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On April 17, 2024 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:

Dr. Amy M. Barrios

Professor in the Department of Medicinal, Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy, University of Utah

Undergraduate Awards


American Institute of Chemists Award :Nancy Sohlberg

Walter D. & Grace G. Bonner Memorial Awards: Leo Bloxham, Andrew Larkin, Rebecca McMurray, Adam Montgomery, Jessica Pike

Phillips Senior Scholars: Ty Demosthenes, Aric Potter, Jonah Simmons

Honors in Chemistry Awards: Austin Bender, Arnel Besic, Anneke Enquist, Julia Clista Galecki, Marina Gerton, Jack Hindley,

Travis Martinez,  Victoria Medvedeva, Eva Quintus-Bosz, CJ Craig Reid, Nancy Sohlberg

ACS Division Awards

Analytical – Austin Bender

Biological – Ty Demosthenes

Inorganic – Jamie Covington

Organic – Vincent Ngo

Physical – Victoria Chiou

The Ronald & Eileen Ragsdale

Undergraduate Endowment Scholarships: Emily Dalley (Reese Award), Wilder Dalton (Eyring Award), Derek Mansfield (Ragsdale Award), Vincent Ngo (Burdett Award)

Reuben Kronstadt Tuition Waiver: Taylor Hatch

Laya F. Kesner Awards: Uziel Gonzalez, Hakan Kariparduc, Ethan Klobutcher, Annie Thompson

Leon Watters Memorial Awards: Georgia Brach, Victoria Chiou, AJ Andrew Giles, Kevin Liebetrau, Abigail Mason, Mary Alice Parker, Maddox Riewald, Farah Sadat

Armantrout Memorial Award: Brekke Pattison

Ferdinand A. & Ruth Anderson Peterson Scholarships: Kesaia Akau & Jessica Dickinson

Melvin C. Cannon Scholarships: Katherine Osterstock & Sofia Perez

Gill Scholarship: Nyrvanah Crockett

Sugihara Scholarship: Alana Field

Undergraduate Research Scholarships: Audrey Burrows, Tilly Dillon, Gabriella Eyring, Kierra Forthman, Christopher Frederick, Alison Nopper

UROP Stem Spring Symposium Best Poster Award: Julia Clista Galecki, Alexandra Glatz, Jennifer Kim, CJ Craig Reid

Eastern Analytical Symposium Undergraduate Research Award: Aric Potter

Mack Thomas Rozelle Scholarships: Clarissa Goh, Derek Mansfield, Anna Page, Anika Tindall

Lloyd E. Malm Memorial Awards: Lademi Adepoju, Lexi Bohman, Harold Chen, Caleb Mason, Kalina Manova,

Taylor Melchior, Emily Norton, Katarina Prill, Annika Thorstensen, Anneke Van Regenmorter

W. H. Breckenridge Honors Scholarships: Hayden Spurgeon & Orion Xiao

Chem Unity Mentor Awards: Maddison Bailey & Frances Laurent

Resiliency Award: Clayton Brookfield

SACNAS Awards: Georgia Brach & Silvia Leon-Moreno

Kodak Educational Service Awards: Daylen Anzures, Kierra Forthman, Zera Gonzalez, Sakthivel Jayakumar, Logan Klar, Delaney Miller

Kodak TA of the Semester Awards: Daniel Barerra, Cole Clark, Rachel Hurrell

Kodak TA’S of the Year: Emma Hale & Johan Simmons

Graduate Awards


Cheves T. Walling Graduate Research Awards: Dakota Merriles

The Ronald & Eileen Ragsdale

Curie Club Graduate Research Award: Brittany Haas

William E. Jack Life Science Graduate Research Award: Karsten Eastman

Harris Graduate Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry: Anh Nguyen

Keck Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry: Marcus Mifflin

2024 Curie Club Outreach Award: Aria Ballance

Anthony W. Czarnik Curie Club Graduate Teaching Award: Kendahl Darschewski

Craig & Linda Lee Curie Club Graduate Teaching Award: Joshua Novak

Dow Chemical First-Year Awards: Ben Bloom, George Jijieshvili, Perry Martin

Faculty Awards


Robert W. Parry Teaching Award

Endowed by the Brady Foundation: Andrew Roberts

W.W. Epstein Outstanding Educator Award: Ryan DeLuca

National Science Foundation Early Career Award: Aaron Puri & Jessica Swanson

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award: Jessica Swanson

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship: Rodrigo Noriega

Simons Foundation Life Sciences Div. Early Career Investigator in

Aquatic Microbial Ecology & Evolution: Aaron Puri

American Society for Mass Spectroscopy Research Award: Gabe Nagy

U Graduate School (ORAU) Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement

Award: Connor Bischak

ACS Utah Award for Outstanding Chemist: Matthew Sigman

American Chemical Society Election to Fellow: Vahe Bandarian

U Environmental Health & Safety EHS Merit Award: Peter Armentrout

National Academy of Science Kalvi Frontiers of Science Fellow: Ming Hammond

Israel Jewish National Faculty Fellowship: Luisa Whittaker-Brooks

Staff Service Recognition


Campbell Staff Award: Joshua Nutter

Staff Service Recognitions

15 Years

Jiliane Brandol, Joshua Nutter, Holly Sebahar