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On April 20, 2023 we held the annual Awards Ceremony to celebrate our students, faculty and staff. It was a celebration of hard work and outstanding contributions of the Department of Chemistry. 
Guest Speaker:

Adrienne Carey, MD
Assist. Professor, Infectious Diseases & Immunology. Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Chemistry Alumna (2009) and former recipient of the numerous Chemistry Awards. 

Undergraduate Awards

American Institute of Chemists Award

Elena Sjoblom

COS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards

Yexalen Barrera-Casas and Alison Wang

Walter D. & Grace G. Bonner Memorial Award

Dawson Baxter / Eva Bol / Ali Bouck / Rachel Carder / Eli Counterman / Taylor Jorgensen / Chase Pehrson / Isaiah Rosal / Jack Sheehan / Elena Sjoblom Isabelle Smith / Rachel Whipple

Honors in Chemistry Awards

Maxwell Austin / Yexalen Barrera-Casas / Beck Bassett / Lillee Casselman / Mina Done / Dhruvan Gopinath / Mason Hansen / Nathan Iverson              Kevin Lutz / Emily Major / Lauren Montgomery / Catherine Petersen / Brenden Roberts / Alison Wang

ACS Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemical Safety & Ethics

Elena Sjoblom

ACS Division Awards

Analytical – Nancy Sohlberg / Inorganic – Alison Wang / Organic – Maxwell Austin / Physical – Dawson Baxter

CMES Undergraduate Research Award

Nancy Sohlberg

Leon Watters Memorial Awards

Jamie Covington / Hana Fauver / AJ Giles / Rose Godfrey / Uziel Gonzalez / Alyssa Harpring / James Lawton / Bhakta Rahhika / Maran Sardoni        Nancy Sohlberg

Ferdinand A. & Ruth Anderson Peterson Scholarship

Wilder Dalton

Laya F. Kesner Awards

Andrew Larkin / Adam Montgomery / Olivia Schmitz

Armantrout Memorial Award

Lorrin Malady

Melvin C. Cannon Scholarship

Vincent Ngo

Wilkes Scholar

Andrew Larkin

Resiliency Awards

Adam Ford / Safiya Hamud / Sky Hansen / Maria Hernandez Rivera / Clay Walker

ChemUnity Mentor Awards

Kobi Baker / Danny Barrera

Kodak Educational Service Awards

Yexalen Barrera-Casas / Parker Guzman / Delaney Miller

College of Science Theodore V. Hanks Scholarship

Wilder Dalton

College of Science Talent Scholarships

Danny Barrera / Andy Nieto

College of Science Dean's Scholarship

Aric Potter

College of Science Promise Scholarships

Clista Galecki / Anna Christiansen

College of Science Paul and Darice Koo Scholarship

Safiya Hamud

College of Science Crocker Science House Scholars

Brekke Pattison – Sugihara Scholar / Abbie Nistler

Kodak Teaching Fellow Scholarships

Kesaia Akau / Alex Balinger / Joshua Bilsky* / Dion Copoulos* / Jackson Elowitt* / Sanaz Habibi* / Emma Hale* / Thomas Kawagoe* / Silvia Leon-Moreno / Delaney Miller / Jake Pedigo* / Jesus Sandres* / Olivia Schmitz / Elena Sjoblom / Anna Tang / Pierce Wratten

Departmental Tuition Benefit Scholarships

Husaib Arshad / Danny Barrera / Clista Galecki / Tessa Larsen / Abbie Nistler

The Ronald & Eileen Ragsdale - Undergraduate Endowment Scholarships

Aric Potter (Eyring Award) / Travis Martinez (Burdett Award)

Undergraduate Research Scholarships

Arnel Besic / Natalia Danilla / Mary Alice Parker / Gary Perea / Elena Sjoblom / Sophie Steckel / Rachel Whipple

Mack Thomas Rozelle Scholarships

Fiedel Bailee / Grace Bean / Emily Dalley / Maddox Riewald / Kristen Rye / Morgan Smoot

Lloyd E. Malm Memorial Awards

Nehal Bakshi / Navneet Brar / Marcus Castro / Malia McCann / Ritika Nayan / Eron Powell / Jezra Simmons

W. H. Breckenridge Honors Scholarships

Noah Coombs / Zoie Frisby / Kaylee Meyers

Graduate Awards

Cheves T. Walling Graduate Research Awards

Kameron Hansen / Grant Myres

The Ronald & Eileen Ragsdale - Curie Club Graduate Research Award

Dakota Merriles

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Emily Carroll – Honorable Mention

Harris Graduate Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry

David Williamson

Keck Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry

Jordan Liles

William E. Jack Life Science Graduate Research Award

Shereen Howpay Manage

Anthony W. Czarnik Curie Club Graduate Teaching Award

Alex Ring

Craig & Linda Lee Curie Club Graduate Teaching Award

Tyler Southam

Dow Chemical First-Year Awards

Emma Hale / Zrinko Juric / Thomas Kawagoe / Luke Kays / Tashi Liebergesell / Kevin McFadden

Faculty Awards

Robert W. Parry Teaching Award - Endowed by the Brady Foundation

Shelley Minteer

Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow

Shelley Minteer

Royal Australian Institute of Chemistry Bruno Breyer Award

Shelley Minteer

ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology Founders Award

Cynthia Burrows

Pauling Medal Award

Cynthia Burrows

American Association of Advance Science Election to Fellow

Vahe Bandarian

University of Utah College of Science UPSTEM Faculty Fellows

Kaci Kuntz / Janis Louie / Aaron Puri

American Physical Society Irving Langmuir Award

Valeria Molinero

Utah Academy of Engineering and Sciences

Valeria Molinero

National Academy of Sciences

Valeria Molinero

University of Utah Distinguished Professor

Michael Morse

2022 Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences & Engineering Award

Connor Bischak

W.M. Keck Foundation Grants

Michael Grünwald / Ryan Looper / Rodrigo Noriega

University of Utah Presidential Scholar

Luisa Whittaker-Brooks

ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Class of Influential Researchers

Luisa Whittaker-Brook

Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award

Luisa Whittaker-Brooks

ACS Award in Theoretical Physical Chemistry

Jack Simons

American Association Advance Science Election to Fellow

Jennifer Shumaker-Parry

W.W. Epstein Outstanding Educator Award

Jared Smith

Staff Service Recognition

15 Years - Renee Laws    /   20 Years - Kevin Teaford   /   25 Years - Shawn Laughli
Diana Campbell Memorial Staff Excellence Award

Jollanda Valejo 

The 2023 J. Allen Alexander Award

Kevin Teaford

 

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Last Updated: 4/28/23