The following students received Sophomore Research Fellowships, which include a stipend to each student and to their faculty advisers. Fellowships are funded by grants from the Brittingham Wisconsin Trust and the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest, with additional support from UW-System, the Chancellor’s Office and the Provost’s Office. The list below includes fellow and honorable mention names and majors, and faculty adviser names.
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2023
Vidit Agrawal, Computer Sciences, Data Science; Dane Morgan
Katarina Aranguiz, Microbiology; Chris Todd Hittinger
Simon Boyenga, Genetics & Genomics; Paul Sondel
Ian Burton, Psychology; Markus Brauer
Edward Chang, Neurobiology; Xinyu Zhao
Scott Chang, Undeclared; Betül Kaçar
Tyler Chang, Undeclared; Aaron Hoskins
Ella Chevalier, Astronomy-Physics; Ke Zhang
Analise Coon, Molecular & Cell Biology; Phillip Newmark
Jessica Fernandez, Biochemistry; Susan Thibeault
Elizabeth Field, Biology; Dustin Deming
Annika Findlay, Genetics & Genomics; Jake Brunkard
Yazan Hammad, Neurobiology; Yuetiva Robles
Annabelle Hoth, Biology, Spanish; Gail Robertson
Sania Jain, Neurobiology, Psychology; David Ehrlich
Yuchen Jin, Computer Sciences, Psychology; C. Shawn Green
Caroline Krell, Psychology; Dan Sacks
Pate Lantz, Biology, Life Sciences Communication; Pippa Cosper
Lizzy Larson, Undeclared; Philip Townsend
Claudia Liverseed, English, Gender & Women’s Studies; Kasey Keeler
Emma Locketz, Genetics & Genomics; David Wassarman
Raines Lucas, Economics; Tyler Lark
Erica Magee, Mathematics, Physics; Martin Zanni
Amber Mans, Art; Brett Swenson
John Clinton Merrick II, Biochemistry, Neurobiology; Cynthia Czajkowski
Elias Mettner, Physics; Abdollah Mohammadi
Ella Miller, Genetics & Genomics; Patrick Masson
Jonathan Morris, History, Psychology; Stacey Schaefer
Michael Noguera, Computer Sciences; Rahul Chatterjee
Mason Polencheck, Microbiology, Zoology; Trina McMahon
William Spitz, Neurobiology; Erik Dent
Mridula Srivathsan, Biochemistry, Data Science; Silvia Cavagnero
Kiana Staton, Music; Jean Laurenz
Kaelyn Stephenson, Genetics & Genomics; Aussie Suzuki
Punnawish Thuwajit, Computer Sciences; Steven Kecskemeti
Zoe Uihlein, Biology; Amy Trowbridge
Jacqueline Wallin, Undeclared; Joshua Lang
Yining Wang, Computer Engineering, Computer Sciences; Robert Jacobberger
Cole Weaver, Biomedical Engineering; Melissa Skala
Sophia Cora Whitley, Genetics & Genomics; Claire Richardson
Minghua Zhang, Industrial Engineering; Justin Boutilier
2022
Harmon Singh Bhasin, Computer Sciences, Economics; Stav Atir
Vicki Braianova, Astronomy – Physics; Ke Zhang
Hunter Coplien, Biochemistry; Zach Wickens
Elliot Delfosse, Chemistry; Jeff Martell
Ria Dhingra, English, Philosophy; Ingrid Diran
Adam Eckardt, Biochemistry; Masatoshi Suzuki
Evan Erickson, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Studies; Victor Zavala
Christine Glitchev, Biochemistry, Neurobiology; Deric Wheeler
Sophia Green, Animal Sciences; Heather White
Cade Hottman, Molecular & Cell Biology, Neurobiology; Andre Sousa
Isabella Jones, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology; Kinjal Majumder
Andrew Liang, Neurobiology; Xin Huang
Siyun Liu, Genetics & Genomics; Han Wang
Ivy Lucier, Biochemistry; Michael Thomas
Sneha Maheshwari, Neurobiology, Psychology; Allyson Bennett
Lizzie Maly, Biomedical Engineering; Melissa Skala
Anna Nelson, Philosophy; Ingrid Diran
Niharika Patankar, Biochemistry, Intended: Music; Jenny Gumperz
Journey Prack, Entomology; Kerri Coon
Josef Rademacher, Biology; Susan Thibeault
Sophia Schoenfeld, Biology; Milo Wiltbank
Carl Shirley, Molecular & Cell Biology; Nihal Ahmad
Emma Speck-Wayne, Psychology; Allyson Bennett
Vaishnav Sunkireddy, Chemical Engineering; Siddarth Krishna
Peter Wawrzyn, Biomedical Engineering; Andrew Wentland
Natalie Zeps, Biochemistry; Aaron Hoskins
Yifei (Joye) Zhou, Genetics & Genomics, Wildlife Ecology; Carol Eunmi Lee
2021
Joshua Andreatta, Biomedical Engineering; Joshua Roth
Samiha Bhushan, Economics, Statistics; Devin Judge-Lord
Sierra Block, Biology; Thaddeus Golos
Sam Canney, Undeclared; Ksenija Bilbija
Caleb Carlsen, Biochemistry; Mark Burkard
Allison Czora, Genetics & Genomics, Statistics; Robert Landick
Atharva Ankush Dhamale, Molecular & Cell Biology; Nathaniel Sharp
Porter Garst, Geological Engineering; Hiroki Sone
Danny Hill, Neurobiology, Psychology; Caroline Grunenwald
Elyse Incha, Astronomy – Physics; Andrew Vanderburg
Silvia Iordache, Electrical Engineering; Susan Hagness, Chu Ma
Cameron Jones, Statistics; Jennifer Dykema
Cailie Keating, Linguistics, Spanish; Ksenija Bilbija
Elias Kemna, Microbiology; Timothy Berry
Jasmine Machhi, Undeclared; Silvia Cavagnero
Emily Masterson, Biomedical Engineering; Aviad Hai
Emily Merkel, Global Health; Gilda Ennis
Hanna Noughani, Music, Neurobiology; Barbara Bendlin
Tatiana Pavletich, Biology; Daniel Matson
Jeffrey Pietroske, Biology; Jacob Brunkard
Shrey Ramesh, Biomedical Engineering; Randall Kimple
Maria del Carmen Rosales, Health Promotion and Health Equity; Lara Gerassi
Jaskiran Sandhu, Biology; Chad Vezina
Greta Scheidt, Biomedical Engineering; Corinne Henak
Tala Shaibi, Life Sciences Communication, Neurobiology; Darcie Moore
Kathy Tran, Biology; Sarah Adcock
Gordon Winkler, Biochemistry, Microbiology; Silvia Cavagnero
Sherry Wong, Computer Sciences; Ellen Zweibel
2020
Brody Andes, Undeclared; Jeniel Nett
Samantha Bradley, Biology; Randall Kimple
Paige Bruggink, Human Development & Family Studies, Psychology; Jenny Saffran
Pak Lun Kevin Cheung, Biochemistry; Ophelia Venturelli
Anna Christenson, Biochemistry, Mathematics; Peter Lewis
Michelle Chung, Biology, Environmental Studies; Ellen Damschen
Sarah Fahlberg, Biochemistry, Computer Sciences; Philip Romero
Mia Farias, Undeclared; Jennifer Dykema
Hao-Yu Huang, Neurobiology; Melissa Harrison
Asha Jain, Biochemistry; William Ricke
Maddy Kobs, Conservation Biology, Geography; Christian Andresen
Jacob Kracke-Bock, Undeclared; J. Mark Kenoyer
Zheng Ma, Data Science, Economics, Political Science; Yoshiko Herrera
Celeo Matute Diaz, Materials Science and Engineering; Michael Arnold
Nicholas Maxfield, Zoology; Simon Gilroy
Calvin O’Donnell, Psychology; Yuri Miyamoto
Alejandro Onate, Biochemistry, Music; Zachary Morris
Tanner Oyen, Agronomy; Lucia Gutierrez Chacon
Ashley Pernsteiner, Mechanical Engineering; Corinne Henak
Conor Perreault, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Political Science; Jerry Zhu
Noah Pollard, Biomedical Engineering; Kristyn Masters
Aiden Ross, Materials Science and Engineering; Jiamian Hu
Lucas Stanley, Applied Mathematics, Engineering & Physics; Laurent Lessard
Anton Tung, Undeclared; Cynthia Czajkowski
Madeline Walaszek, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies; Ksenija Bilbija
Madalynn Welch, Biology; Timothy Gomez
Jan Wodnicki, Industrial Engineering; Justin Boutilier
Diya Yang, Mathematics; Nan Chen
Zoe Zanella, Human Development & Family Studies, Neurobiology; Robert Kirchdoerfer
2019
Elizabeth Brown, Biochemistry; Thomas Friedrich
Christine Brutus, Undeclared; Christina Hull
Iain Campbell, Computer Sciences and Neurobiology; Matthew Banks
Taijing Chen, Computer Sciences and Mathematics; Ben Parrell
Anisa Ciaciura, Neurobiology and Psychology; Seth Pollak
Paul Derr, Microbiology, Neurobiology, and Psychology; Raunak Sinha
Joseph Ekholm, Neurobiology and Nutritional Sciences; David Gamm
Sarah Emma, Biology; Zachary Morris
Kevin England, Conservation Biology and Microbiology; Silvia Cavagnero
Emma Fischer, Molecular Biology; Sean Schoville
Yixian Gan, Applied Mathematics, Engineering & Physics and Computer Sciences; Rania Huntington
Joseph Heyrman, Nutritional Sciences; Bikash Pattnaik
Manasa Kalluri, Neurobiology; Lee Eckhardt
William Korbitz, Engineering Physics and Mathematics; Eric Wilcots
Andreas Kyrvasilis, Molecular Biology; Ying Ge
Jessica Liu, Biochemistry; Michael Cox
Shu Liu, Computer Sciences and Statistics; Dane Morgan
Matthew Maurice, Undeclared; Jeri Barak-Cunningham
Matthew McLachlan, Physics; Michael Speidel
Jarod Moyer, Undeclared; Samuel Butcher
Kevin Nguyen, Biology; Sam Gellman
Dominique Petty, Intended: Kinesiology; John Carter Ralphe
Alexander Plum, Engineering Physics and Mathematics; David Baum
Joshua Riebe, Cartography & Geographic Information Systems and German; Tanya Buckingham
Theresa Schinkowitch, Human Development & Family Studies and Psychology; Sigan Hartley
Adam Shandonay, Physics; Tianlu Yuan
Elizabeth Somsen, Genetics & Genomics; David O’Connor
Jinan Sous, Biochemistry; Anjon Audhya
Dan Spiegelman, Molecular Biology; Paul Sondel
Jiameng Sun, Biology and Mathematics; Emery Bresnick
2018
Laura Arneson, Geological Engineering; Lucas Zoet
Miao Cao, Biology; Emery Bresnick
Madeline Cheyne, Communication Sciences & Disorders; Joseph Salmons
Grace Gecewicz, Philosophy; Harry Brighouse
Madhu Gowda, Undeclared; Susan Thibeault
Nicole Huth, Psychology; Kristin Shutts
Mohammed Jaffri, Economics and Molecular Biology; Yongna Xing
Jacob Kentala, Molecular Biology; Nathan Sherer
Yeon Jung Kim, Chemistry; James Gerken
Thomas Matoska, Biology; Rick Lindroth
Thanh Phuong Nguyen, Biochemistry; James Keck
Emily Perez, Economics; Maryellen MacDonald
Drew Quiriconi, English and Neurobiology; Anita Bhattacharyya
Hanna Rainiero, Biomedical Engineering; Dustin Deming
Brittany Russell, Biomedical Engineering; Krishanu Saha
Amanda Scharenbrock, Genetics; David Wassarman
Anna Schmidt, Biology; Katherine McMahon
Rachel Schneider, Biochemistry; Chris Hittinger
Rita Simpson, Nursing; Ryan Westergaard
Paul Slaughter, Mechanical Engineering; Peter Adamczyk
Olivia Steidl, Genetics; Caitilyn Allen
2017
Madeline Akbari, Microbiology; Richard Gourse
Catherine Anderson, Mathematics; Walter Goodman (declined)
Kyle Barron, Psychology; Shawn Green
Mackenzie Berry, English; Sara McKinnon
Joseph Blommer, French and Neurobiology; David Wassarman
Ethan Boynton, Microbiology; Jae-Hyuk Yu
Bennett Bremer, Biochemistry and Computer Sciences; Phillip Romero
Tess Carlson, Chemistry; Silvia Cavagnero
Emily Daykin, Genetics; Marc Wolman
Lauren Fahmy, Nutritional Sciences; Miriam Shelef
Michael Gui, Microbiology; Bruce Klein
Jieun Heo, Undeclared; Darcie Moore
John Holden, Undeclared; Gwen Eudey
Keith Kamer, Undeclared; Dave Pagliarini
Grace Li, Biomedical Engineering; Tim Donohue
Maggie Liu, Biochemistry; Robert Landick
Kara Mortensen, Neurobiology; Matthew Merrins
Renee Olley, Geological Engineering; Angela Pakes Ahlman
Ashley Prudhom, Elementary Education; Brad Brown
Rasika Ramanathan, Chemical Engineering; Eric Shusta
Rebecca Sturm, Psychology; Kristin Shutts
Dahlia Tesfamichael, Undeclared; Jessica Pritchard
Rahul Venkatesh, Chemical Engineering; Regina Murphy
Nathan Wang, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sean Palecek
2016
Jer Weann Ang, Food Science; Sean Carroll
Hamayail Ansari, Undeclared; Jeniel Nett
Meredith Braza, Human Development & Family Studies; Kristin Shutts
Evan Cory, Microbiology; Krishanu Saha
Will Flanigan, Biomedical Engineering; Pamela Kreeger
Benjamin Hoscheit, Astronomy-Physics, Mathematics and Physics;
Amy Barger
Mryia Hubert, Undeclared; Sean Schoville
Teja Karimikonda, Undeclared; Cynthia Czajkowski
Chrissy Kujawa, Biomedical Engineering; Kristyn Masters
Meng Lou, Microbiology; Krishanu Saha
Stefani Lucarelli, Biochemistry; Samuel Butcher
Steven Oakes, Biomedical Engineering; Chad Vezina
Elise Penn, Geological Engineering, Geology & Geophysics and Mathematics; Huifang Xu
Vedika Ramesh, Genetics; John Pool
Ann Turcotte, Biology; Joan Jorgensen; Megan Hornung
Matthew Westphall, Undeclared; Jonathan Gero
Sidong Zhong, Economics and Statistics; Steven Durlauf
2015
Jaime Brown, Biochemistry; Paul Friesen
Wilder Deitz, Social Welfare; Eric Lock
Tyler Engel, Plant Pathology and Psychology; Jeri Barak-Cunningham
Julie Fischer, Undeclared; David Wassarman
Caroline McCormick, Microbiology; Garret Suen
Sanober Mirza, Undeclared; Erika Marin-Spiotta
Maria Olaru, Biology and Psychology; Robin Goldman
Ryan Rebernick, Biochemistry; Miriam Shelef
Thomas Richards, Biology; Susan Paskewitz
Swetha Saseedhar, Biology; Zulmarie Perez and Paul Sondel
Colleen Schmit, Biological Aspects of Conservation and Spanish;
Ksenija Bilbija
Daniel Vigil, Chemical Engineering; Manos Mavrikakis
Sarah Wang, Biochemistry; Susan Thibeault
William Xiang, Biochemistry; Wade Bushman
Annie Yao, Biochemistry; Lian-Wang Guo