Graduate Student Awards Archive

Below is list of students who have won division awards and honors previous to the current award year. Current year awards are recognized on the Graduate Student Awards page along with awards won at the university and national level. Follow links for the corresponding award year to read details in the news announcement.

Alstroemeria Endowed Prize in Plant Biology

2019: Joshua Chevez, Jose Pruneda-Paz Lab

Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence

2024-2025Graduate Students Fabian Lim and Matthew Maxwell Honored with 2024-2025 Founding Faculty Awards: Fabian Lim, Emma Farley Lab
Matthew Maxwell, Diana Hargreaves Lab
2022-23 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Sarah Ardell, Sergey Kryazhimskiy Lab
2021-22 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Josh Borin, Justin Meyer Lab
Hangqing Liu, Joseph Ecker Lab
2020 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Danielle Garshott, Eric Bennett Lab
Sachin Sethi, Jing Wang Lab
2019 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Hannah Grunwald, Kimberly Cooper Lab
2018 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Homa Rahnamoun, Shannon Lauberth Lab
Ipshita Zutshi, Stefan Leutgeb Lab
2017 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Bingfei Yu, Ananda Goldrath Lab
2016 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Albert Lim, Andrew Huberman Lab
Ben Rubin, Susan Golden Lab
2015 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence Article: Valentino Gantz, Ethan Bier Lab

Chris Wills Endowed Graduate Student Research Award

2020: Alena Martsul, Sergey Kryazhimskiy Lab
2019: Joshua Borin, Justin Meyer Lab
2018: Hannah Strobel, Justin Meyer Lab
2016: Audrey Proenca, Lin Chao Lab

David V. Goeddel Chancellor's Award

2021: Tina Chia-Tien Chang, Alan Saghatelian Lab
2020: Erica Birkholz, Joe Pogliano Lab
Danielle Garshott, Bennett Lab
Youtong Huang, Lemke Lab
Brian Tsu, Daugherty Lab
2019: Jacey Jijun Liu, Gen-Sheng Feng Lab
Hannah Tsunemoto, Joseph Pogliano Lab
2018: Kanika Khanna, Joe Pogliano Lab
Audrey Proenca, Lin Chao Lab
2017 David V. Goeddel Chancellor's Fellowship Article: Amanda Davis, Dong-Er Zhang Lab
Katrina Nguyen, Joe Pogliano Lab
2016 David V. Goeddel Chancellor's Fellowship Article: Ben Rubin, Susan Golden Lab
Danielle Hagstrom, Eva-Maria Schoetz-Collins Lab
Mai Khuong, Jim Kadonaga Lab

David V. Goeddel Endowed Graduate Award

2021: Henry Baker, Jonathan Shurin Lab
Laura Chipman, Amy Pasquinelli Lab
Michelle Bui, Omar Akbari Lab
Wendy Chen, Gen-Sheng Feng Lab
Ziyan (Zoe) Xu, Susan Kaech Lab
Asama Lekbua, Alistair Russell Lab
Stephanie Curtis, Reuben Shaw Lab
Daniela Samaniego-Castruita, Anjana Rao Lab
Nathan Palmer, Prashant Mali Lab
2020: Chris Beierschmitt, Daugherty Lab
Hanquing Liu, Ecker Lab
Beverly Naiglesm, Hao Lab
Cody Ocheltree, Lykke-Andersen Lab
Zachary Warburg, Murre Lab
Jinhao (Albert) Xu, Sun Lab
2019: Jenny He, Matthew Banghart Lab
Alexander Neu, Kaustuv Roy Lab
Seungyoon Blenda Yu, Gulcin Pekkurnaz Lab
2018: Paulo De Oliveira Ceciliato, Julian Schroeder Lab
Yan Liang, Gen-Sheng Feng Lab
Ye Zhang, Chih-Ying Su Lab
2017 David V. Goeddel Endowed Graduate Fellowship Article: Daniel Johnson, Dong-Er Zhang Lab
Christopher Piggott, Yishi Jin Lab
Chi Ren, Takaki Komiyama Lab
José Waterton, Elsa Cleland Lab
2016 David V. Goeddel Endowed Graduate Fellowship Article: Elizabeth Hetherington, Carolyn Kurle
Tin Ki (Angela) Tsang, Chih-Ying Su

Donald Helinski Award

2016: Lara Labarta Bajo, Elina Zuniga Lab
Matthew Nord, Douglass Forbes Lab

Jeanne M. Messier Memorial Award

2024: Julia Bebout; Ellie Fausett; Abhimaya Pathak; Sateesh Venkatesh
2023: Cody Spiegal; Frank Loduca; Scott Morton
2022: Megan Demmel; Jessica Mullins; Joshua Dominguez
2021: Karagan Smith
2020: Ashley Kim, James Nieh Lab
2019: Henry Baker, Jonathan Shurin Lab; Kelly Flanders, Carolyn Kurle Lab; Amy Geffre, James Nieh Lab
2018: Dillon Travis, Joshua Kohn Lab
2017: Stephanie Nehasil, Carolyn Kurle Lab
Alexander Neu, Kaustuv Roy Lab
Elizabeth Ryan, Elsa Cleland Lab
Elizabeth Bullard, Kaustuv Roy Lab
2016: Daniela Zarate, Joshua Kohn Lab

Marguerite Vogt Award

2021: Jiayi Dong, Li-Fan Lu Lab
Bianca Barriga, Sam Pfaff Lab
2020: Analine Aguayo, Neal Lab
Sunyoung Lee, Sun Lab
2019: Antonia Darragh, Scott Rifkin Lab
Gokhan Senturk, Samuel Pfaff Lab
2018: Tim Shaw, Jens Lykke-Andersen Lab
2017: Youtong Huang, Greg Lamke Lab
2016: Bingfei Yu, Ananda Goldrath

McElroy Award

2021: Gabriel Mullin-Manzanarez, Terry Hwa Lab
Alexis Bantle, Emma Farley Lab
Brent Chick, Diana Hargreaves Lab
Nathan Stutzman, Jazz Dickinson Lab
Alison Vicary, Alistair Russell Lab
Ugbad Farah, Jonathan Shurin Lab
2020: Elizabeth Bullard, Kaustuv Roy Lab
Lara Labarto Bajo, Elina Zuniga Lab
Anusorn Mudla, Nan Hao Lab
Emily Pierce, Rachel Dutton Lab
Chin San (Eric) Loo, Ye Zheng Lab
2019: Eray Enustun, Joseph Pogliano Lab
2018: Ida Naughton, David Holway Lab
2017: Vinson Lam, Susan Golden Lab
2016: Celia Symons, Jonathan Shurin Lab

Ray Thomas Edwards Award

2021: Andrew Ryan, Matt Daugherty Lab
Sara Quon, Ananda Goldrath Lab
D. Alexander (Alex) Stevens, Samara Reck-Peterson Lab
Tara Spencer, Rachel Dutton Lab
2020: Deepam Gupta, Yelon Lab
Rachel Kandel, Neal Lab
Gidsela Luna, Sun Lab
Andres Nevarez, Hao Lab
Saransh Umale, Jun Lab
2019: Delaney Pagliuso, Amy Pasquinelli Lab
2018: Donghyung Lee, Cory Root Lab
2017: Danielle Garshott, Eric Bennett Lab
2016: Sachin Sethi, Jing Wang Lab

Ruth Stern Award

2021: Sarah Ardell, Sergey Kryazhimskiy Lab

2020: Livia Songster, Samara Reck-Peterson Lab

2019: Sumedha Ravishankar, Cressida Madigan Lab
2018: Beverly Naigles, Nan Hao Lab
2017: John Gillies, Samara Reck-Peterson Lab
2016: Emily Pierce, Rachel Dutton Lab
Roland Liu, Kit Pogliano Lab

Kavli-Helinski Endowed Graduate Award

2021: Daniel Heinz, Brenda Bloodgood Lab
Yusi Chen, Terry Sejnowski Lab
Gina Powers, Shelley Halpain Lab
Qiyu Chen, Takaki Komiyama Lab
2020: Alana Gibson, Ackerman Lab
Shijia Liu, Han Lab
Nicholas Nelson, Nimmerjahn Lab
Natasha Slepak, Patrick Lab
Yue Sun, Jin Lab
Shiuan-Tze Wu, Su Lab