First Year Seniors and Juniors
Conner Arneson
School: Mount Horeb High School
Worksite & Mentor:
Genetic Visions
Christy Neis
Erin Brakob
School: Oregon High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Horticulture
Dr. Philipp Simon
Meghan Detra
School: Oregon High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Biochemistry
Joshua Choi, Gilbert Loiseau, and Gladys Diaz-Vazquez
in the lab of Dr. Alessandro Senes
Arhat Dwa
School: Verona Area High School
Magnus Eckholm
School: Sun Prairie High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Botany
Ximing Che, in the lab of Dr. Edgar Spalding
Shreya Godishala
School: Middleton High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Botany
Arkadipta Bakshi and Dr. Richard Barker,
in the lab of Dr. Simon Gilroy
Lexi Greiber
School: Waunakee High School
Worksite & Mentor:
Wisconsin Crop innovation Center
Dr. Ray Collier and Michael Petersen
Samantha Havlicek
School: Stoughton High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Dawn Dudley, in the lab of Dr. Dave O’Connor
Ayla-Rae Hebl
School: Sun Prairie High School
Liam Hemminger
School: Sun Prairie High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Will Bothfeld, in the lab of Dr. Brian Pfleger
Garrett Housley
School: Oregon High School
Worksite & Mentor:
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Kirk Van der Muelen, in the lab of Dr. Brian G. Fox
Kerstin Hurd
School: Waterloo High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Entomology
Nolan Amon, in the lab of Dr. Christelle Guédot
Reilly Kiffel
School: Oregon High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Sarah Bennett, in the lab of Dr. Matthew Reynolds
Jayden Lee
School: Middleton High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Athena Golfinos and Amy Ellis, in the lab of Dr. Shelby O’Connor
Lizzie Maly
School: McFarland High School
Worksite & Mentor:
Morgridge Institute for Research
Sophie Mancha, Andrea Scheifelbein, and Amani Gillette,
in the lab of Dr. Melissa Skala
Alex Parker
School: Oregon High School
Worksite & Mentor:
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Nate Kuch, in the lab of Dr. Brian G. Fox
Sophia Patton
School: Middleton High School
Worksite & Mentor:
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Human Oncology
Dr. Mari Iida, in the lab of Dr. Deric L Wheeler
Thomas Silver
School: Middleton High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Genetics
Dr. Russel Wrobel, in the lab of Dr. Chris Hittinger
Beniamin Twardowski-Bentkowski
School: Middleton High School
Worksite & Mentor:
UW-Madison Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Roger Wiseman, in the lab of Dr. Dave O’Connor