2023 Graduating Senior and University Awards
Read about the top undergraduate award recipients.
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
See Also
2023-2024 UC San Diego2023 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 aUC GPA of 3.7 or higher, andwho graduatebetween summer of the year priorthrough 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
- Harsh*ta 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
Read about the CBS Dean's Mentorship 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
