The following are winners of our annual undergraduate awards for research and academic achievement. These awards recognize the excellence of the students that we are privileged to instruct in our classes and labs at Berkeley.
Departmental Citation
- 2012 - Timothy Roth
- 2011 - Harvind (Harvey) Chahal
- 2010 - Dipankan Bhattacharya
- 2009 - Chris Hsiung
- 2008 - Timothy Dunn
- 2007 - Amar Kishan
- 2006 - Shankar Sundar
- 2005 - Huiyi Chen
- 2004 - Margaret Chow
- 2003 - Anosheh Afghahi
- 2002 - Gloria Brar
- 2001 - Paul Scherz
- 2000 - Hariharan Thangarajah
MCB Outstanding Scholar
- 2012 - Arash Nayeri
- 2011 - Albert Luong & Ankur Narain
- 2010 - Isaac Oderberg
- 2009 - Xiying Fan
- 2008 - Vanessa van Voorhis
- 2007 - Scott Coyle
- 2006 - Christopher van Belle
- 2005 - Jamie Harrington & Kentson Lam
- 2004 - Jim Boonyaratanakornkit & Joanna Yeh
- 2003 - Sang W. Kim
- 2002 - Oliver Bembom
- 2001 - Nadia Roan
- 2000 - Michel Justin Porter Du Page
Kazuo Yanaba & Ting Jung Memorial Award
(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
- 2012 - Marina Volegova
- 2011 - Brian Alford
- 2010 - Shaunak Adkar
- 2009 - Anna Podgornaia
- 2008 - Heather Glasgow
- 2007 - Carrie Shiau
- 2006 - Yu-San Huoh
- 2005 - May Thet Cho
- 2004 - Jeremy Rock
- 2003 - William K. Ridgeway
- 2002 - Heather McGee
- 2001 - Shirin Bahmanyar
- 2000 - Hani Salehi-Had
Grace Fimognari Memorial Award
(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
- 2012 - Elaine Liu
- 2011 - Patricia Deng
- 2010 - Joo Yeon (Jenny) Ryu
- 2009 - Wing Shing Vincent Yip
- 2008 - Adam E. Singer
- 2007 - Leila Ross
- 2006 - Jimmy Liu Zhao
- 2005 - Aaron H. Lay
- 2004 - Pradeep Natarajan
- 2003 - Amie Y. Lee
- 2002 - Lawrence Shiow
- 2001 - Erin Duncan
- 2000 - Leslie Chu
Divisional Citation
(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
- 2002 - Gene Kwan
- 2000 - Phillip Iaquinta
Edward M. Blount Award
(Genetics, Genomics & Development)
- 2012 - Allen Zhu
- 2011 - Sophia Yenchuan Kuo Lewis
- 2010 - Dipankan Bhattacharya
- 2009 - Devin Noblin & Kathleen Pitz
- 2008 - Leslie Sheu
- 2007 - Geoffrey Friedman
- 2006 - Victoria Chen
- 2005 - Omar Mohamed-Aly
- 2004 - Joanne Yeh
- 2003 - Gregory Havlena
- 2002 - Gloria Brar
Spencer W. Brown Award
(Genetics, Genomics & Development)
- 2012 - Andrew Hsiu-Hao Chang, Gloria Wu
- 2011 - Jennifer Cherone, Steven K. Gore, Eric Lu, Albert Luong, Joseph Magliocco, Carissa Ikka Pardamean, and Desirée Natasha Stanley
- 2010 - Dipankan Bhattacharya & Michael Goldrich
- 2009 - Lauren Barclay, Genevieve Gould, Alisa Moskaleva, Kelly Nissen & Jane O
- 2008 - Joshua A. Arribere
- 2007 - Darien Emily Reed, Elizabeth Lally & Marina Sharifi
- 2006 - Alvin Tamsir
- 2005 - Frederick Ling
- 2004 - Keyan Salari
- 2003 - Gregory T. Havlena & Wendy Lam
- 2002 - Sabrina Hom & Masoud F. Tavazoie
- 2001 - Annie F. Kuo & Kevin M. Vogeli
- 2000 - Michelle Wan Yee Lau
Outstanding Immunologist
(Immunology & Pathogenesis)
- 2012 - Jeffrey Lin
- 2011 - Lisa Brooke Noble
- 2010 - Leslie Ying Chiang
- 2009 - Kelly M. Mahuron
- 2008 - Eric A. Dunipace & Ramses Monir El-Diwany
- 2007 - Judy Chang
- 2006 - Ying Tan
- 2005 - Calvin Tyi Hang
- 2004 - Cassie Chou
- 2003 - Louis M. Savar
- 2002 - Andrew Phelps & Marcus Zachariah
- 2001 - Sarah M. Choi
- 2000 - Tania Kaprealian
Distinction in Academic Achievement
(Immunology & Pathogenesis)
- 2012 - Bonnie Yen
- 2011 - Ryan Christopher Kunitake
- 2010 - Jeremy Wang
- 2009 - Sepehr Keyhani
Excellence in Research
(Immunology & Pathogenesis)
- 2012 - Michael Tan
- 2011 - Kenneth Leung
- 2010 - Brooke M. Su
- 2009 - Jernej Godec
Paola S. Timiras Memorial Prize
(Cell & Developmental Biology)
- 2012 - Arash Nayeri
- 2011 - Albert Sae Yu
- 2010 - Simina Ticau
- 2009 - Philip Choi
John Forte Memorial Prize
(Cell & Developmental Biology)
- 2012 - Sara Aziz
Jeffery A. Winer Memorial Prize
(Neurobiology)
- 2012 - Camille Malatt
- 2011 - Kaili Zhou
- 2010 - Connie Wang
- 2009 - Yohan Song
I.L. Chaikoff Awards in Cell & Developmental Biology and Neurobiology
- 2012 Winners
- James Edward Asuncion (Neurobiology)
- Brittany Bartolome (CDB)
- Anne Kuwabara (CDB)
- Camille Malatt (Neurobiology)
- Edna Bai Miao (CDB)
- Sandra Muroy (Neurobiology)
- Vivek Musinipally (CDB)
- Olivia Pourzia (Neurobiology)
- Raha Sadjadi (CDB)
- Gaelen Britton Stanford-Moore (CDB)
- Yulia Zektser (Neurobiology)
- 2011 Winners
- Neha Agarwal (CDB)
- Amit Arunkumar (Cell & Developmental Bioloy)
- Aneesh Nitin Donde (Neurobiology)
- Gabriela Fragiadakis (Neurobiology
- Zachary Grunwald (Neurobiology)
- Lauren Hum (Cell & Developmental Biology)
- Sunil Kumar Joshi (Cell & Developmental Biology)
- Samata Katta (Neurobiology)
- Susan Young Kim (Cell & Developmental Biology)
- Lee Ying (Cell & Developmental Biology)
- Albert Sae Yu (Cell & Developmental Biology)
- Kaili Zhou (Neurobiology)
- 2010 Winners
- Tony Chen (CDB)
- Michael Chiang (Neurobiology)
- Wayland Chu (Neurobiology)
- Jason Chung (Neurobiology)
- Cody Ender (CDB)
- Heejae Kang (Neurobiology)
- May Szeto (CDB)
- Simina Ticau (CDB)
- Bao Ahn Patrick Tran (CDB)
- Connie Wang (Neurobiology)
- Weichan Xu (Neurobiology)
- Elena Zehr (CDB)
- 2009 Winners
- Philip Choi (CDB)
- Brandon Endo (CDB)
- Justine Hum (Neurobiology)
- Sarah Kaufman (Neurobiology)
- Bianca Lee (CDB)
- James Lee (CDB)
- Alicia Nugent (Neurobiology)
- Viviana Ruiz Barros (CDB)
- Jasdeep Sabharwal (Neurobiology)
- Yohan Song (Neurobiology)
- Graham Walmsley (CDB)
- Wiggin Wu (CDB)
- 2008 Winners
- Vasiliki Irene Aivaliotis (CDB)
- Tiffany Cheng (CDB)
- Timothy Dunn (Neurobiology)
- Kimberly Marie Iwaki (CDB)
- Min Kyeong Jennifer Kim (CDB)
- Hank H. Lai (CDB)
- Alexander H. Nguyen (CDB)
- Kevin Poon (CDB)
- Amy Shen (Neurobiology)
- Joyce Lichi Yang (CDB)
- Stephan Yoon (Neurobiology)
- Lily Zeng (CDB)
- 2007 Winners
- Arash Calafi (CDB)
- Ellen Cheang (CDB)
- Jennifer Chen (CDB)
- Phillip Ge (CDB)
- Jessica Lin (CDB)
- Olga Kochan (Neurobiology)
- David Noorvash (Neurobiology)
- Bora Shin (Neurobiology)
- Halley Tsai (Neurobiology)
- Lisa Ai-Jin Tseng (CDB)
- Carter C. Wystrach (CDB)
- Kathy Y. Zhang (CDB)
- 2006 Winners
- Camellia Asgarian (Neurobiology)
- Daniel Brady (Neurobiology)
- Stephanie Ching (CDB)
- Nancy Hoo (CDB)
- Gary Huang (CDB)
- Michelle Iwaki (CDB)
- Kendon Kuo (CDB)
- Jun Ma (CDB)
- Kelly Ning Ma (Neurobiology)
- Andrea Steely (CDB)
- Kevin Yee (CDB)
- Ya Qing Annie Zhang (Neurobiology)
- 2005 Winners
- Brandon Scott Beamer (CDB)
- Caterina Namiko Equinozio (CDB)
- Jamie Keiko Nicole Harrington (CDB)
- Jeffrey Huang (CDB)
- Ian Harris Kratter (Neurobiology)
- Tsang Lau (CDB)
- Daniel H. Lo (CDB)
- David H. Nguyen (CDB)
- Gunjan Patangay (CDB)
- Tina Tan (Neurobiology)
- May Wong (CDB)
- Wendy Wan Wong (Neurobiology)
- 2004 Winners
- Anu Agarwal (CDB)
- Sonny Batra (Neurobiology)
- Jonathan Gee (Neurobiology)
- Cathy Hau (Neurobiology)
- Charles Liao (CDB)
- Youssra Marjoua (CDB)
- Tresa McGranahan (Neurobiology)
- Christopher Peabody (CDB)
- Jennifer Su (CDB)
- Elaine Thung (CDB)
- 2003 Winners
- Wai Cheong (CDB)
- Henry O. Delu, Jr. (CDB)
- Jennifer Reth Giampaolo (CDB)
- Saori Lillian Haigo (CDB)
- Anahita Jafari (Neurobiology)
- Eugenia Yunju Kim (CDB)
- Joseph Younghan Kim (CDB)
- Darya Lee Pino-Dempsey (Neurobiology)
- Omar Saeed (CDB)
- Bobby Lut-Ming Tsang (CDB)
- 2002 Winners
- Emily Jia Chen (CDB)
- Jennifer Ann Chen (CDB)
- Lawrence L. Choy (CDB)
- Angela Lee Gee(Neurobiology)
- David Henry Gire (Neurobiology)
- Janelle S. Lamberton (CDB)
- John Davis Long II (Neurobiology)
- William W. Tseng (CDB)
- Lisa Janelle Turner (Neurobiology)
- Maria Vaysberg (CDB)
- Randy L. Wei (CDB)
- 2001 Winners
- Chih-Yuan Chiang (CDB)
- Christiane Haeffele (CDB)
- Rajan Jain (CDB)
- John Kim (CDB)
- Robyn Kuroki (CDB)
- Mary Leigh (CDB)
- Chinwe Okoye (CDB)
- Loree Tamanaha (Neurobiology)
- Marissa Vadi (CDB)
- Tin-Wing Wong (CDB)
- Ryan Young (CDB)
- 2000 Winners
- Nasrin Amiri (CDB)
- Sue Yeon Choi (Neurobiology)
- Kensho Iwanaga (CDB)
- Brian Sun Kim (CDB)
- Joy T. Shen (CDB)
- Vicky Man Siauw (CDB)
- Hariharan Thangarajah (CDB)
- Nadir Yehya (CDB)
Jesse Rabinowitz Memorial Prize for junior research
(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
- 2012 - Ka Lee Chau
- 2011 - Timothy Roth
- 2010 - Yueh-Yi (Gloria) Wu
- 2009 - Aron Kamajaya
- 2008 - Chris Hsiung
- 2007 - Panid Sharifinia
- 2006 - Paolo Gabriel
F.H. Carpenter Memorial Prize for junior research
(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
- 2005 - Ming Mai
- 2004 - Huiyi Chen
- 2003 - Margaret Chow
- 2002 - Miriam Inbar
- 2001 - Lawrence Shiow
- 2000 - Nadia Roan
- 1999 - Mary Hyo-Soon Lee