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2018 Graduate Awardees

Department Awards

American Chemical Society Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Research and Teaching
Alex Nett - Montgomery Group

Robert & Carolyn Buzzard Graduate Chemistry Student Leadership Award
Hilary Kerchner- Montgomery Group

Florence Fenwick Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
Daniel Nasrallah - Schindler Group
Ellen Mulvihill - Geva Group 

Milton Tamres Outstanding Teaching Award
Jeffrey Spencer - Shultz Group 
Joseph Meadows - Kubarych Group 

Alumni Fund Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Amanda Leone - McNeil Group 

 

Karle Symposium Awards

Dow Chemical Oral Presentation Awards

Daniel Holland-Moritz - Kennedy Group (1st)
Beatriz Lopez Bermudez- Pecoraro Group (2nd)
Nathaniel May - Pratt Group (3rd)
Molly MacInnes - Lehnert & Maldonado Groups (1st) 
Rachel Merzel- Banaszak Holl Group (2nd) 
Emilia Groso - Schindler Group (3rd) 

 

Dow Chemical Poster Session Travel Awards 

Analytical
Megan Connolly - Kennedy Group; Sarah Fantin - Ruotolo Group;  Mitchell Lancaster - Maldonado Group;  Yi Xu - Bailey Group 

ChemBio
Ayesha Patel - Marsh Group;  Stephanie Chun - Narayan Group 

Inorganic
Jacob Lutter- Pecoraro Group;  Adam Crowe - Bartlett Group 

Materials
Rosalyn Kent– Matzger Group;  Ren Wiscons - Matzger Group 

Organic
Ahlam Armaly - Schindler Group;  Michael Gilbert - Montgomery Group;  Eric Wiensch - Montgomery Group;  Kevin Romero - Stephenson Group;  Anuska Shrestha - Sanford Group 

Physical
Rebecca Craig - Ault Group;  Cody Aldaz - Zimmeran Group 

 

PPG Poster Session Travel Awards 

Analytical
Sugyan Dixit - Ruotolo Group;  Emily Mordan - Bailey Group 

ChemBio
Melanie Cheung See Kit - Martin Group;  Hannah Chia - Biteen & Marsh Groups 

Inorganic
James Bour - Sanford Group;  Lillian Hale - Szymczak Group 

Materials
Emily Mueller- McNeil Group;  Matt Hannigan - McNeil & Zimmerman Groups 

Organic
Gabriel Magallanes - Stephenson Group;  Ellen Aguilera - Sanford Group 

Physical
Lindsay Michocki- Kubarych Group;  Joseph Meadows - Kubarych Group 

 

Non-Departmental Awards 

National Science Foundation Fellowship 
Hannah Chia - Biteen & Marsh Groups ● William Dean - McCrory Group  ●  Elvin Salerno - Pecoraro Group ● Taylor Soucy - McCrory Groups  ● Jessica Yazarians - Narayan Group 

Eastman Chemical Summer Research Award 
Ren Wiscons - Matzger Group 

Training Grants
CBI - Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program 
Hannah Foley - Keane Group 

 

Rackham Graduate School Awards 

Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship 
Adam Crowe - Bartlett Group ● Jacob Ludwig - Schindler Group 

Rackham International Student Fellowship 
Marc Becker - Schindler Group 

Rackham Science Awards 
John Andre - Chen Group ● Michael Bellas - Matzger Group ● Taylor Bramlett - Matzger Group ● James Collins - Stephenson Group ● Gloria Diaz - Bailey Group ● Nicolas Diaz - Nagorny Group ● Karen Montoya - Walter Group ● Carolina Rojas Ramirez - Ruotolo Group ●  Elvin Salerno - Pecoraro Group ● Victor Sosa Alfaro - Lehnert Group ● Taylor Soucy - McCrory Group ● Phoenix Williams - Mapp Group 

 

One-Term Dissertation Awards 

Henry Earle Riggs One-Term Dissertation Fellowship 
Junjie Chen - Banaszak Holl Group ● Rebecca Craig - Ault Group ●  Peter Eckert - Kubarych Group ● Kortney Kersten- Group ● Derick White - Wolfe Group 

Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship 
Chang Lee - Kopelman Group ● Alicia Welden - Zgid Group 

 

Departmental Fellowships 

George Ashworth Analytical Chemistry Fellowship
Sarah Haynes - Martin Group 

Robert W. Parry Award
Hai Dong - Lehnert Groups ● Corey White - Lehnert Group 

Margaret & Herman Sokol Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Summer Baker Dockrey - Narayan Groups ● Weixuan Nie - McCrory Group ● James Shanahan - Szymczak Group ● Kexin Zhang - Frank Group

Wayne & Carol Pletcher Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Devin Ferguson - Sanford Groups ● Ricardo Vazquez - Goodson & Kim Groups 

Peter A.S. Smith Fellowship
Sarah Cox - Ramamoorthy Group 

PPG Summer Fellowship
Alonso Arguelles - Nagorny & Zimmerman Groups ● Lillian Hale - Szymczak Group●  Stephen Lee - Biteen Group ● Anuska Shrestha - Sanford Group 

Margaret & Herman Sokol Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Summer Baker Dockrey - Narayan Groups ● Weixuan Nie - McCrory Group  ● James Shanahan - Szymczak Group ● Kexin Zhang - Frank Group