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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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