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2021-2022 Biology Award Winners

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Congratulations to the 2021-2022 UW Biology undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral award winners! We would also like to recognize the many wonderful donors who support these awards and make it possible for us to award our talented students year after year. This year, we awarded over $120,000 in scholarships and research awards, as well as funded eight quarters of graduate fellowship support!

AUTUMN 2021 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD WINNERS
 
Donald S. Farner Scholarship

  • Caroline Rawls 

 Excellence in Biology Scholarship

  • Marcus Chu
  • Amanda Chen
  • Mary Smith
  • Linda Tran 
  • Bill Young 

 Porath-Johnson Scholarship

  • Yuliana Romo-Perez
  • Jeesoo Yoon

 Edith Lucena Riehl Scholarship

  • Batool Mutawe

 Frye-Hotson-Rigg Award

  • Ava Kloss-Schmidt 

 Katharina Casey Leadership Award

  • Rohita Rangu 

John & Dorothy Franco Award

  • Ava Kloss-Schmidt 

 Walter & Margaret Sargent Award

  • Hunter Furutani 
  • Linda Tran 

 
AUTUMN 2021 GRADUATE WRITING FELLOWSHIP WINNERS
 
Tunnicliffe Writing Fellowship

  • Mo Turner 

 Melinda Denton Writing Fellowship

  • Will Brightly 

 Frye-Hotson-Rigg Writing Fellowship

  • Aji John 

 Kathryn Hahn Writing Fellowship

  • Zoe Kulik

 

WINTER 2022 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD WINNERS
 
Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Peer Facilitator Award
  • Sean Nguyenle
Dr. Donald Kelts Family Scholarship
  • Lily Okamura
May Garrett Hayes Scholarship
  • Ava Kloss-Schmidt
Porath-Johnson Scholarship
  • Amanda Chen
  • Lily Okamura
  • Emily Flones
BEACON Research Award
  • Linda Tran
BEACON Teaching Award
  • Natalie Au
Shawn DeCew BEACON Field Award
  • Alise Newman
BEACON Scholar Award
  • Mixcila Sanchez
Friday Harbors Award
  • Joelle Worthley
Donald S. Farner Scholarship
  • Lily Okamura
  • Emily Klein
Undergraduate Excellence in Biology Scholarship
  • Dave Young
  • Clarisse Lee
  • Han Wang
   
Varanasi Scholarship
  • Ava Kloss-Schmidt
WINTER 2022 GRADUATE AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
 
BEACON Award
  • Yasmeen Erritouni
Botanical Field Research (Lawrence Giles) Award
  • Elena Stiles
Edmondson Award
  • Christine Nolan
Edwards Award
  • Amanda Hewes 
Robert T. Paine Experimental & Field Ecology Award
  • Marina Watowich
Robert T. Paine Experimental & Field Ecology Fellowship
  • Sujay Balebail
Friday Harbors Award
  • Kindall Murie
Robin M. Harris Award
  • Kaysee Arrowsmith
  • Jeremy Chan
Hoag Award
  • Amanda Hewes
  • Adamaris Muñiz Tirado
Heerensperger Award
  • Hayden Davis
Kruckeberg-Walker Award
  • Hannah McConnell
  • Elena Stiles
Orians Award for Tropical Studies
  • Hayden Davis
  • Hannah McConnell
Orians Award
  • Leigh West
Iuvo Award
  • Megan Powers
Magaret Award
  • Erik Johansson
Riddiford-Truman Award
  • Andrew Hempton
  • Alicia Rice
Walter & Margaret Sargent Award
  • Yasmeen Erritouni
  • Donavan Jackson
  • Erik Johansson
Snyder Award
  • David Cuban
Walker Family Award
  • Edú Guerra
  • Katie Holt
Wingfield/Ramenofsky Award
  • Edú Guerra
Margo & Tom Wyckoff Award
  • David Cuban
  • Nathan Grassi
WRF-Hall Fellowship
  • Jordan Claytor
  • Yu-Wei Hsiao
  • Alyssa Sargent
  • Job Lukas Veloso
WINTER 2022 POSTDOCTORAL AWARDS
 
Mary Race Bevis Postdoctoral Research Award
  • Saumya Gupta
  • Alexander Leydon
Iuvo Postdoctoral Award
  • Katie Stanchak
  • Carlos Ruiz