Chemistry Graduate Student Awards Showcase 2024

October 16, 2024 • by Staff Writer

CHEMISTRY GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP SHOWCASE 2024

Awards received from August 2023-August 2024

Reena Al-Mualem (Baiz Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Eman Alasadi (Baiz Group)

  • Mentoring Dean’s Strategic 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

Whitney Besetzny (Lu Group)

  • AAUW Dissertation Fellowship
  • P.E.O. Scholar Award

Atri Bhattacharya (Samanta Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Mohammed Bhia (Smyth/Lu Group)

  • CNS Visualizing Science Showcase People's Choice (Facebook Favorite)

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)

  • International Mass Spectrometry Imaging Society Americas Outstanding Oral Presentation
  • NIH T32 Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Aubrey Caplin (Rose Group)

  • Heinz-Gerischer Electrochemistry Symposium 2024 Travel Award
  • Henze Teaching Award

Logan Carr

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Henry Cater (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Juan Cervantes

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Calvin Chau (Sessler Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Chikaodili Chukwuneke (Mullins Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Caitlyn Cobb (Rose Group)

  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement
  • Well-Being Awareness Fellowship

Diana Conrad (Anslyn/Milliron Group)

  • Graduate Archer Fellowship

Emily Dick (Rose Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Olivia Dioli (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Rosalie Doerksen (Krische Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Lauren Ekeleme

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Robert Ellis (Webb Group)

  • Walker Endowed Fellowship
  • Well-Being Awareness Fellowship

Maddie Evarts (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Lara Fitzpatrick

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Torrick Fletcher

  • Mentoring Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Zach Freeman

  • Matsen Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Theoretical Chemistry 
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Robert Gudgel

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Claire Hallock (Rose Group)

  • Center for Electrochemistry (CEC) Student Scholar Fellowship
  • Faraday Teaching Award
  • Gerischer Symposium DOE Office of Science Travel Award

Alexia Hartzell (Raccah Group)

  • Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
  • Graduate School Dean's Prestigious Supplement

Margaret Hebert (Roberts Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jessica Hellinger (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dorothea Hudson (Que Group)

  • Eakin Endowed Centennial Fellowship

Lauralee Hurst

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

Ginny James (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Gabe Juarez (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Kyle Juetten (Brodbelt Group)

  • American Society for Mass Spectrometry Student Travel Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Rowan Kassim

  • Graduate School South Texas Fellowship

Kenta Kawashima (Mullins Group)

  • The Center for Electrochemistry CEC Conference Travel Grant
  • The Electrochemical Society Texas Section Travel Grant
  • Ethel Gene Kahmer Endowed Presidential Fellowship
  • Henze Teaching Award
  • MDPI Crystals 2024 Travel Award

Meghan Kiker (Page Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sung Yeon Kim (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sam Lauro (Mullins Group)

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

Seungheon Lee (Samanta Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
  • Faraday Teaching Award

Alex Lin (Belardi Group)

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

Yiwei Liu (Lu Group)

  • Hahn Endowed Presidential Fellowship
  • Walker Endowed Fellowship

August Longo (Lynd Group)

  • M. White Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemistry

Jacob Lynd (Raccah Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Diane Madeksho (Webb Group)

  • NIH T32 Fellowship
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Alyssa Malto (Que Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Raul Marquez Montes (Mullins Group)

  • ACS CATL-ChemCatBio Graduate Student Travel Award
  • Chemistry Department Service Award
  • ECS Edward G. Weston Summer Fellowship
  • ECS Texas Section Travel Award, 244th ECS Meeting
  • Jeff Byers Memorial Graduate Award in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • National Science Foundation of Mexico International Graduate Fellowship
  • Provost's Graduate Excellence Fellowship
  • The Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Horizons Community Board Member
  • The Royal Society for Chemistry #RSCPoster competition 2024 (1st place, Energy category)
  • The Royal Society for Chemistry #RSCPosterPitch Award 2024

Keldy Mason (Page Group)

  • Chemistry Department Summer Endowed Fellowship
  • Robert Smith Davis and Lyall Pickett Davis Fellowship

Em Medlock

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Elias Mondaca Medina (Ren Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Alex Monterde (Que Group)

  • Well-Being Awareness Fellowship

Aja Nicely (Hull Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship
  • Well-Being Awareness Fellowship

Sara Nixon (Samanta Group)

  • NIH T32 Fellowship
  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Kofi Ofosu (Milliron Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Satoshi Ohtsuka

  • Matsen Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Theoretical Chemistry 

Bipin Pandey (Anslyn Group)

  • Welch Foundation Endowed Fellowship

Hyun Meen Park (Anslyn Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Erienne Peters

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dana Pfaffinger (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Sky Price (Que Group)

  • Chemistry Department Service Award

Aritra Roy (Lu Group)

  • Faraday Teaching Award

Gabriella Ruiz (Rose Group)

  • American Crystallographic Association Travel Award
  • American Crystallographic Association Journal of Chemical Crystallography Poster Prize
  • ACA Crystallography Summer School Travel Award
  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship

Connor Saludares (Krische Group)

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

Joseph Sampson (Ren Group)

  • Mentoring Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Victor Segui Barragan (Milliron Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dana Sheehan

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jon Shezaf (Krische Group)

  • Welch Foundation Endowed Fellowship

Kailee Shlipak

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Cory Silguero (Aubrey Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Alli Smith (Mullins Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Dylan Snider (Samanta Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Emmie Stumbo (Rose Group)

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

Jacob Utley (Hull Group)

  • Welch Foundation Endowed Fellowship

Rinish Reddy Vaidyula (Mullins Group)

  • 2024-25 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellow
  • Faraday Teaching Award

Carolina Vigil Hernandez (Humphrey Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Tanner Volek (Roberts Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship
  • Paul Robert DeGregory Memorial Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

Jada Walker (Brodbelt Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship
  • Welch Foundation Endowed Fellowship

Jia’ao Wang (Henkelman Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jingxiang Wang (Lu Group)

  • Chemistry Department Summer Endowed Fellowship

Yufei Wang (Ren Group)

  • Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship

Yuying Wang (Sessler Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award

Ziqing Wang (Mullins Group)

  • Graduate School Continuing Fellowship 2024/2025

Moriah Weiss

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship

Sam Wenzel (Ren Group)

  • Henze Teaching Award
  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Scotty Wicker (Li Group)

  • College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Strategic Fellowship
  • NSF GRFP Fellow
  • Graduate School Dean’s Prestigious Supplement

Wesley Wolfe (Hsu Group)

  • NIH T32 Fellowship

Jessica Wu (Krische Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Xinyi Wu (Roberts Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Jian Yang (Sessler Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Izzy Zamborini (Callmann Group)

  • Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship

Chuning Zhang

  • Matsen Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Theoretical Chemistry 

Joy Zhou (Page Group)

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

Ben Zydlewski (Milliron Group)

  • Donald D. Harrington Fellowship

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