Departmental Awards for Graduate Students

• Thomas B. Cameron Prize
  To the graduate assistant in Freshman Chemistry who represents the highest ideals and achievements in the teaching of Chemistry
  2009 - Julia Kulhmann
  2008 - Natasha Mwale
  2007 - Heather Trenary
  2006 - Callie Coombs
  2005 - Josh Bryson
  2004 - Kevin Parker
  2003 - Rebecca Barlag
  2002 - Katie Denicola
  
  
• Henry Hochstetter Prize
  For excellence as a graduate teaching assistant
  2009 - Leah Blackketter, Karnakar Chitta, Bhushan Deodhar, Julia Kuhlmann, Cynthia Schroll, Will Shearouse, Dan Waddell
  2008 - Karolin Kroening, Qian Li, Nyote Oliver, Amber Shiveley, Will Shearouse, Stephen Sims, Yaofang Zhang
  2007 - Derek Jones, Derek Julian, Agnese Jurkevica, Karina Kizjakina, Kady Krivos, Pat McLendon, Natasha Mwale, Sridhar Rajam, Chris Thompson, Uma Tiwari
  2006 - Josh Bryson, Colette Castleberry, Jenny Ellis, Dennis Fulmer, Abhijit Jadhav, Kady Krivos, Kirk Lokits, Siva Muthukrishnan, Jennifer Riepenhoff, Rebecca Vermillion
  2005 - Scott Afton, Katye Fichter, Abhijit Jadhav, Armands Konosonoks, Rajesh Murthy, Siva Muthukrishnan, Uma Tiwari
  2004 - Jane Abey, Levi Grove, Daisy Malloy-Hamburg, Micheal Haven, Rebecca Jones, Chris Keller, Rodney Klima, Andris Kronbergs, Kevin Kubachka, Laura Morris, Rajesh Murthy, Soheil Pourshahian, Lisa Prevette, Doug Richardson, Wilson Sanganza, Beth Shell, Yaqin Sun, Stuart Willison
  2003 - PJ Ball, Jason Clohecy, Wendy Dominick, Chris Gulgas, Micheal Haven, Mike Herr, Brian House, Rebecca Jones, Rodney Klima, Eric Mack, Sarah Mandel, Rajesh Murthy, Chad Robins, Beth Shell, Sathya Srinivasachari
  2002 - PJ Ball, Rebecca Barlag, Katie Denicola, Shawn Dickess, Wendy Dominick, Cietta Fambrough, Michele Haun, Micheal Haven, Michael Herr, Rebecca Jones, Sarah Mandel, Kem Patteson, Amy Sombun, Mike Winters, Don Zehnder
  
  
• Robert M. Koppenhoefer Research Associate Award
  To an outstanding first-year graduate student in Biochemistry
  2009 - Blake Baird
  2008 - Mohamed Marei, Christian Robinson
  2007 - Giovanna Grandinetti
  2006 - Patrick McLendon
  2005 - Katye Fichter
  2004 - Natasha Mwale
  
  
• William V and Mary L. Caruso Award
  To an outstanding second-year graduate student in Analytical Chemistry
  2009 - Xuefei Guo
  2008 - Amos Doepke
  2007 - Kady Krivos, Kirk Lokits
  2006 - Sara Andria, Callie Coombs
  2005 - Daisy Malloy-Hamburg
  2004 - Monika Shah
  2003 - Juris Meija
  2002 - Jean Paddock
  
  
• Dover Publishing Award
  For communication skills in Organic Chemistry
  2009 - Ashish Kulkarni
  2008 - Derek Jones
  2007 - Jagadis Sankaranaraya
  2006 - Chris Gulgas
  2005 - Rajesh Murthy
  2004 - Erik Mack
  2003 - Matt Hancock
  
  
• Milton Orchin Award
  To an outstanding second- or third-year graduate student in Organic Chemistry
  2009 - Dan Waddell
  2008 - Dan Lewallen
  2007 - Sridhar Rajam
  2006 - Duane Hatch
  2005 - Siva Muthukrishnan
  2004 - Armands Konosonoks, Yemin Liu
  2003 - Erik Mack
  2002 - Juris Fotins
  
  
• MeasureNet Award
  2005 - Kristina Laueer, Jennifer Riepenhoff
  2004 - Sayandev Chatterjee
  
  
• Hans H. Jaffe Award
  To an outstanding graduate student majoring in physical chemistry
  2009 - David Rogers
  2007 - Nebojsa Pantelic
  
  
• The Procter & Gamble Fellowship
  To an outstanding third-year of higher graduate student
  2009 - Stephen Taylor
  2008 - Colette Castleberry
  2007 - Sara Andria
  2006 - Lisa Prevette
  2005 - Levi Grove
  2004 - PJ Ball
  2003 - Sara Edison
  2002 - Jennifer Hodges-Thomas
  
  
• The Lange Fellowship
  To an outstanding third-year of higher graduate student
  2007 - Katye Fichter
  2006 - Nebojsa Pantelic
  2004 - Juris Meija
  2003 - Tyler Green
  2002 - David Monk
  
  
• The Lowenstein Fellowship
  To an outstanding third-year of higher graduate student
  2006 - Doug Richardson
  2003 - Anne Maghasi (Lowenstein-Twitchell Fellowship)
  
  
• The Shubert Fellowship
  To an outstanding third-year of higher graduate student
  2007 - Mahmud Hossain
  2005 - Adam Bange (Laws-Shubert Fellowship)
  2003 - Zongming Gao
  2002 - Matt Hancock (Laws-Shubert Fellowship)
  
  
• The Stecker Fellowship
  To an outstanding third-year of higher graduate student
  2009 - Dan Lewallen
  2004 - Yemin Liu (Laws-Stecker Fellowship)
  2004 - Aigars Piruska
  2003 - Juris Meija (Laws-Stecker Fellowship)
  2003 - Jean Paddock
  2002 - Svetlana Farrell
  
  
• The Twitchell Fellowship
  To an outstanding third-year of higher graduate student
  2008 - Sridhar Rajam
  2005 - Monika Shah
  
  
• Richard C. Elder Scholarship
  To an outstanding graduate student to support their research requiring the use of X-ray crystallography
  2009 - Daoli Zhao
  
  
• Harry B. Mark Jr. Research Associate Award
  To an outstanding graduate student in their fourth year who were not Department Research Associates previously in recognition of excellence in research
  2009 - Ashish Kulkarni, Ronnie Muvirimi
  2008 - Amos Doepke, Stephen Taylor
  2007 - Sayandev Chatterjee, Lisa Prevette
  2006 - Kevin Kubachka, Sathya Srinivasachari, Stuart Willison
  2005 - Yemin Liu, Siva Muthukrishnan, Nebojsa Pantelic
  
  
• Ann P. Villalobos Fellowship
  For recognition of outstanding research performance by a graduate student
  2009 - Karolin Kroening
  
  
• Hillstrom Travel Award
  To an outstanding graduate student in support of a presentation before a national or international scientific audience
  2009 - Amos Doepke
  2008 - Ronnie Muvirimi
  2007 - Lisa Prevette
  2006 - Siva Muthukrishnan
  
  
• Cassandra McGee Service Award
  For graduate students who demonstrate random acts of kindness, outstanding service to the department or overall excellence in humanitarian efforts
  2009 - Kady Krivos, Heather Trenary
  
  
• James O Koehler Prize
  For outstanding all-around contributions in research, teaching and service to the Department
  2009 - Kady Krivos
  2008 - Sayandev Chatterjee
  2007 - Chris Gulgas, Daisy Malloy-Hamburg
  2006 - Beth Deters, Levi Grove
  2005 - Wendy Dominick, Eric Mack
  2004 - Jean Paddock
  2003 - Unknown
  2002 - Nathan Coker