The Department of Biology would like to take this opportunity to recognize those students who have excelled academically as well as students who have been highly engaged with our recruiting and outreach events and our UIBIO student organization. Congratulations to this list of outstanding students!! Read more about our department scholarship and award recipients!
Department of Biology Honors Students
The following students are graduating with Honors in their respective major (Biology, Biomedical Sciences, or Neuroscience):
- Owen Alford (Green Lab)
- Tyler Atagozli (Fassler Lab)
- Megan Crotts (Richerson Lab)
- Madison Day (Smolikove Lab)
- Yue Dong (Neiman Lab)
- Alexia Herber (Weiner Lab)
- Angie Kalwies (Logsdon Lab)
- Cameron Keomanivong (Narayanan Lab)
- Travis Larson (Narayanan Lab)
- Margaret Mungai (Abel/Slusarski Labs)
- Marissa Roseman (Neiman Lab)
- Leslie Speight (Neiman Lab)
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The following Biology, Biomedical Sciences, and Neuroscience students have been invited to join Phi Beta Kappa - America's most prestigious academic honor society - for the academic year 2019-20:
- Jonah Alderson
- John Atagozli
- Cameron Brueck
- Akanksha Chilukuri
- Molly Droeszler
- Gabriel Ewert
- Ryan Fair
- Joseph Frommelt
- Dustin Fykstra
- Erin Golden
- Nicole Hobson
- Dariya Kozlova
- Travis Larson
- Lu Lin
- Madison Merfeld
- Dylan Mittauer
- Ashlyn Mulcahey
- Anthony Pamatmat
- Praveen Perera
- Nicholas Pitcher
- Marissa Roseman
- Arshaq Saleem
- Lauren Schmidt
- Ellen Slattery
- Sydney Stork
- Hanxi Tang
- Tuan Truong
- Andrew Wendel
- Anushi Wijayagunaratne
- Abbygale Willging
- Amy Yan
Department of Biology Student Ambassadors
The following seniors are being recognized as student ambassadors for the Department of Biology and their participation in many recruiting and outreach events:
- Vanessa Alizo
- Frank Boksa
- Cassandra Burke
- Hannah Ericson
- Joe Hentges
- Arman Hlas
- Cameron Keomanivong
- Elizabeth (Lizzy) Kruse
- Travis Larson
- Rikki Laser
- Madison Merfeld
- Jordan Samuel
- Carl Skoog
- Nathan Tesfa
- Brandon Toth
UIBIO Student Organization
These seniors are being recognized for their involvement with the UIBIO student organization. Each of these students will earn a UIBIO graduation cord.
- *Owen Alford
- *Jayden Bisson
- *Bridget Carroll
- *Maram El-Geneidy
- *Katie Fields
- *Harper Gagliano
- *Sophie Granger
- Alexia Herber
- *McKenna Knock
- Jennifer Ong
*This student was a member of the UIBIO Executive Board.