Dear Colleagues and Friends,
I am delighted to present the Chemistry Graduate Student Award Showcase for 2021 to acknowledge and celebrate the major fellowships and awards received by our graduate students over the 2020-2021 academic year. We are so proud of our students, both for their individual successes and their contributions to our department.
Congratulations to you all for your well-deserved honors.
Lauren Webb
Associate Professor | Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Department of Chemistry | The University of Texas at Austin
Chemistry Graduate Student Fellowship Showcase 2021
Awards received from August 2020-August 2021
Eman Alasadi
- College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Mentoring Fellowship
Seth Allen
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Reena Al-Mualem (Baiz Group)
- AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science
Fatima Al-Quaiti (Demkov/Henkelman Groups)
- Matsen Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Theoretical Chemistry
Mandira Banik (Lu Group)
- NSF Fellow
- Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement
Wren Berry
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Molly Blevins (Brodbelt Group)
- International Lipidomics Society, Best Young Scientist Talk/8th European Lipidomics Forum
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
Dylan Boucher (Rose Group)
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship 2020/2021
Carolyn Brady (Humphrey/Werth Groups)
- INFEWS Scholar (Innovation at the Nexus of Food & Water Systems)
Jeremy Brinker
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Danielle Cadena (Roberts Group)
- NSF GRFP Fellow
Melanie Campbell
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Brenna Cashman (Rose Group)
- Hamilton/Schoch Endowed Graduate Fellowship
Calvin Chau (Sessler Group)
- Simonsen Fellowship in Chemistry
Kun-You Chung (Page Group)
- Ayres Fellowship in Chemistry
- Chemistry Faculty-Regents Scholarship in Chemistry
Caitlyn Cobb (Rose Group)
- NSF GRFP Fellow
- Faraday Teaching Award
Jaime Coronado (Anslyn Group)
- NIH NRSA Fellow
- Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement
Danny Cotton (Roberts Group)
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
DeHoog Rachel (Eberlin/Brodbelt Groups)
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship 2020/2021
Danny Diaz (Anslyn/Ellington Groups)
- Sessler Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
- Ayres Fellowship in Chemistry
Robert Dick (Rose Group)
- College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship
Edwin Escobar (Brodbelt Group)
- College of Natural Sciences Ethel G. Kahmer Award
- NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral INR Service Award
- HUPO PhD Poster Award (Human Proteome Org)
- American Society of Mass Spectrometry Graduate Travel Award
- Graduate School Dean's Prestigious Supplement
Maddie Evarts
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Aigerim Galyamova (Crooks Group)
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
Abby Gatmaitan (Eberlin/Brodbelt Groups)
- Chemistry Department Service Award
- Well-Being Awareness Award
Sean Goralski (Rose Group)
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
- Henze Teaching Award
Joe Guerrera (Mullins Group)
- Faraday Teaching Award
Mason Hale
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Claire Hallock (Rose Group)
- Henze Teaching Award
Paul Handali (Webb Group)
- Hamilton/Schoch Endowed Graduate Fellowship
Jessica Hellinger (Brodbelt Group)
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Kylie Heupel (Rose Group)
- Faraday Teaching Award
Ginny James (Brodbelt Group)
- NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Gabe Juarez
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Kyle Juetten (Brodbelt Group)
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Kenta Kawashima (Mullins Group)
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship 2021/2022
- Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
Mike Keating (Eberlin Group)
- Felsing Memorial Fund Fellowship
- Hamilton/Schoch Endowed Graduate Fellowship
Mary King (Eberlin/Brodbelt Groups)
- Leon O. Morgan Fellowship
- Henze Teaching Award
Tyler King (Que Group)
- Sessler Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
- White Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemistry
- Henry R. & Elizabeth Sledge Henze Fellowship
Samantha Lauro (Mullins Group)
- National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Graduate School Dean's Prestigious Supplement
Yu-Hsuan Lee (Liu Group)
- Sessler Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
- Chemistry Faculty-Regents Scholarship in Chemistry
- Simonsen Fellowship in Chemistry
Boxi “Cam” Li (Roberts Group)
- Faraday Teaching Award
Alex Lin
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Luis Macias (Brodbelt Group)
- NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral INR Service Award
Alyssa Malto
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Raul Marquez Montes (Mullins Group)
- Provost's Graduate Excellence Fellowship
- Henze Teaching Award
- Chemistry Department Service Award
Seci Martinez (Brenna Group)
- Copeland Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry
Calla McCulley (Dodabalapur Group)
- Chemistry Department Service Award
Cole Meyer (Krische Group)
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
Sarah Moor (Anslyn Group)
- Correlation One Data Science for All Women Fellowship
- Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
Eli Ortiz (Krische Group)
- NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
Hyun Meen Park (Anslyn Group)
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Austin Paul-Orecchio (Mullins Group)
- Faraday Teaching Award
- Henze Teaching Award
Isabelle Rodriguez
- College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship
Skippy Sanders (Brodbelt Group)
- Graduate School Dissertation Writing Award
Victor Segui Barragan (Milliron Group)
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Joe Shirley (Baiz Group)
- Faraday Teaching Award
Sofia Shubert-Zuleta (Milliron Group)
- NSF GRFP Fellow
Sarah Sipe (Brodbelt Group)
- PEO Sisterhood, Scholar Award
- Paul DeGregory Memorial Award
Alli Smith (Mullins Group)
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Lynn Stevens (Page Group)
- Leon O. Morgan Fellowship
- Hahn Endowed Presidential Fellowship
- Cowley Graduate Student Support Foundation Fellowship
Stephanie Valenzuela (Anslyn Group)
- Paul Barbara Graduate Fellowship
- AAUW Women Dissertation Fellowship
- CDCM/NSF MRSEC Research Pitch Oral Com (2nd place)
- Chemistry Department Service Award
- ACS Bridge Travel/Professional Development Award
- CDCM/NSF MRSEC Best Mentor Award
- Jeff Beyers Memorial Award
- Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
Carolina Vigil Hernandez (Humphrey Group)
- Safety First Fellowship
Vincent Viviani (Hull Group)
- Henze Teaching Award
Grant Walby (Martin Group)
- Banks Scholarship/Fellowship in Chemistry
- Chemistry Faculty-Regents Scholarship in Chemistry
Megan Wancura (Cosgriff-Hernandez/Shear Groups)
- Faraday Teaching Award
Jia’ao Wang
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Yuying Wang (Sessler Group)
- Banks Scholarship/Fellowship in Chemistry
- Chemistry Faculty-Regents Scholarship in Chemistry
Ellie Watts (Brodbelt Group)
- Chemistry Department Continuing Fellowship
- Chemistry Department Service Award
Erich Wolff (Webb Group)
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Jessica Wu (Krische Group)
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Jian Yang
- Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Minjin Yoo (Krische Group)
- Banks Scholarship/Fellowship in Chemistry
- Chemistry Faculty-Regents Scholarship in Chemistry