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Chemistry majors from the College of Science & Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts were honored at an annual recognition reception, Friday, May 15. The Department of Chemistry’s reception included scholarship, fellowship and award recipients, and the honoring of about 190 graduating chemistry majors (from fall 2014 to fall 2015).
Download a PDF of the award winners. Photos are available on the Department of Chemistry Flickr page.
Senior Award Recipients
Dr. Paul F. and Patricia Guehler Chemistry Scholarship awarded to chemistry majors who have shown outstanding academic achievement—Stephanie Breunig and Vignish Palani.
David A. and Merece H. Johnson Scholarship awarded to chemistry majors who have shown outstanding academic achievement—Reid Anderson, Clay Batton, Erin Duffy, Jacob Kautzky, Nathan Klein, Edward Koleski, Abbie Mozzetti, Nikki Niewold, Francis Roushar, Joshua Schmidt, Sammy Shaker, and Elena Werst.
Robert C. Brasted Memorial Fellowship, a fellowship as well as a part-time apprenticeship in the department’s general chemistry program, awarded to an outstanding chemistry major who is interested in a chemistry teaching career—Victoria Longley.
Lloyd W. Goerke Scholarship awarded to chemistry majors who have shown outstanding academic achievement—Tony Cui, Francisco Gomez, Eric Kalkman and David Kraus.
Peteris Auzins Memorial Scholarship awarded to chemistry majors who have shown outstanding academic achievement—Megan Stevens and Eve Zabronsky.
Thomas DuBruil Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in undergraduate research in chemistry—Stephanie Hart.
Betty A. Lewis Scholarship awarded for outstanding scholastic achievement—Caitlin Puro.
J. Lewis Maynard Memorial Prize in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Award for outstanding scholastic achievement in advanced inorganic chemistry—Clay Batton, Stephanie Breunig and Sammy Shaker.
Sally Herz Memorial Scholarship awarded to top students in honors general chemistry—Alec Logeman and Baila Elkin.
Jane B. Spence Scholarship awarded to top students in honors organic chemistry—Jordan Sell and Jingyang Zheng.
The Heisig/Gleysteen Chemistry Summer Research Program encourages students to learn more about research in chemistry by providing them with the opportunity to work in a lab under the direction of a faculty member. This year, 32 chemistry majors participated in research, including Molly Andersen, Alex Ayoub, Nathan Bjerke, Stephanie Breunig, Erin Duffy, Thomas Haversang, Levi Hogan, Alex Hurben, Kadir Hussein, Eric Kalkman, Nathan Klein, Edward Koleski, Burnell Lauer, Michael McDermott, Nam Nguyen, Nikki Niewold, Vignesh Palani, Thomas Rions-Maehren, Joshua Schmidt, and Alex Wheeler.
Graduating Class of 2014-2015 from the College of Science & Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts.
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Bedri Ahmed
Mohamed Mohamoud Ahmed
Sung Jun Ahn
Jeonggyu An
Katharine Anton
Xiang Ao
Derek Aschbacher
Alex Ayoub
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Daniel J. Bakke
Charles S. Barrett
Romit Basu
Cole J. Batty
Harrison E. Berg
Alexandra Marie Bergan
Benjamin Bergstrom
Sara Berndt
Beyan Abdelbasit Beyan
Amanda Mariah Bisel
Dean Jr Shing Bock
Blake D. Boeing
Haley Bollum
Valeriu Bortnov
Harrison David Bourgoin
Preston J. Bradley
Tanner D. Brandt
Tenley Brown
Keegan James Buffington
Jason Edward Bunge
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Yuxuan Chen
Jennifer L. Chiang
Andrew Reid Christensen
Woohoon Chung
Callahan Clark
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Alicia Dang
Jocelyn Rose Danielson
Hassan Daoud
Spencer W. Davis
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Samuel Henry Engsberg
Saudia Marie Epps
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Brian J. Fahey
Ladipo Famodu
Chen Fang
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Nathaniel Y. Gessesse
Cameron F. Ginochio
Jan Groth
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Casandra S. Ha
Makenna J. Habegger
Jack R. Haffley
Moriana K. Haj
William Hanson
Sonya D. Hanuman
Jacqueline Kay Harapan
Richard Harris
Alexander Ryo Hendricks
Matthew Henley
Nicholas J. Henry
Ryan James Herzig
Ericka M. Hess
Casey Kmet Heuring
Erin M. Hill
Bart Allen Hillberg
Abby Hoffman
Chris J. Hong
Kadir Y. Hussein
Ingrid Hwang
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Woo Suk Chris Jeong
Andrew Troy Johnson
Jordon Alexander Johnson
Michelle A. Johnson
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Alyssa Patricia Kessel
Han Yoon Kim
Hoyeon Kim
Hyunwoo Kim
Seunghwan Kim
Jared M. Koch
Jesse J. Krizan
Mel-Yi Kuo
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Mitchell Lancaster
Erik Larsen
Garrett S. Larson
Nathaniel R. Lawdenski
Blaine L. Lawrence
Ngoc Kim Le
Heng Yang Lee
Chase A. Lemke
Niko Le Mieux
Katelyn R. Leukuma
Anthony K. Lewis
Hannan Li
Shuo Li
Xueman Liang
Elizabeth A. Lindemann
Christopher Loew-Blosser
Katherine Lowisz
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Walker J. MacSwain
Megan H. Magee
Chi Nguyen Tran Mai
Joseph C. Manulik
Maximilian Margherio
Aric Thomas Mathies
Patrick Thomas McDowell
Miquel D. Medina-Bielski
Hannah M. Mertens
Kara A. Meyers
Eric R. Mischke
Kenneth Morris
Sk Rafat Alimul Morshed
Kevin A. Murphy
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Michael L. Neaton
Andrew D. Nepp
Andrei Y. Nesmelov
Molly A. Newbold
Dan V. Nguyen
John V. Nguyen
Matthew T. Nguyen
Toan D. Nguyen
Quang Hong Luu Nguyen
Kadiro G Nurie
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Joseph Bridges O'Brien
Nicholas Bradley Osborn
Yanal Oueis
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Courtney Lee Paal
Katelyn Palmatier
Shengyu Pan
Sang Hyun Park
Baijie Peng
Curtis William Peterson
Chelsea Rebecca Pettit
Nghi Vinh Quynh Phan
Julai Plewa
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Alexander George Rafferty
Sri jay Sean Rajan
Uday Shankar Rebbapragada
Janel Lynn Rieger
Benjamin Rodrigue
Kevin Michael Rust
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Hana Bashir Salad
Jodi Salim
Jack Sandbulte
Derek Winter Schultz
Paul Andrew Sisler
Nicholas Smith
Nicole Elisabeth Smolinski
Russell Christian Sommerfeld
Samantha L. Starklauf
Lindsay Stauffacher
Ashley C. Steffens
Emily I. Steinbrueck
Julianna C. Strand
Anthony Quillan Stvartak
Matthew J. Styles
Keerthana Subramanian
Mohamednur Omar Sufyan
Jinyu Sun
Geoffrey Michael Swisher
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Bety Tan
Tamerat Temesgen Tegegne
Sheng Thao
Sunnee Thao
Kevin Tobing
Khoi Phan-ming Tra
Christina Ruby Tran
Matthew J. Turcotte
Anna Morrow Turgeon
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Kyler T. Van Swol
Jim Due Vang
Mai Yer Vang
James Danile Vargo
Jamison Patrick Vaughn
Derek T. Vo
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Kunlin Wang
Zhenshu Wang
Isa Wazirzada
Christopher John Wentz
Teddy Casey Wiessner
Brynna Wilken-Resman
Andre Wilt
Lee A. Wintervold
William Withers
Xuchen Wu
John R. Wulterkens
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Ziyue Yi
Jong Hyeon Yoon
Chao Yu
Ming Yu
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Andrew Jacob Zautcke
Haini Zhang
Qianyun Zhang
Runchen Zhao
Zeyu Zhou
Katherine Ziebarth