Honors & Awards  (received since Jan 1, 2022)

Faculty Graduate Students Undergraduates Alumni / 9 December 2022 /

Faculty Awards

  • Kwaku Dayie, 2022 Journal of Biomolecular NMR Editorial Board
  • Ross Salawich, 2022 American Geophysical Union Fellow
  • Mercedes Taylor, 2022 Nanoscale Emerging Investigator
  • Pratyush Tiwary, Dean’s Award For Excellence in Teaching, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences 
  • Pratyush Tiwary, Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2022
  • David Weber, 2022 MPower Professor


Graduate Student Awards

  • Patrick Keating, 2022 ARCS Foundation Fellow
  • Osma Gomez, 2022 NIST Milligan Fellow
  • Leena Pade, 2022  George Guiochon Travel Award (Washington Chromatography Discussion Group)


Undergraduate Student Awards

  • Diallo Barnes, 2022-23 ACS Scholar
  • Abigail Svoysky (B.S. ’22, chemistry), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship


Alumni Awards & New Positions

  • Reid Adler (B.S. ’75, Chemistry), VistaGen Chief Legal Officer|
  • Bryan Dickinson (B.S. ’05, Biochemistry), University of Chicago Associate Professor, 2022 ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award
  • Kendra Ellen Hightower (B.S. ’91, Biochemistry), Enveda Biosciences Vice President of Lead Generation Biology
  • Brandon Johnston (B.S. ’21, Chemistry), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Mijin Kim (Ph.D. ’18, Chemistry), MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35
  • Tobin Marks (B.S. ’66, Chemistry), Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University, Highly Cited Researcher for 2022 and elected into the American Philosophical Society
  • Willie May (Ph.D. ’77, chemistry), Vice President of Research and Economic Development at Morgan State University and former director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Legacy Award during UMD’s Black Alumni Weekend
  • Mary Pitman (Ph.D. '21, Chemistry), Postdoc at UCI School of Pharmacy, Molecular Sciences Software Institute Software Fellowship
  • Michael Severino (B.S. ’87, Biochemistry), CEO at Tessera Therapeutics 
  • Donald Treacy (Ph.D. ’00, Chemistry), Senior Vice President of Development Operations at Maxwell Biosciences
  • Catherine Trebnick (B.S. ’81, Chemistry), Managing Director – Communications Technology and Infrastructure Software Analyst at MKM Partners 
  • Ranjani Varadan (Ph.D. ’04, Biochemistry), Chief Scientific Officer at Shiru
  • Rennisha Wickham (Ph.D. ’12), Senior Marketing Manager, Dow Chemical Company