MCDB Senior and Student Awards 2023

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

  • Jannina Nicole Mock

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

  • Joshua Dang Phong Pham

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

  • Ralph Elias Aljamal 
  • Ryan Ali Barani
  • Charline Kira Brenneiser
  • Jason Chen
  • Kaylin Yuna Choe 
  • Cynthia Jane Dharmawan
  • Thomas Reid Evans 
  • Reece Maximilian Foehr
  • Taylor Raelynn Gierke
  • Alyssa Granados
  • Ryan J Grant 
  • Isabel Olivia Henley 
  • Kareena Chand Johnson 
  • Jolie Kan
  • Nafi Khan
  • Martin Koch
  • Amy Wu Lai 
  • Colin Lam
  • Rachel Lam
  • Larry Nathaniel Leybovich 
  • Jonas Alexander Lindquist
  • Jacquelyn Ly
  • Yarah Bebe Mathilde Meijer
  • Vy Truong Pham 
  • Julia Kinga Poradowski 
  • Akhil Sameer Prabhavalkar
  • Amy Kai Wang 
  • Yuchen Wang
  • Jason Xie
  • Chaoming Xu
  • May Yang
  • Victoria Yang
  • Emily Nicole Youngblood 
  • Ethan Zhang
  • Han Zheng