LAYA F. KESNER AWARDS are funded annually by Rebecca Uhlig to honor the dedication to students she felt when taking General Chemistry Labs in our department, taught by Professor Laya Kesner, and are selected by the Chemistry Awards committee based on strong academic performance and service to the department by undergraduate students.
Award Winners from Previous Years
2009 – Erika Aoyama, Matthew Hess, Elisabeth Orth, Zinovii Abolnik, Brice Benson, Yimin Zhao
2010 – Alyssia Lambert, Chelsea Painter, Amy (Y a-Hsuan) Y eh
2011 – Chelsie Conrad, Michael Minson, Elizabeth Writtenborn
2012 – Sei Im Lee, Joshua Southwick
2013 – Julianne Hatt, Michael Larsen, Agnieszka Szarzec, Christopher Larios, V alerie Martin, Laura Wight
2014 – Samantha Crouch, Jenine Rogel, Sarah Stillman, Agnes Szarzec, Anika Wickes, Kristen Whiteford
2015 – Emily Kirkeby, Taylor Gemperline, Renee Santa Maria
2016 – Tanner Morris, Hakyung Y eo, Sang Oh
2017 – Jackson Bladen, Shirley Luo, Mackenzie Pavich, Aryana V adipour
2018 – Erin Johnson, Mckayla Pham, Hector Torres
2019 – Aisha Zuiter
2022 – Maxwell Austin, Gabrielle Desjardins, Catherine Petersen, Alison Wang
2023 – Andrew Larkin, Adam Montgomery, Olivia Schmitz
2024 – Uziel Gonzalez, Hakan Kariparduc, Ethan Klobutcher, Annie Thompson
2025 – Clarissa Goh, Derek Mansfield, Rune Walkingshaw