2023 Awards and Citations

2023 Graduating Senior and University Awards

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

Cognitive Science

Alyse Lodigiani


College of Biological Sciences Medal

Genetics and Genomics

Alex Neupauer


Mary Jeanne Gilhooly Award

Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

Prishha Thiagarajan


Outstanding Senior Awards

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Karl Ensberg

Biological Sciences
  • Jad Gerges
  • Madeleine Lu
Cell Biology

Chi Nguyen

Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

Lauren Ward

Genetics and Genomics

Katrine Taran

Human Biology

Mar Bettencourt

Microbiology

Daniel Wankmuller

Molecular and Medical Microbiology

Cameron Hom

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Carson Cable

Plant Biology

Katherine Cox


Ronald and Lydia Baskin Research Award

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Samuel Carter

Biomedical Engineering

Neeraj Senthil


Rost Family Biology K-12 Education Scholarship

Biological Sciences

Amaya Rehling


Undergraduate of the Year

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Stephanie Warrior

Cellular Biology

Jiaying Liu

2023 Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards

Alden S. Crafts Scholarship

Plant Sciences

Ian Clark


Alys Hay Travel Award

Biological Sciences

Amrit Bains


Barbara Horwitz and John Horowitz Undergraduate Scholarship in Physiology

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Tsana Griner


Dennis Walker Fund for the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory

Physics

Gianluca Bacci

Plant Biology

Dawson Andrew Diaz


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

Ecology

Richard Szeligowski


Gary D. Hori STEM Award

Cell Biology

Jiaying Liu


George and Ann Lin Honors Scholarship

Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

Piper Milligan


John and Jeanne Pryor Educational Support Award

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Kassandra Mandujano
  • Kimberly Perez Huerta
  • Sophia Davi
Biological Sciences
  • Brandon Chun
  • Genavi Gonzalez
  • Aileen Mendoza
  • Yaritza Vasquez
  • Giselle Islas-Gonzalez
  • Angel Salinas-Carmona
  • Isabel Torres
Cell Biology

Kayli-Malena Dela Rosa

Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity
  • Delfin Kirsch
  • Lilly Clem
Genetics and Genomics

Lizbeth Alfaro

Molecular and Medical Microbiology
  • Mariella Sierra
  • Tyler Son
Undeclared Life Sciences
  • Lance Clark
  • Karman Kaur
  • Marlene Ramos Ibarra

Kathleen C. Green Scholarship in Biology

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Angelina Phan

Biological Sciences

Salsala Nasim

Cell Biology

Thi Lan Chi Nguyen

Human Biology
  • Simranpreet Gakhal
  • Sonia Cherkaoui Jaouad
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
  • Forozan Amiri
  • Tsana Griner
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
  • Emily Dominguez
  • Tala Abboushi 
  • Alyson Guansing 

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

Lazer Introlegator


Liliane D Wells Scholarship

Plant Biology
  • Francheska Ange Delara
  • Sadie Peters
  • William Gov
  • Carly Skiba

Louise and Eric Conn Undergraduate Scholarship in Biochemistry

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Zimo Gu
  • Angelina Phan

Milauskas Family Scholarship

Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

Jiaying Liu

Plant Biology

Wei-Lun Hsiao


Oliver Leonard Memorial Scholarship

Plant Biology
  • Sopyia Pettit 
  • Carly Skiba 

Robyn L. Smith Family Scholarship

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Soren Johnson


Steve and Tammy Conston Scholarship

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Arshpal Parmar

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Tarek Bacha

2023 Undergraduate Research Awards

Alumni to Aggie Student Research Award

Biological Sciences

Bella Guel

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Adyasha Padhi

Genetics and Genomics

Aditi Thambala

Individual Major

Camila Sanudo Thomas


Charles and Nanci Cooper Undergraduate Research Award

Biological Sciences

Mary Price

Cell Biology

Neha Ramesh 


Eschscholzia Learning Award

Microbiology

Isabella Gonzales

Global Disease Biology

Kalvin Ngin


Kendra M. Chan Award

Coastal and Marine Sciences

Zoe Brumbaugh

Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

Nadia Sparenberg


Khaira Family Experiential Learning Award

Cell Biology

Yibo Shi


Maud Wrightson Hinchee, Ph.D. Undergraduate Research Award

Plant Biology

Dustin Lower


Nieland Family Award

Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

Shih-Na Liu


Roy H. Doi Undergraduate Research Award

Molecular and Medical Microbiology

Kamille Ann Maningding


Stacey Roberts and Michael Lassner Award

Plant Sciences

Demorie Galarza


Robert and Rosabel Osborne Undergraduate Research Awards

  • Harriet Hughes
  • Sowmya Mambakkam
  • Eric Pham
  • Nishika Raghavan
  • Malia Reiss
  • Evan Roybal
  • Varsha Vijayakartik
  • Haylie Wilcox

2023 Distinguished Scholar Awards

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  • Alessandra Beelen
  • Bradley Chan
  • Karl Ensberg
  • Gabriana La
  • Shuyan Qiu
  • Nicholas Robertson
  • Skyler Wong
  • Lin Yen
  • William Li
  • Zihan Yin

Biological Sciences

  • Lena Cullen
  • Isabelle Demarco
  • Isoline Donohue
  • Jad Bassam Gerges
  • Tianqi Li
  • Madeleine Lu
  • Monica Tsui

Cell Biology

  • Hollin Hamelynck
  • Naod Kelete
  • Jiaying Liu
  • Isabella Tan

Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

  • Kaitlin Castor
  • Kees Hood
  • Lara Hsia
  • Thomas Phillips
  • Laurel Schmidt
  • Lauren Ward

Genetics and Genomics

  • Saloni Dhopte
  • Jude Farhat
  • Alex Neupauer
  • Katrine Taran

Human Biology

  • Margarida Bettencourt
  • Justa Ferguson
  • Sonia Cherkaoui Jaouad

Marine and Coastal Science

  • Anna Lee
  • Adrienne Penix
  • Cameron Sam

Molecular and Medical Microbiology

  • Neon Calumpang
  • Nelly Escalante
  • Daniel Novoa

Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

  • Tarek Bacha
  • Carson Cable
  • Emily Cao
  • Samuel Carter
  • Jada Co
  • Alexander Cohen
  • Weston Field
  • Sydney Figueroa
  • Luhaiza Framroze
  • Vishal Harnoor
  • Tan Hua
  • Leon Huynh
  • Srivatsa Katta
  • Almas Khan
  • Aron Kishore
  • Hadia Lalagul
  • Yirong Liang
  • Cameron Lin
  • Emma Monsen
  • Anisha Narsam
  • Thao Nguyen
  • Emma Proctor
  • Emily Ripperdan
  • My-Lien Tran
  • Stephanie Warrior

2023 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

  • Eric Andre
  • Brendan Barlow
  • Alessandra Beelen
  • Aashna Calidas
  • Isaac Cheuk
  • Desmond Cheung
  • Karl Ensberg
  • Andrew Grassian
  • Tommy Hoang
  • Jiaheng Huang
  • Rose Johnson
  • Joseph Kebets
  • Jake Khalilieh
  • Fu Kiu Leung
  • Jonathan Kwok
  • Gabriana La
  • Thi Lan Anh Le
  • Linh Le
  • William Li
  • Adam Love
  • Zhuoran Lyu
  • Thi Nguye
  • Barry Nguyen
  • Brandon Nguyen
  • Katherine Nguyen
  • Kieu Nhu Ngoc Nguyen
  • Lindsay Oshiro
  • Brady Parker
  • Hang Pham
  • Angelina Phan
  • Benjamin Prieto
  • Shuyan Qiu
  • Brian Tran
  • Nathan Tran
  • Sonny Vang
  • Skyler Wong
  • Andrew Yang
  • Lin Yen
  • Zihan Yin

Biological Sciences

  • Faris Alzergani
  • Rahul Araza
  • Simranpreet Bains
  • Jad Bassam Gerges
  • Taha Battah
  • Ariel Berenyi-Tonesi
  • Inder Bhangoo
  • Laura Boatz
  • Esmeralda Castaneda
  • Isabelle Demarco
  • Abdelrahman Elsemary
  • Sukhleen Gill
  • Margot Glyn Juan
  • Cenyun Guan
  • Chris Ha
  • Carrie Han
  • Truc Ho
  • Yaser Jamshidi
  • Tori Jane Hata
  • Zoe Johnson
  • Iqbal Khan
  • Annie Kieu
  • Rachel Larson
  • Tianqi Li
  • Fangchen Liu
  • Jason Lopez
  • Jacqueline Louie
  • Madeleine Lu
  • Christine Minarik
  • Aatifah Mohammad
  • Christine Nguyen
  • Logan Parisi
  • Jhil Patel
  • Andrea Pineda
  • Rebecca Reeser
  • Nicholas Saber
  • Kaitlin San
  • Eknoor Sandhu
  • Ryan Sarraf
  • Victoria Smith
  • Remi Snouffer
  • Jason Tang
  • Ariel Valdez
  • Mateo Villacorta
  • Kyra Wang
  • Yuxin Wang
  • Siqi Wang
  • Lena Wigger
  • Jameson Williams
  • Oiyan Wong
  • Yifan Zhang

Cell Biology

  • Alexandra Calderon
  • Kalyn Concepcion
  • Harleen Dhillon
  • Hollin Hamelynck
  • Farzaan Khan
  • Shaheen Khatua
  • Thi Lan Chi Nguyen
  • Denisa Lazureanu
  • Jiaying Liu
  • Alyse Lodigiani
  • Nitya Lorber
  • Sohaib Usman

Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity

  • Lilly Ackerman
  • Sophie Allen
  • Lara Hsia
  • Anjani Patibandla
  • Thomas Phillips
  • Laurel Schmidt
  • Melody Sen
  • Wentao Yang

Genetics and Genomics

  • Ashley Brown
  • Eunjean Choi
  • Chloe Chou
  • Saloni Dhopte
  • Caleigh Donnelly
  • Kieley Evatt
  • Shutong Gu
  • Ali Khan
  • Quincy Kumfert
  • Thomas Mitchell
  • Alex Neupauer
  • Ekaylah Rampola
  • Amrita Sivia
  • Aidan Van Cleef
  • Claudia Wang
  • Sydney Wong
  • Boyu Zhang

Human Biology

  • Pablo Acevedo
  • Hunain Ahmad
  • Kiran Aziz
  • Maryann Batiste
  • Juliet Beach
  • Igor Bejenari
  • Sonia Cherkaoui Jaouad
  • Athena Chow
  • Theodore Do
  • Keshav Haranath
  • Justin Ibarra
  • Clairissa Ja
  • Csandra Leigh A Lorena
  • Aliza Naqvi
  • Jaskirat Padda
  • Ritika Parvatikar
  • Advait Pilkhane
  • Loredana Popa
  • Camryn Stout
  • Gabriella Tenret
  • Evelyn Tison
  • Anna Wong
  • Christiana Young

Marine and Coastal Science

  • Sky Jung
  • Anna Lee

Microbiology

  • Sean Chen
  • Shreya Kamble
  • Daniel Wankmuller
  • Aaron Wright

Molecular and Medical Microbiology

  • Lance Barit
  • Emma Caico
  • Neon Calumpang
  • Emily Dominguez
  • Nelly Escalante
  • Ethan Feild
  • Aine Fullerton
  • Alyson Guansing
  • Cameron Hom
  • Jennifer Kang
  • Megan Mindte
  • Haley New
  • Daniel Novoa
  • Claire Phan
  • Srikar Shrikantham
  • Julianne Tarr
  • Christine Wong
  • Austin Yu

Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

  • Adoniyas Addis
  • Alay Adeen Moustafa
  • Jamil Ahmadi
  • Brianna Alconcher
  • Nura Alghannam
  • Ayushi Ambekar
  • Forozan Amiri
  • Tarek Bacha
  • Denise Beatrice Papilota
  • Vanya Bhardwaj
  • Martina Bolotaolo
  • Sean Brennan
  • Sarah Burton
  • Carson Cable
  • Katia Campos
  • Emily Cao
  • Samuel Carter
  • Sara Chantit
  • Kelly Chau
  • Tiffany Chen
  • Julinna Cheung
  • Jada Co
  • Tyler Cunningham
  • Vicky Diep
  • Daryl Dinh
  • Emelyn Dizon
  • Brian Doan
  • Sophia Dungo
  • Hodo Edan
  • Weston Field
  • Sydney Figueroa
  • Anamar Flores
  • Nicholas Fong
  • Ethan Fong
  • Luhaiza Framroze
  • Andrea Gayle Garcia
  • Connor Gregg
  • Tsana Griner
  • Ritz Harley Tolentino
  • Vishal Harnoor
  • Cindy Hoang
  • Tan Hua
  • Simin Huang
  • Leon Huynh
  • Lazer Introlegator
  • Tayf Islam
  • Corinne Jabba
  • Roland Jericho Del Mundo
  • Warren Jia
  • Cameryn Juson
  • Rosheni Kandaswamy
  • Srivatsa Katta
  • Harpreet Kaur
  • Sukhdip Kaur
  • Almas Khan
  • Yashdeep Khangura
  • Madeline King
  • Aron Kishore
  • Nola Klebaner
  • Jocelyn Kujanek
  • Julie Li
  • Yirong Liang
  • Cameron Lin
  • Jiayi Lin
  • Jun Lin Li
  • Cindy Liu
  • Julie Ly
  • Delanie Mcelveen
  • Lindsey Miyao
  • Abid Mohammad
  • Emma Monsen
  • Anisha Narsam
  • Adrienne Parker
  • Arshia Pouraryan
  • Emma Proctor
  • Harshita Rao
  • Vishal Rao
  • Amin Rasheed
  • Samveda Rukmangadhan
  • Connor Sayle
  • Vivek Shah
  • Sidrah Sharif
  • Vibha Shastry
  • Arvinder Singh
  • Zayd Soliman
  • Jennifer Song
  • Mariya Spiridonova
  • Mikenzie Ta
  • Lindsey Ta
  • Prishha Thiagarajan
  • Su Thwe Myo Khin
  • Malia Tieu
  • My-Lien Tran
  • Christina Tran
  • Vincent Tran
  • Riley Turner
  • Aditya Varadan
  • Danica Vicente
  • Crystal Vo
  • Bailey Wallen
  • Stephanie Warrior
  • Gen Wen Lim
  • Nathan Wong
  • Janeene Yeh
  • Connie Yuen
  • Michael Zughbaba

Plant Biology

  • Katherine Cox
  • Ashly Lord
  • Marissa Melton
  • Sarah Ng
  • Carly Skiba
  • Claire Theberge
  • Tracy Weitz

2023 Graduate Fellowship and Award Recipients

Dean's Mentorship Award

Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  • Samuel Petshow
  • Natalie Sahabandu
Microbiology

Adam Fishburn

Integrative Genetics and Genomics

Angelica Guercio

Plant Biology

Nathan Meier


Barbara Chapman Neuroscience Award

Neuroscience
  • Yihan Jin
  • Alyssa Sanchez

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

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology
  • Sarah Mendoza
  • Niknaz Riazatikesheh
  • Ross Wohlgemuth
  • Emmy Xue Yan Tay

Daphne and Ted Pengelley Endowment for Research in Evolutionary Biology

Population Biology
  • Brooke Benson
  • Danielle De La Pascua
  • Alexus Roberts Hugghis
  • Marissa Sandoval

David L. Weaver Award

Neurological Surgery

Ali Izadi


Elsie Taylor Stocking Fellowship in Plant Physiology

Plant Biology
  • Howard Huo
  • Nathan Meier
  • Gabby Wyatt

Eric and Louise Conn Graduate Student Award

Plant Biology

Anna Cowie


Hardman Native Plant Research Award

Population Biology
  • Danielle De La Pascua
  • Elena Suglia
  • Karolina Zabinski

Irving J. Hertzendorf Memorial Award in Physiology

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology

Ross Wohlgemuth


Jack Major Memorial Award

Population Biology

Anjum Gujral

Ecology

Reed Kenny

Horticulture and Agronomy

Will McMahan

Ecology

Zoe Wood


Katherine Esau Fellowship

Plant Biology

Fuai Sun


Larry and Charlotte Mitich Memorial Fund

Horticulture and Agronomy

Daisy Huang


Ling-Lie Chau Graduate Student Award for Brain Research

Neuroscience
  • Stephanie Lozano
  • Tracy Warren

Loren D. Carlson Memorial Fund

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology

Chih-Ting Wu


Monsanto Endowed Student Fund in Agricultural Biotechnology

Plant Biology

Reagan Reed


Richard G. Coss Wildlife Research Award

Animal Behavior
  • Elizabeth Postema
  • Kirsten Sheehy

Sharon Gray Memorial Award

 

Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology - Graduate Mentor

Lauren Anderson

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Undergraduate Mentee

Minh Chi Do Phan


Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology - Graduate Mentor
  • Natalie Sahabandu
Biological Sciences - Undergraduate Mentee

Aisha Khan


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

Integrative Genetics and Genomics

John Davis

Plant Biology

Hongtao Zhang