2022 Student Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2022 Student Award winners.
The College of Science is pleased to recognize the following students for their achievements and accolades for the Spring 2022 semester.
Dean's Award Winners
Dean Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm awards these extraordinary students for their academic excellence and their achievements in and beyond the classroom.
Graduate Student Awards
Dean’s Graduate Award of Excellence in Research
Qian Liu, Geography and Geoinformation Science
Dean’s Graduate Award of Excellence in Teaching
Jude Baswari, Forensic Science Program
Dean’s Student Award: Excellence in Service
Aleyah Dawkins, Mathematical Science
Undergraduate Student Awards
Dean’s Undergraduate Student Award: Excellence in Academics and Research
Michael Reefe, Physics and Astronomy
Graduate Student Awards
Department of Biology
Elaine Joyce Outstanding Biology Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award
Michelle Devlin
Shawn Smith
Ben Stablow
Innovative Teaching Award
Alex Di Giovanni
Stephanie Kortchak
Jordan Sims
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Masters Graduate Student Research Award
Eric C. Arkfeld
Doctoral Graduate Student Research Award
Callista M. Skaggs
Graduate Student Teaching Award in General Chemistry
Callista M. Skaggs
Mariia Ivanchenko
Graduate Student Teaching Award in Organic Chemistry
Dani Harrison
Graduate Student Service Award
Nia Pollard
Carissa Hunter
Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Outstanding graduate student
Na Jiang
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Best Doctoral Dissertation Award
Layne Bolen
Greatest Impact Award
Vera Solovyeva
Best MS Thesis Award
Samantha Mohney
Forensic Science Program
Faculty Award
Jude Basrawi
Taryn Firth
Achievement Award
Jacqueline Horton
Paige Riley
Service Award
Megan Morales
De Lara Taylor
Kristin Zillmann
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Outstanding Graduate Certificate Student
Sarah Mehaffey
Outstanding Master’s Student
Cora Stern
Outstanding PhD Student
Li Lin
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Clarke Family Award for Excellence in Analysis, Algebra, or Topology
Deanna Easley
Cigole Thomas
T.C. Lim Graduate Award for Excellence in Teaching
Aleyah Dawkins
Martha Hartt
Jackson Williams
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Outstanding Physics PhD Dissertation
Ryan Pfeifle
Outstanding Physics and Astronomy Graduate Teaching Assistant
Kevin Collins
Nishchal Thapa Magar
Outstanding Master’s Graduate
Ashton C. Brown
School of Systems Biology
Best Master's Thesis
Anastasia Williams (BIOL)
Best Doctorate of Philosophy Dissertation
John Hamre (BCB)
School of Systems Biology Impact Award (PhD Student)
Adeyemi Olanrewaju (BIOS)
Yuriy Kim (BIOS)
School of Systems Biology Impact Award (MS Student)
Graham Matulis (BIOL)
Graduate Student Outreach Award
Zachary Cuba (BIOL)
School of Systems Biology Award in Data Analysis (MS or PhD Student)
Pooja Khatkar (BCB)
Navachat Tongvichit Bioinformatics Memorial Fellowship
Steven Bowers (BCB)
Undergraduate Awards
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences
Certificate of Achievement in Computational Atmospheric Sciences
Ruby Nguyen
Certificate of Achievement in Meteorology
Ruby Nguyen
Department of Biology
Honors in Biology
Einas Abu El Hawa
Solman Chehayeb
Julia Hakeem
Thomas Hutchinson
Taharah Islam
Kaci Jose
Jackson Kair
Sydney Nixon
Maria Severa Pangelinan
Taylor Scott
Natalie Vandernoot
Biology Writing Award
Zainab Qazlbash
Faculty Award
Misk Al Ameen
Jacquelyn Batchelor
Jackson Kair
Garrett Rich
Fall Award
Sydney Nixon
Louise Singer
Research Semester Award
Archi Sehgal
Hasti Zendehdel
Rockwood Pre-health Award
Meryam Amer
Heather Andes
Sean Diment
Aparna Nanduru
Noor Veer Singh
Marion Lobstein Award
Trent Grasso
Melissa Stanley Medical Laboratory Science Award
Shammelah Silveron
Senior Award
Thomas Hutchinson
Dana Moskowitz
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
General Chemistry Achievement Award
Naomi Alemayehu
Feinstein Award in General Chemistry
Amanda McGrath
American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Award
Annieka M. Reno
C.R. Walter Award in Organic Chemistry
Nicolas Alt
Meites-American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry
Ian Lee Teng
Holly Chen Biophysical Chemistry Award
Ralston Smith
American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Award
Alison Carroll
American Chemical Society Senior Chemistry Award
Keith T. Clark
Leadership in Chemistry Scholarship
Annie McAllister
Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Outstanding undergraduate student
Gowri Prathap
Highest undergraduate GPA
Gowri Prathap
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Outstanding Student in Conservation
Sam Arnone
Sean Engle
Outstanding Student in Ecological Science
Grace Loonam
Grace Moody
Outstanding Student in Environmental Health
Ryan Tetreault
Outstanding Student in Human and Ecosystem Response to Climate Change Concentration
Luke Cannon
Matt Collins
Outstanding Student in Marine, Estuarine, and Freshwater Ecology
Riley Robinson
Outstanding Student in Wildlife
Sydney Jackson
Faith Kruger
Forensic Science Program
Achievement Award
Madalyn Bowers
Kristen Davis
Service Award
Nicole Brown
Rebekah Eisenfeld
Curtis Mack
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Outstanding Undergraduate Student (BA)
Katherine Rocchio
Outstanding Undergraduate Student (BS)
Emma Von Hoene
Highest Undergraduate GPA
William Siepmann
Outstanding Service Award
Emma Von Hoene
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Outstanding Neuroscience Researcher Award
Jaqueline Escobar
Estiphanos Wodajo
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Neuroscience Award
Sohale Hessavi
Zahid Khan
Parsa Nadali
Neuroscience Faculty Choice Award
Nazaria Burke
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Klaus Fischer Award for Academic Achievement in Mathematics
George Andrews
Jolypich Pek
Mary K. Cabell Award to the Outstanding Mathematics Student
Zachary Richey
Genevieve G. Feinstein Award in Cryptography
Brandon Barreto-Rosa
Amer Beslagic Award
Ryan Nguyen
Mary Nelson Award for Excellence in Teaching
Merold Saffa
Mary Nelson Award for Excellence in Community Outreach
Aidan Donahue
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Outstanding Graduating Senior
Michael Reefe
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
Darwin Quiroz
Michael Reefe
School of Systems Biology
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholar
Zainab Qazalbash
