Each semester the School of Natural Sciences recognizes exceptional graduating students by presenting them with an ‘Outstanding Student Award.’
Students are nominated and selected by the faculty who oversee their major. Awardees are selected based on criteria including academic excellence, achievements in research, service to UC Merced, and community service and outreach.
The Outstanding Student Award ceremony is special because each student is introduced by their faculty mentor or department chair, who talk about their experiences working together. Many of the awardees are involved in conducting research in faculty labs and are key team members. Although we will miss them, we wish all the awardees well in the next steps of their journeys.
Last semester’s Outstanding Students were recognized at a reception on November 30th.
Spring 2019 SNS Outstanding Student Awardees:
Angel Rubalcava
Physics major
Pictured with Professor Ajay Gopinathan
Yulissa Perez-Rojas
Earth Systems Science
Pictured with Associate Professor Teamrat A. Ghezzehei
Willem Schep
Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology emphasis
Pictured with Assistant Professor Sora Kim
Benjamin Rumbaughm
Applied Mathematics, Computational and Data Sciences emphasis
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Victoria Arias
Applied Mathematics, Engineering emphasis
Pictured with Professor Francois Blanchette, Professor Suzanne Sindi, and Grad Student Michael Stobb
Karla Mosqueda
Biological Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology emphasis
Pictured with Professor Rudy Ortiz
Indiana Madden
Biological Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology emphasis
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Susana Tejeda-Garibay
Biological Sciences, Human Biology emphasis
Pictured with Assistant Professor Ramen Saha
Lorena Moreno Aguilar
Biological Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology emphasis
Pictured with Assistant Professor Anna Beaudin
