Excellence in Graduate Studies fellowships announced

Pictured: This year’s Excellence in Graduate Studies fellowships recipients are, back row, from left, Chad Hoyer, Evgenii Fetisov, Jacob Brutman; front row, from left, Jinbo Hu, Shaihong Li, Yi Zhang, Mohammadreza “Mammad” Nasiri. Not pictured: Ryan Cammarota and Samuel Egger.

This year's Excellence in Graduate Studies fellowships are:

• Jacob Brutman (Professor Marc Hillmyer, adviser)—Monsanto Franz;
• Ryan Cammarota (Professor Connie Lu, adviser)—Phillips 66;
• Samuel Egger (Professor Christy Haynes, adviser)—Lester C. and Joan M. Krogh;
• Evgenii Fetisov (Professor Ilja Siepmann, adviser)—Kenneth E. & Marion S. Owens;
• Chad Hoyer (Professor Laura Gagliardi and Professor Donald Truhlar, advisers)—Newman and Lillian Bortnick; Jinbo Hu (Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser)—Lester C. and Joan M. Krogh;
• Shaohong Li (Professor Donald Truhlar, adviser)—Dr. Venkateswarlu Pothapragada;
• Mohammadreza “Mammad” Nasiri (Professor Theresa Reineke, adviser)—Wayland E. Noland; and
• Yi Zhang (Professor Mark Distefano, adviser)—Robert and Jill DeMaster.