KCUS Recipients

2026 Recipients

Nadia Awwad
Mentor: Helia Megowan
Lab: Hans Dreyer
Cameron Azizi
Mentor: Nicholas Pancheri
Lab: Bob Guldberg
Adam Biggs
Mentor: David Antonio Frey Rubio
Lab: Marian Hettiaratchi
Ava Brenden
Mentor: Shahrzad Ayoubipour
Lab: Nicole Swann
Mila Brucato
Mentor: Annette Estevez
Lab: Patrick Phillips
Brooklyn Cessna
Mentor: Yusong Zou
Lab: Parisa Hosseinzadeh
Jackson Coelho
Mentor: Phillip Hernandez
Lab: Bob Guldberg
Yun Craddock
Mentor: Max Tenenbaum
Lab: Felix Deku
David Curtis
Mentor: Calin Plesa
Lab: Calin Plesa
Faris Elzeyadi
Mentor: Gabriella Lindberg
Lab: Gabriella Lindberg
Ireland Joyce
Mentor: Ifra Ilyas Ansari
Lab: Felix Deku
Adelyn Morgan
Mentor: Victor Salpino
Lab: Ramesh Jasti
Ella Morris
Mentor: Golnaz Navidi
Lab: Teresa Rapp
Meital Negrin
Mentor: Sydney Yang
Lab: Danielle Benoit
Cecelia Ong
Mentor: Jessica Aldrich
Lab: Bob Guldberg
Landen Ratcliffe
Mentor: Sarea Recalde Phillips
Lab: Danielle Benoit
Aiden Rinehart
Mentor: Alex Denton
Lab: Mike Hahn
Scarlett Rinehart
Mentor: Danielle Iman von Briesen
Lab: Paul Dalton
Tom Schertell
Mentor: Gabriella Lindberg
Lab: Gabriella Lindberg
Natafira Suryanata
Mentor: Audrey Klein
Lab: Teresa Rapp

2025 Recipients

John Abraham
Mentor: Dominique Granville
Lab: Willett
Vaani Bindal
Mentor: Hiro Uehara
Lab: Ambati
Pearstin Confenti
Mentor: Monique Demuth
Lab: Rapp
Sarah Culver
Mentor: Sangeetha Ravi Kumar
Lab: Ambati
Isabela Espino-Marquez
Mentor: Corey Wadley
Lab: Greenhouse
Ella Fliesler
Mentor: Patrick Orve
Lab: Guillemin
Favour Foday
Mentor: Sanique South
Lab: Willett
Caroline Foskett
Mentor: Malvika Singhal
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Lily Francis
Mentor: Nicole Kurhanewicz
Lab: Libuda
Lia Godino
Mentor: Helia Megowan
Lab: Dreyer
Armaan Hajarizadeh
Mentor: Justin Svendsen
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Ester Kim
Mentor: Michael Silverstein
Lab: Peters
Daela Montgomery
Mentor: Hannah Wilson
Lab: Libuda
Jeana Moyer
Mentor: Diana Ostojich
Lab: Gardner
Charlotte Olds
Mentor: Gabriella Lindberg
Lab: Lindberg
Lucy Rose
Mentor: Lia Strait
Lab: Guldberg
Mahathi Sridhar
Mentor: Helia Megowan
Lab: Dreyer
Oyinkansola Tunji-Ogunsanya
Mentor: Felix Deku
Lab: Deku
Garrow Whitefield
Mentor: Cameron Moore
Lab: Benoit
Kasey Ziegler
Mentor: Violet Baird
Lab: Jasti

2024 Recipients

Kaitlyn Augienello
Mentor: Hans Dreyer
Lab: Dreyer
Lucas Bambaren
Mentor: Salil Karipott
Lab: Ong
Sophie Biegel
Mentor: Phillip Hernandez
Lab: Benoit
Brock Cottle
Mentor: Tim Wheeler
Lab: Lindberg
Camilla Der
Mentor: Kaylee Meyers
Lab: Ong
Zach Elliott
Mentor: Annie Zemper
Lab: Zemper
Liliana Escobedo
Mentor: Sangeetha Ravi Kumar
Lab: Ambati
Madeleine Ford
Mentor: Justin Svendsen
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Esmee Fuller
Mentor: Nataliia Shchotkina
Lab: Lindberg
Auveen Hajarizadeh
Mentor: Kylie Williams
Lab: Guldberg
Alayna Huque
Mentor: Madeline Martin
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Luca Lippert
Mentor: Calin Plesa
Lab: Plesa
Haley-Mae Lohf
Mentor: Felix Deku
Lab: Deku
Oliver Loreto
Mentor: Calin Plesa
Lab: Plesa
Cinthia Muñiz Sanchez
Mentor: Apoorva Karekal
Lab: Swann
Nikhar Ramlakhan
Mentor: Kaitlyn Werner
Lab: Berkman
Luke Rethwill
Mentor: John O'Hara-Smith
Lab: Grimes
Tanner Rozendal
Mentor: Kevin Zumwalt
Lab: McCormick
Georgia Van der Linden
Mentor: Kelly O'Neill
Lab: Dalton
Jack Woolf
Mentor: Scott Stewart
Lab: Stankunas
Sarah Young
Mentor: Matt Hofmann
Lab: Lindberg

2023 Recipients

Megan Adamec
Mentor: Salil Karipott
Lab: Ong
Alexandra Aeschliman
Mentor: Guilherme Rocha
Lab: Benoit
Morrhyssey Benz
Mentor: Jonathan Dorogin
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Peter Bouchard
Mentor: Raghuveer Parthasarathy
Lab: Parthasarathy
Ale Caceres
Mentor: Michelle Marneweck
Lab: Marneweck
Keane Deas
Mentor: Calin Plesa
Lab: Plesa
Bradley Dibble
Mentor: Kelsey Schultz
Lab: Swann
Dora Ho
Mentor: Malley Gautreaux
Lab: Lindberg
Payton Jefferis
Mentor: Chandler Asnes
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Jenna Khachatourian
Mentor: Alycia Galindo
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Walker Meyer
Mentor: Shannon Snyder
Lab: Cresko
Marcus Mullen
Mentor: Tayler Hebner
Lab: Benoit
Zachary Pennel
Mentor: Michael McGeehan
Lab: Ong
Spencer Siegel
Mentor: DeShea Chasko
Lab: Lindberg
Max Tenenbaum
Mentor: Felix Deku
Lab: Deku
Margaret Trail
Mentor: Genny Romanowicz
Lab: Guldberg
Waverly Wilson
Mentor: Cass Gonzalez
Lab: Hosseinzadeh
Julia Woolf
Mentor: Abigail Loftus
Lab: Garcia
Jadelyn Yep
Mentor: Chris Chapman
Lab: Minson

2022 Recipients

Sanjana Basak
Mentor: Hiro Uehara
Lab: Ambati
Benjamin Burress-Irving
Mentor: Parisa Hosseinzadeh
Lab: Hosseinzadeh
Amelia Dayton
Mentor: Cori Cahoon
Lab: Libuda
Ethan Dinh
Mentor: Genevieve Romanowicz
Lab: Guldberg
Sadie Holt
Mentor: Christopher Chapman
Lab: Minson
William Jackson
Mentor: Ethan Shaw
Lab: Garcia
Amanda Kurtz
Mentor: Kelly O'Neill
Lab: Dalton
Jacob Lorenz
Mentor: James May
Lab: Jasti
Lily Mozipo
Mentor: Veronica Spaulding
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Serena Orsinger
Mentor: Isaac Gomez
Lab: Greenhouse
Tulsi Patel
Mentor: Salil Karipott
Lab: Ong
Carmen Resnick
Mentor: Calin Plesa
Lab: Plesa
Maisey Schering
Mentor: Katie Fisher
Lab: Grimes
Trinity Straayer
Mentor: Emily Sweeney
Lab: Guillemin
Mindy Tran
Mentor: Natanya Villegas
Lab: Plesa
Micah Woods
Mentor: Hope Healey
Lab: Cresko

2021 Recipients

Mayurika Bhaskar
Mentor: Bala Ambati
Lab: Ambati
Mikala Capage
Mentor: David Garcia
Lab: Garcia
Sam Craig
Mentor: Zoe Irons
Lab: Grimes
Alonso Cruz
Mentor: Parisa Hosseinzadeh
Lab: Hosseinzadeh
Anna Garrison
Mentor: Julia Fehr
Lab: Jasti
Yukiko Gaudreault
Mentor: Osamu Iwasaki
Lab: Noma
Holden Howard
Mentor: Jeremy Bard
Lab: Haley
Ireland Johnson
Mentor: Marian Hettiaratchi
Lab: Hettiaratchi
Colin Kuhns
Mentor: Elizabeth Bearce
Lab: Grimes
Faith Longnight
Mentor: Thaís de Faria
Lab: Darren Johnson
Isaiah Mills
Mentor: Mitchell Fisher
Lab: Greenhouse
Philip Nosler
Mentor: Nicole Kurhanewicz
Lab: Libuda

2020 Recipients

Karly Fear
Mentor: Salil Karipoot
Lab: Ong
Cailan Feingold
Mentor: Cori Cahoon
Lab: Libuda
Jade Kast
Mentor: Deepika Sundarraman
Lab: Parthasarathy
Nora Kearns
Mentor: Calin Plesa
Lab: Plesa
Emily Ma
Mentor: Catherine Robinson
Lab: Guillemin
David McNeely
Mentor: Kelsey Schultz
Lab: Swann
Haley Rice
Mentor: Christine McDevitt
Lab: DeRose
Alina Salagean
Mentor: Erik Toraason
Lab: Libuda
Nathan Stovall
Mentor: Raina Krivina
Lab: Boettcher

2019 Recipients

Robin Black
Mentor: Michelle Massaquoi
Lab: Guillemin
Michelle Hernandez
Mentor: Kelly Hyland
Lab: Guldberg
Russell Nickels
Mentor: Hazel Fargher
Lab: Johnson/Haley
Emily Niebergall
Mentor: Emily Beck
Lab: Cresko
Ian Torrence
Mentor: Sean Fontenot
Lab: Darren Johnson
Dan Tudorica
Mentor: Arden Perkins
Lab: Guillemin