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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 Division commends their hard work and dedication to the students of UC San Diego.

Past Recipients

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