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- Dreyfus-Teacher Scholar Award for Szymczak
- Sanford Named to AAAS
- Biemann Medal for Hakansson
- Sanford Honored with Election to National Academy of Sciences
- McNeil Lab: A more accurate sensor for lead paint
- Schindler Named 2016 Packard Fellow
- Sloan Fellowships for Pratt and Schindler
- Walter Lab: Resolving Subcellular miRNA Trafficking and Turnover at Single-Molecule Resolution
- Maldonado Lab: Cheaper, greener way to grow cystalline seminconductor films
- New polymer allows researchers to study how proteins fold, function
- Researchers focus on cell membranes to develop Alzheimer's treatments
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- Biteen Lab: Accounting for the "scooching effect"
- Pratt Lab: Molecular Iodine Found in Arctic Atmosphere
- Marsh & McNeil Named AAAS Fellows
- Ramamoorthy Lab: Nanodiscs catch mis-folding amyloid proteins
- Ault Named 2018 Sloan Fellow
- Biteen Lab: Starch Utilization System Assembles around Stationary Starch-Binding Proteins
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- Shedding New Light on Photosynthetic Pigments
- Ruotolo Lab: New Method to ID Proteins
- Energy Research And Education Fuel McCrory CAREER Award
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- Award Season for Michigan Chemistry
- Chem Alum Receives Honorary Degree, Gives Rackham Commencement Address
- Alum Named Science Teacher of the Year
- MichiganChem boosts facility for atomic resolution
- DOE Early Career Award for Kerri Pratt
- ACS Honors Alum Weihong Tan
- Michigan Adds Chemistry Education Faculty Position
- Mapp Lab: New research clarifies how ‘fuzzy’ proteins can be used to develop novel drugs
- Karle Symposium Showcases Our Innovative Research
- UM scientists improve synthesis of PET imaging molecules
- MichiganChem Goes to the North Pole
- Diversity Service Award for Nicolai Lehnert
- Two elected Fellows of Royal Society of Chemistry
- Graduate Student Coordinator Honored
- 2018 Mentoring Award Recognizes Unique Programs
- Chen Named AAAS Fellow
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- Stephenson Lab: Designing a safer drug building block through photocatalysis
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- Anna Mapp honored for exceptional efforts to recruit and mentor students from non-traditional backgrounds
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- Awards Luncheon Offers Recognition for Outstanding Students
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- Featured on the UM Gateway: Chemistry D-RISE Alum
- Hot climate, cool science :: Novel instrumentation applied to Arctic atmosphere earns Pratt "40 under 40" honors
- Kennedy Awarded Martin Medal for Achievements in Separation Science
- UM Chemists finding new opportunities in quantum science
- Alumna Sumita Mitra Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
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- National ACS Awards for Four Michigan Faculty
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Undergraduate Awards 2020
Each spring the Department of Chemistry recognizes outstanding students for their exceptional performance in the classroom, the lab and leadership positions. Professor John Wolfe, the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, usually presides over the award luncheon. “It is one of my favorite events of the year,” he says. This year we have had to forgo ceremony but we are still able to recognize our students for their accomplishments. The awards winners are based on the recommendations of instructors, graduate student instructors and undergraduate advisors.
First Year Awards
ALPHA CHI SIGMA (ΑΧΣ) OUTSTANDING FIRST YEAR STUDENT AWARD: Megan Lynne Coden
ALUMNI FIRST YEAR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS are made to students who have demonstrated exceptional performance in their laboratory and lecture work
Akhil Kondepudi, Timon Lwo, Ethan Nelson, Daniel Pert, Finsam Samson, John Yang, Seth Woodbury
1st YEAR ChEMISTRY LEADERSHIP AWARD
Isabella Rondon Begazo, Amira Rabbah, Kagiso Sebetela
CRC OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Jasen Chen
Other Undergraduate Recognitions
ALUMNI OUTSTANDING AWARDS recognize academic excellence and leadership potential.
- 2nd Year: Alexandre Levashkevich
- 3rd Year: Madeline Yaw
- Senior Year: Zoe Zimmerman
ISABELLA KARLE MEMORIAL AWARD: The Department of Chemistry presents this award to a top graduating senior. It is named in honor of Dr. Isabella Karle, who earned her BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry at the U-M Chemistry. Among her contributions to science is her work on the Manhattan Project, where she developed techniques used for the extraction of plutonium chloride. She was also a pioneer in the field of X-ray crystallography. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and received the National Medal of Science among numerous honors. Awardee: Jeremy Tervo
WALTER YATES AWARD is one of the top honors given to recognize excellence and scholarly achievement by a senior undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major. Winner: Jenna Manske
HURON VALLEY SECTION ACS OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD: Austin Wang
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARDS
- Analytical Chemistry Award: Michaela Barber
- Inorganic Chemistry Award: Myles Lovasz
- Organic Chemistry Award: Anna Kang
- Physical Chemistry Award: Amos Nissley
SEYHAN N. EGE—WISE AWARD: Seyhan N. Ege was one of the founders of the University of Michigan’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program. Each year, the Program recognizes outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student from a group that is traditionally underrepresented in the chemical sciences. Madison Kent
MERCK INDEX AWARD TO OUTSTANDING SENIORS: Ryan Mcginnis
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTS AWARD: The American Institute of Chemists Awards are one of the top recognitions for our graduating seniors. The awards recognize student excellence in ability, character, and academic achievement. Biochemistry: Matthew Ward and Chemistry: Jin Yi Tan
VANKO AWARD: Two Chemistry students are recipients of the Vanko Award from the U-M Honors College: Sari Grossman and Matthew See
SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
We are pleased to offer these students an opportunity for research this summer despite restrictions on in-lab work, supported by these endowment funds listed below:
James E. Harris Scholarship
John Cousineau, Max Hrigora, Yung-Pei Ko, Chris Swendris, Morgan Young
Albert Hinsdale Memorial Endowment
Michaela Barber, Benjamin Herrera, Drew Tarnopol
William Smeaton Memorial Award
Alex Levashkevich
Margaret & Herman Sokol Award
Daniel Liu, Kyle Palka, Michael Petterson, Uthman Shukairy
May-Walt Summer Research Scholarship
Kyrillos Abdallah, Hannah Bartels, Briana Bowen, Taewon Chung, Shuri Francis, Carolyn Glasser, Hannah Palomino, Estefany Rocio, Avi Weigarten
Walter Yates Award
Paige Carpenter, Jonah Eisenberg, Kate Zablock
Graduate Student Awards 2020
ACS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Alexander Rand (Montgomery)
ALUMNI FUND OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
Nicole Olson (Ault)
ROBERT & CAROLYN BUZZARD GRADUATE CHEMISTRY STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Daniel Vallejo (Ruotolo)
FLORENCE FENWICK OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR AWARD
Prathemesh Datar (Marsh) and Julie Garlick (Mapp)
MILTON TAMRES OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARD
Evan Romero (Narayan)
Summer Research Support
GEORGE ASHWORTH ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY FELLOWSHIP
Daniel Vallejo (Ruotolo)
ROBERT W. PARRY AWARD FOR RESEARCH BY AN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY STUDENT
Sibin Wang (Narayan) and Corey White (Lehnert)
WAYNE & CAROL PLETCHER GRADUATE SUMMER FELLOWSHIP
Megan Connor (Shultz) and Josh Pyser (Narayan)
PETER A. S. SMITH ENDOWMENT AWARD FOR RESEARCH
Alistair Richardson (Schindler)
MARGARET & HERMAN SOKOL GRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Shiba Dandpat (Walter), Joshua Martin (Montgomery), Alan Rask (Zimmerman), Yujin Wu (Brooks)
PPG SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
John Andre (Chen), Michael Bellas (Matzger), Federica Ricci (Goodson),
Michael Wade Wolfe (Szymczak), Yichao Yan (Sanford)
Rackham Graduate School Awards
ONE TERM DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
Ryan Dodson (Matzger), Alan McLean (Kopelman), Weixuan Nie (McCrory), Nicole Olson (Ault)