We are proud to announce the undergraduate and graduate departmental award winners for the 2025 Autumn quarter. We awarded over $60,000 in scholarships and research awards, as well as funded twelve quarters of graduate fellowship support! We are especially grateful to the generous donors and supporters who make these Biology awards, scholarships, and fellowships possible for our students quarter after quarter, year after year. Cheers all around!
Information on the student’s research lab is included in parentheses (as stated in their application).
AUTUMN 2025 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD WINNERS
Donald S. Farner Scholarship
Eman Alameldeen
Walter & Margaret Sargent Award
Benjamin Brown (Akamatsu Lab)
Priyank Kapur (Sidor Lab)
Danielle Vahdat (Bagheri & Cabernard Labs)
John & Dorothy Franco Award
Lyla Higgins
Excellence in Biology Scholarship
Eman Alameldeen
Aubrey Burnham
Lyla Higgins
Delaney Hurlimann (Neumaier Lab, VA Medical Center)
Aleah Rosner (Young Lab, UW SOM)
Frye-Hotson-Rigg Award
Avery Klein (Di Stilio Lab)
Julius Moricz (Imaizumi Lab)
Saya Natsuume (Di Stilio Lab)
Grace Nowicki (Imaizumi Lab)
Riley Wells (Imaizumi Lab)
Fanya Yuan (Brosi & Tribble Labs)
Porath-Johnson Scholarship
Fhedrick Lloyde Caoili
Anna Perfetti (Steinbrenner Lab)
Edith Lucena Riehl Scholarship
Marcia Waters
Katharina Casey Leadership Award
Nia Brice (Law Lab)
Akshara Polavarapu (Ward Lab)
Emily Sui (Hwang Lab, UW Medicine)
AUTUMN 2025 GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP WINNERS
Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Teaching Award
Vaibhav Chhaya (Santana Lab)
Tunnicliffe Distinguished Teaching Fellowship
Benjamin Downing (Nemhauser Lab)
Julia Smith (Buckley Lab)
Frye-Hotson-Rigg Fellowship
Benjamin Sheppard (Steinbrenner Lab)
Kathryn C. Hahn Writing Fellowship
Yasmeen Erritouni (Leaché Lab)
WRF-Hall Fellowship and Supplemental Awards
William Albers (Imaizumi Lab)
Andrea Bernal-Rivera (Santana Lab)
Annie Colgan (Brosi Lab)
Elizabeth Duan (Kerr Lab)
Emily Humphreys (Tribble Lab)
Brenlee Shipps (Sidor Lab)
Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)
Chansie Yang (Imaizumi Lab)
Paine Experimental & Field Ecology Fellowship
PJ Jones (Brosi Lab)
Laura Quinche (Rico-Guevara & Santana Labs)