Vodopia-Hasson Winners
Congratulations to the 2026 Vodopia-Hasson SURF Summer Poster Competition Winners! This year's competition was held on Thursday, August 20, 2026, as part of SFP Summer Seminar Day.
- Gabriella Giampietro (WAVE Fellows, Brown University) with John Eiler (Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry; Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences) and Annie Edwards (Graduate Student in Geochemistry)
- Adam Janik (SURF, UCLA) with Fiona Harrison (Harold A. Rosen Professor of Physics) and Demet Kirmizibayrak (Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics)
- Nikhita Penugonda (SURF, Caltech) with Joseph Masiero (NEO Surveyor Lead Scientist, IPAC) and Ishan Mishra (Staff Scientist, IPAC)
Winners from past years can be found below.
- First Place: Ashley St. John (Lafayette College) with David Anderson (Caltech)
- Second Place: Kabir Mohammed (Caltech) with Woodward Fischer (Caltech)
- Third Place: Joy Doong (UC Davis) with Richard Murray (Caltech)
- First Place: Aurland Hay (Wellesley College) with Nathan Lewis (Caltech)
- Second Place: Nissim Gore-Datar (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus) with Michael Hoffmann (Caltech)
- Third Place: Regina Lee (Caltech) with Rosalie McGurk (Caltech)
- First Place: Si Hui (Sophie) Dai (Caltech) with Anima Anandkumar (Caltech)
- Second Place (tied): Eleanor Rackoff (Harvey Mudd College) with Michael Roukes (Caltech)
- Second Place (tied): Jonathan Wong (UCLA) with Brian Stoltz (Caltech)
- First Place: Hannah Fisher (Caltech) with Niema Moshiri (UC San Diego)
- Second Place: Katelyn Lee (Caltech) with Elizabeth Hong (Caltech)
- Third Place: Julian Sennette (University of Texas, Austin) with David Hitlin (Caltech)
This year, the winners were non-ranked.
- Alex Burr (Caltech) with Mitchell Guttman (Caltech)
- Samantha Contreras (UC Santa Cruz) with Maria Spiropulu (Caltech)
- Beryl Hovis-Afflerbach (Caltech) with James Fuller (Caltech)
- Sally Jiang (Yale University) with Lynne Hillenbrand (Caltech)
- Manali Nayak (The Ohio State University) with Andrew Thompson (Caltech)
- Liam Ordner (Georgia Institute of Technology) with Maxwell Robb (Caltech)
- Shelby Scott (Caltech) with Renee Zhao (Stanford University)
- Vincent Soldano (University of Nevada, Reno) with Michael Lamb (Caltech)
- Mavis Stone (Harvey Mudd College) with Michael Lamb (Caltech)
- Spencer Winter (California State University, Monterey Bay) with Lulu Qian (Caltech)
In 2025, the winners were non-ranked.
- Barbara Ayala (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) with Yuki Oka (Caltech)
- Elizabeth Huber (Columbia University) with Jamie Bock (Caltech)
- Hanna Shan (California State University, Los Angeles) with Maxwell Robb (Caltech)
In 2026, the winners were non-ranked.
- Gabriella Giampietro (Brown University) with John Eiler (Caltech)
- Adam Janik (UCLA) with Fiona Harrison (Caltech)
- Nikhita Penugonda (Caltech) with Joseph Masiero (Caltech IPAC)