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2023 Poster Awards

Poster Awards at the 2023 UC LEADS Symposium
Scholars receive awards for their poster presentation in the field of Engineering & Computer Sciences at the 2023 UC LEADS Symposium

2023 Top Honors Winners

Biological Sciences

  • Vicky Lam, UC Irvine
  • Kira Wallquist, UC Santa Barbara
  • Kylie Williams, UC Los Angeles

Engineering & Computer Sciences

  • Isabella Demetz, UC Berkeley
  • Ukamaka Ezimora, UC Merced
  • Santiago Karam, UC Berkeley
  • Daniel Maldonado Naranjo, UC San Diego

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

  • Saira Cazarez, UC Irvine
  • Caitlyn Nojiri, UC Santa Cruz
  • Justin Purnomo, UC Los Angeles

2023 Honorable Mentions

Biological Sciences

  • Bezawit Danna, UC Los Angeles
  • Melanie Jones, UC Santa Cruz
  • Cecilia Ma Li, UC Davis

Engineering & Computer Sciences

  • Clara Medina, UC Merced
  • Andrew Oabel, UC San Diego
  • Ulia Zaman, UC Irvine

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

  • Madeleine Haddad, UC Riverside
  • Trung Kien Le, UC Santa Barbara
  • Alfred Vargas, UC Berkeley

Graduate Deans’ Leadership Award

The Graduate Deans’ Leadership Award was given to three scholars who exhibited extraordinary leadership during their tenure as UC LEADS scholars. This award was selected by the UC LEADS Executive Steering Committee, and funded by the deans of all 10 UC Graduate Divisions. Graduate Deans’ Leadership Awards went to:

  • Daniel Maldonado Naranjo, UC San Diego
  • Wendy Su, UC Los Angeles
  • Padma Venkatraman, UC Berkeley
Nominees and recipients of the Campus Leadership Awards were:
  • Cherrie Li, UC Davis
  • Ana-Teresa Mendoza, UC Irvine
  • Emily Gomez, UC Merced
  • Queenie Lin, UC Riverside
  • Charlotte Chen, UC Santa Barbara
  • Valeria Galindo-Eguiarte, UC Santa Cruz