A year in review of honors and achievements by UW Chemistry graduate students.
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Excellence in Chemistry Graduate Awards
These fellowships were awarded in autumn 2023 and are funded by various donor-supported gift funds as indicated below each awardee’s name.
Fernando Banales Mejia
Boris and Barbara L. Weinstein Endowed Chair in Chemistry
Beau Beshires
Lewis R. and Joan M. Honnen Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry
King Chiu
Rowland Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry
Edison Cummings
Kwiram/CCR Fellowship
Anna Duboff
Lloyd and Florence West Fellowship in Chemistry
Hannah Halstead
Howard J. Ringold Endowed Fellowship Fund
Wenyu Huang
Rowland Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry
Royale Irving
Paul H. and Karen S. Gudiksen Endowed Fund
Eli Jaffe
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship
Anna Lin
Faculty Endowment for Graduate Study in Chemistry
Kayla Markuson
Lloyd and Florence West Fellowship in Chemistry
Lucy Miller
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship
Kevin Moser
Howard J. Ringold Endowed Fellowship Fund
Sena Noaman
Lewis R. and Joan M. Honnen Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry
Valencia Parker
Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry
Lauren Peck
Arthur G. Anderson Endowed Fund
Ulises Perez
Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry
Pedro Pliego
Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry
Alyssa-Jade Riglos
Basil G. and Gretchen F. Anex Endowed Fund
Juan Sanchez
Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry
Nick Serck
Niels H. Andersen Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
Corvo Tran
Eugene S. Mindlin Endowed Fellowship Fund
Pedro Vasquez
Ritter Endowed Scholarship Fund
Leah Zahn
Chemistry Graduate Alumni Fund
Ruby Zhang
Dorothy Shimasaki Gilmer Endowed Student Support Fund
Prizes for Best Ph.D. Thesis
These awards, established in Fiscal Year 2022, recognize doctoral research and carry a $1,000 prize which was disbursed in spring 2024. They were funded by departmental fellowships and endowed funds established by philanthropic support from faculty, friends, and alumni.
Caitlin Cain
Gary and Sue Christian Prize for Best Thesis in Analytical Chemistry
“Advances in the Chemometric Analysis of Multiway Chromatographic Data to Improve Discovery and Identification”
Kristina Herman
B. Seymour Rabinovitch Prize for Best Thesis in Physical Chemistry
“Extension of the Many-Body Expansion (MBE) to Periodic Systems: Developing Tools to Analyze and Improve Models of Intermolecular Interactions”
Ben Mitchell
George H. Cady Prize for Best Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry
“Leveraging Molecular Nanoclusters for Atomistic Insights Into Reactive Interfaces”
Prizes for M.S. Research and Thesis
These awards, established in Fiscal Year 2022, recognize master’s program research and carry a $500 prize which was disbursed in spring 2024. They were funded by the Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Fellowship in Chemistry which Lloyd and Florence West endowed to give back to the university where Lloyd cultivated the necessary tools for his distinguished career and rewarding life.
Emma Coester
Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Excellence in Research
May Constabel
Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Best Thesis
“Programmed Temperature Electrospray Ionization (ptESI) for Thermal Cycling of Proteins”
Kim Vu
Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Best Thesis
“Computational Studies to Understand Nitrile Imine Reactivity in Photocrosslinking to Peptides in Gas-Phase Ions”
Ting Wang
Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Excellence in Research
Merit Awards
These awards, revised in Fiscal Year 2023, recognize doctoral research and carry a $1,000 prize which was disbursed in spring 2024. They were funded by departmental fellowships and endowed funds established by philanthropic support from faculty, friends, and alumni.
Cem Millik (Organic)
Irving and Mildred Shain Endowed Fund in Chemistry
Elizabeth Momoh (Organic)
Irving and Mildred Shain Endowed Fund in Chemistry
Hao Nguyen (Inorganic)
Ritter Endowed Scholarship Fund
Garrett Santis (Physical)
Kwiram/CCR Fellowship
Kathleen Snook (Inorganic)
Mary K. Simeon and Goldie Simeon Read Chemistry Research Endowment
Lindsey Ulmer (Analytical)
Kwiram/CCR Fellowship
Jiahao Wan (Analytical)
Kwiram/CCR Fellowship
Kent Wilson (Physical)
Kwiram/CCR Fellowship
Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards
Diversity and inclusivity are integral to excellence and we acknowledge that important work is being done by our students and postdoctoral researchers in this space. These awardees were selected based on nominations submitted to the Diversity and Equity Steering Committee. The $500 prizes were supported by the Martin P. Gouterman Endowed Fund in honor of Professor Gouterman’s activism for the LGBTQ+ community and his legacy to create “a more humane and inclusive scientific enterprise” (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9760–9770).
Juliette Chisam-Majid
Filip Stefanovic
University and External Awards
Hailey Akins
Gladys Harrington in honor of Eve Alvord ARCS Endowment (27th)
Jonathan Bersson
Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies, NSF Research Traineeship
Tyson Carr
Advanced Experience Program Torrance Science Policy Analysis Track
Emma Cave
2023 Leadership in the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect, ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Recognition Program
Hannah Contreras
Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track
Connor Dalton
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Grant Dixon
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Andrei Draguicevic
Honorable Mention, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation
Alexis Glaudin
BNSF Scholar, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation
Ashlyn Kamin
Cascade Energy Scholar, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation
Cholpisit "Ice" Kiattisewee
2023 Leadership in Mentoring Award, ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Recognition Program
Jessica Kline
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Helen Larson
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Phuong Le
Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track
Can Liao
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Robert Love
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Lina Mikaliunaite
Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
Rising Stars in Measurement Science travel grant, Merck
Elizabeth Momoh
Macklin Award
Hao Nguyen
First Place: Nano Science, Royal Society of Chemistry International Poster Competition
Best Poster, Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals Gordon Research Conference
Second Place, Langmuir Graduate Student Award, 98th ACS Colloids & Surfaces Science Symposium
Emily Nishiwaki
Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track
Cassandra Padilla
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
Ulises Perez
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Alyssa-Jade Riglos
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
Ricardo Rivera-Maldonado
Macklin Award
Devin Rollins
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Morgan Skala
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Kathleen Snook
Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track
Ella Spurlock
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Abby Strominger
Mark A. Jones ARCS Endowment (6th)
Eden Tzanetopoulos
Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track
BNSF Scholar, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation
Tammi van Neel
Rising Star speaker, AC/DC 2023 (Analytical Chemistry Diversity Colloquium)
Juan Antonio Vazquez Marquez
Clean Energy Institute Fellowship
Liam Wrigley
Advanced Experience Program Torrance Science Policy Analysis Track
Sarah Zeitler
Molecular Engineering and Materials Center Education and Training Fellow
Jing Zhang
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship