MCDB Senior and Student Awards 2026
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
- Mia Whitney Raimond
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
- Kyle Kenji Shimamoto
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 with distinction.
Award Recipients
- Emma Noel Abbate
- Anika Agarwal
- Ava Rey Baker
- Isabella Barragan
- Erik Beahrs
- Ruifan Cao
- Maxwell YJ Chang
- Mikey Amr Fouad El-Badry
- John Pan Fan
- Francesca Sofia Galiani
- Sofie Jeane Gelzleichter
- Arnav Gupta
- Toran Ham
- Pranavshri Hariharan
- Harrison Benjamin Hoffman
- Pihu Jain
- Ryan Minkyu Kim
- Liora Shalva Krantz
- Megan Kwong
- Tyler Pierce Lee
- Rachel Lee
- Lauren Jia-Yi Li
- Michelle Lin
- Noah Rhys Linder
- Natalie Toman Mangoba
- Nathan James McCormick
- Alex Paul Micsa
- Isabella Maria Navarro
- Kobe Hoang Nguyen
- Kate Elizabeth Nickel
- Nathan Jack Oliveira
- Aisling Zara Clancy Parast
- Conor Dillon Pugsley
- Mia Whitney Raimondi
- Ben Rivera
- Megan Joan Rodriguez
- Nwar Samaan
- John Sepe
- Ayaaz Roshan Shah
- Kyle Kenji Shimamoto
- Paramjot Singh
- Mabel Evelyn Song
- Aditii Srinivasan
- Vidya Sundaram
- Nathaniel Tadros
- Michelle Derong Tang
- Yaara Tzadikario
- Clayton James Walker
- Julia Joe Walsh
- Stacy Yang
- Elaine Zeng
- Kathleen Zhang
- Nicole Zhou
- Catherine Jiachi Zhu
