We are proud to announce the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral departmental award winners for the 2026 Winter quarter. We awarded over $150,000 in scholarships and research awards! 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).
WINTER 2026 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD WINNERS
Donald S. Farner Scholarship
Anna Perfetti (Steinbrenner Lab)
Dr. Donald Kelts Family Scholarship
Eman Alameldeen (Woodrow Lab, UW Bioengineering)
Excellence in Biology Scholarship
Shreedevi Murugan (Yadav Lab, UW Pharmacology)
Fhedrick Lloyde Caoili
Porath-Johnson Scholarship
Jaeden Jensen
Joy Oluwaleye
May Garrett Hayes Scholarship
Elias Diaz Gomez
Varanasi Scholarship
Anna Perfetti (Steinbrenner Lab)
Friday Harbor Labs Award
Mugdha Chiplunkar (Armbrust Lab, UW Oceanography)
Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Peer Facilitator Award
Bridget Reed (formerly Kerr and Ruesink Labs)
Emily Sui (Mulligan, Hwang, and Pai Labs - UW Medicine Surgery Department)
John & Dorothy Franco Award
Julius Moricz (Imaizumi Lab)
Frye-Hotson-Rigg Award
Elizabeth Kenny (Tribble Lab)
Avery Klein (Di Stilio Lab)
Saya Natsuume (Di Stilio Lab)
Fanya Yuan (Brosi & Tribble Labs)
Susan Huscroft Scholarship
Kylee Murphy
WINTER 2026 GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS
Amalia & Craig Magaret Award
Edú Guerra (Santana Lab)
Botanical Field Research Award
Makoa De Almeida (Tribble Lab)
Friday Harbor Labs Award
Megan Vandenberg (Summers Lab)
Heerensperger Award
Anthony Garcia (Di Stilio Lab)
Amy Moore (Steinbrenner Lab)
Chansie Yang (Imaizumi Lab)
Heerensperger Award
William Albers (Imaizumi Lab)
Melanie Cham (Strömberg Lab)
Melissa Leon Norena (Riffell Lab)
Jimjohn Milan (Sridhar Lab)
Isiah Newbins (Wilson Mantilla Lab)
Iuvo Award
Vaibhav Chhaya (Santana Lab)
Edú Guerra (Santana Lab)
Chansie Yang (Imaizumi Lab)
Jim & Nancy Kenagy Award
Marie-Pier Poulin (Abrahms Lab)
John S. Edwards Award
Nora Lee (Rico-Guevara Lab)
Melissa Leon Norena (Riffell Lab)
Kruckeberg-Walker Award
Rachel Potter (Theobald and Brosi Labs)
Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)
Margo & Tom Wyckoff Award
Elizabeth Duan (Kerr Lab)
Anthony Garcia (Di Stilio Lab)
Meredith Honig (Abrahms Lab)
Laura Quinche (Santana and Rico-Guevara Labs)
Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)
Chansie Yang (Imaizumi Lab)
Orians Award
Vaibhav Chhaya (Santana Lab)
Orians Award for Tropical Studies
Nora Lee (Rico-Guevara Lab)
Richard C. Snyder Award
Isiah Newbins (Wilson Mantilla Lab)
Marie-Pier Poulin (Abrahms Lab)
Riddiford-Truman Award
Victoria Armitage (Durant Lab)
Andrea Bernal-Rivera (Santana Lab)
Megan Vandenberg (Summers Lab)
Robin M. Harris Award
Melissa Leon Norena (Riffell Lab)
Madeleine Strait (Brosi Lab)
Grace Van Susteren (Riffell Lab)
W.T. Edmondson Award
Emma Guerrini Romano (Durant Lab)
Elissa Khodikian (Durant Lab)
Grace Leuchtenberger (Carrington Lab)
Walker Family Award
Elizabeth Duan (Kerr Lab)
Meredith Honig (Abrahms Lab)
Emily Humphreys (Tribble Lab)
Chansie Yang (Imaizumi Lab)
Walter & Margaret Sargent Award
Anna Brant (Sidor Lab)
Glorianna Gutierrez (Theriot and de la Iglesia Labs)
Brenlee Shipps (Sidor Lab)
Wingfield-Ramenofsky Award
PJ Jones (Brosi Lab)
Chansie Yang (Imaizumi Lab)
WINTER 2026 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS
Iuvo Postdoctoral Research Award
Jamie Cochran (Durant Lab)
Erica Gustilo (Brosi Lab)
Mary Race Bevis Postdoctoral Research Award
Olivia Kosterlitz (Kerr Lab)