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Chemistry Graduate Student Awards Showcase 2023

CHEMISTRY GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP SHOWCASE 2023

Awards received from August 2022-August 2023

Mehroz Ahmed (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Reena Al-Mualem (Baiz Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • Graduate School Continuing Bruton Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Eman Alasadi (Baiz Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Ethel Gene Kahmer Endowed Presidential Fellowship
  • 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

Ilgar Baghishov (Henkelman Group)

  • Graduate School Provost Supplemental Fellowship

Mandira Banik (Lu Group)

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

Wren Berry (Milliron Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

 

Shreeja Bhatt (Hull Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Jeremy Brinker (Rose Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jamie Butalewicz (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Danielle Cadena (Roberts Group)

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

Melanie Campbell (Brodbelt Group)

  • NIH T32 Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Henry Cater (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Yoon Cho (Krische Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Chika Chukwuneke (Mullins Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Kun-You Chung (Page Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award

 

Caitlyn Cobb (Rose Group)

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

Daniel Cooke (Que Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Connor Cowie (Lin Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award

Atreya Dey (Thirumalai Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award

Jiefeng Diao (Henkelman Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Robert Dick (Rose Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Olivia Dioli

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Rosalie Doerksen (Krische Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Ehren Eichler (Mullins Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

 

Robert Ellis (Webb Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Maddie Evarts (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Paul Handali (Webb Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Margaret Hebert (Roberts Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jessica Hellinger (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Amanda Helms (Brodbelt Group)

  • Maddin Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry
  • Hamilton Endowed Graduate Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Tam Ho (Hull Group)

  • Hamilton Endowed Graduate Fellowship

James Howard (Anslyn Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dorothea Hudson (Que Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

 

Ginny James (Brodbelt Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
  • Student Travel Award for 2023 ASMS (American Society for Mass Spectrometry) Sanibel Conference

Gabe Juarez (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Kyle Juetten (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sung Jung (Henkelman Group)

  • Felsing Memorial Fund Fellowship
  • Mahler Endowed Fellowship
  • Walker Endowed Fellowship

Meghan Kiker (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sung Yeon Kim (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Michael Lanzillotti (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sam Lauro (Mullins Group)

  • Safety First Leadership Fellowship
  • 1st Place Oral Presentation – Chemistry Division NDSEG Fellows Conference
  • 3rd Place Proctor & Gamble UT Poster Competition
  • National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
  • Graduate School Dean's Prestigious Supplement

Seungheon Lee (Samanta Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Yu-Hsuan Lee (Liu Group)

  • Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship

Whitney Lewis (Lu Group)

  • Ayres Fellowship in Chemistry
  • Walker Endowed Fellowship
  • Maddin Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry

 Cam Li (Roberts Group)

  • Paul Robert DeGregory Memorial Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry
  • Barbara Endowed Fellowship for Student Excellence
  • Sledge Henze Endowed Fellowship
  • Mahler Endowed 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

Cristobal Lopez

  • South Texas Graduate School Fellowship

Diane Madeksho (Webb Group)

  • NIH T32 Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Alyssa Malto (Que Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Debasree Mandal (Ren Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award

Raul Marquez Montes (Mullins Group)

  • Electrochemical Society Z01 General Student Poster Award (1st Place), 243rd ECS Meeting
  • Electrochemical Society Texas Section Student Travel Award, 243rd ECS Meeting
  • CONACYT-ConTex Doctoral Fellowship
  • Provost's Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Wuilian Martinez (Mullins Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Keldy Mason (Page Group)

  • General Topics Presenter Award, ACS POLY

Elias Mondaca Medina (Ren Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Phuoc Ngo (Anslyn/Ellington Groups)

  • Roberts Fellowship in Chemistry
  • White Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemistry
  • Mahler Endowed Fellowship

Aja Nicely (Hull Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Sarah Nixon (Samanta Group)

  • NIH T32 Fellowship

Eli Ortiz (Krische Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship 2023/2024
  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award

Hyun Meen Park (Anslyn Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dana Pfaffinger (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Gabriel Pohlman (Samanta Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Sydney Povilaitis (Webb Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award

Sky Price (Que 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
  • Cowley Endowed Graduate Student Fellowship in Chemistry
  • Hahn Endowed Presidential Fellowship
  • Maddin Graduate Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry

Connor Saludares (Krische Group)

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

Joseph Sampson

  • Mentoring Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Victor Segui Barragan (Milliron Group)

  • Conference NaNaX10 Best Poster Prize
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jon Shezaf (Krische Group)

  • Hamilton Endowed Graduate Fellowship
  • Chemistry Department Service Award

Sofia Shubert-Zuleta (Milliron Group)

  • Jeff Byers Memorial Graduate Award in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Cory Silguero

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Alli Smith (Mullins Group)

  • Safety First Leadership Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Alex Stafford (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Lynn Stevens (Page Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
  • CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) Top 100 Future Leader of Chemistry Award
  • McCombs School of Business/Texas Venture Labs Fellowship

Emmie Stumbo (Rose Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Katherine Verboom (Krische Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award

Jada Walker (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jia’ao Wang (Henkelman Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Yufei Wang (Ren Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award

Yuying Wang (Sessler Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Ziqing Wang (Mullins Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • Faraday Teaching Award

Jason Weeks (Mullins Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sam Wenzel

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

 

Scotty Wicker (Li Group)

  • 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 (Roberts Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jian Yang (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Isabella Zamborini

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Joy Zhou (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Yu Zhou (Lu Group)

  • Chemistry Department Graduate Excellence Award
  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Benjamin Zydlewski (Milliron Group)

  • Donald D. Harrington Fellowship
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