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2020 Award Winners
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Other Awards We Are Celebrating!
- Claire Evensen (Record)
Named a 2020 Rhodes Scholar
Learn More>> - Jordan Nutting (Stahl)
2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellowship
Learn More>> - Mostafa Hassan (Sibert)
2020 Goldwater Scholar
Learn More>> - Stella Ma (Blackwell)
2020 Goldwater Scholar
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National Science Foundation Awards
- Rachel Czerwinski (Goldsmith)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Matt Genzink (Yoon)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Peyton Higgins (Buller)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Eric Kohn (Martell)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Rylie Morris (Gellman)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Megan Nieszala (Landis)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Mackinsey Smith (Goldsmith)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Isabelle Tigges Green (Zanni)
NSF Graduate Fellowship - Sara Alektiar (Wickens)
Honorable Mention - Laura Elmendorf (Brunold)
Honorable Mention - Kaylin Flesch (Stahl)
Honorable Mention - Gillian Good (Martell) Honorable Mention
- Philip Lampkin (Gellman)
Honorable Mention - Karli Lipinski (Hoskins) Honorable Mention
- Grace Lutovsky (Yoon)
Honorable Mention - Jake Melby (Ge)
Honorable Mention - Jericha Mill (Li)
Honorable Mention - Dominic Ross (Jin)
Honorable Mention - Dylan Tabang (Li)
Honorable Mention - Rachel Tritt (Boydston)
Honorable Mention - Amelia Wheaton (Berry)
Honorable Mention
Professional Awards
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Undergraduate - Departmental Summer Research Awards
- Anna Allen (Cavagnero)
Eugene and Patricia Kreger Herscher Scholarship - Kevin England (Cavagnero)
Chemistry Department Scholarship, Edwin M. and Kathryn M. Larsen Scholarship - Han Geng (Berry)
Martha Gunhild Week Scholarship - Morgan Gugger (Ge)
William J. Maeck Scholarship in Chemistry, Karen M. Telander Undergraduate Research Award - Cade Harkner (Hoskins)
Student Support in Chemistry, George J. and Arleen D. Ziarnik Scholarship - Takahiro Ishikuri (Record)
Ackerman Scholarship - Nicholas Juntunen (Brunold)
Ackerman Scholarship, Wayland E. Noland Research Fellowship - Stella Ma (Blackwell)
Eugene and Patricia Kreger Herscher Scholarship, Mabel Duthey Reiner Scholarship - Paul Onnuch (Weix)
Ackerman Scholarship, Walter W. and Young-Ja C. Toy Scholarship - Corey Pedersen (Nathanson)
Student Support in Chemistry - William Raskopf (Schomaker)
Ackerman Scholarship, Henry and Eleanor Firminhac Chemistry Scholarship - Anuchit Rupanya (Record)
Chemistry Department Scholarship, Edward J. Panek Memorial Scholarship - Dylan Snider (Nathanson)
Dempsky Chemistry Scholarship - Casey Winter (Wickens)
Student Support in Chemistry
Undergraduate - Departmental Academic Year Awards
- Sofya Akhetova (Boydston)
Eugene and Patricia Kreger Herscher Scholarship - Brendan Anderson
Student Support in Chemistry - Brenna Bartels
Henry and Eleanor Firminhac Chemistry Scholarship - Grace Carlson (Buller)
Student Support in Chemistry, James Y. and Harriet P. Tong Scholarship in Chemistry - Josette Coulthurst
Saco Polymers Scholarship - Peter Erpelding
Don Brouse Memorial Scholarship - Morgan Gugger
Ackerman Scholarship - Nicholas Juntunen (Brunold)
James Y. and Harriet P. Tong Scholarship in Chemistry - Aadhishre Kasat (Buller)
Richard Fischer Scholarship - Rebecca Kressuk
Andrew Dorsey Memorial Scholarship, James Y. and Harriet P. Tong Scholarship in Chemistry - Yueai Lin (Fredrickson)
Margaret McLean Bender Scholarship, Martha Gunhild Week Scholarship - Stella Ma (Blackwell)
Eugene and Patricia Kreger Herscher Scholarship - Jasmine Machhi (Cavagnero)
Robert Franklin Taylor Scholarship - Akshith Mandepally (Blackwell)
Robert Franklin Taylor Scholarship - Matthew McGill
Student Support in Chemistry - Marina Minic (Bertram)
William J. Maeck Scholarship in Chemistry - Chi-Min Ni (Nathanson)
Dempsky Chemistry Scholarship - Paul Onnuch (Weix)
Ackerman Scholarship, Ieva L. Reich Undergraduate Scholarship - Benjamin Palatnik
Ackerman Scholarship - Abbey Ragan
Eugene and Patricia Kreger Herscher Scholarship - Matthew Rivard
Dempsky Chemistry Scholarship - Maxwell Unger
Richard J. Boomer Student Support Fund in Chemistry, James J. Leddy Scholarship - Chance Wilkinson-Johnson
Robert and Diane Paulick Undergraduate Scholarship, Saco Polymers Scholarship
Undergraduate - General Chemistry Awards
- Brandon Harrison
Francis Craig Krauskopf Memorial Award - Moulik Mehta
John W. and Elizabeth A. Moore Award for Excellence – 109 - George Palof
Francis Craig Krauskopf Memorial Award - Dan Rattanakornphan
John W. and Elizabeth A. Moore Award for Excellence – 109 - Yuqian Sun
John W. and Elizabeth A. Moore Award for Excellence – 109 - Nicholas Susilo
Francis Craig Krauskopf Memorial Award - William Voigt
Francis Craig Krauskopf Memorial Award - Amelia Weidemann
Francis Craig Krauskopf Memorial Award - Daniel Witzig
John W. and Elizabeth A. Moore Award for Excellence – 108 - Lily Xistris
Francis Craig Krauskopf Memorial Award
Undergraduate - Wisconsin ACS Local Section Awards
- Peyton Beyer
Wisconsin ACS Local Section Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry - Michael Bieser (Ediger)
Wisconsin ACS Local Section DUCK Exam Award - Kaylin Flesch (Stahl)
Wisconsin ACS Local Section Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry - Nathaniel Tankel
Wisconsin ACS Local Section DUCK Exam Award - Isabelle Tigges-Green (Zanni)
Wisconsin ACS Local Section Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry - Aditya Singh (Yethiraj)
Wisconsin ACS Local Section Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry
Undergraduate - Additional Awards
- Peyton Beyer
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award for a graduating senior - Grace Carlson (Buller)
ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship - Kaylin Flesch (Stahl)
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award for a graduating senior - Mary Gut
Alpha Chi Sigma Scholarship - Rachel Hunjadi
ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship - Alex Sill
Lindsey T. Plank and Richard H. Putze Memorial Scholarship - Aditya Singh (Yethiraj)
ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award for a graduating senior
Undergraduate Poster Symposium Winners & Honorable Mentions
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Grace Carlson (Buller)
View Presentation on Investigation of active site residues of a L-Thr transaldolase -
Kevin England (Cavagnero)
View Presentation on Searching for non-native conformations of proteins under physiologically relevant conditions -
Erin McCann (Yu)
View Presentation on Preparation of amorphous drug-polymer salts with enhanced stability and dissolution -
Nicholas Juntunen (Brunold)
View Presentation on Preparation and spectroscopic investigation of cysteamine dioxygenase -
Samantha Ausman (Dumesic)
View Presentation on Synthesis and characterization of bimetallic catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene -
Aadhishre Kasat (Buller)
View Presentation on Biocatalytic synthesis of β-amino alcohols using a one-pot enzymatic cascade -
Xinyu Ye (Gellman)
View Presentation on Identifying suitable Saposin A picodisc systems for the elucidation of crystal structures of single-pass transmembrane domains
Mentorship Awards
- Brian Cary (Gellman)
Stephen D. Morton Research Award, Graduate Mentor - Rebeca Fernandez (Brunold)
Stephen D. Morton Research Award, Graduate Mentor - Nicholas Juntunen (Brunold)
Stephen D. Morton Research Award, Undergraduate Mentee - Adam Kleman (Gellman)
PPG Mentoring Award - Lei Liu (Gellman)
Ina S. and Stanley B. Mirviss Memorial Fund in Chemistry - Miranda Mecha (Cavagnero)
Robert C. Doban Mentorship Award - Kevin Dinh Nguyen (Gellman)
Stephen D. Morton Research Award, Undergraduate Mentee - Nicholas Reed (Yoon)
PPG Mentoring Award - Korbin West (Blackwell)
Ina S. and Stanley B. Mirviss Memorial Fund in Chemistry
Graduate Departmental Awards
- Milton Acosta (Berry)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Ariel Alperstein (Zanni)
K.V. and Sara Reddy Award in Physical Chemistry - Sarah Benware (Pedersen)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Camille Bishop (Ediger)
Michael W. McCoy Memorial Scholarship - David Bruns (Stahl)
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship - Brandon Flores (Fredrickson)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Froylan Omar Fernandez Candelaria (Burstyn)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Melissa Cendejas (Hermans)
Harold Hay Fellowship - Si-Jie Chen (Stahl)
William B. Dickinson Fellowship in Organic Chemistry - Alyah Chmiel (Wickens)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Kellen Delaney (Li)
John and Beverly Schrag Analytical Chemistry Outstanding Peer Award - Alex Foote (Goldsmith)
Roger J. Carlson Graduate Award - Kevin Garcia (Weix)
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship - Gillian Good (Martell)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Minsoo Ju (Schomaker)
William B. Dickinson Fellowship in Organic Chemistry - Jesse Kidd (Yoon)
Sam C. Slifkin Award in Chemistry - Min Ji Kim (Wickens)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Eric Kohn (Martell)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Joshua Kreisel (Martell)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Kathleen Kurgan (Gellman)
Ralph F. Hirschmann – Daniel H. Rich Fellowship in Bio-organic Chemistry - Byung Joo Lee (Yoon)
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship - Miyang Li (Li)
Harold Hay Fellowship - Vanessa Linke (Coon)
Harold Hay Fellowship - Margaret Lumley (Choi)
John and Beverly Schrag Analytical Chemistry Outstanding Peer Award, Harold Hay Fellowship - Daniel Manson (Blackwell)
William B. Dickinson Fellowship in Organic Chemistry - Dominic Mattock (Wang)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Princess Merenini (Choi)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Willa Mihalyi-Koch (Jin)
Pei Wang Fellowship - David Moreno (Ge)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Rylie Morris (Gellman)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Kate Nicastri (Schomaker)
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship, Sam C. Slifkin Award in Chemistry - Edward Pimentel (Martell)
Sam C. Slifkin Award in Chemistry - Yulia Podorova (Zanni)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Nicholas Reed (Yoon)
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship - Michael Roy (Berry)
Farrington Daniels Ethical Leadership Award - Chase Salazar (Stahl)
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship - Leah Schaffer (Smith)
Gary Parr Memorial Award - Jamorious Smith (Buller)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Mackinsey Smith (Goldsmith)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Karina Targos (Wickens)
Pei Wang Fellowship - AnnaBeth Thomas (Instructional Staff)
Pei Wang Fellowship - Anji Trujillo (Coon)
Ralph F. Hirschmann – Daniel H. Rich Fellowship in Bio-organic Chemistry - Trisha Tucholski (Ge)
Gary Parr Memorial Award - Aris Vasilopoulos (Stahl)
William B. Dickinson Fellowship in Organic Chemistry - Logan Vine (Schomaker)
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship - Korbin West (Blackwell)
Ralph F. Hirschmann – Daniel H. Rich Fellowship in Bio-organic Chemistry - Hanming Yang (Cavagnero)
Paul J. Bender Memorial Award
Graduate Research Excellence Awards
- Kyle Brown (Ge)
Richard and Joan Hartl Excellence in Research Award – Analytical - Brian Cary (Gellman)
Richard and Joan Hartl Excellence in Research Award – Chemical Biology - Kellen Delaney (Li)
Leah Cohodas Berk Award for Excellence in Chemistry Research - Zeb Girvin (Gellman)
Charles P. and Martha L. Casey Excellence in Research Award – Organic - Hillary Mitchell Warden (Fredrickson)
Charles P. and Martha L. Casey Excellence in Research Award – Inorganic - Darien Morrow (Wright)
Richard and Joan Hartl Excellence in Research Award – Physical - Yongqian “Kelly” Zhang (Hamers)
Richard and Joan Hartl Excellence in Research Award – Materials
Graduate Additional Awards
- Joshua Corbin (Schomaker)
PPG Summer Fellowship - Shannon Goes (Stahl)
PPG Summer Fellowship - Victoria Longley (Weix)
PPG Summer Fellowship - Grace Lutovsky (Yoon)
3M Science & Technology Fellow - Mainak Mustafi (Weisshaar)
Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Award for Communicating Ph.D. Research to the Public for “Dynamics of EF-Tu/ternary complex in live E. coli using superresolution imaging” - Dinesh Pattaburaman (Jahns)
Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Award for Communicating Ph.D. Research to the Public for “Impact of Inverter Control on the Dynamic Performance of Power Systems with High Penetration of Inverter-based Resources” - Shannon Walsh (Henak)
Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Award for Communicating Ph.D. Research to the Public for “Effects of age and mechanical loading on articular cartilage metabolism
and corresponding consequences for tissue health” - Kyle Wegner (Vezina)
Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Award for Communicating Ph.D. Research to the Public for “A Glitch in the Matrix: Exploring the Role of Prostatic Collagen in Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction” - Enran Xing (Ediger)
PPG Summer Fellowship
Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee Mentor Awards
- Andrew Buller
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
GSFLC Mentorship Award - Zachary Wickens
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
GSFLC Mentorship Award - Arun Yethiraj
Professor of Chemistry
GSFLC Mentorship Award - Sam Gockel (Yoon)
Postdoctoral Researcher
GSFLC Mentorship Award - Michael Mattei (Goldsmith)
Postdoctoral Researcher
GSFLC Mentorship Award - Wesley Swords (Yoon)
Postdoctoral Researcher
GSFLC Mentorship Award
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Meet the Donors
Alida and Ronald Anderson Graduate Student Support Fund
Credentials: Dr. Ronald Anderson
Position title: Graduate Award
Andrew Dorsey Memorial Scholarship
Credentials: Dr. David and Mrs. Klara Dorsey
Position title: Undergraduate Award
Charles P. and Martha L. Casey Excellence in Research Award
Credentials: Charles & Martha Casey
Position title: Graduate Award
Dempsky Chemistry Scholarship
Credentials: Kenneth Edmund Dempsky
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Department of Chemistry Scholarship
Credentials: Department of Chemistry
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Don Brouse Memorial Scholarship
Credentials: Margery Brouse
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Edward J. Panek Memorial Scholarship
Credentials: Mary Panek
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Edwin M. and Kathryn M. Larsen Scholarship
Credentials: Edwin & Kathryn Larsen
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Eli Lilly Organic and Summer Fellowships
Credentials: Eli Lilly and Company
Position title: Graduate Award
Eugene and Patricia Kreger Herscher Scholarship
Credentials: Eugene & Patricia Kreger Herscher
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Farrington Daniels Ethical Leadership Award
Credentials: William & Virginia Hendrickson
Position title: Graduate Award
Gary B. and Janice L. Aspelin Excellence in Research Award
Credentials: Gary B. and Janice L. Aspelin
Position title: Graduate Award
Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee Mentor (GSFLC) Award
Credentials: GSFLC
Position title: Graduate Award
Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee Mentor Award
Credentials: GSFLC
Position title: Mentor Award
Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Organic Chemistry Fellowship
Credentials: Margaret Goering
Position title: Graduate Award
Ieva L. Reich Undergraduate Scholarship
Credentials: James Berbee & Karen Walsh
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Ina S. and Stanley B. Mirviss Memorial Fund in Chemistry
Credentials: Joan Mirviss
Position title: Graduate Mentor Award
James Y. and Harriet P. Tong Scholarship in Chemistry
Credentials: James Y. and Harriet P. Tong
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
John and Elizabeth Moore Award in General Chemistry
Credentials: Professor John and Elizabeth Moore
Position title: Undergraduate Award
K.V. and Sara Reddy Award in Physical Chemistry
Credentials: K.V. & Sara Reddy
Position title: Graduate Award
Karen M. Telander Undergraduate Research Award
Credentials: Marc Muskavitch
Position title: Undergraduate Award
Kellogg Teaching Assistant Award
Credentials: Michael S. Kellogg (BS 1968)
Position title: Graduate Award
Leah Cohodas Berk Award for Excellence in Chemistry Research
Credentials: Myra Cristall
Position title: Graduate Award
Lindsey T. Plank and Richard H. Putze Memorial Scholarship
Credentials: James Maynard
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
PPG Fellowship and PPG Industries Mentoring Awards
Credentials: PPG
Position title: Mentor/Graduate Award
Ralph F. Hirschmann – Daniel H. Rich Fellowship in Bio-organic Chemistry
Credentials: Ralph Hirshmann
Position title: Graduate Award
Richard J. Boomer Student Support
Credentials: Richard Boomer
Position title: Undergraduate/Graduate Award
Robert and Diane Paulick Undergraduate Scholarship
Credentials: Robert & Diane Paulick
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Robert Franklin Taylor Scholarship
Credentials: Robert Frederick Taylor
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Roger J. Carlson Graduate Award
Credentials: Edward & Marjorie Carlson
Position title: Graduate Award
Undergraduate Student Support In Chemistry Scholarship
Credentials: Harold & Regine Deutsch
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
UW Department of Chemistry Annual Academic Staff Award
Credentials: Academic Staff Committee
Position title: Department Staff Award
Walter W. and Young-Ja C. Toy Scholarship
Credentials: Young-Ja Toy
Position title: Undergraduate Scholarship
Wayland E. Noland Research Fellowship
Credentials: Wayland E. Noland
Position title: Undergraduate Research Fellowship
William B. Dickinson Fellowship in Organic Chemistry
Credentials: Dr. "Bill" Dickinson
Position title: Graduate Award
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