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2025 Chemistry Awards

2025-04-16

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Chemistry began a tradition of holding its annual awards in WTHR 200 this year. Awards were presented by Department Head Jianguo Mei, Director of Graduate Studies Suzanne Bart, and Director of Undergraduate Studies Paul Wenthold. Here is the list of people who were recognized on Friday, April 11, 2025:

American Peptide Society Early Career Lectureship Awardee
Betsy Parkinson

Ian P. Rothwell Outstanding Inorganic Seminar
Prakhar Gautam

Journal of Physical Chemistry B Award: Biophysics, Biomaterials, Liquids, and Soft Matter
Mike Reppert

NanoArtography Award
Aaron Mena

ORAU Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Award
Justin Andrews

Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Early Career Awardee
Betsy Parkinson

ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation
Julia Laskin

Eastman Fellowship
Ashutosh Rana

Jean Francis P. Garvan-John M Olin Medal
Jean Chmielewski

National Fresenius Award
Jeffrey Dick

PICR Career Achievement Award
Betsy Parkinson

Acorn Award
Jon Hood
Jon Schlebach
Chitta Das
Christina Li
Julia Laskin

ACS Rising Star in Green Chemistry Education
Qi (Tony) Dong

ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science
Christina Li

Arthur Kelley Undergraduate Teaching Award (Faculty)
Cindy Harwood

Arthur Kelly Teaching Award (Grad)
Razieh Zamani
Savannah Holt
Keegan Everitt
Nathaniel Berney

Bilsland Dissertation Fellowships
Erick Baez Bolivar
Emily Halpern
Nosa Idahagbon
Jaskiran Kaur
Namuunzul Otgontseren
Saurabh Shivpuje
Austin Tedman
Cara Trench

Charles H. Voil Memorial Fellowship
Arman Khosravi

College of Science Customer Service Award
Rob Reason
Scott Scheurich
Lisa Wilson
Rita Woodard
Torrey Pelfree
Elaine Zebell
Sabrina Craig
Shawn Eversole

College of Science Leadership Award
Mark Lipton

College of Science Leadership Award
Betsy Parkinson
Hannah Starr

College of Science Professional Achievement Award
Libai Huang

Dale W. Margerum Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Jeremy Roos

Eli Lilly and Company ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowship
Mousumi Saha

Emerson Kampen Fellowship
Brooke Boyden
Johanna Bovill
Carson Roberts

EVPRP Laboratory and University Core Facility Research Equipment Program
Ryan Hilger
John Harwood
Alex Laskin

Excellence in Collaborative/Industrial Research (ECIR) Award
Emily Halpern
Michael Espenship

Grist 50 Award
Jon Wilker

H.C. Brown Graduate Research Award
Chris Rybak
Haylie Hennigan

H.C. Brown Graduate Seminar Award
John Gulliver
Mustafa Ahmed

Hass Memorial Fellowship
Alyssa Moore
Naseem Siraj KK
Alexis Toney

Hicks Veterinary Service Award for Outstanding Performance in CHM 261/262
Elijah Sower

I. M. Kolthoff Award ACS Analytical Division
Erik Sveen

Ian P. Rothwell Excellence in Inorganic Chemistry Award
Lauren Lopez
Joanna Rosenberger
Kyle McGuire

IUPAC Awards in Analytical Chemistry
Graham Cooks

John J. Nash Academic Development Award
Mason Brindle

John J. Nash Instructional Development Award
Samantha Schmidt

Li Cheng Han Endowment Award
Xilai Li

Lynn Fellowships
Dorthea Illner

M. G. Mellon Award
Gwendylan Turner

National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Arun Ghosh

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Aldan Dye

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Dominick Dotson
Aldan Dye
Nick Ellin
Lance Hatch
Patrick Herchenbach
Paisley Jeannette
Sonja Nusser

NSF Early Career Career Development Award
Jon Hood

Othmer Gold Medal of the Science History Institute
Graham Cooks

Outstanding Research Group Safety Representatives
Kevin Scrudders

R. S. Tobias Merit Scholarship and College of Science Outstanding Chemistry Majors
Wyatt Crain
Maddie Flowers
Katherine Zwiener
Ellie Murotani

Robert R. Squires Scholarship
Myles Edwards

Ross and Lynn Fellowships
Nyah Anderson
Ratri Biswas
Edison Browne
Kailyn Koons
Jeremy Lawrence
Sonja Nusser
Kelton Radefeld

Scamuffa Award
Jayna Enguita

Sloan and Scialog
Qi (Tony) Dong

Thomas W. Keough Graduate Scholarship
Jaskiran Kaur

W. Brooks Fortune Analytical Chemistry Fellowship
Philip Duval
Ali Farzam
Savannah Potter
Kyler Sayler

William F. Epple Teaching Award
Seth Horn
Tobiloba Awoyemi
Lydia Stone
Emilie Vereb

William L. Robinson Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry
Marc Harper

Women in Science Program Travel Grant
Cindy Atencio-Martinez
Seohee Ma
Nipuni Pannala
Joanna Rosenberger
Maura Wimsatt