Faculty and Staff Members, Alumni and Students Receive Awards
We proudly recognize members of our community who recently garnered major honors, awards and promotions.
Faculty
Osvaldo Gutierrez, 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Pratyush Tiwary, 2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award & 2021 Journal of Chemical Physics Emerging Investigator
Lai-Xi Wang, 2021 Norma M. Allewell Prize in Entrepreneurship
YuHuang Wang, 2021 Invention of the Year Finalist
Graduate Students
Steven Bonn, 2021 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
Timothy Diethrich, 2021 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Ian Ferencz, 2021 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Courtney Grimes, 2021 CMNS Graduate Student Commencement Speaker
Hakeem Henry, 2021 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
Donald Hong, 2021 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Daniel LeRoux, 2021 Richard C. Capozza Graduate Research Award
Jie Li, 2021 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
Emily Luteran, 2021 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
Lukasz Olenginski, 2021 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
Leena Pade, 2021 Cosmos Foundation Award
Wes Pawloski, 2021 Richard C. Capozza Graduate Research Award
Haoran Qu, 2021 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Madeline Rotella, 2021 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
Sayantan Sahu, 2021 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
Radiandra Soemardi, 2021 CMNS Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Mary Taiwo, 2021 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Shaochi Wang, 2021 CMNS Wayne and Mary Hockmeyer Fellowship
Charlotte Wentz, 2021 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Undergraduate Students
Jayda Barber, Bruce B. Jarvis Scholarship
Lucas Barry, Francesco Barone Scholarship
Jonathan Brodsky, ACS Hach Land Grant Scholarship
Lauren Cho, Wilson H. Power and Eleanor Power Scholarship
Alan Mohammed, Francesco Barone Scholarship
Yueqi Niu, Isidore and Annie Adler Chemistry Scholarship
Pavan Ravindra, 2021 Churchill Scholarship (Cambridge University) & Chemical Society of Washington Award
Emily Reagle, G. Forrest Woods Memorial Scholarship
Annika Ricci, ACS Hach Land Grant Scholarship
Joseph Willoughby, Brian Crawford ’76 Scholarship
Alumni
Emily English (B.S. ’02, chemistry) was featured in the BioBuzz article “BioHealth Capital Region Women Making Waves in Venture Capital.”
Mijin Kim (Ph.D. ’18, chemistry) received the Kravis Women in Science Endeavor Fellowship at the Sloan Kettering Institute. She was also named a finalist for the Victor K. LaMer Award for outstanding Ph.D. thesis at the ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium.
Samantha Litvin (B.S. ’16, chemistry) received a 2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Robert Waltermire (Ph.D. ’89, chemistry) joined Venatorx Pharmaceuticals as senior vice president of chemistry, manufacturing and controls.
Yuan Xu (Ph.D. ’93, biochemistry) was named to Akero Therapeutics’ board of directors.
