Grad Slam 2026 UC Champion & People's Choice Winner
Tahirah Williams, Quantitative & Systems Biology
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Grad Slam 2025 Campus Champion and UC People's Choice Winner
Adekunle "Kunle" Adewole, Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Grad Slam 2024 Champion:
Ambarish Varadan, Quantitative & Systems Biology
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2023 Campus Champion and UC's Grad Slam People's Choice Winner
Aneelman Brar, Chemistry & Biochemistry
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2022 Campus Champion
Jessica Wilson, Quantitative & Systems Biology
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2021 Campus Champion and UC's 2021 Grad Slam Champion
Shayna Bennett, Applied Mathematics
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2020 UC Merced Grad Slam Campus Champion
Boe Mendawala, Physics
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2019 UC Merced Grad Slam Campus Champion and
UCOP People's Choice Winner
UC Merced Champion Anh Diep at UCOP GradSLAM! pictured with (from left to right)
Associate Dean Chris Kello, Anh Diep, Dr. Jane Binger,
Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie Zatz
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2018 UC Merced Grad Slam Campus Champion and UCOP Third Place Winner
UC Merced Champion Portia Mira at UCOP GradSLAM! pictured with (from left to right)
Associate Dean Chris Kello, Dr. Jane Binger, Portia Mira, Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie Zatz,
Andres Mira and faculty advisor Miriam Barlow
Portia Mira
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Video Presentation - UCOP Finals
2017 UC Merced Grad Slam Campus Champion
UC Merced Champion Byran Fuhrmann pictured with Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie Zatz and
runners-up Melissa Ricketts, Kristen Valentine and Christine Hoffman
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2016 UC Merced Grad Slam Campus Champion
UC Merced Champion Arturo Durazo pictured with
Vice Provost and Graduate Dean, Marjorie Zatz
Arturo Durazo
Psychological Sciences
2015 UC Merced Grad Slam Campus Champion
UC Merced Champion Nate Bogie (center) pictured with
runners-up Joannee Zumkehr (right) and Holly Rus (left).
Nathaniel Bogie
Environmental Systems
