Spring Research Symposium Awards 2024

William Emerson Best Poster Award ($500 each)
Mikhayla Clothier (Kretchmer group)
Chloe Renfro (McDaniel group) 

First Place Presentation ($1000)
Jiangpeiyun Jin (Garg group)

Second Place Presentation ($750)
Atharva Kulkarni (Garg group)

Third Place Presentation ($500)
Yibo Fu (Reddi group)

Runner-ups ($250 each)
Andrew Hill (Soper group)
Wenting Shi (Finn group)
Esteban Rojas Gatjens (Silva group)
Xing Xu (Wu group) 
Kaitlyn Otte (La Pierre group)

 

Other Awards 2024

William Emerson Outstanding Research Award (1st - $1500; 2nd - $500 each)
Xing Xu (Wu group) – 1st Place
Vidya. (Agarwal group) – 2nd Place tie
Wenyu Tang (Cicerone group) 2nd Place tie

William Emerson Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award ($250 each)
Cheyenne Phillips  (Reddi group) 
Dariia Yehorova  (Kamerlin group)

William Emerson Best Second Year Seminar Awards ($200 each)
Mikhayla Clothier (Kretchmer group) 
Atharva Kulkarni (Garg group) 
Chloe LeCates (Stockton group) 
Kei Kwan (Jerry) Li (Xia group)

 

Teaching Awards 2024

William Emerson Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards ($250 each)
Isabel Berry (1310)
Elisabeth Schwiebert (1212)
Mayowa Anifowose (2311)
Sayan Palui (4581)
Chengyuan Shao (3481L – Lead TA)

 

Prestigious Fellowships 2024

NSF Graduate Fellowship
Luke Kurfman (Sherrill group)

Moody Family Fellowship ($500 each)
Hailey Areheart (France Group)
Chris Whittington (Lieberman Group)

Hurley, Rene & Jeffrey Family Fellowship ($1000)
Kellie Stellmach (Gutekunst Group) 

William Starnes Graduate Research Fellowship ($1000 each)
Haruko Tateyama (La Pierre Group)
Wenting Shi (Finn group)

 

Spring Research Symposium Awards 2023

William Emerson Best Poster Award ($500 each)
Caria Evans (France group)
Chloe LeCates (Stockton group)
Hailee Scelsi (Lieberman group)
Wenting Shi (Finn group)
Kejun Yin (Wu group)

First Place Presentation ($1000)
Suehyun Park (McDaniel Group)

Second Place Presentation ($750)
Alec Pabarue (Gutekunst Group)

Third Place Presentation ($500)
Monica Monge Loria (Garg Group)

Runners-up ($250 each)
Andrew Boggiano (La Pierre Group)
Alexis Johnston (Oyelere Group)
Esteban Rojas Gatjens (Silva Group)

 

Other Awards 2023

William Emerson Outstanding Research Award ($500 each)
Nikki Aiosa (Garg Group)
Jacob Jeskey (Xia Group) 
Alexandra Van Grouw (Fernandez Group)
Dariia Yehorova (Kamerlin Group)

William Emerson Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award ($500)
Wenting Shi (Finn Group) 

William Emerson Best Second Year Seminar Awards ($200)
Caroline Sargent (Sherrill Group) 
Chad Pozarycki (Stockton Group)

 

Prestigious Fellowships 2023

Moody Family Fellowship ($1000)
Jessica Deutsch (Garg Group) 

Hurley, Rene & Jeffrey Family Fellowship ($1000)
Esteban Rojas Gatjens (Silva Group)

William Starnes Graduate Research Travel Award Fellowship ($1000)
Quynh Nguyen (Xia Group)

 

Teaching Awards 2023

William Emerson Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards ($250) 
First-year Chemistry

Mikhayla Clothier
Daniel Bodine 

Organic Chemistry
Abigail Hagwood (CHEM 2312)
Chloe LeCates (CHEM 2380)

Biochemistry
Gwendell Thomas (CHEM 4581)

Analytical Chemistry
Tyler Bills (CHEM 3216L)

Physical Chemistry
Chengyuan Shao (CHEM 3481L)