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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2026 Sophomore Fellows

Sohan Alleshwaram, Computer Sciences, Mathematics; Sean Schoville

Haley Alvarez-Garcia, Genetics & Genomics; Victoria Rendell

Lauren Anderson, Biomedical Engineering; Melissa Skala

Maxwell Bartlett, Chemical Engineering; Siddarth Krishna

Adit Bhootra
Major: Biology
Project: Mechanisms of DNA Repair Deficiency and Radiosensitivity in TSC-Mutant Cancer Cells
Faculty Advisor: Pippa Cosper

Caroline Blust
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project: Development and Evaluation of a Fully Automated Preoperative Planning and Intraoperative Guidance Workflow for Periacetabular Osteotomy
Faculty Advisor: Josh Roth

Andriana Boulos
Major: Psychology
Project: Do Adults’ Messages Engender Self-Resemblance Preferences in Racially-Minoritized Children?
Faculty Advisor: Ashley Jordan

Elia Careaga
Major: Neurobiology
Project: Validating the Impact of Morphogen Modulation on Cell Identity in an Organoid Screen
Faculty Advisor: André Sousa

Sixing Chen
Major: Neurobiology
Project: Defining the Critical Period for FMRP Restoration in Fragile X Mice
Faculty Advisor: Xinyu Zhao

Yu Chen
Major: Biology
Project: Role of Neutral Sphingomyelinase (nSMase) Activation in Caveolae Remodeling Under Chronic Mechanical Stress in Cardiomyocytes
Faculty Advisor: Alexey Glukhov

Michael Cherevatsky
Major: Biochemistry
Project: Aging Impacts Myeloid Cell Functional Features and Phenotype at the Cribriform Plate
Faculty Advisor: Matyas Sandor

Tejas Dahiya
Major: Undeclared
Project: Predictive Sensor Health Index for Multi-Sensor Failure Detection in Engine Systems
Faculty Advisor: Saurabh Gupta

Ishpreet Dang
Major: Molecular & Cell Biology
Project: The Role of Ssd1 in Regulating Protein Production in Aneuploid Yeast
Faculty Advisor: Audrey Gasch

Christopher DeCorte
Major: Biology, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Engineering Immune-Evasive Endothelium and Defining the Rejectome: Modeling and Predicting Early Allogeneic Graft Rejection
Faculty Advisor: Matthew Brown

Katelyn Doehrmann
Major: Biochemistry
Project: Utilizing Isotopically Substituted Ammonia to Quantify the Production of Molecular Nitrogen in  Astronomically Relevant Ices
Faculty Advisor: Susanna Widicus Weaver

Nolan Doherty
Major: Microbiology
Project: Correlating Listeria monocytogenes Plaque Area and Sigma Factor B Activity during Stress with Elevated Virulence through a Clinical Isolate Screen
Faculty Advisor: JD Sauer

Abigail Fagerlin
Major: Physics
Project: Photometric Precision Limits of Low-Cost Astronomical CCD Systems for Distance Measurements
Faculty Advisor: Peter Timbie

Eavan Finnerty
Major: Neurobiology
Project: Can Anti-Müllerian Hormone Predict Inflammatory Cytokines in Female Infertility?
Faculty Advisor: Aleks Stanic-Kostic

Helaina Grossmeyer
Major: Astronomy – Physics, Computer Sciences
Project: Identifying Extremely Young Post-Starburst Galaxies with SDSS-IV/eBOSS Spectroscopy
Faculty Advisor: Christy Tremonti

Fleli Hakizimana
Major: Biology, Global Health
Project: Mechanistic Regulation of Histone H3 Thr3 Phosphorylation Dynamics During Mitosis
Faculty Advisor: Aussie Suzuki

Jixiang Hu
Major: History
Project: German Pietism and the Formation of the Modern Self
Faculty Advisor: Eric Carlsson

Wanyang Huang
Major: Molecular & Cell Biology
Project: Environmental Isolation and Construction of a Bacillus subtilis Bacteriophage Library of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Faculty Advisor: Jade Wang

Devyn Iglesias-Fuller
Major: Biochemistry, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies
Project: An in vitro Investigation of RNA Binding and Liquid-Liquid Phase Deparation of C. elegans Processing Body Protein CAR-1
Faculty Advisor: Andrea Putnam

Alexandra Isaak
Major: Microbiology
Project: Graphical User Interface to Improve the Accessibility of T Cell Quality Monitoring using Automated Optical Metabolic Imaging
Faculty Advisor: Melissa Skala

Olivia Jerabek
Major: Genetics & Genomics
Project: Ploidy and Adaptation: Comparing the Fitness of Isogenic Haploid and Diploid Mutants in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Faculty Advisor: Nathaniel Sharp

Madeline Koebrick
Major: Molecular & Cell Biology
Project: Interrogating the Function of the Hox Gene Deformed in the Development of the Prehensile Leg of Daddy-Longlegs
Faculty Advisor: Prashant Sharma

Violet Krol
Major: Biology
Project: Impacts of Global Climate Change on the Fitness of the Copepod Eurytemora affinis
Faculty Advisor: Carol Eunmi Lee

Samuel Kuemmel
Major: Statistics
Project: Mapping Green: A Geospatial Analysis of Neighborhood-Level Lawn Ownership Demographics
Faculty Advisor: Holly Gibbs

Matias Kvalsvik
Major: Biology
Project: Investigating the Bicaudal-C(Bicc1)-RNA Interface across Different Species
Faculty Advisor: Michael Sheets

Heng (Dariush) Lasiang
Major: Electrical Engineering, Physics
Project: Simulating Nanoscale Photon Transport and its Effects on Near-field Thermophotovoltaic Cell Performance
Faculty Advisor: Eric Tervo

Ruda Lee
Major: Chemistry, Data Science
Project: Synthesis of High-Csp3 DNA-Encoded Libraries Using Thianthrenium On-DNA Chemistry
Faculty Advisor: Jefferey Martell

Eve Lin
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Additive Manufacturing Functionally Graded Foams to Control Local Mechanical Response
Faculty Advisor: Ramathasan Thevamaran

Zoe Littlefield
Major: Undeclared
Project: Social Patterns on a Local Stage: Translating the work of Ashley Mears to Regional Theater
Faculty Advisor: Chloe Hart

Yihan (Ashley) Liu
Major: Astronomy – Physics
Project: Worlds in Time: The Cooling Histories and Ages of Temperate Super-Earths
Faculty Advisor: Melinda Soares-Furtado

Kevin Kai Ming Low
Major: Physics
Project: Intrinsic Gap Complexity of Kepler Planetary Systems with Undetected Planets
Faculty Advisor: David Rice

Maire J. Lucero
Major: Physics
Project: Assessing Variance of Atmospheric Hydrogen Intensities with Respect to the Solar Cycle Using Southern Hemispheric Data
Faculty Advisor: Susan Nossal

Aiyana Manglona
Major: English, Information Science
Project: One Size Does Not Fit All: Challenging the Use of Overarching Guidelines for Data Visualizations
Faculty Advisor: Karen Schloss

Jack Marsh
Major: Biochemistry
Project: Cpt2-Dependent Regulation of Intestinal Fatty Acid Oxidation by the Gut Microbiota
Faculty Advisor: Eric Yen

Cody McKenna
Major: Computer Sciences, Mathematics
Project: Using AI to Simulate Novel Physics from Text Descriptions and Mathematical Specifications
Faculty Advisor: Misha Khodak

Khushi Mitchell
Major: Neurobiology
Project: Isolating Cone-Driven Visual Behavior in LIAIS Mice Using a Novel Rod-Silent Optomotor Approach for Color Vision Studies in Parkinson Disease
Faculty Advisor: Freya Mowat
(This Sophomore Fellowship is sponsored by the McPherson Eye Research Institute.)

Angeline Morgado Romero
Major: International Studies, Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies, Political Science
Project: Displaced & Blamed: The Venezuelan Diaspora’s Responses to Xenophobic Discourses in Chile
Faculty Advisor: Sara Mckinnon

Sage Osesek
Major: Genetics & Genomics, Molecular & Cell Biology
Project: Sex-Specific Regulation of Bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate by mTORC1 in Skeletal Muscle Aging
Faculty Advisor: Ryan Marshall

Tirth Mihirbhai Patel
Major: Data Science, Economics
Project: Detecting Shifts Between Populist and Responsible Governance in Three Signature Episodes
Faculty Advisor: Matteo Camboni

Anikait Patel
Major: Molecular & Cell Biology
Project: Engineering Signal Peptides to Enhance Antitumor Potency of Virus-free CRISPR GD2-CAR T Cells
Faculty Advisor: Portia Smith

Sophie Petta
Major: Neurobiology
Project: Donor-Recipient Origin of BAL-Derived Organoids and Immune Cells From Lung Transplant Patients
Faculty Advisor: Monica Liu

Owen Plate
Major: Environmental Sciences
Project: Influence of Disturbance Regime and Soil Properties on Grassland Plant Community Composition
Faculty Advisor: Ellen Damschen

Keyvan Pouladian
Major: Engineering Physics
Project: Noise Analysis for Fast Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Defect Annealing in SiC
Faculty Advisor: Charlie Hirst

Agastya Rathee
Major: Computer Sciences, Data Science
Project: Hardware-Agnostic Optimization and Massive Parallelization of the SPECTRAX Kinetic Plasma Solver
Faculty Advisor: Rogerio Jorge

Grace Reichert
Major: Molecular & Cell Biology
Project: Characterizing the Roles of Electrostatic Residues in Regulating Proton Leak through Multidrug Resistance Transporter EmrE
Faculty Advisor: Katherine Henzler-Wildman

Anna Rosu
Major: Materials Science & Engineering
Project: Crystalline Properties and Ion Transport in POEM5/POEM20 Random Co-Polymer Electrolytes
Faculty Advisor: Whitney Loo

Lyn Sepersky
Major: History, Information Science, Political Science
Project: Analyzing the Impact of Interpersonal Rural-Urban Relationships on Measured Levels of Rural-Urban Polarization
Faculty Advisor: Matthew Pietryka

Meredith Serrano
Major: Neurobiology, Psychology
Project: Approximate Number System Development in Children
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Ferrigno

Ryan Smithana
Major: Biochemistry, Spanish
Project: Thrombospondin-1 and RPE Cell Function in Dry AMD
Faculty Advisor: Nader Sheibani

Aurora Swissdorf
Major: Biochemistry
Project: Understanding the Effects of Inflammatory Signaling on Lymphatic Vessels in HGSOC
Faculty Advisor: María Virumbrales-Muñoz

Aleena Varghese
Major: Molecular & Cell Biology
Project: Genetic Analgesia via Synthetic Post-Transcriptional Repression of Sodium Channels in Sensory Neurons
Faculty Advisor: Zachary Campbell

Yuva Vijaykumar Shunmugapriya
Major: Biochemistry
Project: Evaluating the Therapeutic Efficacy of MRTX1133 in Combination with MK-8776 in KRAS G12D-Driven Colorectal Cancer
Faculty Advisor: Dustin Deming

Nina Wolff
Major: Neurobiology, Psychology
Project: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Directionality of Ratio Visual Processing
Faculty Advisor: Percival Matthews

Yuhan Xing
Major: Electrical Engineering
Project: A Triboelectric Nanogenerator-Based Energy Harvesting Strategy for Prolonging the Battery Life of Sports Headphones
Faculty Advisor: Xudong Wang

Benjamin Zumbrunnen
Major: Geology & Geophysics
Project: Determining the Relationship between Sediment Concentration and Dielectric Permittivity in Ice for Applications in Radar Surveys
Faculty Advisor: Lucas Zoet

2025 Sophomore Fellows

Liv Abegglen, Genetics and Genomics, Bryn Webb

William Anderson, Computer Sciences, Data Science, Mathematics, Yiqiao Zhong

Irene Angelidakis, Neurobiology, Cynthia Czajkowski

Anvika Annyapu, Biochemisty, Economics, Julia Berian

John Aradan, Computer Sciences, Robert Striker

Ava Barsness, Intended: Kinesiology, William Schrage

Ellie Baudhuin, Genetics and Genomics, Aaron Hoskins

Ava Berdelman, Biochemistry, Elizabeth Wright

Aletta Bergman, Wildlife Ecology, Kate McGinn

Aster Bi, Statistics, Percival Matthews

Natalie Broderick, Astronomy – Physics, Physics, Ellen Zweibel

Jonathan Buscher, Biochemistry, Statistics, Rachel Mooney

Sudhindra Chavadam, Biomedical Engineering, Colleen Witzenburg

Jiahao Chen, Statistics, Jennifer Dykema

Slava Cherempei, Chemistry, Jennifer Schomaker

Ari Collins, Education Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, David O’Brien

Amber DuVal, Biomedical Engineering, Colleen Witzenburg

Clare Fallon, Undeclared, Quentin Dudley

Christopher Fan, Physics, Roman Kuzmin

Isabel Garay, Molecular and Cell Biology, Francisco Alvarado Guillen

Kate Geiger, Genetics and Genomics, David Wassarman

Krithi Gopinath, Neurobiology, Anjon Audhya

Linda Hao, Electrical Engineering, Eric Tervo

Ayush Harish, Biology, Pippa Cosper

Lindsey Hmielewski, Physics, Will Nachlas

Alexander Ivey, Nuclear Engineering, Charles Hirst

James Johnson, Biochemistry, Marjorie Brand

Hannah Justice, Geology and Geophysics, Ken Ferrier

Arianna Kaas, Microbiology, Jeniel Nett

Cameron Kiger, Microbiology, Simon Gilroy

Abigail Koch, Biology, Judith Simcox

Samuel Litzau, Biomedical Engineering, Masatoshi Suzuki

Elizabeth Lucas, Geology and Geophysics, Political Science, Eva Golos

Akesh Mallia, Mechanical Engineering, Thomas Breunung

Riley McJunkin, Biology, Rebecca Smith

Mina Meyer-Najmi, Chemistry, Zachary Wickens

Natalie Miller, Biomedical Engineering, Colleen Witzenburg

Akshata Moorthy, Genetics and Genomics, Silvia Cavagnero

Olaotse Ngwako, Economics, Soeren Henn

Jonah Nick, Chemistry, Engineering Physics, Jonathan Engle

Karolina Pater, Industrial Engineering, Ranjana Mehta

Quinn Paulsen, Molecular and Cell Biology, Jue Wang

Akhilesh Peddi, Undeclared, Kristin Phillips-Court

Ved Vasishtha Pendyala, Undeclared, Nihal Ahmad

Akhil Pidikiti, Genetics and Genomics, Chad Vezina

Raphael Ribeiro Mantovani, Data Science, Statistics, Joao Dorea

Alyssa Rooks, Forest Science, Adena Rissman

Daleep Sandhu, Neurobiology, Matthew Banks

Anna Schellin, Psychology, Statistics, Percival Matthews

Selah Schmitt, Molecular and Cell Biology, Social Welfare, Beth Weaver

Grant Schuman, Neurobiology, Chiara Cirelli

Giulia Scimonelli, Biomedical Engineering, Neurobiology, Krishanu Saha

Mary Scott, Neurobiology, Dhatri Devaraju

Manav Seth, Biology, Zachary Adam

Sananda Shyamkumar, Biochemistry, Huy Dinh

Hailey Sieren, Microbiology, Kerri Coon

Eva Stafne, Mechanical Engineering, Juliette Becker

Nicholas Tallon, Astronomy – Physics, Mathematics, Physics, Ke Zhang

Jonathan Tong, Economics, Mathematics, Simeon Alder

Isaiah Trice, Music: Performance, Laura Schwendinger

Paula Vidal-Tama, Entomology, Wildlife Ecology, Sean Schoville

Raagav Vijayalakshmi Siva, Agricultural Business Management, Jae-Hyuk Yu

Andrew Walter, Mechanical Engineering, Eric Kazyak

Vivian Wanjing, Environmental Engineering, Steven Loheide

Madelyn Watson, Undeclared, Joshua Calhoun

Ty Weaver, Molecular and Cell Biology, Melissa Skala

Elliott Weix, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Scott Coyle

Rachel Williams, Economics, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Jessica Pac

Bella Willis, Neurobiology, Eric Yen

Iris Xu, Computer Sciences, Data Science, Irene Ong

Carl Yao, Astronomy – Physics, Data Science, Ke Zhang

Cassie Yu, Undeclared, ShinYe Kim

Grace Zhang, Chemical Engineering, Siddarth Krishna

Yanxin Zhang, Computer Sciences, Vikas Singh

Ander Zheng, Microbiology, Mark Mandel

Tim Zhou, Computer Engineering, Robert Jacobberger

2024 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

 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 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

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 Sophomore Fellows

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