Celebrating Students, Faculty and Staff 2023 Chemistry Awards Ceremony
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






