Student Awards

2025 Chemistry Awards

2024-2025 GRADUATE AWARDS

David & Ruth Volman Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry

  • Kayle Bender                              
  • Kevin Blanco-Herrero              
  • Jón Buldt                                       
  • Aashrita Manjunath
  • Lauren Ohman
  • Li Wang

George & Jackie Hague International Graduate Student Award

  • Yongyu (Rose) Ou           

Marilyn Olmstead Graduate Student Research Fund for Excellence in Inorganic Chemistry

  • Sarah Costa                                 
  • Shuyu Xu

Peter A. Rock Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry

  • Kevin (Wang Yeuk) Kong        
  • Ziqian (Zack) Xu

Raymond M. Keefer Endowment

  • Michael Russelle Alvarez                        
  • Rachel Siegel

Robert K. Brinton Graduate Award in Chemistry

  • Effibe Ahoulou                           
  • Andy Domokos

Lakshmi Raman Graduate Summer Research Award

  • Abbey Ragan                     

Edmund and Wilma Fink Memorial Award

  • Chisom Tiu

Outstanding Dissertation Award

  • Amanda Caceres                       
  • Estely Carranza                          
  • Zekun Chen                 
  • Kevin Kong
  • Ruiqi Huang

Teaching Assistants of the Year

  • Alyssa Espley                               
  • Cameron McMullen                 
  • Leah Patterson                          
  • Abhay Potluri
  • Garrett Toth-Williams
  • Miranda Xiao

Head Teaching Assistants Award

  • Aleena Siritanapivat                 
  • Pierce Brooks                              
  • Ivan Opara                                   
  • Jake Olvera                  
  • Mohammad Islam
  • Noah Haughn
  • Auddy Anilao

Leadership Award

  • Kayle Bender                              
  • Jacob Padilla

2024-2025 UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Susan Kauzlarich Undergraduate Research Award in Inorganic Chemistry

  • Bennet Hrala

AMPAC Undergraduate Summer Research Award

  • Amy Chabroux                           
  • Rhea Dhalla
  • Bennet Hrala

American Chemical Society-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Layli Zeier                                     
  • Samia Parsons

Chemistry Undergraduate Research Award

  • Kaira Wu                                   
  • Sophia Zhang                                   
  • Moses Mesfin
  • Wyatt Burns

Tinti Family Award

  • Ansh Patel                                    
  • Yuhe (Amber) Qin

Richard C. Larock Conference – Best Presentation Awards

  • Chemical Biology
    • Amy Chabroux                              
    • Srinidhi Venkatesh
    • Jackson Englade
  • Inorganic/Organic Chemistry
    • Alexander Mardar                       
    • Trevor Houchins
    • Ansh Patel
  • Physical/Analytical Chemistry
    • Ashely Scott                                  
    • Isabella Acosta
    • Emma Leff 

Larock Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

  • Amy Chabroux                           
  • Emily Richter                               
  • Eea Staudinger
  • Rhea Dhalla

Department Citation

  • Ayaka Nakashima                      
  • Wendy Tran

Citation for Outstanding Performance

  • Aaron Vuong                               
  • Amanda Liu                                  
  • Breanna Garman                                       
  • Dmitri Yakovlev                         
  • Irene Ahn                                     
  • Julie Khalilieh Romman           
  • Kaitlyn Cheung                           
  • Sean Gallogly                              
  • Alexander Mardar
  • Anthony Witt
  • Denise Gonzales
  • Ethan Chen
  • Jonathan Fong
  • Julie White
  • Samantha Hayashi
  • Tri Le Minh Ta

Undergraduate Department Honors

  • Agnes Pek                                    
  • Amy Chabroux                           
  • Haylee Hunsaker                       
  • Megan Yamamoto                    
  • Trevor Houchins                        
  • Zane Haidar
  • Alexander Mardar
  • Ansh Patel
  • Kaitlyn Cheung
  • ReJenai Cloy
  • Wendy Tran

View previous award winners here: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015