Congratulations to the Winter 2023 UW Biology undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral 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 quarter, we awarded over $80,000 in scholarships and research awards, as well as funded four quarters of graduate fellowship support!

WINTER 2023 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD WINNERS

Frye-Hotson-Rigg Award

• Ian Campbell (Imaizumi Lab)
• Hannah Luskin (Steinbrenner Lab)
• Mira Roth (Ward Lab)

Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Peer Facilitator Award

• Nikhil Harikrishnan (Nghiem Lab, UW Medicine)

Dr. Donald Kelts Family Scholarship

• Victoria Zdanewicz (Dhaka Lab, UW Biological Structure)

May Garrett Hayes Scholarship

• Nathan Greenwood (formerly Steinbrenner Lab, currently Baker Lab, Institute for Protein Design)

Porath-Johnson Scholarship

• Morgan McCartney (Wills Lab, UW Biochemistry)

Friday Harbor Labs Award

• Tyler Horner

Donald S. Farner Scholarship

• Jakob Luce (Neumaier Lab, VA Puget Sound)

Varanasi Scholarship

• Peter Ricci

Magaret Award

• Bryn Carter (de la Iglesia Lab)

Undergraduate Excellence in Biology Scholarship

• Emily Flones
• Jakob Luce (Neumaier Lab, VA Puget Sound)
• Giovanni Micallef
• Peter Ricci
• Candice Tran
• Victoria Zdanewicz (Dhaka Lab, UW Biological Structure)

WINTER 2023 GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP & AWARD WINNERS

Botanical Field Research (Lawrence Giles) Award

• Christine Nolan (Imaizumi Lab)

Edmondson Award

• Jack Litle (Carrington Lab)
• Grace Leuchtenberger (Carrington Lab)

Edwards Award

• Kindall Murie (Carrington Lab)

Robert T. Paine Experimental & Field Ecology Award

• Kyra McClelland (Wasser Lab)

Robert T. Paine Experimental & Field Ecology Fellowship

• Julia Smith (Buckley Lab)

Friday Harbor Labs Award

• Grace Leuchtenberger (Carrington Lab)

Robin M. Harris Award

• Grace Van Susteren (Riffell Lab)
• Elliott Armour Smith (Sidor Lab)
• Kaysee Arrowsmith (Brosi Lab)
• Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)

Hoag Award

• Kaysee Arrowsmith (Brosi Lab)
• David Villalobos Chaves (Santana Lab)
• Zoe Kulik (Sidor Lab)
• Chenxi Liu (Kerr Lab)
• Isiah Newbins (Wilson-Mantilla Lab)
• Alyssa Sargent (Rico-Guevara Lab)
• Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)

Heerensperger Award

• Amy Platenkamp (Parrish Lab)

Kruckeberg-Walker Award

• Christine Nolan (Imaizumi Lab)
• Andrew Hempton (Imaizumi Lab)
• Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)

Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Teaching Award

• Yasmeen Erritouni (Leaché Lab)

Orians Award for Tropical Studies

• David Villalobos Chaves (Santana Lab)

Orians Award

• Donavan Jackson (Santana Lab)

Iuvo Award

• Katie Holt (Boersma Lab)

Riddiford-Truman Award

• Amy Platenkamp (Parrish Lab)
• Alicia Rice (de la Iglesia Lab)

Walter & Margaret Sargent Award

• Isiah Newbins (Wilson-Mantilla Lab)
• Alyssa Sargent (Rico-Guevara Lab)
• Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)

Snyder Award

• Kristen Meltesen (Wilson-Mantilla Lab)

Walker Family Award

• Zoe Kulik (Sidor Lab)
• Chenxi Liu (Kerr Lab)
• Isiah Newbins (Wilson-Mantilla Lab)

Wingfield/Ramenofsky Award

• Erik Johansson (Abrahms Lab)

Margo & Tom Wyckoff Award

• Erik Johansson (Abrahms Lab)
• Kirsten Meltesen (Wilson-Mantilla Lab)
• Kindall Murie (Carrington Lab)

WRF-Hall Fellowship

• Yasmeen Erritouni (Leaché Lab)
• Adamaris Muñiz Tirado (Kerr Lab)
• Janet Solano Sanchez (Nemhauser Lab)

WINTER 2023 POSTDOCTORAL AWARD WINNERS

Mary Race Bevis Postdoctoral Research Award

• Christopher Schiller (Strömberg Lab)

Iuvo Postdoctoral Award

• Anna Nisi (Abrahms Lab)