2025 Student Excellence Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 Student Award winners.
The College of Science is pleased to recognize the following students for their achievements and accolades in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Dean's Award Winners
Dean Cody W. Edwards awards these extraordinary students for their academic excellence and their achievements in and beyond the classroom.
Dean’s Undergraduate Student Award: Excellence in Academics or Research
Nicholas Lear
Dean’s Graduate Student Award: Excellence in Research
Brandi Williams
Dean’s Graduate Student Award: Excellence in Teaching
Frank Pryor
Dean’s Student Award: Excellence in Service
Eric Youngsam Kim
Dean’s Student Award: Excellence in Access, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Engagement
Sergey Patsuk
Graduate Awards
Department of Biology
Outstanding Biology Graduate Student Teacher Award
Derek Andersen
Becca Evey
Thomas Finley
Riley Moreau
Yasmin Rahmani
Innovative Teaching Award
Anastasia Williams
Shawn Smith
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Master’s Degree Student Award
Majed Shabsigh
Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Doctoral Student Award
Zachary Messegee
Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Outstanding Computational Science and Informatics Dissertation Award
Jericho McLeod
Outstanding Computational Social Science Dissertation Award
Clark Petri
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Catherine Z. and Richard J. Becker Graduate Fellowship Award
Daya Hall-Stratton
Zachary Combs
Colin Chadduck
Drew Arbogast
Graduate Research Assistantship and Ann C. Powel Endowed Memorial Fund
Jose Meneses
Lee and Marty Talbot Foreign Student Endowed Scholarship
Oluwaseyi Mary Evans-Adeluka
Forensic Science Program
Faculty Award
Katherine Flick
Bhavana Potluri
Achievement Award
Hannah Capra
Nicholas Iyde
Service Award
Melanie Finch
Guienever Hayden
Nickolyn Jackson
Erin Shaffrey
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Outstanding Graduate Certificate Student
Kyle Johnson
Outstanding Master’s Degree Student
Ulas Qazi
Outstanding Doctoral Student
Zifu Wang
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Standard Concentration
William Matzko
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Engineering Physics Concentration
Facundo Airaudo
Undergraduate Awards
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences
Outstanding Student in Atmospheric Sciences (Meteorology Option)
Hanna Tucker
Outstanding Student in Atmospheric Sciences (Computational Atmospheric Sciences Option)
Rachel Davis
Department of Biology
Biology Honors Award
Tom Freschi
Ema Tahmazi
Faculty Award
Eatha Taylor Lynch
Haley Pak
Nicole Sanchez
Research Semester Award
Kathryn Orlosky
Elizabeth Replogle
Rockwood Pre-Health Award
Arsha Barzgar (Dental)
Deepinder Kaur (Pharmacy)
Azada Samadi Naderi (DO)
Nicol Safatli (Pharmacy)
Senior Award
Destinee Biyoudi-Monthe
Lauren N. Distad
Ikraam Mahamed
Writing Across the Curriculum Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Writing in Biology
Leah Pistone
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
American Chemical Society of Washington Senior Award
Amanda McGrath
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry
Quinn Griffin
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Achievement in Organic Chemistry
TBD
Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Performance
Sunbin Kim
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Outstanding Student in Conservation
Jessica Winey
Outstanding Student in Ecological Science
Dylan Raney
Outstanding Student in Human and Ecosystem Response to Climate Change
Julia Frost
Outstanding Student in Marine, Estuarine, and Freshwater Ecology
Emma McDonald
Outstanding Student in Wildlife
Chloe Fowler
Forensic Science Program
Faculty Award
Chhivhun Chan
Alexandra Tyler
Achievement Award
Morgan Altizer
Mireia Merenciano Garcia
Shayla Tran
Ethan Quiambao
Service Award
Diana Marin
Danica Spencer
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Outstanding Undergraduate Student (BA)
Logan Parsons
Outstanding Undergraduate Student (BS)
Rebekah Wehner
Outstanding Service Award
Claudia Belk
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Owen Hughes
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Neuroscience
Carolyn Soltani
Daniel Yusefi
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Amer Beslagic Award
Jessica Chan
Genevieve G. Feinstein Award in Cryptography
William Carey
Klaus Fischer Academic Achievement in Mathematics Award
Liam Kelz
Mary K. Cabell Award to Outstanding Mathematics Student
Nick Lear
Mary Nelson Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jasmine Riddick
Mary Nelson Award for Excellence in Community Outreach
John Hargis
Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Award for Outstanding Research
Aiden Roger
Anthony Vu
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Outstanding Graduating Senior
Dawn Pierce
Avin Seneviratne
Outstanding Learning Assistant Award
Tim Cosgrove
Sara Gallo Suarez
