Congratulations to the 2025 UW Biology undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral award winners! We would 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 $149,000 in scholarships and research awards!
WINTER 2025 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP, PRIZE, & AWARD WINNERS
Donald S. Farner Scholarship
- Lyla Higgins
Dr. Donald Kelts Family Scholarship
- Hannah Dingel
Excellence in Biology Scholarship
- Jason Pham
- Raynah Silprasert (Iritani Lab, Comparative Medicine)
Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Peer Facilitator Award
- Trevor Marquis
- Anna Wang
Porath-Johnson Scholarship
- Steffanie Haller
- Cesar Orsornio Ramos
Varanasi Scholarship
- Lyla Higgins
Susan Huscroft Scholarship
- Amy Young (Tian Lab, Mitochondrial & Metabolism Center)
May Garrett Hayes Scholarship
- Stephen White
Amalia & Craig Magaret Award
- Maya Abhyankar (Kerr Lab)
- Dania Ahmed (Yang Lab, UW Medicine)
- Hanna Bekele (Akamatsu Lab)
- Xin Cen (Kerr Lab)
- Anny Thuy Duong Tran (Nemhauser Lab)
- Danielle Vahdat (Cabernard & Bagheri Labs)
Frye-Hotson-Rigg Award
- Viviana Buehrer (Nemhauser Lab)
- Catalina Lind (Di Stilio Lab)
- Riley Wells (Imaizumi Lab)
- Fanya Yuan (Tribble Lab)
John & Dorothy Franco Award
- Shivani Hargunani (Kerr Lab)
WINTER 2025 GRADUATE RESEARCH & CONFERENCE AWARD WINNERS
Botanical Field Research Award
- Annie Colgan (Brosi Lab)
- Emily Humphreys (Tribble Lab)
- Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)
Friday Harbor Labs Award
- Meg Vandenberg (Summers Lab)
Heerensperger Award
- William Albers (Imaizumi Lab)
- Hannah McConnell (Di Stilio Lab)
- Florencia Visconti (Santana Lab)
- Chansie Yang (Imaizumi Lab)
Hoag Award
- Christopher Anderson (Brosi Lab)
- Elliott Armour Smith (Sidor Lab)
- Erik Johansson (Abrahms Lab)
- Isiah Newbins (Wilson Mantilla Lab)
- Rachel Potter (Brosi Lab)
- Brenlee Shipps (Sidor Lab)
- Florencia Visconti (Santana Lab)
Iuvo Award
- Glorianna Guiterrez (de la Iglesia Lab)
- Donavan Jackson (Santana Lab)
- Florencia Visconti (Santana Lab)
Jim & Nancy Kenagy Award
- Vaibhav Chhaya (Santana Lab)
- Erik Johansson (Abrahms Lab)
John S. Edwards Award
- Emma Guerrini Romano (Durant Lab)
- Emily Humphreys (Tribble Lab)
- Erik Johansson (Abrahms Lab)
Kruckeberg-Walker Award
- William Albers (Imaizumi Lab)
- Anthony Garcia (Di Stilio Lab)
- Hannah McConnell (Di Stilio Lab)
Margo & Tom Wyckoff Award
- Anna Brant (Sidor Lab)
- Abishek Raghunathan (Akamatsu Lab)
- Janet Solano Sanchez (Nemhauser Lab)
- Job Lukas Veloso (Ward Lab)
Orians Award
- Isiah Newbins (Wilson Mantilla Lab)
Orians Award for Tropical Studies
- Hannah McConnell (Di Stilio Lab)
Richard C. Snyder Award
- Elliott Armour Smith (Sidor Lab)
Riddiford Truman Award
- Andrea Bernal-Rivera (Santana Lab)
- Vaibhav Chhaya (Santana Lab)
- Emma Guerrini Romano (Durant Lab)
- Andrew Hempton (Imaizumi Lab)
Robin M. Harris Award
- Annie Colgan (Brosi Lab)
- Sophia Jannetty (Bagheri Lab)
- Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)
W.T. Edmondson Award
- Elissa Khodikian (Durant Lab)
Walker Family Award
- Elizabeth Duan (Kerr Lab)
- Laura Liliana Quinche (Santana, Rico-Guevara Labs)
Walter & Margaret Sargent Award
- Florencia Visconti (Santana Lab)
- Leigh West (Abrahms Lab)
Wingfield-Ramenofsky Award
- Isiah Newbins (Wilson Mantilla Lab)
WINTER 2025 POSTDOCTORAL AWARD WINNERS
Iuvo Postdoctoral Research Award
- Atsushi Matsuda (Akamatsu Lab)
Mary Race Bevis Postdoctoral Research Award
- Anna Nisi (Abrahms Lab)