MCDB Senior and Student Awards 2023

 Biology Honors

Robert L. Sinsheimer Award in Molecular Biology Recipient

This award was initiated in 1997 through the generosity of Professor Robert Sinsheimer, a distinguished Biochemist and Molecular Biologist and former University of California Chancellor, to recognize the graduating senior in the department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology with the highest academic performance in the core courses of the specialized Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology majors.

Award Recipient

  • Ella Virden

Jean Devlin Memorial Award in Pharmacology

Awarded to the graduating senior in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology with the highest overall academic performance in the core courses of the Pharmacology Major. This award was initiated in memory of Jean Devlin, a Pharmacologist who was instrumental in the development of the Pharmacology Major at UCSB, the first such major in the nation.

Award Recipient

  • Alexis Kozminski

MCDB Distinction in the Major

For outstanding undergraduate research. Individual departments and programs in the College of Letters and Science grant this academic award to students of departmental honors programs who complete a senior honors project or thesis with distinction.

Award Recipients

  • Benjamin Aronson
  • Nathanael Bailey
  • Naomi Benson
  • Srija Bhattacharya 
  • Kirstin Bui
  • Amy Chang
  • Sara Chin
  • Henry Dong
  • Jessica Douglas
  • Tina Elias
  • Gabriel El-Jaouny
  • Nico Estebanez 
  • Sabrina Fojut 
  • Amira Garvey 
  • Romi Genosar
  • Sofia Gotthold 
  • Jane Greenaway
  • Daniel Haddad
  • Niki Hakami 
  • Lauren Helwig
  • Aiko Hirose
  • Tristan Kennedy
  • Amir Khan
  • Wesley Kim 
  • Arielle Leong
  • Megan Li 
  • Raphael Li
  • Ellen Lomazov
  • Julia Miyamoto
  • Alexei Miller
  • Gemma Mora
  • Nathan Nasseri
  • Graci Novack
  • Pooja Patel
  • Sage Patel
  • Azure Paxton
  • Anshul Rao
  • Roxanna Razavi
  • Daniela Rodriguez
  • Lucas Ruggeri
  • Isaiah J Sailors
  • Melody Shyy
  • Jacob Strayer
  • Mirette Tadros
  • Mathew Tang
  • Swara Tewari
  • Ella Virden
  • Eric Wu
  • Yuegi (Yuki) Xu
  • Parsa Zeinabad