2024 Student Excellence Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2024 Student Award winners.
The College of Science is pleased to recognize the following students for their achievements and accolades in the 2023-2024 academic year.
Dean's Award Winners
Dean’s Undergraduate Student Award: Excellence in Academics and Research
Cicely Motamedi
Dean’s Graduate Student Award: Excellence in Research
Aleyah Dawkins
Dean’s Graduate Student Award: Excellence in Teaching
Timothy Banks
Dean’s Student Award: Excellence in Service
Sarah Roth
Dean’s Student Award: Excellence in Access, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Engagement
Brandi Williams
Undergraduate Awards
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences
Outstanding Student in Atmospheric Science (Meteorology Option)
Amanda S. Warner
Department of Biology
Biology Honors Award
Shams Aljassar
Vanessa Alvarez
Joseph Kim
Jasmin Laoudi
Faculty Award
Meryam Sherani
Ivan Zabello
Rockwood Pre-health Award
Sevgi Shahbazi
Jasmyn Smith
Melissa Stanley Medical Laboratory Science Award
Joycie Hagan
Vi Ho
Mariangely Rivas-Ortiz
Senior Award
Karina Martinez
Wilson Plummer
Alix Upchurch
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
American Chemical Society of Washington Senior Award
Nicolas Alt
Max Werkheiser
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Biochemistry
Melissa Nguyen
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry
Max Werkheiser
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Achievement in Organic Chemistry
Matthew Jacoby
Holly Chen Biophysical Chemistry Award
Fatima Rafie
Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Outstanding Senior Award
Ohil Kwon
Nghia Pham
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Outstanding Student in Conservation
Saijai Clarisse Supanklang
Outstanding Student in Ecological Science
Caroline A. Miller
Outstanding Student in Human and Ecosystem Response to Climate Change
Victoria C. Parra
Outstanding Student in Marine, Estuarine, and Freshwater Ecology
Amber Noel Spuchesi
Outstanding Student in Wildlife
Aiden M. Wells
Undergraduate Ambassador Award
Carolina Sanabria
Forensic Science Program
Faculty Award
Jordan Mullikin
Tara Wisniewski
Achievement Award
Sophia Duncan
Megan Skovranko
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Outstanding Undergraduate Student (BA)
Francesco Pignatiello
Outstanding Undergraduate Student (BS)
Wyatt Andrew Johnson
Outstanding Service Award
Kyle Ghaussy
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Outstanding Neuroscience Researcher Award
Krista Frodigh
Zoubayrou Joseph Desire Yvan Ndiaye
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Neuroscience Award
Tohfe Beidas
Alaa Guennouni
Neuroscience Faculty Choice Award
Ahmed Al Ali
Emily Kassab
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Amer Beslagic Award
Brandon King
Matthew Melendez-Jimenez
Genevieve G. Feinstein Award in Cryptography
David Aronson
Klaus Fischer Academic Achievement in Mathematics Award
Cicely Motamedi
Mary K. Cabell Award to Outstanding Mathematics Student
Violet Nguyen
Mary Nelson Award for Excellence in Teaching
Nicholas Lear
Mary Nelson Award for Excellence in Community Outreach
Mark Dubynskyi
Nathaniel Marshall
Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Award for Outstanding Research
Neer Patel
Max Werkheiser
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Outstanding Graduating Senior
Cicely Motamedi
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award and Sigma Xi Award
Daniel Heilman and Aiden Kriel
Outstanding Learning Assistant Award
Diego Espinoza
School of Systems Biology
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholar Award
Rachel Hart
Lena Hassan
Katarina Lass
Zain Malik
Graduate Awards
Department of Biology
Outstanding Biology Graduate Student Teacher Award
Lulwah Alsalih
Allison Case
Kathryn Cassels
Thomas Lopez
Durwood Moore
Research Semester Award
Rachel Hart
Meryam Sherani
Innovative Teaching Award
Nicholas Minster
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemistry Master’s Degree Student Research Award
Virginia Lopez
Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Master’s Degree Student Award
Ingrid Guillen Marquina
Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Doctoral Student Award
Callista Skaggs
Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Bruce Goldfeder
Jacqueline Kazil
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Best Doctoral Dissertation
Darby Pochtar
Greatest Impact Award
Ren Montaño
Best Master of Science Thesis Award
Sarah Roth
Averett Tombes Award
Chelsea Gray
Forensic Science Program
Faculty Award
Emmalyn Barlow
Pragatha Kannan
Sonja Kline
Achievement Award
Bailey Allebach
Madalyn Bowers
Yvette Michelle Jackson
Service Award
Emily Arnold
Navya Dinakar
Christina Neri
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Outstanding Graduate Certificate Student
Vika Mikalcius
Outstanding Master’s Degree Student
Sarah Ostertag
Outstanding Doctoral Student
Xiaoxuan Li
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Graduate Award for Excellence in Research
Alonso Ogueda Oliva
Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award
Shraddha Rajpal
Umarkhon Rakhimov
T. C. Lim Excellence in Teaching Award
Joseph Franks
Maddy Sherwood
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Outstanding Physics and Astronomy Graduate Teaching Assistant
Arthur Schwab
Outstanding Master’s Degree Graduate Award
Aster Gentner
School of Systems Biology
Best Master’s Degree Thesis
Binni Saggi
Best Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation
Steven Bowers
Emna El Gazzah
School of Systems Biology Impact Award— Doctoral Degree
Alexandru Graur
Samson Omole
School of Systems Biology Impact Award— Master’s Degree
Johnathan Ontivero Sanchez
John N. Brady Award for Excellence in Retrovirus Research
Sebastian Molnar
Graduate Student Development Award
Carol A. Anderson
Niloufar Boghdeh
School of Systems Biology Award in Data Analysis
Alison Gomeiz
Deborah Ngan
Navachat Tongvichit Bioinformatics Endowed Memorial Fellowship
Xingyu Luo
Community Engagement Award
Lorena Sandoval
William Brooks
