Undergraduate Student Awards

The Robert R. Capranica Award

The Robert R. Capranica Award is for an outstanding undergraduate honors thesis in neuroethology.

Date Award Winner
2023 Jiarui Fang (laboratory of David M. Smith) and Destiny Smith (laboratory of Katherine Tschida)
2022 Amit Hanadari-Levy (laboratory of Alexander Ophir)
2021 Benjamin Costa (laboratory of Christiane Linster) and Ananya Jambhale (laboratory of David Deitcher)
2020 Emily Sattora (laboratory of Christiane Linster) and Emine Ozen (laboratory of Joseph Fetcho)
2019 Eunice Yiu (laboratory of Dr. David Smith)
2018 Gabriella Alexandrou (laboratory of Dr. Christiane Linster)
2017 Nadege Aoki (laboratory of Dr. Carl Hopkins) and Kasey Han (laboratory of Dr. Melissa Warden)
2016 Clara Liao (laboratory of Dr. Andrew Bass)
2015 Ian Pengra (laboratory of Dr. Andrew Bass) and Alexander Farhang (laboratory of Dr. Jesse Goldberg)
2014 Nick Petersen (laboratory of Dr. Christiane Linster)
2013 Isle Bastille (laboratory of Dr. Barbara Finlay)
2012 Joshua Sperling (laboratory of Dr. Carl Hopkins)
2011 Rachel Genova (laboratory of Dr. Andrew Bass)
2010 Laura Christine Fox (laboratory of Dr. Christiane Linster)

The Miriam M. Salpeter Award

The Miriam M. Salpeter Award is for an outstanding undergraduate honors thesis in neurobiology.

 

Date Award Winner
2023 Xiyu Mei (laboratory of David Deitcher)
2022 Victoria Alkin (laboratory of David Deitcher)
2021 Yusol Park (laboratory of Chris Schaffer)
2020 Elena Zhong (laboratory of Nilay Yapici) and Sasidhar Karuparti (laboratory of Chun Han)
2019 Ashwin Viswanathan (laboratory of David Deitcher)
2018 Muhammad Ali (laboratory of Dr. Chris Schaffer)
2017 Mackenzie Lemieux (laboratory of Dr. Melissa Warden)
2016 Nikil Prasad (laboratory of Dr. Jesse Goldberg) and Michelle Jin (laboratory of Dr. Melissa Warden)
2015 Kaitlyn Krebushevski (laboratory of Dr. David Deitcher) and Tori Riccelli (laboratory of Dr. Jesse Goldberg)
2014 Meghan Horne (laboratory of Dr. David Deitcher)
2013 Jakob Dobrowlski (laboratory of Dr. Robin Dando) and Hudin Jackson (laboratory of Dr. Ronald Harris-Warrick)
2012 Michael Huang (laboratory of Dr. David Deitcher)
2011 Moira Scaperotti (laboratory of Dr. Ronald Harris-Warrick)
2010 Gabrielle Van Patten (laboratory of Dr. Ronald Harris-Warrick)
2009 India Reddy (laboratory of Dr. Joseph Fetcho)
2008 Mitsukuni Yoshida (laboratory of Dr. David Lin)
2007 Natalie Trzcinski (laboratory of Dr. Carl Hopkins)
2006 Shruti Gandhy (laboratory of Dr. Barbara Strupp)
2005 Conor Stack (laboratory of Dr. Christiane Linster)
2004 Daniel Rubin (laboratory of Dr. Christiane Linster)
2003 Priyamvada Rajasethupathy (laboratory of Dr. George Hess)
2002 Dawn M. Ng (laboratory of Dr. Ronald Booker)
2001 Tim Uschold (laboratory of Dr. Carl Hopkins)
2000 Kristy Ann Sundberg

The Cynthia Kagarise Sherman Award

The Cynthia Kagarise Sherman Award is for an outstanding undergraduate honors thesis in behavior.

Date Award Winner
2023 Daniel Chang Kuo  (laboratory of Michael Sheehan)
2022 Julia Fan (laboratory of Valerie Reyna)
2021 Angelina Franqueiro (laboratory of Vivian Zayas)
2020 Gauri Binoy (laboratory of Morten H. Christiansen) and Natalie Zaba (laboratory of Michael Sheehan)
2019 Matthew Hillock (laboratory of Michael Sheehan)
2018 Jordan Ellis (laboratory of Dr. Cole Gilbert)
2017 Nicola Love (laboratory of Dr. Mike Webster)
2016 Jeanne Powell (laboratory of Dr. Alexander Ophir)
2015 Madeleine Ostwald (laboratory of Dr. Thomas Seeley) and David Weber (laboratory of Dr. Walter Koenig)
2014 Jocelyn Stedman (laboratory of Dr. Maren Vitousek)
2013 Kathryn Grabenstein (laboratory of Dr. Michael Webster) and Jon Carter Loftus (laboratory of Dr. Thomas Seeley)
2012 David Yandell (laboratory of Dr. Michael Webster)
2011 Kate Orlofsky (laboratory of Dr. Michael Webster)
2009 Grace Masters (laboratory of Dr. Paul Sherman)
2007 Daniel Wasser (laboratory of Dr. Paul Sherman)
2003 Mario Andres Bianco (laboratory of Dr. Paul Sherman)
2002 Wendy Y. Chi (laboratory of Dr. Hudson Reeve)
2001 Nicole Vandersol
2000 Yanerys Ramos
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