SPRING 2022 UNDERGRADUATE

Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors)
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors)
Cum Laude (Honors)

Abigail Brinson – Cum Laude
BMEntor
Abigail Hirshberg
Abigail Secu-Godiciu – Cum Laude
Ahmet Bilgili
Aidan Fernandez
Alejandro Treto Mursuli – Cum Laude
Alfredo Arevalo – Cum Laude
Ananya Jain – Magna Cum Laude
Angelica Almeida – Summa Cum Laude
Anisha Saripalli – Cum Laude
Anthony Gruber II – Cum Laude
April Olson – Cum Laude
Ashley Evering – Magna Cum Laude
Aymee Rodriguez Tamayo – Cum Laude
MARC GatorStar Fellow 2020-2022
BMEntor
Bianca Guzman
Brianna Pawlyshyn – Cum Laude
Department Learning Assistant
Caleb Walton – Cum Laude
Carlos G. Colon-Ortiz – Cum Laude
Carolina Lopez – Cum Laude
Cassidy Nordmann – Cum Laude
Department Learning Assistant
Catalina Morrison – Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-2022
Chelsea Rosen – Summa Cum Laude
Cierra Gibson
Colton Gonsisko – Summa Cum Laude
Corey Orlando – Magna Cum Laude
Cristina Isusi Silgo
Innovation Fellows Program 2021-2022
Daniel Lichlyter – Magna Cum Laude
Daniela Lucas – Summa Cum Laude
Elizabeth Olivo – Cum Laude
Erynne San Antonio – Magna Cum Laude
Estefania Urrego Hernández – Magna Cum Laude
Department Learning Assistant
BMEntor
Everett Schwieg
Fabiana Maroniene – Cum Laude
Galal Lasheen – Cum Laude
Department Learning Assistant
Garrett Fullerton – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2020-2021
BMEntor
Gianna Sweeting – Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-2022
Houston Forrest Barenholtz
Isabel Nicole Rivera Santiago – Cum Laude
Isabel Muñoz
Isadora Braga – Magna Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-2022
Jacey Davies – Summa Cum Laude
Jacob Barrett – Cum Laude
Jade White – Cum Laude
Department Learning Assistant
Jenna Fulton – Cum Laude
BMEntor
Jerry Holland III – Cum Laude
John Lecocq – Cum Laude
John Michael Thomas – Cum Laude
John Teehan – Cum Laude
Joseph Soto – Summa Cum Laude
Julia Withrow – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2019-2020
Julie Mallinger – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-2022
Kara Gentry – Summa Cum Laude
Katherine Nitchals – Cum Laude
Katherine Webb – Magna Cum Laude
BMEntor
Katherine Zaronias – Cum Laude
Kelly Falcon Paris – Cum Laude
Kendall B Moran Jr – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-2022
Kristin Thorne – Summa Cum Laude
Leeor Hershkovich – Magna Cum Laude
University Scholars Program
Emerging Scholars Program
Li Yuan (Kevin) – Magna Cum Laude
Emerging Scholars Program, 2019-2020
BMEntor
Lina Hammadi – Cum Laude
Mallory Box – Magna Cum Laude
Mariana Viso – Magna Cum Laude
Marshall Riccardi – Cum Laude
Matthew Rexroad – Cum Laude
Melissa Isoba – Summa Cum Laude
Milani Saldon
Nat Thurlow – Summa Cum Laude
Department Learning Assistant
BMEntor
Nisha Kotta – Magna Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-20220
Olga Dentler – Cum Laude
Olivia Palmer – Cum Laude
BMEntor
Omar Zermeno
Oriana Molares Palmero – Summa Cum Laude
Parker Kotlarz – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2020-2021
Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award: Professional Excellence (2022),
Outstanding Gator Engineering 4 Year Scholar (2022),
Commencement Speaker (2022),
John & Mittie Collins Engineering Scholarship (2021)
University of Florida Outstanding Scholar (2022)
UF BME Undergraduate Excellence Award (2021)
UF BME Art of Research Award: 3rd Place (2020)
BMEntor
Paxton Guerin – Magna Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-2022
Peyton Warp – Cum Laude
Pruthak Patel
Quinlan Degnan – Cum Laude
Rachel Golden – Cum Laude
BMEntor
Romin Patel
Scott Ater – Cum Laude
Sireen Hilo – Summa Cum Laude
Snider Lauren – Cum Laude
Sruthika Baviriseaty – Summa Cum Laude
University Research Scholars Program
Stefan Wehmeier
Syeda Shabeen Raza – Summa Cum Laude
Emerging Scholars Program. 2020-2021
Tesneem Abdel-latif – Cum Laude
Tiffany Gandhikumar – Magna Cum Laude
Valentina Supper – Summa Cum Laude
BMEntor

 

SPRING 2022 GRADUATE

Ph.D. GRADUATES:

Angelie Rivera Rodriguez
Advisor: Dr. Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos
Dissertation Title: Biomedical Application of Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment and Immune Cell Tracking

Benjamin Goolsby
Advisor: Dr. Oweiss
Dissertation Title: Effects of Reward Context in Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex during an Auditory Categorization Task

Mary Kasper
Advisor: Dr. Christine Schmidt
Dissertation Title: Engineering Bioactive Hyaluronan-Based Hydrogel Scaffolds for Peripheral Nerve Applications

Smit Patel
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Dissertation Title: Engineering an in vitro Pancreatic Islet Niche

Walker Hagen
Advisor: Dr. Edward Phelps
Dissertation Title: A New Model for Islet GABA Secretion and Its Effects

M.S. GRADUATES

Abubakr Mustafa Saber Omar
Advisor: Dr. Parisa Rashidi
Non-Thesis

Alex Logan Zaffos
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Ferris
Non-Thesis

Ayse Saynur Demircan
Advisor: Dr. Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks
Non-Thesis

Bryce Chapman
Advisor: Dr. Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos
Non-Thesis

By’ran D. McIntyre
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Non-Thesis

Camryn Lewis
Advisor: Dr. Aysrgul Gunduz
Non-Thesis

Caroline Doyle
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Furtney
Non-Thesis

Christina Nguyen
Advisor: Dr. Jon Dobson
Non-Thesis

Easwar Prabakaran
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Furtney
Non-Thesis

Edgar Cubillo
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Non-Thesis

Heather Blackwell
Advisor: Dr. Jon Dobson
M.S. Thesis: Isolation of Cultured Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Using a Planar Magnetic Flow System

Hongde Lin
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis

Jack Wack
Advisor: Dr. Aysrgul Gunduz
Non-Thesis

Jonathan Ptak
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Non-Thesis

Lili Shi
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis

Madison Deller
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Non-Thesis: Proteomic and Genomic Analysis of a Vascularized Support Scaffold for use in Cell-Based Therapies

Matthew Hook
Advisor: Dr. Aysegul Gunduz
Non-Thesis

Matthew Wyers
Advisor: Dr. Kyle Allen
Non-Thesis

Samantha Saleh Ali Ghandour
Advisor: Dr. Kyle Allen
Non-Thesis: Evaluating the Protective Effect of Bovine Placental Matrix (bPM) in a Rodent Knee Osteoarthritis Model

Samuel Anthony Martocci
Advisor: Dr. Walter O’Dell
Non-Thesis

Samuel Ayomipo Oyeleye
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Ferris
Non-Thesis

Sofia Alemar
Advisor: Dr. Blanka Sharma
Non-Thesis

Xinwei Li
Advisor: Dr. Aysrgul Gunduz
Non-Thesis

Yunkun Zhao
Advisor: Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Non-Thesis

Zach Graves
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Ferris
Non-Thesis

SUMMER 2022 UNDERGRADUATE

Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors)
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors)
Cum Laude (Honors)

Ahmet Bilgili
Isabel Nicole Rivera Santiago – Cum Laude
Oriana Molares Palmero – Summa Cum Laude

 

FALL 2022 UNDERGRADUATE

Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors)
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors)
Cum Laude (Honors)

Alexis Cisneros  – Cum Laude
Beau Brickson – Cum Laude
JiHo (Julie) Han – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholars Program, 2021-2022
BMEntor
Katelyn Wahl – Cum Laude
Keer Zhang – SummaCum Laude
Undergraduate Student Outstanding Service Award
Presidential Service Awards, 2022
Vanessa Chan – Cum Laude