Excellence in Teaching Award
Each year, the School of Biological Sciences confers Excellence in Teaching Awards upon a select group of Instructional Assistants. The awards are based on both instructor and student evaluations. Award recipients have demonstrated a high level of teaching accomplishments and professionalism. The School commends their hard work and dedication to the students of UC San Diego.
2023-24
- Farrell, Andrea Araceli
- Gan, Diwen (Steven)
- Trinh, Andy
- Mathew, Varsha Ann
- Forman, Taylor Evan
- Dang Vu, Nhan Albert Martin
- Nisal, Ashna
- Ord, Jack
- Hill, Max Lucas
- Wells, Brian
- Gruber, Max Albert
- Pham, Alexander Huu
- Selstad, Amber Cole
- Brennan, Caitriona
- Magana, Tulio Ernesto
- Zhang, Emily Claire
- Rendler, Jacob Micah
- Ngan, Ming Tak
- Patil, Tejasvi
- Zipkin, Laylena Faye
- Zhou, Oliver
2022-23
- Ayala, Alejandro
- Brown, Spencer Cooper
- Castro, Lennice Keyla
- Cheng, Pin-Chung
- Chieng, Sinclair
- Dhaliwal, Harjot Singh
- Dominguez, Joshua Henry
- Gaitan, Noah Cameron
- Inthavong, Alan Souksombath
- Jacobs, Emma Rose
- Jombik, Ayuna
- Karanam, Ananth Tejaswi
- Lanigan, Keeley Anne
- Malik, Ashleyn
- Nam, Seungmin
- Pouv, Tevykah Colleen
- Rajagopal, Ananya
- Stettler, Lara S
- Stutzman, Nathan
- Tran, Cindy Hang
2021-22
- Vivian Khanh Bui
- Ivan Man-Tsun Chim
- Brian Tran Dinh
- Noah Cameron Gaitan
- Shae Beverly Galli
- Maya Louise Gosztyla
- Allison Michelle Kifer
- Hema Kopalle
- Kelly Lam
- Rimma Levina
- Christina Regina Liem
- Katrina Rene Myers
- Vy Xuan Nguyen
- Joseph Junhyuk Oh
- Ryan Young Park
- Sumedha Ravishankar
- Amy Dao Songvilay
- Lauren Alexandria Valdez
- Sara Stephanie Yanke
2020-21
- Samuel Anavim
- Christopher Beierschmitt
- Adelaida L. Estrada-Cardenas
- Mikael Emad Fakhoury
- Noah Cameron Gaitan
- Samantha Ashley Ivezich
- Hirsh Makhija
- Michael Kenneth Mudgett
- Gabriel Mullin-Manzanarez
- Alexander Theodore Neu
- Meera Manish Patel
- Nathan Saharaat Pongsamart
- Jasmin Siri Revanna
- Stefan Christoph Samu
- Lillian Sau
- Livia Dawn Songster
- Christina Trinh
- Nathaniel Jen-Sung Tsai
- Lilit Vardanyan
- Armando Vazquez
- Theodore Quang-Tuan Vuong
2019-20
- Mandy Sapphire Chan
- Teresa Chou
- Kay B Chung
- Shereen Georges
- Alana Louise Gibson
- Tami Sofia Gilderman
- Yueyang Huang
- Adam John Kirby
- Jasmine Thien Thu Thi Le
- Katherine Lee
- Nirosh Eranga Mataraarachchi
- Katrina Rene Myers
- Paola Orozco
- Michael Overton
- Lily Woo Quach
- Sumedha Ravishankar
- Golnesa Parvin Safavi
- Kelsey J Swink
- Christina Trinh
- Cassandra Ying Wang
- Justin Dennis Yu
2018-19
- Sarah Marie Ardell
- Elizabeth Marie Bullard
- Paulo Henriq De Oliveira Ceciliato
- Brienna Nichole Diaz
- Savannah YT Ding Fang
- Donovan Waleed Haddad
- Brooke Lynn Hawkins
- Kevin Ko Hsiung
- Vivian Kimberly Hua
- Brenda Leanne Yujun Hug
- Adam John Kirby
- Samantha Susan Kuglen
- Alexander Vermillion Lindsey
- Sedtavut Donald Nilaad
- Paola Orozco
- Shady Ibrahim Soliman
- Dillon Travis
- Michael Joseph Valdez
- Isabelle Gemma Velloze
- Aarthi Venkat
- Austin Lee Zuckerman
2017-18
- Hamanda Badona Cavalheri
- Eric Howard Chen
- Kshitij Gaur
- Hannah Ariel Grunwald
- Vivian Kimberly Hua
- Aeri Kim
- Samuel Lee
- Roland Bai Liu
- Raymond Hengfai Mak
- Joseph Patrick Miller
- Alexander Theodore Neu
- Victoria Shannon Nudell
- Collin David Pachow
- Delaney Catherine Pagliuso
- Sean J. Paknoosh
- Alison Dawn Parisian
- Shady Ibrahim Soliman
- Della Syau
- Adrienne-Emily Cudiamat Terrado
- Vioni Julian Villanueva
- Ziyi Wang
2016-17
- Jana Hicham Badrani
- Jared Thomas Boddrick
- Jasmine Chau
- Danielle Anne Damico
- Paulo Henriq De Oliveira Ceciliato
- Sara Sadat Emami
- Nathan Meade Jameson
- Mugdha Aniruddha Joshi
- Thomas Kuo
- Samuel Lee
- David Lenh
- Tzu-Han Lin
- Johanna I. Lindgren
- Nolan Baoan Mac
- Kanchi Jay Mehta
- Audrey Menegaz Proenca
- Nicole Susan Pippard
- Xiangyu Ren
- Ian Walter Steller
- Calvin Andrew Tran
- Brian Vay Tsu
2015-16
- Alena Lauren Bishop
- Francine Tungpalan Castillo
- Amanda Gabrielle Davis
- Raymond Do
- Michael Anthony Duran
- Layla Shadie Fijany
- Robert Lawrence Fisher
- Hannah Ariel Grunwald
- Kaisa Leigh Hanley
- Keng-Lou James Hung
- Mugdha Aniruddha Joshi
- Jeanae Mie Kaneshiro
- Jennifer Marie Kingston
- Xuan Yu Elian Lee
- David Lenh
- Jacky W. Lu
- Dallas Mindo-Panusis
- Anusorn Mudla
- Francesca Mikhal Sakamoto
- Julie Ann Schafer
- Shelly Ann Trigg
2014-15
- Catherine Charyie Chao
- Amanda Gabrielle Davis
- Kishen D. Godhia
- Keng-Lou James Hung
- Maggie Yangyang Jiang
- Christina S. Kelleher
- Mohammad Reza Khorsand
- Mai Tu Khuong
- Daniel Adam Knowland
- David Lenh
- Vivek Medepalli
- Angela Ngo
- Louis Thien Toan Nguyen
- Thien Phuc Nguyen
- Kelvin Patrick Noronha
- John James Popovich
- Eammon Patrick Riley
- Tin Ki Tsang
- Donald Wayne Van Fossan
- Roxana Ellen Wiswell
- Grace Siman Zhu
2013-14
- Lauren Elizabeth Chen
- Tiefu Cheng
- Tatyana Goldring
- Alexandra Harris
- Maryam Jafari Rasht
- Mai Tu Khuong
- Hsien Lai
- Aaron Ming Lee
- Richard F. Lie
- Rebecca Lynch
- Thalia Marie McCann
- Jordan Grey McKinney
- Rachel Carolyn Meza
- Cody Taylor Mowery
- Alexander Dung Nguyen
- Dianne Pater
- Benjamin Emery Rubin
- Nasir Saed
- Sareen Kaila Sandhu
- Ronnie Steinitz
- Celia Claire Symons
- Raymond Tran
- Donald Wayne Van Fossan
- Ravi Nuwan Wettasinghe
2012-13
- Kristina Lynn Chun
- Alexa Watson Clemmons
- Sascha Hans Christian Duttke
- Victoria Hanna
- Jennifer Rachel Hull
- Keng-Lou James Hung
- Zheng Li
- David Bruce Linderman
- Caroline Liu
- Sara Jane Mangosing
- Jordan Grey McKinney
- Ryan Charles Sartor
- Sarah Leah Schwartz
- Harmandip Singh
- Calandra N. Turner Tomaszewicz
- Megan Emily Vaughan
- Margaret Anne Wangeline
- Bernice Yick-Tung Yan
- Alexandra Zubenko