Sophomore Research Fellows

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, L
atin 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