Any currently-enrolled degree-seeking undergraduate student at the University of Utah is eligible for the award. Nominees DO NOT need to have participated in UROP. The student may be engaged in any type of research or creative scholarship on campus. We recommend that you consider all students working with your college’s/school’s faculty as eligible even if they are not majors in your college/school.

Each Spring, representatives from each college collect nominations and select the year's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher from their college. Recipients and their faculty research mentors are celebrated at an annual undergraduate research awards luncheon.

Samantha Eddy (Mentor: Professor Shundana Yusaf)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Rachel Nelson (Mentor: Professor Sankar Srinivasan)
BUSINESS

Joshua Christensen (Mentor: Professor Lisa Diamond)
CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Sophia Boehler (Mentor: Professor Melodie Weller)
DENTISTRY

Sarah Orozco (Mentor: Professor Veronica Valdez)
EDUCATION

Katrina Le (Mentor: Professor Thomas Zangle)
ENGINEERING

Comstock (Mentor: Professor Brian Snapp)
FINE ARTS

Abby Laskey (Mentor: Professor Jeffrey Rose)
HEALTH

Casey McFarland (Mentor: Professor Jennifer Alderden)
HONORS

McKay Muhlestein (Mentor: Professor Natalya Kuznetsova)
HUMANITIES

Kailee Ferret (Mentor: Professor Leslie Francis)
LAW

Avery Abelhouzen (Mentor: Professor Joseph Yost)
MEDICINE

Alex Dzubay (Mentor: Professor. Kristine Pankow and Jeff Moore)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Kari Stoddard (Mentor: Professor Lisa Taylor Swanson)
NURSING

Macey Smith (Mentor: Professor Amy Barrios)
PHARMACY

Elijah Counterman (Mentor: Professor Sean Lawley)
SCIENCE

Emmanuel Diaz (Mentor: Professor Katie Baucom)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Joe Wassweiler (Mentor: Professor Cord Bowen)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Cloe Butler (Mentor: Professor Ana Carolina Antunes)
CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Matthew Hesterman (Mentor: Professor Melodie Weller)
DENTISTRY

Kayla Kelsey (Mentor: Professor Sharlene Kithara)
EDUCATION

Joseph Lyman (Mentor: Professor Sriram Krishnamoorthy)
ENGINEERING

Ben Stanford (Mentors: Professor Kimberly Jew & Professor Tim Slover)
FINE ARTS

Jacob Razzouk (Mentor: Professor Jessie King)
HEALTH

Lydia Fries (Mentor: Professor Matthew Sigman)
HONORS

Selena Wirthlin (Mentor: Professor Bryan Jones)
MEDICINE

Jerry R. Howard II (Mentor: Professor Krista Carlson)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Kylie Bethards (Mentor: Professor Lauri Linder)
NURSING

Blair Armstrong (Mentor: Professor Hamid Ghandehari)
PHARMACY

Sahar Kanishka (Mentor: Professor James Gagnon)
SCIENCE

Angela Pham (Mentor: Professor Anu Asnaani)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Kimberly Tobar (Mentor: Professor Jason Castillo)
SOCIAL WORK

Hakan Ashaboglu (Mentor: Professor Trent Smith)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Jacqueline Mumford (Mentor: Professor Robert Allen)
BUSINESS

Christine Workman Martinez (Mentor: Professor Wanda S. Pillow)
CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Braden Fallon (Mentor: Professor Melodie Weller)
DENTISTRY

Danielle Sheremeta (Mentor: Professor Claire Son)
EDUCATION

Takara Truong (Mentor: Professor Mark Minor)
ENGINEERING

Alicia Ross (Mentor: Professor Satu Hummasti)
FINE ARTS

Nate Rose (Mentor: Professor Adriana Coletta)
HEALTH

Ben Battistone (Mentor: Professor Ginger Smoak)
HONORS

Caitlin Silianoff (Mentor: Christopher Mead)
HUMANITIES

Madeline Harker (Mentor: Professor Amos Guiora)
LAW

James Carrington (Mentor: Professor Minna-Roh Johnson)
MEDICINE

Christopher Rapp  (Mentor: Professor Gannet Hallar)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Bruno Gonzales (Mentor: Professor Michelle Litchman)
NURSING

Nam Nguyen (Mentor: Professor Christopher Reilly)
PHARMACY

Connor Terry Weatherly (Mentors: Professor Henry White & Professor Shelley Minteer)
SCIENCE

Shaniah Morning Star Chee (Mentor: Professor Brian Codding)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Hector Robles (Mentor: Professor Jason Castillo)
SOCIAL WORK

Michael Jarzin (Mentor: Professor Sarah Hinners)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Carly Ho (Mentor: Professor Nitin Bakshi)
BUSINESS

Estefanie Aguilar Padilla (Mentor: Professor Erin Castro)
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Yasmeen Siripathane (Mentor: Professor Annette Fleckenstein)
DENTISTRY

Erin Feeley (Mentor: Professor Erin Castro)
EDUCATION

Abbie Ireland (Mentor: Professor Trudy Oliver)
ENGINEERING

Victoria Holmes (Mentor: Professor Kate Mattingly)
FINE ARTS

Samira Gholami (Mentor: Professor Anandh Velayutham)
HEALTH

Camrey Tuttle (Mentor: Professor Sara Simonsen)
HONORS

Maya Kobe-Rundio (Mentor: Professor Robin E Jensen)
HUMANITIES

Reuben Ryan Cano (Mentor: Professor Dean Tantin)
MEDICINE

Alexander Reifsnyder (Mentor: Professor Krista Carlson)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Kristen Stucki (Mentor: Professor Gwen Latendresse)
NURSING

Zack Harmer (Mentor: Professor Eric Schmidt)
PHARMACY

Journey Bly (Mentor: Professor Leslie Knapp)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

Maile Marriott (Mentor: Professor Valeria Molinero)
SCIENCE

Sadia Al-Hilo (Mentor: Professor Jeremiah Jaggers)
SOCIAL WORK

 

Carissa Pollock (Mentor: Professor Ryan Smith)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Taylor Dove (Mentor: Professor Davidson Heath)
BUSINESS

Valeria Jimenez (Mentors: Professor Edmund Fong & Professor Jesus Valero)
CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Elaine Cooke (Mentor: Professor Melodie Weller)
DENTISTRY

Carlie Haacke (Mentor: Professor Lauren Liang)
EDUCATION

Jayden Plumb (Mentor: Professor Ashley Spear)
ENGINEERING

Cece Otto (Mentor: Professor Robert Scott Smith)
FINE ARTS

Nikol Yonemura (Mentor: Professor Micah Drummond)
HEALTH

Gemma Clark (Mentor: Professor Jennifer Weidhaas)
HONORS

Lydia Morley (Mentor: Professor Matt Haber)
HUMANITIES

Abbie Ireland (Mentor: Professor Trudy Oliver)
MEDICINE

Silvia Padilla (Mentor: Professor Michael Simpson)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Jia "Janny" Liu (Mentor: Professor Jacqueline Eaton)
NURSING

Zachary Barber (Mentor: Professor Hamid Ghandehari)
PHARMACY

Elom Amematsro (Mentor: Professor Sophie Caron)
SCIENCE

Hannah Samowitz (Mentor: Professor Monisha Pasupathi)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Lauren Brocious (Mentor: Professor Caren Frost)
SOCIAL WORK

Sara Ference (Mentor: Professor Elpitha Tsoutsounakis)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Heidi Qin (Mentor: Professor Dolores Delgado Bernal)
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Carol Castañeda (Mentor: Professor Mary Burbank)
EDUCATION

Benjamin Gilmore (Mentor: Professor Taylor Sparks)
ENGINEERING

Ali Mitchell (Mentor: Professor Monty Paret)
FINE ARTS

Shantae George (Mentor: Professor Heather Hayes)
HEALTH

Samantha Duzy (Mentor: Professor Michael Gills)
HONORS

Eve Olson (Mentor: Professor Rachel Hayes-Harb)
HUMANITIES

Caroline Wang (Mentor: Professor Catherine Loc-Carillo)
MEDICINE

Nicholas Thiros (Mentor: Professor Diego Fernandez)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Kyle McDougle (Mentor: Professor Lauren Clark)
NURSING

Annwin Chen (Mentor: Professor Amy Barrios)
PHARMACY

Amanda Bischoff (Mentor: Professor Matthew Sigman)
SCIENCE

Kai Sin (Mentor: Professor Aikio Kamimura)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Rose Gomez (Mentor: Professor Jason Castillo)
SOCIAL WORK

Michael Hoehn (Mentor: Professor Erin Carraher)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Peter Curtis (Mentor: Professor Christopher German)
DENTISTRY

Mercedes Jorgensen (Mentor: Professor Lauren Liang)
EDUCATION

Kristina Lundgren (Mentor: Professor Taylor Sparks)
ENGINEERING

Cynthia Chen (Mentors: Professor Catherine Mayes & Professor Jane Hatter)
FINE ARTS

Cecilia Cardozo (Mentor: Professor Stacy Manwaring)
HEALTH

Julie Imig (Mentor: Professor Inese Ivans)
HONORS

Hillary Hermansen (Mentor: Professor Christopher Lewis)
HUMANITIES

Kathryn Lami (Mentor: Professor Sihem Boudina)
MEDICINE

Benjamin White (Mentor: Professor Jeffrey Moore)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Christina Triptow (Mentor: Professor Katherine P. Supiano)
NURSING

Seychelle Marcus (Mentor: Professor Christopher Reilly)
PHARMACY

Ethan Lake (Mentors: Professor Oleg Starykh, Professor Yong-Shi Wu & Professor Zheng Zheng)
SCIENCE

Brianna Bartholomew (Mentors: Professor Elizabeth Cashdan & Professor Leslie A. Knapp)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Elizabeth Gamarra (Mentor: Professor Joanna Bettmann Schaefer)
SOCIAL WORK

Katherine Nix (Mentor: Professor Stephen Goldsmith)
ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Zhao Jin (Mentors: Professor Elizabeth Tashjian & Professor Cihan Bilginsoy)
BUSINESS

Andrew Johansen (Mentors: Professor Lisa McFadden & Professor Annette Fleckenstein)
DENTISTRY

Tyler McDaniel (Mentor: Professor Erin Castro)
EDUCATION

Josh Kunz (Mentors: Professor Sneha Kasera, Professor Robert Ricci & Professor Kobus Van der Merwe)
ENGINEERING

Chance Clouse (Mentor: Professor Maureen O’Hara Ure)
FINE ARTS

Brett Cutler (Mentors: Professor Thunder Jalili & Professor Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham)
HEALTH

Diona Giannopoulos (Mentor: Professor Michael Gills)
HONORS

Kajsa Vlasic (Mentors: Professor Michael Gills & Professor Disa Gambera)
HUMANITIES

Aliya Khan (Mentor: Professor Leslie Francis)
LAW

Andrew Jo (Mentor: Professor David Krizaj)
MEDICINE

Max Giannetta (Mentor: Professor Lowell Miyagi)
MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Andy Rivera (Mentors: Professor Kristin Cloyes & Professor Linda Edelman)
NURSING

Josh Conarton (Mentor: Professor Hamid Ghandehari)
PHARMACY

Alexandra Kent (Mentor: Professor Jennifer Heemstra)
SCIENCE

Martin Puga Jr. (Mentor: Professor Rebecca Utz)
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Elizabeth Gamarra (Mentor: Professor Dena Ned)
SOCIAL WORK