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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


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