The Outstanding UROP Student Awards recognize students for exceptional contributions as undergraduate researchers. Recipients are selected based on nominations submitted by UROP supervisors and mentors.

2022 Recipients

Outstanding UROP Student, First-Year Undergraduate

• Oreoluwa O. Alao ’25, UROP in Physics

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Architecture + Planning

• Sara V. Fernandez ’23, UROP in the Media Lab

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Engineering

• Naksha Roy ’22, UROP in Chemical Engineering

Outstanding UROP Student (Team), School of Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

• Aria C. Kydd ’23, UROP in Music + Theater Arts
• Skylar S. Larsen ’23, UROP in Music + Theater Arts

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Science

• Desmond L. Edwards ’22, UROP in Biology

2021 Recipients

Outstanding UROP Student, First-Year Undergraduate Researcher

• Vaishnavi Addala ’24, Electrical Engineering + Computer Science UROP in Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Engineering

• Zoë Marschner ’23, Electrical Engineering + Computer Science, UROP in CSAIL

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Architecture + Planning

• Osvy Rodriguez ’21, Electrical Engineering + Computer Science, UROP in the Media Lab

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Humanities, Arts, + Social Sciences

• Alison Fang ’23, Mathematics, UROP in Comparative Media Studies

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Science

• Agata Bikovtseva ’21, Chemistry, UROP in Chemistry