2025 Awards Ceremony May 8, 2025
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
Robert H. Davis Memorial Award
Elijah Becker
Robert H. Davis Excellence Award
Ben Brosnan
Camp Family Research Award
Angel Perez
Morgan Wood
Spyros Kavouras Summer Research Award
Jenaya Wilder
Robert J. Graesser Summer Internship
Fisher Houston
Drew Kim
Mulroy Summer Internship
Dishan Gunya
Ren Horn
Valeria Ocampo
iBio Summer Internship
Kathleen Apaez
Ryan Orozco
Angelina Roman-Alcocer
AAP Summer Research Fellowship
Juliana Alvarez
Jamin Fuentes
Erin Miller
Jesus Montes
Alin Ortiz-Hernandez
Karol Penuelas
Yvette Reyes Caracheo
Nicole Sanchez
Samantha Sanford
Belicia Tuffour
Yongyan Zhou
Oliver J. Bell Merit Scholarship in Integrative Biology
Amartya Nalluri
Judy Willis Scholarship
Arted Gjata
IB Honors Sophomore Achievement Scholarship
Alaina Langston
IB Honors Junior Achievement Scholarship
Ella Narag
Dr. Stewart D. Fordham Award
Jesus Vallejo Cardenas
Delcomyn International Study in Biology Award
Emerson Echols
Jenaya Wilder
SIB Endowed Enhancement Fund
Benjamin Arango Navar
Julia Bondi
Veda Murphy
Katia Touchette
SIB Enhancement
Francisco Cornejo
Stefanie De La Cruz Aldana
Eliana Eng
Lily Porter
Joann Kavouras Memorial Scholarship
Isabelle Saucedo
Richard Ware Family Scholarship
Natalie Budzyna
Natalie Flemenbaum
Matthew Henry
Dr. Kirk and Mrs. Shannon Moberg Scholarship
Sonya Luebbers
Rachel Miller
Mia Possin
Chester W. and Nadine C. Houston Scholarship
Salman Rizvi
Sarah Rodriguez
Mariam Vaid
Mahil Venkatesh
Sophia Vodnik
School of Integrative Biology Endowed Scholarship
Megan O’Sullivan
Jenna Rosas
Anderson-Roberson Scholarship in Integrative Biology
Julia Aniecko
Samantha Sanford
David Scholarship
Valeria Ocampo
James and Susan Hatfield Scholarship in Integrative Biology
Samuel Cho
Mendius Scholarship
Francisco Cornejo
Trinity Dockery
Abraham Morales
Milly Manno
Katie McGovern
Rubinkowski Scholarship in Integrative Biology
Julia Ciura
Unverferth Scholarship in Integrative Biology
Julia Persak
SIB Alumni and Friends Award
Akilah Samad
Neha Siram
Claire Skowron
Junhe Zhang
SIB GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
Robert Emerson Memorial Award
Ratna Karatgi
Isabel Norton Award
Anne Aka
Luke Settles
Michelle Villalobos
Lebus Graduate Scholar Awards
Jeannette Cullum
Harley J. Van Cleave Research Award
Yutao Chen
Naomi Cobb
Samantha Dubbs
Anugerah Fajar
Anna Grimes
Timothy Legare
Chan Liu
Lauren Otolski
Sumashini Pagaldevatti
Vincent Prayugo
Igancio Sparrow Munoz
Malavika Venu
Allanis Vera Barron
Francis M. and Harlie M. Clark Summer Fellowship
Tristan Barley
Abby Webber
Francis M. and Harlie M. Clark Research Support Grant
Becky Cloud
Siqi Han
Julia Jehn
Satinderpal Kaur
Yuqiao Li
Gio Madrigal
Simmi Rana
Adrien Seabloom
Nina Shearrill
Mary F. Willson Graduate Research Fund
Julia Jehn
Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Summer Research Grant
Rebecca Cloud
Jeannette Cullum
Anna Grimes
Lauren Otolski
Zander Perelman
Adrien Seabloom
Malavika Venu
Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Summer Stipend Award
Naomi Cobb
Maris Daleo
Ratna Karatgi
Yuqiao Li
Sean Ooi
Adrien Seabloom
Malavika Venu
Fahren Zachery
Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Summer RA
Caylee Chan
Vivian Cheng
Anna Grimes
Lauren Otolski
Roberto Cucalon Tamayo
Derek McFarland
Zander Perelman
ENTOMOLOGY AND INHS AWARDS
Undergraduate Entomology Research Award
Katharine Vanker
Janaya Wilder
Herbert Holdsworth Ross Memorial Award
Ember Clodfelter
John Hodge
Sumashini Pagaldevatti
Johanna Schwartz
Wilfred Tang
Valeria Trivellone
Philip W. Smith Memorial Award
Anne-Danielle Aka
Tara Beveroth
Anastasia Rahlin
Fred H. Schmidt Summer Scholar
Elizabeth Bellow
Satinderpal Kaur
Luke Settles
Timo Wayman
Entomology Summer Block Grant
Yutao Chen
Erinn Dady
Anugerah Fajar
Siti Fauziyah
Satinderpal Kaur
Chan Liu
Vincent Prayugo
Minxing Zhu
Dr. Ting H. Hsai and Catherine T. Hsaio Fellowship
Johanna Schwartz
Wen-Yen Wu
Stewart H. Berlocher Graduate Student Research Award
Theodore Cook
Anugerah Fajar
Siti Fauziyah
Ellis MacLeod/Metcalf Award for Outstanding Teaching In the Department of Entomology
Annaliese Wargin
EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR AWARDS
Dr. Lowell L. Getz and Mary R. Getz Undergraduate Research Award
Savannah Palmer
Angelina Roman-Alcocer
Jenna Rosas
Edwin M. Banks Memorial Award
Anne Aka
Odum-Kendeigh Research Award
Nina Shearrill
Gio Madrigal
Shriram Bhat
Michelle Villalobos
Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Summer Stipend Award
Avi Berger
Mac Chamberlin
Siqi Han
Avalon Feiler
Julia Jehn
Timothy Legare
Thomas Frazzetta Award for Outstanding Teaching in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Biology
Jules Chabain
PLANT BIOLOGY AWARDS
Dr. Harold C. and Sonja L. Labinsky Award
Stephanie Cullum
Kithmee De Silva
Yuchen Wang
Michelle Zambrano
John R. Laughnan Award
Natalie Belloso
Meghan Blaszynski
August Lipari
Bram Osterhout
Blaine Martin
Simmi Rana
Igancio Sparrow Munoz
Grace Magavern
Yuchen Wang
Govindjee and Rajni Govindjee Award for Excellence in Biological Research
Kithmee De Silva
Dr. Fakhri and Dr. Maarib Bazzaz Plant Biology Fund
Sarah Chung
Lance Jones
Plant Biology Summer Stipend Award
Hannah Beddow
August Lipari
Grace Magavern
Sumashini Pagaldevatti
Allanis Vera Barron
Award for Outstanding Teaching in Plant Biology
Sarah Chung
TEACHING AND MENTORING AWARDS
John G. & Evelyn Hartman Heiligenstein Outstanding Teaching Assistants
Lauren Otolski
Aiden Schore
Erinn Dady
Sharon Gray Memorial Award
Emma Borop and Helene Dinehart mentored by Jeannette Cullum
Morgan Wood mentored by Ratna Karatgi
College and Campus Teaching Award
Phil Anderson – LAS Dean’s Award and Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Wendy Yang – Campus Award for Guiding Undergraduate Research
Andy Suarez – Executive Officer Distinguished Leadership Award
Nicholas Morphew – LAS Academic Professional Award
Amy Marshall Colon – The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Excellence in Education
Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students for Integrative Biology Courses Taught in Spring, Summer & Fall 2024
| Marc-Elie Adaime | Holly Coates | Joanne Manaster |
| Brian Allan | Maria Cox | Duncan Martin |
| Nick Anderson | Roberto Cucalon Tamayo | Derek McFarland |
| Phil Anderson | Stephanie Cullum | Andrew Miller |
| Tristan Barley | Erinn Dady | Esther Ngumbi |
| Hannah Beddow | Jim Dalling | Kylee Noel |
| Avi Berger | Kithmee De Silva | James O’Dwyer |
| Colby Behrens | Adam Dolezal | Lauren Otolski |
| Alison Bell | Janice Enos | Fabian Pallo Rivadeneira |
| May Berenbaum | Avalon Feiler | Sana Saboowala |
| Shriram Bhat | Becky Fuller | Adrien Seabloom |
| Joe Bielanski | Lijia Guo | Simran Singh |
| Meghan Blasynski | Siqi Han | Christina Swanson |
| Martin Bohn | Larry Hanks | Malavika Venu |
| Kasey Brockelsby | Katy Heath | Abby Weber |
| Morgan Brown | Edward Hsieh | Cariad Williams |
| Jack Calvery | Julia Jehn | Sarah Winnicki-Smith |
| Rebecca Carranza | Lance Jones | Wendy Yang |
| Jules Chabain | Jason Karakehian | |
| Sid Chakraborty | Ratni Karatgi | |
| Yangkang Chen | Angela Kent | |
| Chris Cheng-De Vries | Tim Legare | |
| Sarah Chung | August Lipari | |
| Ben Clegg | Caroline Ludden |
GEEB SYMPOSIUM AWARDS: Graduate Students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium Awards
5-minute talk winners
Joe Bielanski
Adrien Seabloom (tie)
Poster session winner
Yangkang Chen
Poster session Runner Up
Simmi Rana
8-minute talk winner
Roberto Cucalon Tamayo
8-minute talk runner up
Abby Webber