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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 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