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Chemistry Graduate Student Awards Showcase 2022

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I am delighted to present the Chemistry Graduate Student Award Showcase for 2022 to acknowledge and celebrate the major fellowships and awards received by our graduate students over the 2021 - 2022 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
Professor | Associate Chair for Graduate Education
Department of Chemistry | The University of Texas at Austin

 

CHEMISTRY GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP SHOWCASE 2022

Awards received from August 2021-August 2022

Mehroz Ahmed (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Reena Al-Mualem (Baiz Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Eman Alasadi (Baiz Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Mentoring Fellowship

Seth Allen (Roberts Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Collin Andrews (Iverson Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Mandira Banik (Lu Group)

  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Wren Berry (Milliron Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Edward Briceno

  • McNair Scholars Graduate School Fellowship

Jeremy Brinker (Rose Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jamie Butalewicz (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Ivan Cabada Garcia

  • Matsen Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Theoretical Chemistry

Danielle Cadena (Roberts Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • Chemistry Department Service Award
  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Melanie Campbell (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Henry Cater (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Calvin Chau (Sessler Group)

  • Copeland Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

Caitlyn Cobb (Rose Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Daniel Cooke (Que Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jaime Coronado (Anslyn Group)

  • NIH NRSA Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Josh Correira (Webb Group)

  • Felsing Memorial Fund Fellowship
  • White Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemistry

Robert Dick (Rose Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship
  • Faraday Teaching Award

Rosalie Doerksen (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sean Dunham (Brodbelt Group)

  • Sledge Henze Fellowship

Ehren Eichler (Mullins Group)

  • Roberts Fellowship in Chemistry

Robert Ellis (Webb Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Sam Emslie (Humphrey Group)

  • Cowley Graduate Student Support Fund Fellowship
  • Hahn Endowed Presidential Fellowship

Edwin Escobar (Brodbelt Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • American Society of Mass Spectrometry Graduate Student Travel Award
  • NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral INR Service Award

Maddie Evarts (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Cade Francour (Rose Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Abby Gatmaitan (Eberlin/Brodbelt Groups)

  • College of Natural Sciences Ethel Gene Kahmer Endowed Presidential Fellowship
  • Faraday Teaching Award

Brittany Gay (Hull Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award
  • Ayres Fellowship in Chemistry
  • Morgan Fellowship

Sean Goralski (Rose Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Claire Hallock (Rose Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award
  • Faraday Teaching Award

Paul Handali (Webb Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Margaret Hebert

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jessica Hellinger (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Amanda Helms (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Melissa Hirsch (Keatinge-Clay Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

James Howard (Anslyn Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dorothea Hudson (Que Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Nancy Huynh (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Inhong Hwang (Sessler Group)

  • Mahler Endowed Fellowship

Ginny James (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Gabe Juarez (Sessler Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Kyle Juetten (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sung Jung

  • Matsen Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Theoretical Chemistry

Kenta Kawashima (Mullins Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship 2021/2022

Huang Ke (Crooks Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award

Meghan Kiker (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sung Yeon Kim

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Anna Krieger (Eberlin/Brodbelt Groups)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Michael Lanzillotti (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Alec Larson (Rose Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Samantha Lauro (Mullins Group)

  • National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
  • Graduate School Dean's Prestigious Supplement

SangHyun Lee (Hull Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award

Yu-Hsuan Lee (Liu Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Bruton Fellowship

Whitney Lewis (Lu Group)

  • NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
  • Simonsen Fellowship in Chemistry

Boxi “Cam” Li (Roberts Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Ethel Gene Kahmer Endowed Presidential Fellowship

Alex Lin (Belardi Group)

  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Monica Lin (Eberlin/Brodbelt Groups)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Luis Macias (Brodbelt Group)

  • NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral INR Service Award

Diane Madeksho

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Alyssa Malto (Que Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Raul Marquez Montes (Mullins Group)

  • Clubes de Ciencia Mexico / ITESM Travel Award - Invited Speaker Science Club MTY
  • CONACYT-ConTex Doctoral Fellowship
  • Faraday Teaching Award
  • Provost's Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Keldy Mason (Page Group)

  • NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
  • Henze Teaching Award

Cole Meyer (Krische Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship 2022/2023

Ivan Mondaca Medina

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sarah Moor (Anslyn Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award

Phuoc Ngo (Anslyn/Ellington Groups)

  • Hill Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemistry
  • Sessler Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry

Connor O’Dea (Page Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Eli Ortiz (Krische Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • NIH Predoctoral Fellowship

Hyun Meen Park (Anslyn Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dana Pfaffinger (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sydney Povilaitis (Webb Group)

  • US-Israel Binational Science Foundation - Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grant for Young Scientists
  • Paul DeGregory Memorial Award
  • College of Natural Sciences Ethel Gene Kahmer Endowed Presidential Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sky Price (Que Group)

  • Hill Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemistry

Daan Ren (Liu Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Isabelle Rodriguez (Lu Group)

  • NIH T32 Fellowship
  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Gabriella Ruiz (Rose Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Adrian Rylski (Page/Anslyn Groups)

  • Safety First Leadership Fellowship

Connor Saludares (Krische Group)

  • NIH Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research; Predoctoral Fellowship

Victor Segui Barragan (Milliron Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sofia Shubert-Zuleta (Milliron Group)

  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Alli Smith (Mullins Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Alex Stafford (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Lynn Stevens (Page Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Juliette Strasser (Crooks Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Emily Stumbo

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jonathan Thompson (Crooks Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jada Walker (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Megan Wancura (Cosgriff-Hernandez/Shear Groups)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Jia’ao Wang (Henkelman)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Yufei Wang (Ren Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Jason Weeks (Mullins Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Hannah Wendlandt (Hull Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Stephanie White (Humphrey Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award

Scott Wicker

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Erich Wolff (Webb Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jessica Wu (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Xinyi Wu

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jian Yang (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Minjin Yoo (Krische Group)

  • Banks Scholarship/Fellowship in Chemistry
  • Chemistry Faculty-Regents Scholarship in Chemistry

Joy Zhou

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Benjamin Zydlewski (Milliron Group)

  • Donald D. Harrington Fellowship

 

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