2018-2019 Awardees
Barbara Blanco-Ulate
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
Students: Jaclyn A. Adaskaveg (Plant Biology), Christian J. Silva (Plant Biology)
Karen Zito
Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior and the Center for Neuroscience
Students: Nicole Claiborne (Neuroscience), Juan Carlos Flores (Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology)
Katerina Ziotopoulou
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Students: Maya El Kortbawi (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Francisco Humire (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Sumeet Sinha (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Renmin Pretell (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
2017-2018 Awardees
Gail Bornhorst
Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Students: Yamile Mennah-Govela (Biological Systems Engineering), Clay Swackhamer (Biological Systems Engineering) and Alex Olenskyj (Food Science and Technology)
Sheila David
Professor, Chemistry
Students: Elizabeth Lotsof (Chemistry), Chandrima Majumdar (Chemistry) and Kori Lay (Chemistry)
Ted Grosholz
Professor and Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Environmental Science and Policy
Students: Ben Rubinoff (Ecology)
John Slater
Associate Professor, Spanish
Vice Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Students: Evan Brown (Spanish), Génesis Bui (Spanish), Víctor Cervantes (Spanish), Alicia Gallego Zarzosa (Spanish) and Rebeca Rubio (Spanish)
Michael Ziser
Associate Professor, English
2016 - 2017 Awardees
Sheila David
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Students: Doug Banda, Chandrima Majumdar, Kori Lay (Chemistry)
Annaliese Franz
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Students: Kayla Rude (Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry) and Kelsey Mesa (Chemistry)
Margaret Crofoot
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Students: Katrina Brock (Animal Behavior), Dena Clink, Grace Davis, and Alexander Vining (Anthropology)
Tessa Hill
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Bodega Marine Laboratory
Students: Melissa Ward (Ecology)
Julia Menard-Warwick
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
Students: Kaozong Mouavangsou (Education), Lina Reznicek-Parrado (Spanish), Caitlin Tierney (Linguistics)
2015-2016 Awardees
Gail Bornhorst
Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Students: Yamile Mennah and Krista Drechsler (Biological and Agricultural Engineering)
Annaliese Franz
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Students: Brittany Armstrong, Kayla Diemoz, Austin Kelly, Julia Jennings and Kelsey Mesa (Chemistry)
Carol Hess
Professor, Department of Music
Student: Claire Thompson (Music)
Kent Leach
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Student: Debika Mitra (Biomedical Engineering)
Professor Terrence Nathan
Professor, Atmospheric Science
Student: Will Turner IV (Atmospheric Science)