Scholarships, Awards & Honors: Undergraduate Students

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A year in review of honors and achievements by UW Chemistry and Biochemistry undergraduate students.

Jump to ChemStar/ChemStarter Undergraduate Research Scholarship (2023)
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2023-24 Chemistry Scholarship and Book Award Recipients

 

Awards

Jonathan Aalto 
Distinguished Research in Chemistry 

Sebastien Barcy 
P. C. Cross Award 

Emmanuel Boakye-Ansah 
Distinguished Research in Biochemistry 

Emily Bolton 
Hyp Dauben Award 

Yvonne Guan 
Hyp Dauben Award 

Carter Hanson 
Distinguished Research in Biochemistry 

Chloe Higuchi 
Distinguished Research in Biochemistry 

Jasleen Kaur Sidhu 
Distinguished Research in Biochemistry 

Muriel Kim 
Hyp Dauben Award 

Jakob Klein 
Distinguished Research in Chemistry 

Serena Nguyen 
Distinguished Research in Chemistry 

Dayna Okazaki 
Distinguished Research in Chemistry 

Meg Takezawa 
P. C. Cross Award 

Zeqi (Chelsea) Wang 
Distinguished Research in Biochemistry 

Aaron Weaver 
Distinguished Research in Chemistry 

Justin You 
Honors General Chemistry Achievement Award  

Tallie Zion 
Distinguished Research in Chemistry 

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ChemStar/ChemStarter Undergraduate Research Scholarship (2023)

These awards in summer 2023 supported undergraduate research with Chemistry faculty and are funded by various donor-supported gift funds as indicated below each awardee’s name. Students with prior research experience were regarded as “ChemStars” and students new to research were considered “ChemStarters.”

Jonathan Aalto
Ed F. and Clara M. Degering Trust Fund

Dylan Abramson
George H. Hitchings Endowed Scholarship Fund

Rahoul Banerjee Ghosh
Ed F. and Clara M. Degering Trust Fund

Lia Barrow
George H. Hitchings Endowed Scholarship Fund

Ella Bouker
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship

Jared Doran
George H. Hitchings Endowed Scholarship Fund

Amber Graves
Lewis R. and Joan M. Honnen Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

Amy Harris
Chemistry Scholarship Fund

Jakob Klein
Ed F. and Clara M. Degering Trust Fund

Joy Lee
Boris and Barbara L. Weinstein Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry

Boyi Li
Lewis R. and Joan M. Honnen Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

Benjamin Mustonen
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship

AuDuyen Trinh
George H. Hitchings Endowed Scholarship Fund

LaMont Walker
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship

Aaron Weaver
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship

Kaleb Yohannes
Chemistry Scholarship Fund

Kelsey Zimmerman
Ed F. and Clara M. Degering Trust Fund

Tallie Zion
George H. Cady Endowed Lectureship in Chemistry

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ChemStar Summer Research Stipend (2024)

These awards in summer 2024 supported undergraduate research with Chemistry faculty and are funded by various donor-supported gift funds as indicated below each awardee’s name.

Angus Berg
Hitchings Endowed Scholarship and Degering Trust Fund

Haley Chee
Chemistry Scholarship Fund

Nolan Clayton
George H. Hitchings Endowed Scholarship Fund

Yun Guan
Ed F. and Clara M. Degering Trust Fund

Joseph Gutierrez
George H. Hitchings Endowed Scholarship Fund

Jolene Nguyen
Friends of Chemistry Fund

Michael Rosen
Ed F. and Clara M. Degering Trust Fund

Joseph Wang
Usha and S. Rao Varanasi Endowed Diversity Scholarship in Chemistry

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University and External Awards

Jonathan Aalto
Husky 100 (2024)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)
Washington Research Foundation Fellowship (2023-24)

Dylan Abramson
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Sumaya Addish
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)

Gessica Adornato
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)

Manith Atapattu
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Kevin Ning Bai
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Rahoul Banerjee Ghosh
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)
Dean's Medalist in the Natural Sciences (2024)

Lia Barrow
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Carter Samuel Bass
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Willow Battista
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Mahashweta Bose
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Ella Bouker
Levinson Emerging Scholar (2023-24)

Edward Brannan
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2024)

Abby Burtner
DAAD German Graduate Study Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (2023)
Husky 100 (2024)
Churchill Scholarship (2024)

Nolan Clayton
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Research Program (2024)

Colburn Cobb-Bruno
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)

Amelie Winona Creekmore
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Nyomi Douglas
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Research Stipend

Elias Farhan
Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Amol Gajendragadkar
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Amber Graves
Levinson Emerging Scholar (2023-24)

Yvonne Guan
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Joseph Gutierrez
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Research Program (2024)

Audrey Hill
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)

Taylor Hu
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Tristan Jafari
Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship (Autumn 2023, Winter 2024)

Jasleen Kaur Sidhu
Levinson Emerging Scholar (2023-24)

Jessica Keane
Husky 100 (2024)
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Hana Khan
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Mitchell Klein
Husky 100 (2024)

Phedora Layanto
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Annabella Li
Goldwater Scholarship (2024)

Ashly Lopez Escober
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Research Stipend (2023)

Angelique Madrigal
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Research Stipend (2024)

Donte Moore
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Research Stipend (2024)

Benjamin Mustonen
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Lily Kim Nguyen
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023, Winter 2024)

Nede Angel Ovbiebo
Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Victoria Pang
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Samuel Benjamin Perkowski
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Keming Qiu
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Laura Reed
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)

Alex Roberts
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Kamaya Ronning
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Devian Shukla
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Sneha Sil
CoMotion Mary Gates Innovation Internship (Summer 2023)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)

Piper Leyla Sloan
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Carson Stafford
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Noah Emmanuel Stegman
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Justyna Sandra Swierz
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Meg Takezawa
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)

Sarah Thai
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023, Autumn 2023)
Washington Research Foundation Fellowship (2023-24)

Pooja Thorali
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Zeqi (Chelsea) Wang
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Aaron Weaver
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Autumn 2023)

Ben Wieland
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Ivan Woo
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Lauren Woods
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Megan Yi
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Tara Young
First Place Poster: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, AAAS 2024 Annual Meeting 
Levinson Emerging Scholar (2023-24)
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2023)

Yang Zhao
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Eric Zheng
Mary Gates Research Scholarship (Winter 2024)

Kelsey Zimmerman
Washington Research Foundation Fellowship (2023-24)

Other Fellowships, Awards & Honors

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