Graduate Program

Graduate Student Awards & Scholarships Recipients


Awards

The Frank B. Dains Award (outstanding first-year teaching assistant)

  • John J. Meyers, Jr. (2009)
  • Brad M. Neal (2008)
  • Amanda M. Glass (2007)
  • Melinda L. Toumi (2006)
  • Jeffery W. Fischer (2005)
  • James P. McParland (2004)
  • Elliott Shane Price (2004)
  • Kristin E. Price (2004)
  • Eric W. Crick (2003)
  • Stephan F. Deplazes (2002)
  • Stephen R. Sieck (2002)
  • Janelle L. Portscheller (2001)
  • Christopher E. Katz (2000)
  • Leilani L. Welbes (2000)
  • Jeffrey N. Hemenway (1999)
  • Joel D. Moore (1999)
  • Karen M. Padden (1998)
  • Douglas F. Holub (1997)
  • Annie Lee (1996)

The Ray Q. Brewster Award (advanced graduate teaching award)

  • W. Matthew Sherrill (2009)
  • Thiwanka Samarakoon (2008)
  • Kathryn R. Rebecchi (2007)
  • Tiffany R. Maher (2006)
  • Joseph G. Nguyen (2006 )
  • Shelli R. Mellegaard (2005)
  • Stephen R. Sieck (2004)
  • Joseph M. Vilian (2003)
  • Rachel S. Aga (2002)
  • Giridharan Gokulrangan (2002)
  • Donald A. Probst (2002)
  • Laura H. Lucas (2001)
  • Troy G. Bothwell (2000)
  • William H. Otto (2000)
  • Marc R. Anderson (1999)
  • Kevin J. Ruff (1998)
  • Cynthia M. Scheibe (1997)
  • David J. Weiss (1997)
  • Shawn L. Mansfield (1996)
  • Kathy Prater (1996)
  • Jinyand Hong (1995)

The Snyder Award (graduate student of considerable promise)

  • Christopher D. Thomas (2008)
  • Jimmie D. Weaver (2008)
  • Chamani Perera (2007)
  • Shelli R. Waetzig (2006)
  • Erin C. Burger (2005 )
  • Olivia L. Mooren(2004)
  • Leilani L. Welbes (2003)
  • Sarah F. McDonald (2002)
  • Stacy D. Arnett (2001)
  • Michelle L. Kennedy (2000)
  • Jennifer L. Razak (2000)
  • Tiffany S. Derrick (1999)
  • M. Annie Lee (1999)
  • Susan L. Mason (1999)

The Paul and Helen Gilles Award in Physical Chemistry (superior academic performance and research accomplishments by an advance doctoral student)

  • Pablo Palafox-Hernandez (2009)
  • Katie R. Mitchell-Koch (2007)
  • Sang-Kil Son (2006)
  • Jay R. Unruh (2005 )
  • Brian D. Slaughter (2004)
  • Kenneth D. Osborn (2003)
  • Yao Houndonougbo (2002)
  • Rachel S. Aga (2001)
  • Janaki Mahadevan (2001)
  • Jess B. Sturgeon (2000)
  • Xi Chu (1999)
  • Katherine E. Prater (1998)
  • Scott D. Bembenek (1997)
  • D. Philip Colombo, Jr. (1996)
  • Gouri S. Jas (1995)

The Frank B. Dains Award in Organic Chemistry (superior academic performance and research accomplishments by an advanced doctoral student)

  • W. Matthew Sherrill (2009)
  • Joshua D. Waetzig (2008)
  • Shelli R. Waetzig (2007)
  • Erin C. Burger (2006)
  • Abraham L. Yousef (2005)
  • Andrew M. Harned (2004)
  • Matthew D. McReynolds (2003)
  • Joel D. Moore (2002)

The J.K. Lee Award in Analytical Chemistry (superior academic performance and research accomplishments by an advanced doctoral student)

  • Philip W. Livanec (2009)
  • Nicholas E. Dickenson (2008)
  • Eric W. Crick (2007)
  • Olivia L. Mooren (2006)
  • Elizabeth S. Erickson (2005)
  • Stacy D. Arnett (2003)
  • Sarah A. Vickery (2002)
  • Karen M. Padden (2001)
  • Benjamin J. Cutak (2000)
  • Janaki Mahadevan (2000)
  • Christopher W. Hollars (1999)
  • Ann M. Dixon (1998)
  • Xi Chu (1997)
  • Timothy J. Hubin (1997)
  • Yan Wang (1996)
  • Gregory S. Harms (1995)

The Higuchi Doctoral Progress Award (superior post-comprehensive student in his or her final year)

  • Sang-Kil Son (2009)
  • Katie R. Mitchell-Koch (2008)
  • Kenneth F. Stensrud (2008)
  • Erin C. Burger (2007)
  • Alan Whitehead (2006)
  • Yuhong Zeng (2005)
  • Abraham L. Yousef (2004)
  • Andrew M. Harned (2003)
  • Laura H. Lucas (2003)
  • Damon M. Osbourn (2002)
  • William H. Otto (2001)
  • Peter G. Conrad, II (2000)
  • Chad E. Talley (2000)
  • Ann M. Dixon (1999)
  • Dahui Liu (1998)
  • Jutta Wanner (1998)
  • Kandiah Anandarajah (1997)
  • Maria Buchalova (1996)
  • Jingyan Wang (1995)

Scholarships

The H.P. Cady First-Year Graduate Scholarship (excellent performance by first-year grad student)

  • Joseph E. Banning (2009)
  • Christina M. Edwards (2009)
  • Susanthi Jayasinghe (2008)
  • Bassam K. Alnasleh (2007)
  • Jason A. Knight (2006)
  • Saroja Kumari Weeratunga (2006)
  • Chamani Perera (2005)
  • Irine Saminathan (2005)
  • James P. McParland (2004)
  • Kristin E. Price (2004)
  • Sang-kil Son (2004)
  • Erin C. Burger (2003)
  • Alan Whitehead (2002)
  • Brian D. Slaughter (2001)
  • Andrew M. Harned (2000)
  • Laura H. Lucas (2000)
  • Jeffrey N. Hemenway (1999)
  • Jeremy T. Koch (1999)
  • Matthew D. McReynolds (1999)
  • Damon M. Osbourn (1999)
  • Jennifer L. Razak (1998)
  • Sarah A. Vickery (1998)
  • Jeff B. Botts (1997)
  • Xi Chu (1996)
  • Nalin Hathurusinghe (1996)
  • Tim Hubin (1996)
  • Garyk Papoian (1995)

The H.P. Cady Graduate Scholarship (excellent performance by mid-year grad student)

  • Kenneth F. Stensrud (2006)

The Adrienne Hiscox Mitchell Scholarship (scholarship to outstanding female undergraduate or graduate student)

  • Tiffany R. Maher (2008)
  • Ying Zhang (2007)
  • Mary L. Bandu (2006)

The Ralph E. and Esther Weik Badgley Scholarship (scholarship to outstanding female undergraduate or graduate student)

  • Megen A. Culpepper (2009) -- graduate
  • Brittany R. Love (2008) -- undergraduate
  • Chamani Perera (2008) -- graduate
  • Megan Fowler (2007) -- undergraduate
  • Heidi J. Holovics (2007) -- graduate
  • Tiffany R. Maher (2006) -- graduate
  • Olivia L. Mooren (2005) -- graduate

The Reynold T. Iwamoto Scholarship (award based on academic performance)

  • Antonio Recio III (2009)
  • W. Matthew Sherrill (2008)
  • Kristin E. Price (2007)
  • Kristin L. Wo (2007)
  • Katie R. Mitchell-Koch (2006)
  • Shelli R. Mellegaard (2005)
  • Alan Whitehead (2005)
  • Thomas Holovics (2004)
  • Kimberly D. Bratton (2003)
  • Elizabeth S. Erickson (2003)
  • Samadhi N. Vitharana (2002)
  • Laurie A. Cardoza (2001)
  • Xi Chu (2000)
  • Karen M. Padden (1999)
  • Tiffany S. Derrick (1998)
  • Jaclyn L. Ganacias (1997)
  • Karina Kwok (1996)
  • Wenying Chai (1996)
  • Sandra L. Rogers Barnes (1995)
  • Sheila Rogers (1995)

McCollum Research Scholarship

  • Daniel F. Clark (2009)
  • Matthew S. DeVore (2009)
  • Kyu Ok Jeon (2009)
  • Jimmie D. Weaver (2009)
  • John C. Hershberger (2008)
  • Kristin E. Price (2008)
  • Sang-Kil Son (2008)
  • Chao Wang (2008)
  • Jenny L. Divis (2007)
  • Janet W. Irungu (2007)
  • Linda J. Steele (2007)
  • James P. McParland (2006)
  • Trenton H. Parsell (2006)
  • Chao Wang (2006)
  • Joshua D. Waetzig(2005)
  • Chad D. Hopkins (2005)
  • Bridget A. Becker (2004)
  • Elizabeth S. Erickson (2004)
  • Shelli R. Mellegaard (2004)
  • Thomas C. Holovics (2003)
  • Peter L. Larsen (2003)
  • Sarah F. McDonald (2003)
  • Janelle L. Portscheller (2003)
  • Jay R. Unruh (2003)
  • Alan Whitehead (2003)

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