2023 Awardees

Alpha Chi Sigma (ΑΧΣ) Outstanding Student Award
This award is presented to a student who has demonstrated an interest in chemistry, shown outstanding academic potential as judged by instructors, and has demonstrated leadership with fellow students.

Chris Adam

Alumni First Year Achievement Awards
This award is presented to students in their first-year chemistry program who have demonstrated exceptional performance in their laboratory and lecture work. The award is based on the recommendations of instructors, graduate student instructors, and undergraduate advisors.

Kevin Dancey, Arvind Emmanuel, Bella Flores, Finley Gordon,Tejas Kudva, Maggie Robbins, Praneet Voleti, Jonathan Wuchter

Alumni Outstanding Awards
The Alumni Outstanding Awards recognize academic excellence and leadership potential of second year, third year, and senior majors from within the Department of Chemistry.

2nd Year Student:  Xiaoyue Ma 
3rd Year Student:  Alyssa Wu 
Senior Year Student: Grace Clinger

American Chemical Society Chemistry Awards
These awards are presented on behalf of the American Chemical Society to recognize outstanding undergraduates who are conducting research in the fields of analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.

• Analytical Chemistry Award: Samantha Edgcombe, Emma Mendez, Evelyn Widmaier
• Inorganic Chemistry Award: Abha Dabak-Wakankar, Jordan Hinkley, Ellis Mason
• Organic Chemistry Award: Nicholas Finn, Logan Jacobson, Anaise Thomas
• Physical Chemistry Award: Alexey Kovalenko, Eric Ma, Nicholas Wiesner

American Institute of Chemists Awards
The American Institute of Chemists Awards are given by the recommendation of the awards committee based on a student’s excellent record of ability, character, and academic achievement.

Biochemistry:  Yulia Rakova
Chemistry: Emma Sollner

CRC Outstanding Achievement Award
Each year the Departments of Chemistry recognizes a student taking introductory chemistry who has demonstrated exceptional performance in laboratory and lecture work. The CRC Award is one of the top honors for an early-career student.

Tim Nagel

Department of Chemistry Isabella Karle Memorial Award
The Isabella Karle Memorial Award is one of the tops honors given to recognize excellence and scholarly achievement by a senior undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major.

Kara Greene

Seyhan N. Ege—WISE Award
Seyhan N. Ege was one of the founders of the University of Michigan’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program. Each year, the Program recognizes outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student from a group that is traditionally underrepresented in the chemical sciences.

Lilly Chui

First Year Chemistry Leadership Award
This award is given to three first year undergraduate students who are taking courses in the Department of Chemistry, and have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their laboratory and lecture courses. The award is based on the recommendations of instructors, graduate student instructors, and undergraduate advisors.

Eliza Cattaneo, John Jeffers, Cassandra Steffensen

Honors College Vanko Award
Named for the late Roger B. Vanko, this award is presented each year to an outstanding Honors student majoring in Chemistry or Biochemistry who intends to pursue graduate work in the field of Chemistry.

Julian Meza, Maxwell Wadley

Huron Valley Section Outstanding Student Leadership Award
Each year, the Huron Valley Section is pleased to recognize outstanding achievement in professional citizenship demonstrated by an undergraduate student.

Nikki Keramati, Anna Rapp

Royal Society of Chemistry Award
The Royal Society of Chemistry provides the University of Michigan Chemistry Department with awards each year to be given to an outstanding graduating senior.
Shayna Brotzman, Katherine Hebert

Kathleen Haller Ryan Scholarship
The Kathleen Haller Ryan Scholarship is presented to a student who has shown outstanding achievement in the field of Chemistry or Biochemistry.

Jasen Chen, Tara Tekkey

Sweetland Center for Writing Award
Presented by Professor Theresa Tinkle, Director, Sweetland Center for Writing.

Ali Attar   "M2 Protein: The Henchman of Influenza A" Written for CHEM 353, Instructor: Daisy Haas Excellence in Upper-Level Writing Prize (Science)

Walter Yates Award
The Walter Yates Award is one of the top honors given to recognize excellence and scholarly achievement by a senior undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major.

Abigail Bracken

Summer Undergraduate Research Program Awards

• James E. Harris Scholarship:   Ellen Gross, Diego Rojas, Roland Ullrich, Marius Vava, Zhizhuo Zhang
• Albert Hinsdale Memorial Endowment: Sean Stroble
• William Smeaton Memorial Award: Nicklas Staudacher
• Margaret & Herman Sokol Award: Bridget McCann, Colin Priest, Stefanie Swiecki
• May-Walt Summer Research Scholarship: Jaclyn Carrannanto, Annika Ehrlacher, Brian Georgis, Sophie Gold, Erica Haskell, Chyenne Igunbor, Sahil Kapila, Sophia Liu, Xiaoyue Ma, Monica Mashkevich, Nate Meier, Marla Muter, Alex Reed, Ella Sobieszczyk, Nick Thabit, Ngan Vo
• Walter Yates Award: Mason Flora, Vyom Grover, Cheuk Yin, Chadwin Ng