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