Departmental Awards 2015
American Chemical Society Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Research and Teaching
This award is given by the Huron Valley Section of the American Chemical Society. It is intended to recognize achievement in teaching and research by a graduate student.
Laura Kiefer - Kubarych Group
Robert & Carolyn Buzzard Graduate Chemistry Student Leadership Award
The Leadership Award is given to a graduate student who has shown the skills of a leader to many. The person takes an active role in the department, assisting with graduate recruitment, working with faculty and staff to provide a better environment for graduate students. This person also serves as a morale and welfare support person. This award is provided by Bob & Carolyn Buzzard.
Kimberly Daley - Kubarych Group
Florence Fenwick Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
Presented to graduate students who taught undergraduate courses in Chemistry during academic year. Recipients are selected based on their contribution to innovation in the lab or classroom, teaching evaluations and written recommendation of a professor. This award is provided by the Florence Fenwick Memorial Fund.
Bing Fu - Biteen Group
Danielle Zurcher - McNeil Group
Milton Tamres Outstanding Teaching Award
Milton Tamres, Emeritus Professor, established this award to recognize outstanding cumulative teaching service. Mrs. Françoise Tamres continues to maintain the support for this award.
Eric Dahl - Szymczak Group
Shawn Eady - Lehnert Group
Alumni Fund Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Presented to graduate students based on research advisor recommendation, publications, posters, meetings presented, uniqueness and nature of research. This award is provided by the Alumni Fund.
Alexei Kananenka - Zgid Lab
Departmental Fellowships
George Ashworth Analytical Chemistry Fellowship
The George Ashworth Endowment provides for a fellowship to be given to a graduate student to continue research in analytical chemistry. The award provides for a summer half-term stipend.
Chuan Leng - Chen Group
Hang Ren - Meyerhoff Group
Robert W. Parry Award
The Robert W. Parry Awards are made possible through the generous donations of alumni, friends, industrial donors and the students of Professor Parry. It is awarded to a graduate student who has shown excellence in research in inorganic chemistry. This award provides for a summer half-term stipend.
Jacob Geri - Szymczak Group
Meng Zhang - Ramamoorthy Group
Wayne & Carol Pletcher Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Wayne and Carol Pletcher established this fellowship for graduate students in chemistry in 2014. This award is given to a student who has shown excellence in research and provides for a summer half-term stipend. Wayne (1970, M.S. and PhD) and Carol Pletcher (1968, M.S.) are alumni of the Chemistry department.
Phi Doan - Goodson Group
Peter A.S. Smith Fellowship
The Peter A. S. Smith Fellowship was endowed in 1995. The fellowship is awarded to a graduate student who is doing research in synthetic organic or inorganic chemistry. This award provides for a summer half-term stipend.
Jialiu Ma - Matzger Group
Margaret & Herman Sokol Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
Margaret and Herman (UM 1940 grad) established this fellowship for graduate students in chemistry in 1983. This award is given to a student who has shown excellence in research and provides for a summer half-term stipend. Mrs. Sokol through her estate has honored the Chemistry Department with a very generous endowment.
Alex Nett - Montgomery and Zimmerman Groups
Amy Speelman - Lehnert Group
Non-Departmental Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Haley Albright - Schindler Group
Joshua Damron - Ramamoorthy Group
Yvonne Deporre - Schindler Group
Sofiya Hlynchuk - Maldonado Group
Jacob Ludwig - Schindler Group
Theresa Williams - Stephenson Group
Eastman Chemical Summer Research Award
Nicole Camasso - Sanford Group
Training Grants
CBTP - Cellular Biotechnology Training Program
Katy Leng - Fierke Group
Rackham Graduate School Awards
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
Eli Fahrenkrug - Maldonado Group
John Myers - Chen Group
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Research Fellowship
Garrett Goh - Brooks Group
Lipshutz, Ayers Host and Olcott Smith Award
Elizabeth Brown - Maldonado Group
Rackham International Student Fellowship
Ved Prakash Roy - Kubarych Group
Jia Hui Tay - Nagorny Group
Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
Jordan Boothe - Wolfe Group
Rackham Science Awards
Stephen Ferguson - Meyerhoff Group
Rosalyn Kent - Matzger Group
Michael Lenard - Geva Group
Gabriel Magallanes - Stephenson Group
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant
Ahlam Armaly - Schindler Group
Bijay Bhattarai - Nagorny Group
Amy Bondy - Ault Group
Eric Boone - Pratt Group
Junjie Chen - Banaszak Holl Group
Rebecca Craig - Ault Group
Joshua Demuth - Maldonado Group
Yvonne DePorre - Schindler Group
Phi Doan - Goodson Group
Joseph Eschweiler - Group
Renata Everett - Group
Joseph Furgal - Ruotolo Group
Daniel Gardner - Ault Group
Zachary Garlets - Wolfe Group
Emilia Groso - Schindler Group
Brett Hopkins - Wolfe Group
Andrew Hunt - Lehnert Group
Brian Larsen - Nagorny Group
Chang Lee - Kopelman Group
Luyao Ma - Maldonado Group
Nathaniel May - Pratt Group
Rachel Merzel - Banaszak Holl Group
Cameron Moore - Szymczak Group
Amit Pithadia - Fierke/Ramamoorthy Groups
Jefferson Plegaria - Pecoraro Group
Paul Riehl - Schindler Group
Ved Prakash Roy - Kubarych Group
Jessica Stachowski - Montgomery Group
One-Term Dissertation Awards
Henry Earle Riggs One-Term Dissertation Fellowship
Casey Dougherty – Banaszak Holl Group
Amit Pithadia - Fierke/Ramamoorthy Groups
Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship
Brett Hopkins - Wolfe Group
Yi Liao - Biteen Group