Congratulations UBRP Students and Alumni!
Graduating Seniors at the 2024 UBRP Conference (Front row from left to right: Chloe Park, Alexis Henderson, Alessandro Bolus, Ariel Cheng, Jackie Larson, Suetmui Yui, Venesa Romero. Middle Row: Anna Ramsook, Alex Hames, Asia Richardson, Remi Bliss, Ines Studer, Emma Gevelhoff, Adithi Peedoly, Olivia Bertuca, David Jurkowitz, Tanjia Clarkson. Back row: Veronica Hode, Ryan Bowser, Ivan Vanek, Madison Gackle, Sophia Marcinowski, Violet Rowland, Ranon Plett, Alyssa Wellborn, Angelo Antenor.)
Quinn Reilly
Congratulations Class of 2024!
Congratulations to all our UBRP students who graduated this May! Many of our UBRP students were also recognized this past spring through the receipt of various awards and scholarships. A few of these award winners and the award(s) they received are highlighted below.
- Bryce Wilson - Goldwater Scholarship
- Jackie Choi - ACS Award for Undergrad in Physical Chemistry
- Mira Kaibara - Vaughan Honors Leadership Award
- Shinhye Chloe Park - Robie Gold Medal & Biochemistry Outstanding Senior
- Sophia Marcinowski – Danny Brower Scholarship
Sun Woo Kim - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Outstanding Senior
Congratulations to Award Winners!
Top row from left to right: Mira Kaibara, Sun Woo Kim, Shinhye Chloe Park
Bottom row from left to right: Sophia Marcinowski, Bryce Wilson, Jackie Choi
We would also like to congratulate our students and alumni for the following accomplishments:
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Finalists: Nicholas Mortimore. Congratulations also to Isaiah Toth who received Honorable Mention for the NSF GRFP!
- 2023 Fall Outstanding Senior: Caroline Coppinger (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- 2024 Galileo Circle Scholars: Gavin Arnold, Ciara Himes, Isaac Kailat, Sophia Marcinowski, Jasmine Meredith, Vivianna Metzler, Natalie Rawlings, and Elissa Schiff
- 2024 Beckman Scholars: Isaac Kailat and Micaila Marcelle
- Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Graduating Seniors: Yuchen Ai, Angelo Antenor, Shreya Balasubramanian, Olivia Bertuca, Arianna Bista, Remington Bliss, Alessandro Bolus, Ryan Bowser, Catherine Calma, Samantha Cassity, Ariel Cheng, Jackie Choi, Caroline Coppinger, Sam DiMatteo, Angela Ding, Nada Elnady, Anissa Ferris, Michael Foster, Madison Gackle, Emma Gevelhoff, Rahul Gupte, Alexander Hames, Skylar Hardison, Alexis Henderson, Kate Hilbert, Veronica Hode, David Jurkowitz, Mira Kaibara, Bradley Khanthaphixay, Jaeman Kim, Sun Woo Kim, Heather Kwapiszeski, Jacqueline Larson, Hannah List, Natalie Mak, Sophia Marcinowski, Chloe Mikolajczyk, Sophia Moghimi, Jesus Mota Jr, Grace Parekh, Shinhye Park, Allan Paxson, Ranon Plett, Esha Rajadhyaksha, Anna Ramsook, Asia Richardson, Venesa Romero, Violet Rowland, Paige Rudy, Genevieve Schoelen, Caleb Seekins, Ines Studer, Talia Sugden, Sayujya Timilsena, Ivan Vanek, Udbhav Venkataraman, Alyssa Welborn, Lillian Wu, Meiven Yang, and Suetmui Yu.
Congratulations to you all! We encourage you to stay involved in UBRP, wherever your future path takes you.
Alumni Spotlight
We would also like to spotlight one of our amazing alumni, Nicholas Mortimore, who was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. This 3-year scholarship will provide financial support and a stipend for Nick while they pursue their PhD at Yale University. Congratulations, Nick! For more information about Nick, his path to receiving the GRFP and his future plans, you can read the Michelle Vaughn's article about Nick published by the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Nick Moritmore