Awards and Recognition

2023 Awards

Award Name
Rock River ACS Introductory Chemistry Award Andres Hernandez, Ala’a Lawawani, Baraa Thanoon, and Dai Zheng
Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award – Honorable Mention Mohamed Ahmed, Leslie Gallegos, Christiana Guthrie, Jonathan Hulstedt, Parker McClure, and Isabella Righi
Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award Vrinda Brahmbhatt
Outstanding Sophomore Award Joseph Ott
Outstanding Junior Award Konur Kivisto
Undergraduate ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry Jacob Bojan
Undergraduate ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry Anthony Castaldo
Undergraduate ACS Award in Organic Chemistry Tatiyana Ostiguin
Undergraduate Award in Biochemistry Anthony Castaldo
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry Scholarship Fund Courtney Coleman
Chemistry Alumni Undergraduate Endowed Scholarship Emily Camposeo
American Institute of Chemists Award Thuwebat Adebayo
Outstanding Senior Award Emmett Rogman
Rock River ACS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Thuwebat Adebayo
NIU Chem Club Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Julia Hoffman
John, Lili La Tourette Student Research Award Rena Gonzalez
Zydowsky Research Fund Thuwebat Adebayo, Ryan Berg, Emily Camposeo, Peter Gungel, and Calvin Soldan
Van Acker-Duminy-Kovarik Endowed Scholarship Awardee TBA
Rosalie Reynolds Endowed Memorial Scholarship Abby Rivas
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean’s Award Julia Hoffman
Edwin Hyland Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry Calvin Soldan
NIU Chem Club Endowed Edwards-Hyland Award Jordan Rihel
Jon Carnahan Chemistry Scholarship Alexander Minasyan
Kevin Cull Memorial Endowed Teaching Awards Zane LaCasse, Tosha Laughlin
John D. Graham Endowed Scholarship Xinyi Liu
2023-24 Dissertation Completion Fellowship Lingzhe Fang
2022-23 Outstanding Graduate Student Award Michael Heene, Jacob Hood

2022-2023 Academic Year Graduates

Doctor of Philosophy

  • Prajkta Chivte
  • Emily Dalbey
  • Taiwo Esan
  • Andrew Feliciano
  • Siyuan Gao
  • Jacob Hood
  • Chaitanya Kondam
  • Tosha Laughlin
  • Niyati Patel
  • Alexander Pixler
  • Ishpriya Sharma

Master of Science

  • Kiruthika Arulmoly
  • Michael Heene
  • Myar Mohamed
  • Mark Taylor

Bachelor of Science

  • Thuwebat Adebayo
  • Alexander Buzenski
  • Anthony Castaldo
  • Ethan DeMeuse
  • Lucas Hill
  • Julia Hoffman
  • James Holmes
  • Andalwisye Horton
  • Sarah Johnson
  • Linh Nguyen
  • Santiago Olaya-Nino
  • Tatiyana Ostiguin
  • Abby Rivas
  • Emmett Rogman
  • Caroline Rosenquist
  • Brendan Storms
  • Halee Tyzska

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Faraday Hall, Room 319
DeKalb, IL  60115

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