The Wishnok Prize

The Wishnok Prize for the Bioengineering and Toxicology Seminar (BATS) was established by the Department of Biological Engineering in 2015 in honor of Pete Wishnok, who led BATS for over three decades. The Wishnok Prize is awarded for the best talks in the Fall and Spring Semesters.

Wishnok Prize Winners

3rd Year Students Fall 2022 (awarded February 10, 2023)

• Winner: Catherine Della Santina, Laboratories of Laurie Boyer and Ed Boyden
• Runner-up: Christine Zheng, Laboratory of Bryan Bryson
• Honorable Mentions:
• David Kastner, Laboratories of Forest White and Heather Kulik
• Kasey Love, Laboratory of Katie Galloway

3rd Year Students 2021-2022 (awarded February 11, 2022)

• Winner: Viraat Goel, Laboratory of Anders Sejr Hansen
• Runner-up: Kalon Overholt, Laboratories of Doug Lauffenburger, Domitilla Del Vecchio, and  Richard Young
• Honorable Mention: Owen Leddy, Laboratories of Bryan Bryson and Forest White

4th Year Students Spring 2021 (awarded February 11, 2022)

• Winners: 
• Sydney Solomon, Laboratory of Bryan Bryson
• Josh Peters, Laboratories of Bryan Bryson and Paul Blainey
• Honorable Mentions:
• Noreen Wauford, Laboratory of Ron Weiss
• Anna Le, Laboratory of Paul Blainey

3rd Year Students 2020-2021 (awarded April 20, 2021)

• Winner: Cal Gunnarsson, Laboratory of Bryan Bryson
• Runner-up: Blake Lash,  Laboratory of Feng Zhang
• Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Valeri, Laboratory of James Collins

Spring 2020 (awarded November 18, 2020)

• Winner: Nico Agenent-Mari, Laboratory of Jim Collins
• Runner-up: Meelim Lee, Laboratory of Doug Lauffenburger 
• Honorable Mention: Konstantin Krismer, Laboratory of David Gifford

Fall 2019 (awarded December 20, 2019)

• Winner: Corban Swain, Laboratory of Ed Boyden
• Runner-up: Brooke Huisman, Laboratory of Michael Birnbaum
• Honorable Mentions:
• Atti English, Laboratory of Jim Collins
• Josh Peters, Laboratories of Bryan Bryson and Paul Blainey

Spring 2019 (awarded October 15, 2019)

• Winner: Noor Momin, Laboratory of Dane Wittrup
• Runner-up: Lauren Stopfer, Laboratories of Forest White and Doug Lauffenburger 
• Honorable Mentions: 
• Lauren Milling, Laboratory of Darrell Irvine
• Jared Kehe, Laboratory of Paul Blainey

Fall 2018 (awarded October 15, 2019)

• Winner: Molly Parsons, Laboratory of Mark Bathe
• Runners-up:
• Jacqueline Gerritsen, Laboratory of Forest White
  Connor Dobson, Laboratory of Michael Birnbaum

Spring 2018 (awarded October 9, 2018)

• Winner: Manu Kumar, Laboratory of Doug Lauffenburger
• Runner-up: Linyi Gao, Laboratory of Feng Zang
• Honorable Mentions:
• Shelby Doyle, Laboratory of Angela Koehler
• Malvika Verma, Laboratory of Robert S. Langer

Fall 2017 (awarded October 9, 2018)

• Winner: Robert Wilson, Laboratory of Angela Koehler 
• Runner-up: Noor Momin, Laboratory of K. Dane Wittrup
• Honorable Mentions:
• Jared Kehe, Laboratories of Paul Blainey and Pardis Sabeti
• Lauren Milling, Laboratory of Darrell Irvine

Spring 2017 (awarded October 10, 2017)

• Winner: Jacob Borrajo, Laboratory of Paul Blainey  
• Runner-up: Adrienne Rothschilds, Laboratory of K. Dane Wittrup
• Honorable Mention: Deena Rennerfeldt, Laboratory of Krystyn J. Van Vliet

Fall 2016 (awarded February 17, 2017)

• Winner: Linyi Gao, Laboratory of Feng Zhang    
• Runner-up: Alison Tisdale, Laboratory of K. Dane Wittrup
• Honorable Mention: Ally Huang, Laboratory of Ram Sasisekharan

Spring 2016 (awarded September 16, 2016)

• Winner: Vibhuti Agrawal, Laboratory of Forest White    
• Runner-up: Kelly Moynihan, Laboratory of Darrell Irvine    
• Honorable Mention: Reginald Avery, Laboratory of Bradley D. Olsen    

Fall 2015 (awarded Februrary 12, 2016)

• Winner: Andrew Chen, Laboratory of Angela Koehler    
• Runner-up: Breanna Stillo, Laboratory of Ron Weiss