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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 (Dr. Hudson Reeve) |
| 2001 | Nicole Vandersol |
| 2000 | Yanerys Ramos |