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Winter 2024 Biology Award Winners

Newsletter issue:
Spring-2024

Congratulations to the 2024 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 $135,000 in scholarships and research awards!

 

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Donald S. Farner Scholarship

  • Rian Alam (Nghiem Lab, UW Medicine)

Dr. Donald Kelts Family Scholarship

  • Leslie Lee

Undergraduate Excellence in Biology Schoalrship

  • Rian Alam (Nghiem Lab, UW Medicine)
  • Marybel Mapa
  • Sarah Thai (Bruchas Lab, UW Medicine)

Friday Harbor Labs Award

  • Samantha-Lynn Martinez (Rico-Guevara Lab)

Frye-Hotson-Rigg Award

  • Ian Campbell (Imaizumi Lab)
  • Jared Wong (Imaizumi Lab)

Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Peer Facilitator Award

  • Wenxuan Cheng (Jung Lab, UW Medicine)
  • Makayla Hsu (Kachikis Lab, UW Medicine)

John & Dororthy Franco Award

  • Sarah Thai (Bruchas Lab, UW Medicine)

May Garrett Hayes Scholarship

  • Gavin Gascho (Imaizumi Lab)

Porath-Johnson Scholarship

  • Angela Hanton
  • Blake Jackson (Santana Lab) (Mougous Lab, UW Microbiology)

Susan Huscroft Scholarship

  • Kinsey Martin

Varanasi Scholarship

  • Gavin Gascho (Imaizumi Lab)

 

GRADUATE RESEARCH/CONFERENCE/TEACHING AWARDS

Amalia & Craig Magaret Award

  • Florencia Visconti

Botanical Field Research (Lawrence Giles) Award

  • Amanda Hewes (Rico-Guevara Lab)
  • Christine Nolan (Imaizumi Lab)

Friday Harbor Labs Award

  • Kindall Murie (Carrington Lab)

Heerensperger Award

  • Hannah McConnell (Di Stilio Lab)
  • Amy Platenkamp (Theriot Lab)

Hoag Award

  • Yasmeen Erritouni (Leaché Lab)
  • Nathan Grassi (Kerr Lab)
  • Donavan Jackson (Santana Lab)
  • Amy Platenkamp (Theriot Lab)

Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Teaching Award

  • Maggie Fuqua (Akamatsu Lab)

Iuvo Award

  • Brenlee Shipps (Sidor Lab)
  • Florencia Visconti

Jim & Nancy Kenagy Award

  • Donavan Jackson (Santana Lab)

John S. Edwards Award

  • 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

  • Vaibhav Chhaya (Santana Lab)
  • Elizabeth Duan (Kerr Lab)
  • Edú Guerra (Santana Lab)

Orians Award

  • Amanda Hewes (Rico-Guevara Lab)

Orians Award for Tropical Studies

  • David Cuban (Rico-Guevara Lab)
  • Alyssa Sargent (Rico-Guevara Lab)

Richard C. Snyder Award

  • Elliott Armour Smith (Sidor Lab)
  • Alyssa Sargent (Rico-Guevara Lab)

Riddiford-Truman Award

  • William Albers (Imaizumi Lab)
  • Andrea Bernal-Rivera (Santana Lab)
  • Sophia Jannetty (Bagheri Lab)
  • Megan Vandenberg (Summer Lab)

Robert T. Paine Experimental & Field Ecology Award

  • David Cuban (Rico-Guevara Lab)
  • Isiah Newbins (Wilson Mantilla Lab)
  • Alyssa Sargent (Rico-Guevara Lab)

Robin M. Harris Award

  • Grace Van Susteren (Riffell Lab)

W.T. Edmondson Award

  • Grace Leuchtenberger

Walker Family Award

  • Yasmeen Erritouni (Leaché Lab)
  • Florencia Visconti (Riffell/Santana Labs)

Walter & Margaret Sargent Award

  • Anna Brant (Sidor Lab)
  • Florencia Visconti

Wingfield-Ramenofsky Award

  • Edú Guerra (Santana Lab)

 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH/CONFERENCE AWARDS

Iuvo Postdoctoral Research Award

  • Anna Nisi (Abrahms Lab)

Mary Race Bevis Postdoctoral Research Award

  • Federico Tenedini (Parrish Lab)