[bioundgrd] Congratulations 2025 Biology Undergraduate Award Winners and Graduating Seniors

[Joshua Stone]

Hi Everyone,

On behalf of the Biology Undergraduate Committee and Biology Education Office, congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Biology Undergraduate Awards and Graduating Seniors! Please see the undergraduate celebration booklet attached. Physical copies of the booklet are available in the Biology Education office if you would like one.

Josh and Janice

John L. Asinari Award — For outstanding research in the field of life sciences
Amina Abdalla

Gene Brown Prize – For outstanding academic scholarship, and demonstrated excellence as a teaching assistant.
Danny Yang

Susan Hockfield Prize in Life Sciences - For a third-year MIT undergraduate student in any area of the life sciences who has demonstrated both exceptional performance and promise for graduate study and research.
Larissa Ma

Ned Holt Prize – For demonstrated excellence in scholarship as well as service to the Biology Department and the MIT community.
Sofia Galiana
Anna Mikulevica

Salvador E. Luria Prize – For outstanding scholarship and research of publication quality
Kate Lu

Merck Prize – For outstanding research and academic performance in biophysical or bioinformatics sciences.
Nikitha Thoduguli

Whitehead Prize – For demonstrating outstanding promise for a career in biological research through academic scholarship as well as contributions to research and the MIT community.
Isaac Lock

Additional Award

Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence Award
                                Alex Tang

Course 5 Undergraduate Awards (5-7 Students)

Jaden Anderson, Class of 2025, Service Award

Alexis Boykin, Class of 2025, Research Award

Sebnem Gul, Class of 2025, Research Award and Academic Achievement Award

Josh Lian, Class of 2025, Alpha Chi Sigma Award and ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award

Effaima Longe, Class of 2025, Service Award

Denisse Romero Cruz, Class of 2025, Academic Achievement Award

Leon Wang, Class of 2025, Academic Achievement Award and ACS Organic Chemistry Award

Qiyang Zhou, Class of 2025, Academic Achievement Award


Biology students nominated for Phi Beta Kappa 2025

Sebnem Gul ’25, Course 5-7
Jonathan Huang ’25, Course 7
Josh Lian ’25, Course 5-7
Winona Liu ’25 Course 7
Zixuan Liu ’25, Course 7
Anna Mikulevica ’25, Course 7
Jyotsna Nair ’25, Course 7
Leon Wang ’25, Course 5-7
Rachel Whyte ’25, Course 7
Isias Workeneh ’25, Course 7
Michelle Wu ’25, Course 7
Grace Yang ’25, Course 7
Qiyang Zhou ’25, Course 5-7

Undergraduate Symposium Speakers 2025 –  These students were nominated by faculty and selected to speak at the Undergraduate Symposium in January 2025

Nupur Ballal
Sophia Cai
Jose Angel Cazares Torres
Sofia Galiana
Isaac Lock
Larissa Ma
Lara Ozkan
Michaela Purvis
Diya Ramesh
Esme Sun
Andrew Van Dusen
Victory Yinka-Banjo


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Joshua Stone
Undergraduate Program
Biology Education Office 68-120
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
stonej at mit.edu<mailto:stonej at mit.edu>
P: 617-253-4718
F: 617-258-9329
Have a Blessed day.
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