The MCDB Undergraduate Program is excited to announce the following MCDB Class of 2025 Prize Winners! They are (in no particular order):
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Edgar J. Boell Prize (1975). Colleagues, students and friends of Professor Boell. Awarded annually to a senior(s) for excellence in biology.
Edgar J. Boell Prize – for Excellence in Senior Research jointly to:
| Name | College |
|---|---|
| Erin Floyd | Grace Hopper College |
| Annabel Wallace | Trumbull College |
| Chloe Nield | Silliman College |
| Eric Wang | Morse College |
| Himani Pattisam | Benjamin Franklin College |
| Talia Kolodkin | Trumbull College |
| Bahar Bouzarjomehri | Ezra Stiles College |
| Joanna Chen | Morse College |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geology and Geophysics, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
William R. Belknap (1872). William R. Belknap, Ph.D. 1869. Two awards in the natural history studies of senior year: one for excellence in biological studies, one for excellence in geological studies.
William R. Belknap Prize – for Academic Excellence in Biology jointly to:
| Name | College |
|---|---|
| Daniel Mendoza | Branford College |
| Sourav Roy | Trumbull College |
| Krupakar Subramaniam | Timothy Dwight |
| Maxim Yaskolko | Berkeley College |
Exceptional Distinction in the Major
The Yale College Faculty has approved this special award on the grounds that there would “occasionally be students whose work in the major is extraordinary, even when compared to the work of other students who receive Distinction.” It was assumed that “many departments, even the larger ones, might go for years without making such a nomination.” A candidate nominated by a department or program for the award of Exceptional Distinction in the Major must show a genuine breadth of scholarship in the field and have made significant original contributions to it.
Exceptional Distinction in the MCDB Major for 2021 is awarded to Eric Wang.
| Name | Research Mentor | Research Title |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Wang | Aaron Ring | Discovering Clinically Relevant Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Disease using Rapid Exoproteome Antigen Profiling |
Congratulations to all our MCDB Prize Winners!
