ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award

The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) fund promising undergraduate students so they can conduct research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers. SURF recipients must present their research at ASPB’s annual Plant Biology meeting in the year following the fellowship award.

Visit https://surf.aspb.org December 2025 to apply for a SURF award.

2025 Winners

Chelsea An, Rice University

Rachel Bai, University of California, Berkeley

Abigail Bruzual Lopez, University of Utah

Stella J. Chen, University of Toronto

Hannah N. Davis, North Carolina State University

Huynh Lan Thi (Thea) Do, University of British Columbia

Kate F. Dooling, Cornell University

Viktoria GT Dubinin, University of California, Davis

Destiny A. Holmes, California State University Long Beach

Yu San (Emma) Hui, University of California, Davis

Victoria A. Inlow, University of Arizona

Antone H. Jung, Cornell University

Andrew R. Medina, Colorado State University

Maria A. Peacock, Kenyon College

Sophia LS Shomper, University of Arizona

Colleen Doherty, chair (2021-2028)
Melinda Findlater (2023-2026)
Sona Pandey (2023-2026)
Yiping Qi (2024-2028)
Sibum Sung (2025-2028)