MCDB Senior and Student Awards 2025

 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

• Peter Michael Gadala
   

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

• Quinn Fox Dodd-Spiegelberg
• Alex Robert Khalil

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