Scholarship

• Beelen Alessandra
• Teresa Dunn
• Rachel Veenstra

Steve and Tammy Conston Scholarship

• Deepak Vijay
• Henna Mohabbat

Wilfred William Robbins Scholarship

• Gianluca Bacci
• Leah Goodman
• Julia Rose

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Additional and Future Awards:

*Planned Gifts​