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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2024
Nolan Abels, Intended: Kinesiology, Gary Diffee
Madison Barnes, Molecular & Cell Biology, Christina Hull
Megan Basil, Biology, Garret Suen
Jose Bonilla-Gaytan, Conservation Biology, Zoology, Sean Schoville
Wyatt Broscious, Economics, Mathematics, Andrew Stevens
Gavin Chang, Biochemistry, Computer Sciences, Jason Cantor
Julia Choi, Intended: Nursing, Rick Eisenstein
Maddy Cometa, Psychology, Morgan Jerald
Mason Freeman, Chemistry, Luca Mastropasqua
Zoe Gonzales, Neurobiology, Psychology, Carrie Thiessen
Serenity Her, Biology, Claire Richardson
Isaac Homar, Data Science, Molecular & Cell Biology, William Bement
Steven Hsieh, Biology, Food Science, Victor Ujor
Yibo Huang, Chemistry, Song Jin
Samay Inampudi, Biology, Christine Sorenson
Katelyn Jacobs, Biochemistry, Susan Thibeault
Corinne Kelling, Biology, Jill Barnes
Emma Kluge, Biochemistry, Catherine Fox
Carl Knaack, Anthropology, Classical Humanities, Jeremy Hutton
Lizza Korolev, Biology, Statistics, Chris Todd Hittinger
Aleksandr Kralovec, Electrical Engineering, Melissa Skala
Thomas Liang, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Dan Negrut
Mia Lor, Undeclared, Jeff Martell
Houye Lyu, History, Geoffrey Durham
Allie Ma, Chemical Engineering, Yoel René Cortés-Peña
Shawn MacGregor, Microbiology, Neurobiology, Anita Bhattacharyya
Kashika Mahajan, Undeclared, Elena D’Onghia
Justin Maina, Mechanical Engineering, Eric Tervo
Ann McGrath-Flinn, Environmental Engineering, Christy Remucal
David Meister, History, Alfred McCoy
Sofia Merrick, Molecular & Cell Biology, Silvia Cavagnero
Rhea Nagori, Data Science, Molecular & Cell Biology, Colleen Witzenburg
Hypatia Newton, Chemistry, Monica Neugebauer
Hung Nguyen, Biochemistry, Biology, Seungpyo Hong
Atharv Padmalayam, Data Science, Mathematics, Robert Hawkins
Nicholas Rienstra, Engineering Mechanic, Elizabeth Wright
Arielle Rosenberg, Human Development & Family Studies, Stephen Ferrigno
Lateef Saheed, Biochemistry, David Ehrlich
Nina Saluja, Global Health, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Hilario Mantovani
Charlotte Sawicki, Neurobiology, Psychology, Zachary Morris
Claire Schleicher, Biochemistry, Data Science, Vatsan Raman
Saira Shah, Molecular & Cell Biology, Matthew Brown
Matthew Shen, Biochemistry, Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly
Izzy Sunby, Political Science, Spanish, Tana Johnson
Nathaniel Tanglin, Astronomy – Physics, Juliette Becker
Ethan Warrington, Chemistry, Jennifer Schomaker
Sophia Winterhalter, Biochemistry, Life Sciences Communication, Scott Coyle
Bridget Wu, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Brad Chandler
Caleb Youngwerth, French, Mathematics, Physics, Rose Cersonsky
Fangkai Yu, Computer Sciences, Statistics, Min Chen
Charles Zumbrunnen, Economics, Mathematics, Tessa Conroy
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