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The Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Undergraduate Research Awards are presented annually to undergraduate students who are presenting their research at the American Physiology Summit.

The APS is pleased to announce the following awardees on behalf of the Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee:


2025 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Research Awardees

Sarah Bolarinwa
Howard University 

Nathan Bradford 
University of Evansville

Caitlin Brennan 
University of Florida, Gainesville 

Ethan Burd 
Seton Hall University  

Nicole Bushfield 
Mount Royal University 

Delaney Cannon 
University of Missouri 

Victor Chen 
University of Missouri  

Nicholas Cohen 
Georgetown University 

Natalie Dennis 
University of California , Riverside  

Sophie Downing 
Colorado State University 

Shannon Draper 
University of Missouri  

Santina Duarte 
Mount Royal University  

John Erickson 
University of Evansville 

Anastasia Ghilenschi Colton
University of California , Riverside  

Peyton Hanson 
University of Georgia  

Katelin Ho
University of Texas, Arlington

Irene John Tomy 
University of Texas at El Paso  

Nistha Khatri 
University of Texas, Arlington 

Ryan Krueger 
University of Florida    

Punarvi Mandadapu 
University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Samuel Martin 
University of Missouri 

Caroline Miller 
Baylor University  

Shrey Narayanan
University of Wisconsin , Madison 

Ajay Nathan 
Georgetown University  

Brian Rhee 
University of Minnesota  

Julia Rosenthal 
Ursinus College  

Heera Santhosh 
Columbia University 

Brian Simmons 
William & Mary College   

Trisha Sivam 
University of Alabama at Birmingham  

Tatiana Solis Montenegro 
Baylor University 

Divya Sundar 
University of Utah 

Ankita Talukdar 
Baylor University 

Reia Thomas 
New York Institute of Technology

Alana Wolfson 
University of Connecticut  

Ethan Wunibald 
William & Mary College   

2024 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Research Awardees

Gerardo Beltran 
Texas A&M International University 

Keishla Colon Montanez 
University of Chicago 

Braydon Crum 
University of Minnesota  

Daniel Cucinotta 
University at Buffalo State University, New York  

Cecillia Doan 
San Francisco State University  

John Erickson 
University of Evansville 

Leila Griffon 
Virginia Common Wealth University  

Thomas Hart 
University of Iowa  

Tabitha Haun 
The University at Texas at Arlington  

Brian Hoang 
Georgetown University 

Anne Kamau 
Augusta University 

Ryan Lewis 
Grinnell College  

Benjamin Mackenzie 
Mount Royal University 

Marissa Montandon 
Union University 

Anna Murphy 
Wayne State University 

Alexandra Naman 
Texas A&M University 

Jenny Nguyen 
Augusta University

Ken Perry 
The University of Texas at Arlington 

Jonathan Pham 
The University of Texas at Arlington 

Aubrey Pipkins 
University of Missouri 

Sumegha Ponnaluri 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 

Samuel Ramirez 
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha

Mya Sebek 
Michigan State University 

Julia Spafford 
Brock University 

Rachel Summerfield 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor  

Redeat Wattero 
University of Minnesota  

Kendra Wegerson 
University of Colorado Boulder  

Elizabeth Wetzel 
University of Iowa 

Benjamin Yang 
California Institute of Technology   

Amanda Zhong 
Stony Brook University 

2023 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Research Awardees

Emily Cleveland 
Montana State University, Bozeman 

Zackarias Coker
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

Lauren Cooke
Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania 

Mary Darrah 
University of Colorado, Boulder 

Siddarth Desari 
The Ohio State University, Columbus 

Cynthia Dominguez
University of Vermont, Burlington

Jack Drda 
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 

Hiba Durrani 
Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois 

Jackson Ernst
University of Iowa, Iowa City 

Priya Giddens 
Augusta University, Georgia 

Anna Gonsalves 
University of Missouri, Columbia 

Joshua Gopaul 
Hospital for Sick Children, Ajax, Ontario, Canada 

Dhruvan Gopinath 
University of Utah, Salt Lake City 

Chloe Johnson 
Augusta University, Georgia 

Sabrina Li
Emory University, Atlanta 

Lauren Ling 
Tufts University, Massachusetts

Maria Celeste Lopez Vasquez
Cooper Medical School at Rowan University, New Jersey 

Niya Kelley
Southern Methodist University, Dallas 

Astha Kulshrestha
University of Virginia, Charlottesville   

Kelia McMichael
Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio 

Pooja Menon 
Michigan State University, East Lansing

Kayla Miller 
University of Iowa, Iowa City 

Brianna Monroe 
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Favour Nnah
University of Utah, Salt Lake City 

Sophie Sanchez
University of Wisconsin, Madison 

Conan Shing 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver 

Leviette Sigala 
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

Dana Truini
Union College, Schenectady, New York  

Kaylee-Abril Vasquez Reyes
Oregon Health and Science University Hospital, Portland 

Lucas Wang
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 

 
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