Biology Department Celebrates 2025 Senior Award Recipients

The Department of Biology is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of our graduating seniors with this year’s departmental awards and honors. These awards highlight excellence in academic performance, research, leadership, and service within our diverse biology majors.

🏅 Chapman Medal

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Lin is the recipient of the 2025 Chapman Medal. This prestigious award honors the most outstanding undergraduate research project carried out in the laboratory, field, or through computational approaches. Named after former Department Chair Professor George B. Chapman, the medal continues his legacy of excellence in undergraduate research.

🎓 Biology Major Awards

The following students were recognized for excellence within their respective majors:

Tiffany Zhang – Biology
Dua Mobin – Biology of Global Health
Catherine Dell’Olio – Environmental Biology
Alexandria Sorenson – Neurobiology

These medals are awarded to students who exemplify qualities of perseverance, leadership, academic achievement, and service in their field.

📘 Taylor-Weber Memorial Prize

The Taylor-Weber Memorial Prize, awarded to students entering senior year with the highest academic records across all biology majors, was presented to:

Delfina P. Bell
Jason I. Hepfer
Jessica M. Lin
Kush M. Modi
Aisling S. O’Connell
Lili V. Rodgers
Alyssa J. Wang
Bridget M. Wyman
Camille C. Vandeveer
Rithvik K. Veeramachaneni

This prize honors the legacy of Professors Taylor and Weber, two foundational educators in the Department’s early history.

Please join us in congratulating all of our awardees for their hard work, dedication, and contributions to the Georgetown Biology community. We are incredibly proud of their accomplishments and look forward to all they will achieve in the future!