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.

Recent Winners

4th Year Students Spring 2024 (awarded September 6, 2024)

Winner: Christine Wiggins, Lauffenburger Lab
Runner-up: Christine Zheng, Bryson Lab
Honorable Mention: Sarah Duquette, Manalis Lab
Honorable Mention: Catherine Della Santina, Boyden and Boyer Labs

Past Winners

3rd Year Students Fall 2023 (awarded March 4, 2024)

Winner: Kaiyi Jiang, Laboratory of Michael Birnbaum
Runner-up: Daniel Pascal, Laboratory of Christopher Voigt
Honorable Mention: Jessica Sun, Laboratory of Christopher Voigt

4th Year Students Spring 2023 (awarded September 15, 2023)

Winner: Viraat Goel, Laboratory of Anders Hansen
Runner-up: Ellen Kan, Laboratories of Linda Griffith and Roger Kamm
Runner-up: Owen Leddy, Laboratories of Bryan Bryson and Forest White
Honorable Mention: Jeff Hsiao, Laboratories of Katherina Ribbeck and Galit Alter

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 Mention: David Kastner, Laboratories of Forest White and Heather Kulik
Honorable Mention: 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)

Winner: Sydney Solomon, Laboratory of Bryan Bryson
Winner: Josh Peters, Laboratories of Bryan Bryson and Paul Blainey
Honorable Mention: Noreen Wauford, Laboratory of Ron Weiss
Honorable Mention: 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 Mention: Atti English, Laboratory of Jim Collins
Honorable Mention: 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
Honorable Mentions: Jared Kehe, Laboratory of Paul Blainey

Fall 2018 (awarded October 15, 2019)

Winner: Molly Parsons, Laboratory of Mark Bathe
Runner-up: Jacqueline Gerritsen, Laboratory of Forest White
Runner-up: 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 Mention: Shelby Doyle, Laboratory of Angela Koehler
Honorable Mention: 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 Mention: Jared Kehe, Laboratories of Paul Blainey and Pardis Sabeti
Honorable Mention: 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