Galileo Circle Scholarship

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CBC UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE MAJORS

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The Galileo Circle is a society of individuals whose support is critical to the continued excellence in the sciences at The University of Arizona. Annually, funding from the Galileo Circle is set aside for student scholarships in the College of Science.

 

SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA

  • Currently declared as a Chemistry & Biochemistry Major (students graduating in May of each year are also eligible).
  • Minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA.
  • Completion of at least one semester of research experience.

APPLICATION PROCESS

  1. A completed Galileo Circle Scholarship Information Form;
  2. personal statement (one page maximum; include current research interests and future goals);
  3. resume (including education, honors/awards, grants/scholarships, research experience, professional affiliations, publications, community service); and
  4. letter of support from a College of Science faculty member.

Applications are usually available in early spring of each year.

 

To learn more about UArizona Scholarships visit: Scholarship Universe

Graduate Students

Rachel Allen

Ananya Chakraborti

Beverly Feng

Andrea Hamilton

Hiruni S. Jayasekera

Megan L. Laham

 

Undergraduate Students

Sean Chen

Momoko Cronin

Michael Foster

October Owen

Sinhye Chloe Park

Vara Vungutur

Michelle Wei

Graduate Students

Tasmia Ahmed - Michael Cusanovich Scholar

Jianhua Bao

Paola Cruz Flores - Michael Cusanovich Scholar

Jeffrey Groch

Md Mubarak Hossain

Kushani Kananka Hewage

Nicholas Lauta

Anjalee Wijetunge

 

Undergraduate Students

Elizabeth Browne - Michael Cusanovich Scholar

Julie Fan

Shifat Hossain

Shayna Maddern

Madeleine Milner

Nick Mortimore

Sami Muslmani

October Owen

Kristen Roehling

Vara Vungutur

Hayley Wondra

Graduate Students

Anthony Baldo (CHEM)

Nathan Bamberger (CHEM)

Fathima Doole (CHEM)

Tarek El Assaad (CHEM)

Niloofar Ghadirian (BIOC)

Yu-Shien Sung (CHEM)

Julia Townsend (BIOC)

Jose Veleta (CHEM)

 

Undergraduate Students

Abel Cherian (BIOC) (selected by MCB)

Julie Fan (BIOC)

Matheo Herrera (BIOC)

Jessica Hlomatchi (BIOC) (selected by ASEMS)

Shifat Hossain (CHEM) (Michael A. Cusanovich Scholar)

Vivian Mendoza-Leon (BIOC)

Madeline Milner 

Nick Mortimore (BIOC)

Hillary Schiff (BIOC)

Kiah Sleiman (BIOC)
 

Graduate Students

Keerthana Andakudi Kesavan (CHEM)

Natasha Cornejo (CHEM)

Marius Kostelic (BIOC)

Haziq Qureshi (CHEM)

Steven Petritis (CHEM)

Joseph Schafer (CHEM)

Stephen Smith (BIOC)

Brittany Stankavich (BIOC)

Alyssa Werner (BIOC) (Michael A. Cusanovich Scholar)

 

Undergraduate Students

Hannah Ball (selected by MCB)

Gabriela Berigan (CHEM)

Alexander Blythe (selected by MCB)

Meuci Ilunga (BIOC)

Jason Juang (BIOC)

Sadie Keesler (CHEM)

Todd Lewis (CHEM)

Eric Lu (selected by MCB)

Madeline Morrow (BIOC)

Mireya Pimentel (selected by ASEMS)

Suranjana Rahman (BIOC)

Noah Rios (selected by ASEMS)

Soraya Sandoval (BIOC)

Tommy Szeto (BIOC & CHEM)

Daniel Wieland (BIOC) (selected by UBRP)

2019 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS
Graduate Students

Kayla Clary (CHEM)

Lindsay Guzman (CHEM) - Victor & Patricia Hruby Scholar

Meghan Hamilton (CHEM)

Metin Karayilan (CHEM)

Soohyun Kevin Lee (CHEM)

Alex Marciniak (CHEM)

Deseree Reid (CHEM)

Kristiane Torgeson Pelletier (BIOC)

 

Undergraduate Students

Carter Bosse (CHEM)

Deziree Coleman (BIOC) - Gilbert R. Escalante Memorial Scholar

Steven Fried (BIOC/CHEM)

Hiromi Fukuzaki (BIOC)

Emma Harrell (BIOC)

Aurora Hurtado-Olivas - Gilbert R. Escalante Memorial Scholar

Nadia Ingabire (BIOC)

Katrina Konopka (CHEM)

David Lasansky (BIOC) - Michael Cusanovich Scholar

Ray Lee (BIOC)

Samantha Macklin (BIOC)

Andrea Peralta (BIOC)

Mireya Pimentel (selected by ASems)

Lauren Pisani (selected by MCB)

Angela Rivera (BIOC)

Matthew Scandura

Sujin Seo (CHEM)

Dakotah Shreiner (BIOC)

Bennett Van Camp (selected by MCB)

Lauren Wilson (BIOC)

 

2018 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS
Graduate Students

Matthew Humphries

Rami Musharrafieh

Jonathan L. Sanchez

Maggie Scavello

David Smith

Xuemin Wang - Dr. Michael A. Cuanovich Scholar

Kristen Watts

 

Undergraduate Students

Adam Kai Aragaki (selected by UBRP)

Danielle Marie Barrientes

Dez Coleman

Skyler Cully

Tyler J. Espinoza

Makayla Marie Freitas (selected by MCB)

Leo Hamerlynck

James McNamara

Miguel Esteban Pacheco

Ramya Ramesh

Jose L. Rios-Monterrosa

Benjamin J. Rounseville

Tyler Russeth

Charis Springhower (selected by UBRP)

Guangzhe "Lawrence" Sun (selected by MCB)

Dane Evan D. Zambrano

 

2017 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS
Graduate Students

Robb Bagge

Matthew Bienick

Calley Eads - Dr. F. Ann Walker Scholar

N. Malithi Fonseka

Jeffrey Ivie

Kendall Sandy

Michael Williams - Victor & Patricia Hruby Scholar

Yueyan (Frida) Zhang

 

Undergraduate Students

Alexander Aydt

Jordan Barrows

Elizabeth Brooks

Deziree Coleman - Norma O. Burton Ball Scholar

Rushabh Daulat

Joey DeGrandchamp

Steven Fried - Robert & Lesley Goldfarb Scholar

Pearce Haldeman

Gloria Le

Elise Munoz

Celina Nguyen - Michael Cusanovich Scholar

Kwonneung Park - Gilbert R. Escalante Memorial Scholar

Dagoberto Robles

Tala Shahin

Matthew Stagg

Ben Zaepfel

 

2016 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS
Graduate Students

Isen Calderon

Iman Daryaei

Pradipta Das

Ritika Guatam

Jie He - Victor and Patricia Hruby Scholar

Bret Maughan

Nick Pavlopoulos

Sanhita Sinharay

Brandon Smith

Jessica Wales - Michael Cusanovich Scholar

 

Undergraduate Students

William Bahureksa

Jordan Barrows (selected by UBRP)

Katherine Burrell

Lisa Daconta

Kaitlyn Griffin

Melissa Harnois

Tyler Kennedy

Bailey Lahtinen

Jordan Levine

David Maestas (selected by MCB)

Sarah Pattengale

Dagoberto Robles - Gilbert R. Escalante Scholar

Eric Simental - Gilbert R. Escalante Scholar

Chris (Tian) Xue

Benjamin Zaepfel (selected by MCB)

 

2015 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS
Graduate Students

Eman Akam
Javier Castillo-Montoya
Philip Dirlam
Andrew Dixon
Mahsa Ghaffari
Stephanie M. Jensen
Flora Kimani

 

 

Undergraduate Students

Benton J. Anderson
Trace Bartels
Jean-Laurent Blanche
Brittany L. Forte - Michael Cusanovich Scholar
Axel Gomez (selected by Math)
Leo Marc Hamerlynck – Science Recruitment Scholar
Shaina Hasan - (selected by UBRP)
Ali Icenogle
Tam Le
Kexin Li
Andrew McDonald
Yvonne Ng
Nicole C. Schwalbe
Eric A. Simental - Gilbert R. Escalante Scholar
Daria Timonina - (Selected by Molecular Cellular Biology)

 

 2014 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

Alexander Aydt
Cheryl Cheah
Julie Cheung
Si’Ana Coggins - Gilbert R. Escalante Scholar
Ramanan Ehamparam
Eric Figueroa
Harrison Frisk
Jared Griebel
Sara Hall
Teryn Holeman
Stephanie Kha
Mei-Li Laracuente
Kaitlyn McLeod
Nicole O’Connor
Suchithranga M. D. C. Perera
Andy Vo Phan
Kayla Polzin - Michael Cusanovich Scholar
David Racke
Kameron Rodrigues
Nickie Seto
Taylor Szyszka
Melissa Weinrich
Edon Vitaku
Alyssa Vollaro
Jonathan Yamaguchi

 

 

 2013 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

Jorge A. Alvarez
Wesley Cai
Kevin J. Carlson
Tyler Chozinski
Guadalupe Davila - Gilbert R. Escalante Scholar
Sean Fleming
Melissa Gifford
Sophie Hapak
Dina V. Hingorani
Lawrence J. Hill
Leah J. Kelly
Eileen Leaser
Jessica Li
Elina Ly
Zachary D. Miles
Dayan Elshan Nakath Gamlath Ralalage
Luis R. Oquendo
Jaclyn Rybin - Norma O. Barton Bell Scholar
Lingzi Sang
Aishan Shi
Breland E. Smith
Karla Camacho Soto
Blake Tye - Michael Cusanovich Scholar
Duyen Vo
Lauren Wugalter

 

 2012 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

Logan Ahlstrom (Grad) - Cusanovich Memorial
Nabila Brabez (Grad)
Alayna George Thompson (Grad)
Steven Gunawan (Grad)
Dmitry Khuseinov (Grad)
Hsiao-chu Lin (Grad)
Gail Willette (Grad)
Mowei Zhou (Grad)
Kristin Bratton (Undergrad)
Aubri Carman (Undergrad)
Robert Soto (Undergrad)
Aeen Asghar (Undergrad)
Alice Cai (Undergrad)
Jonathan Ferng (Undergrad) - Selected by MCB
Eric Hansen (Undergrad)

 

 2011 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

Ersilia Anghel - Selected by MCB
Jennifer Bao - CBC
Christan Bell - CBC
Anne Blackwell - CBC
Jessie Brown - CBC
Amanda Davis - Selected by UBRP
Andrea Hartzell - Selected by MCB
Mounir Koussa - Selected by Neuroscience (COS Excellence in Research)
Karen Christian - CBC
Andrew Ma - Selected by MCB
Nina Martin - CBC
Tiffany Mealman - CBC
Sukeshi Mehta - CBC
Michael Mitchell - Selected by MCB
Tarik Ozumerzifon - CBC
Kristen Sanders - CBC
Meytal Shtayer - Selected by MCB
Lindsay Zack - CBC

 

 2010 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

David Briggs
Jessie Brown
Alec Coffman
Kurt Cox
Sarah Edwards
Robert Gonzalez
Allena Goren
Ashley Gucinski
Forrest Helfrich
Benjamin Jester
Mounir Koussa
Justin Mauser
Joy Meserve
Dario Pasalic
Anne Simon
Andrew Tseng
Nick Wiebelhaus

 

 2009 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

Yomi Ajulo (selected by BMB)
Amy Alabaster (selected by BMB)
Ahmed Badran (selected by BMB)
Troy Comi (selected by CHEM)
Jennifer Furman (selected by CHEM)
Aarthi Goverdhan (selected by MCB)
Olga Griffith (selected by CHEM)
Beryl Jones (selected by BMB)
Zhihua Liu (selected by CHEM)
Huong Truong (selected by CHEM)
Mary Helen Wanant - BMB and MCB - Gilbert R. Escalante Memorial
Zachary Urdang (selected by CHEM)

 

 2008 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

Van Duong - PSIO, BMB, and MCB (selected by MCB)
Alice Ferng - BMB and MCB
Erica Hummell - BMB and MCB (selected by MCB)
Megan Paul - BMB and MICRO
Elsa Marquez - BMB and SPAN
Emily Ricq - BMB and Chemistry (selected by Chemistry)
Craig Sheedy - BMB
Chris Smillie - BMB and MCB (selected by MCB)
James Spoonamore - BMB PhD
Rachel Zenuk - BMB and MCB - Gilbert R. Escalante Memorial

 

 2007 GALILEO CIRCLE SCHOLARS

Michelle C. Brandon — Junior, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Patron: Robert Davis

Joseph T. Carroll — Senior, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Wendy and Nick Soloway

Safia Hope Emesh —- Senior, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Helen and John Schaefer

Wendy M. Ingram — Senior, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Maxine and Ralph Henig

Trahern W. Jones — Junior, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Cande and Tom Grogan

Christina G. Kwong — Senior, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Patron: Ghislaine Polak

Eri Nakatani — Senior, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Lynnette and Alex Mautner

Erin S. Palmer — Senior, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Janet and Kai Haber

Tonya S. Thacker — MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Shannan Marty and Christopher Pendleton

Sara A. Warzecka — Senior, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Patrons: Wendy and Lawrence Aldrich