Graduate Student Award and Scholarship Recipients

Below is a list of all of our graduate student award and scholarship recipients. For more information on the scholarships, visit our Departmental Graduate Scholarships and Awards page.

Frank B. Dains Award

Pramodi Vithanage - 2024
Elizabeth Bartlett - 2023
Neiley Karns - 2022
Oluwadamilola Fateru - 2021
Patrick Connelly - 2020
Ian Freed - 2019
Michael Wrigley - 2018
Katie Cannon - 2017
Mary Maliszewski - 2016
Sasanka Ulapane - 2015
Martin Leon - 2014
Phillip Gingrich - 2013
Michael L. Hogard - 2012
Brent Lee - 2011
Rachael F. Lane - 2010
Domenick F. Leto - 2010
John J. Meyers, Jr. - 2009
Brad M. Neal - 2008
Amanda M. Glass - 2007
Melinda L. Toumi - 2006
Jeffery W. Fischer - 2005
James P. McParland - 2004
Elliott Shane Price - 2004
Kristin E. Price - 2004
Eric W. Crick- 2003
Stephan F. Deplazes - 2002
Stephen R. Sieck - 2002
Janelle L. Portscheller - 2001
Christopher E. Katz - 2000
Leilani L. Welbes - 2000
Jeffrey N. Hemenway - 1999
Joel D. Moore - 1999
Karen M. Padden - 1998
Douglas F. Holub - 1997
Annie Lee - 1996

H.P. Cady Award

Natalie Lind - 2024
Aleesa Chua - 2023
Davis Curry - 2022
Chad Vietz - 2021
Emily Mikeska - 2020
Joshua Sanders - 2019
Georgii Griaznov - 2019
Wade Henke - 2018
Zeke Piskulich - 2018
Galina Bulgakova - 2017
Pavel Yamanushkin - 2017
Kaitlyn Cartwright - 2016
Aaron Rudeen - 2015
Tal Aharon - 2015
Tyler Hageman - 2014
Trey Ronnebaum - 2013
Simon B. Lang - 2012
Andrew Riley - 2011
Domenick F. Leto - 2010
Cassandra L. Ward - 2010
Joseph E. Banning - 2009
Christina M. Edwards - 2009
Susanthi Jayasinghe - 2008
Bassam K. Alnasleh - 2007
Jason A. Knight - 2006
Saroja Kumari Weeratunga - 2006
Chamani Perera - 2005
Irine Saminathan - 2005
James P. McParland - 2004
Kristin E. Price - 2004
Sang-kil Son - 2004
Erin C. Burger - 2003
Alan Whitehead - 2002
Brian D. Slaughter - 2001
Andrew M. Harned - 2000
Laura H. Lucas - 2000
Jeffrey N. Hemenway - 1999
Jeremy T. Koch - 1999
Matthew D. McReynolds - 1999
Damon M. Osbourn - 1999
Jennifer L. Razak - 1998
Sarah A. Vickery - 1998
Jeff B. Botts - 1997
Xi Chu - 1996
Nalin Hathurusinghe - 1996
Tim Hubin - 1996
Garyk Papoian - 1995

Ray Q. Brewster Award

Caitlin McEntee - 2024
Joe Mandigo - 2023
Georgii Griaznov - 2022
Ashley Litton - 2021
Chelsea Comadoll - 2020
Jennifer Doolin - 2019
Jason Applegate - 2018
Alex Davies - 2017
Brittany DeWitt - 2016
Mason Hart - 2015
Andrew Spaeth - 2014
Christina Edwards - 2013
John J. Meyers, Jr. - 2012
Gregory J. Smith - 2012
Rachel Ruffie - 2011
Luke McCormick - 2011
David M. McGinnis - 2010
W. Matthew Sherrill - 2009
Thiwanka Samarakoon - 2008
Kathryn R. Rebecchi - 2007
Tiffany R. Maher - 2006
Joseph G. Nguyen - 2006
Shelli R. Mellegaard - 2005
Stephen R. Sieck - 2004
Joseph M. Vilian - 2003
Rachel S. Aga - 2002
Giridharan Gokulrangan - 2002
Donald A. Probst - 2002
Laura H. Lucas - 2001
Troy G. Bothwell - 2000
William H. Otto - 2000
Marc R. Anderson - 1999
Kevin J. Ruff - 1998
Cynthia M. Scheibe - 1997
David J. Weiss - 1997
Shawn L. Mansfield - 1996
Kathy Prater - 1996
Jinyand Hong - 1995

Steve & Susan Snyder Award

Nishama Mohotti - 2024
Naviya Schuster-Little - 2023
Kaihua Zhang - 2022
Emily Kurfman - 2022
Ankita Katiyar - 2020
Kaitie Cartwright - 2019
Kelci Schilly - 2018
Sonia Schöneich - 2017
Hiranya Mendis - 2016
Jennifer Totleben - 2015
Hiranya Mendis - 2015
H. M. Dulan B. Gunasekara - 2014
Sara Thomas - 2013
Alec W. Kirkeminde - 2012
Rachel Saylor - 2011
Christopher D. Thomas - 2008
Jimmie D. Weaver - 2008
Chamani Perera - 2007
Shelli R. Waetzig - 2006
Erin C. Burger - 2005
Olivia L. Mooren - 2004
Leilani L. Welbes - 2003
Sarah F. McDonald - 2002
Stacy D. Arnett - 2001
Michelle L. Kennedy - 2000
Jennifer L. Razak - 2000
Tiffany S. Derrick - 1999
M. Annie Lee - 1999
Susan L. Mason - 1999

The Wilson International Graduate Student Support Award

Formerly the Wilson Prize

Shreyaa Brahmachari - 2024
Prabhavie Opallage - 2024
Sachindra Gamage - 2023
Galina Bulgakova - 2022
Ankita Katiyar - 2021
Thilanga Pahattuge - 2020
Xin Zhou - 2019
Hiranya Mendis - 2018
Shamal Gunawardhana - 2017
Mi Mi Shin - 2016
Shehani Mendis - 2015

The Chemistry Scholar Award

Alex Meier - 2020
Joshua Shipman - 2019

J.K. Lee Award in Analytical Chemistry

Naviya Schuster-Little - 2024
Piyanka Hettiarachchi - 2023
Chase Stucky - 2022
Thilanga N. Pahattuge - 2021
Kelci Schilly - 2020
Shamal Gunawardhana - 2019
Thomas Field - 2018
Joseph Siegel - 2017
Kate Eshelman - 2016
Daniel Kim - 2015
Sarah Wildgen - 2014
H.M. Dulan B. Gunasekara - 2013
Daniel F. Clark - 2012
Heath Huckabay - 2011
Saroja K. Weeratunga - 2010
Philip W. Livanec - 2009
Nicholas E. Dickenson - 2008
Eric W. Crick - 2007
Olivia L. Mooren - 2006
Elizabeth S. Erickson - 2005
Stacy D. Arnett - 2003
Sarah A. Vickery - 2002
Karen M. Padden - 2001
Benjamin J. Cutak - 2000
Janaki Mahadevan - 2000
Christopher W. Hollars - 1999
Ann M. Dixon - 1998
Xi Chu - 1997
Timothy J. Hubin - 1997
Yan Wang - 1996
Gregory S. Harms - 1995

Kuwana Graduate Opportunity Fund

Tyler Hageman - 2017
Ryan Johnson - 2016
Thomas Field - 2015
Joseph Siegel - 2015
Rachel Saylor - 2014
Yunan Wang - 2014
H. M. Dulan B. Gunasekara - 2013
Rachel Saylor - 2013
David Scott - 2013
Zhikai Zhu - 2013
Michael L. Hogard - 2012
Daniel Clark - 2011
Grace Jepkorir - 2010

Ernest and Marvel Griswold Award in Inorganic Chemistry

Emily Mikeska - 2024
Riddhi Golwankar - 2023
Julie Leseburg - 2022
Amit Kumar - 2021
David Sconyers - 2020
Melissa Denler - 2019
Derek Rice - 2018
Jessica Lohrman - 2017
Hannah Colmer - 2016
Alec Kirkeminde - 2015
Domenick Leto - 2014
Andrew Spaeth - 2013
Brad M. Neal - 2012
Robert Geiger - 2011
Mary E. Krause - 2010

Frank B. Dains Award in Organic Chemistry

Ebbin Joseph - 2023
Alex Meier - 2022
Pavel Yamanushkin - 2021
Patrick Connelly - 2020
Vladimir Maslivetc - 2019
XinYun Liu - 2018
Andrew Edwards - 2017
Jana Markley - 2016
Andrew P. Riley - 2015
Yamuna Ariyarathna - 2014
Soma Maitra - 2014
Sandeep Raikar - 2013
Joseph E. Banning - 2012
Alex Grenning - 2011
Christopher D. Thomas - 2010
W. Matthew Sherrill - 2009
Joshua D. Waetzig - 2008
Shelli R. Waetzig - 2007
Erin C. Burger - 2006
Abraham L. Yousef - 2005
Andrew M. Harned - 2004
Matthew D. McReynolds - 2003
Joel D. Moore - 2002

Paul and Helen Gilles Award in Physical Chemistry

Ashley Borkowski - 2023
Ty Balduf - 2022
Seth Martin - 2021
Zeke Piskulich - 2020
Amy Jystad - 2019
Christopher Otolski - 2018
Hiranya Mendis - 2017
Oluwaseun Mesele - 2016
Amanda Houk - 2015
Hossein Zolfaghari Jooya - 2014
Cassandra Ward - 2013
Anthony Vartia - 2011
Matthew S. DeVore - 2010
Pablo Palafox-Hernandez - 2009
Katie R. Mitchell-Koch - 2007
Sang-Kil Son - 2006
Jay R. Unruh - 2005
Brian D. Slaughter - 2004
Kenneth D. Osborn - 2003
Yao Houndonougbo - 2002
Rachel S. Aga - 2001
Janaki Mahadevan - 2001
Jess B. Sturgeon - 2000
Xi Chu - 1999
Katherine E. Prater - 1998
Scott D. Bembenek - 1997
D. Philip Colombo, Jr. - 1996
Gouri S. Jas - 1995

Higuchi Doctoral Progress Award

Miyuru De Silva - 2024
Priya Singh - 2023
Wade Henke - 2022
Zeke A. Piskulich - 2021
Amy Jystad - 2020
Tyler Hageman - 2019
Allyssa Massie - 2018
Oluwaseun Mesele - 2017
Simon B. Lang - 2016
Gayan Wijeratne - 2015
Zhikai Zhu- 2014
Tom Linz - 2013
Alexander J. Grenning - 2012
Mary Krause - 2011
Jimmie D. Weaver - 2010
Sang-Kil Son - 2009
Katie R. Mitchell-Koch - 2008
Kenneth F. Stensrud - 2008
Erin C. Burger - 2007
Alan Whitehead - 2006
Yuhong Zeng - 2005
Abraham L. Youef - 2004
Andrew M. Harned - 2003
Laura H. Lucas - 2003
Damon M. Osbourn - 2002
William H. Otto - 2001
Peter G. Conrad, II - 2000
Chad E. Talley - 2000
Ann M. Dixon - 1999
Dahui Liu - 1998
Jutta Wanner - 1998
Kandiah Anandarajah - 1997
Maria Buchalova - 1996
Jingyan Wang - 1995

Bijan & Mary (Taylor) Amini Scholarship

Miyuru De Silva - 2023
Sachindra Gamage - 2022
Ty Balduf - 2021
Alex Davies - 2020
Amit Kumar - 2019
Ty Balduf - 2019

Ralph E. and Esther Weik Badgley Scholarship

Uditha Athapattu - 2021
Kristen Burns - 2020
Harshani Nayomi Kumari Wijerathne - 2019
Ashley Litton - 2018
Jessica Lohrman - 2016
Sarah Wildgen - 2015
Amanda Houk - 2014 -- graduate
Kobra Nasiri Avanaki - 2013 -- graduate
Rachel A. Saylor - 2012 -- graduate
Brittney Ridl - 2011 -- graduate
Christina M. Edwards - 2010 -- graduate
Megen A. Culpepper - 2009 -- graduate
Brittany R. Love - 2008 -- undergraduate
Chamani Perera - 2008 -- graduate
Megan Fowler - 2007 -- undergraduate
Heidi J. Holovics - 2007 -- graduate
Tiffany R. Maher - 2006 -- graduate
Olivia L. Mooren - 2005 -- graduate

Richard & Sue Givens Scholarship

Rafael Diaz Hernandez - 2024
Deshkanwar Brar - 2023
Dimuthu Vithanage - 2022
Shrikant Londhe - 2021
Viena U. Thomas - 2019

Takeru & Aya Higuchi Scholarship in Physical Chemistry

Hasini Siyambalangamuwe - 2024
Hasini Senanayake - 2023
Kristen Burns - 2022
Geogii Griaznov - 2020
Zeke Piskulich - 2021
Seth Martin - 2019
Jennifer Doolin - 2018
Jennifer Totleben - 2017
Isaak Nathan Daniels - 2016
Oluwaseun Mesele - 2015
Jesse Kern - 2014
Hossein Zolfaghari Jooya - 2013
Christina M. Edwards - 2012
Matthew DeVore - 2011
Anthony A. Vartia - 2010

Reynold T. Iwamoto Scholarship

Nishama Mohotti - 2023
Riddhi Golwankar - 2022
Sachindra Gamage - 2021
Xavier Ortiz - 2020
Ankita Katiyar - 2019
Kaitie Cartwright - 2018
Chamalee Gamage - 2017
XinYun Liu - 2016
Saqib Faisal - 2015
Oluwaseun Mesele - 2014
Joanna Loh - 2013
Sarah Wildgen - 2013
Amanda M. Glass - 2012
Rachael Lane - 2011
Kevin P. Armendariz - 2010
Antonio Recio III - 2009
W. Matthew Sherrill - 2008
Kristin E. Price - 2007
Kristin L. Wo - 2007
Katie R. Mitchell-Koch - 2006
Shelli R. Mellegaard - 2005
Alan Whitehead - 2005
Thomas Holovics - 2004
Kimberly D. Bratton - 2003
Elizabeth S. Erickson - 2003
Samadhi N. Vitharana - 2002
Laurie A. Cardoza - 2001
Xi Chu - 2000
Karen M. Padden - 1999
Tiffany S. Derrick - 1998
Jaclyn L. Ganacias - 1997
Karina Kwok - 1996
Wenying Chai - 1996
Sandra L. Rogers Barnes - 1995
Sheila Rogers - 1995

Charles and Beatrice Kulier Scholarship

Shaun Kelsey - 2024
Sam Brunclik - 2024
Emily Kurfman - 2023
Hibah Ullah - 2021
Prabhavie Opallage - 2021
Nishama Mohotti - 2021
Emily Kurfman - 2021
Miyuru De Silva - 2021
Hasini Senanayake - 2020
Joseph Karnes - 2020
Chase Stucky - 2019
Wade Henke - 2019
Alex Meier - 2019
Gihan Dissanayake - 2018
Vladimir Maslivetc - 2018
Chamalee Gamage - 2018
Sasanka Ulapane - 2018
Jason Applegate - 2017
Andrew Edwards - 2016
Theresa M. Locascio - 2015
Andrew Edwards - 2014
Theresa Locascio - 2014
Sam Kaplan - 2013
Zhikai Zhu - 2013
Sarah M. Wildgen - 2012
Sandeep N. Raikar - 2012
Kyu Ok Jeon - 2012
H.M. Dulan B. Gunasekara - 2011
Theodore R. Keppel - 2010

Burton & Cheryle MacKenzie Scholarship

Shreyaa Brahmachari - 2024
Neiley Karns - 2024
Joe Mandigo - 2024
Chris Johnson - 2024
Alex Ervin - 2024
Ian Freed - 2023
Hanna Nguyen - 2023
Maximillian Chibuike - 2023
Chien-Wei Wang - 2023
Indika Warnakula - 2023
Priya Singh - 2022
Hasini Senanayake - 2022
Chathurika Rathnayaka - 2022
Ebbin Joseph - 2022
Abraham Opalade - 2021
Galina Bulgakova - 2021
Dhanushka Weerasekara - 2021
Alex Davies - 2021
Xin Zhou - 2020
Sasanka Ulapane - 2019
Yang Yang - 2019
Majula B. Wijesinghe - 2019

Kenneth L. and Gertrude Irene Marsi Scholarship

Markell Lomax - 2024
Joseph Mandigo - 2023
Nishama Mohotti - 2023
Jacob Theismann - 2022
Taylor Parsons - 2022
James Martinez - 2022
Miyuru De Silva - 2022
Rashmi Binjawadagi - 2022
Miyuru De Silva - 2021
Julie (Hopkins) Leseberg - 2021
Nishama Mohotti - 2021
Prabhavie Opallage - 2021
Viena Thomas - 2021
Angelika Trujillo - 2017
Amy Jystad - 2017
Nathan Erickson - 2016
Nathan R. Erickson - 2015
Trey Ronnebaum - 2014
Daniel Kim - 2013
Cassandra L. Ward - 2012
Cassandra Ward - 2011
Robert A. Geiger - 2010

Cornelius McCollum Research Scholarship

Markell Lomax - 2024
Alec Lininger - 2024
Emmanuel Forson - 2024
Fynn Cooper - 2024
Deshkanwar Brar - 2024
Taylor Parsons - 2023
Katie White - 2023
Alex Ervin - 2023
Fynn Cooper - 2023
Dhanushka Weerasekara - 2022
Prasenjit Srivastava - 2022
Ebbin Joseph - 2021
Ian Freed - 2021
Ashley Borkowski - 2021
Hasini Senanayake - 2021
Dimuthu Vithanage - 2020
Pavel Yamanushkin - 2019
Zeke A. Piskulich - 2019
Nilan J.B. Kamthewatta - 2019
Katie Cannon - 2018
Kiersten Garcia - 2018
Ankita Katiyar - 2018
Seth Martin - 2018
Chase Stucky - 2018
Kaitie Cartwright - 2017
Yun Peng - 2017
Matthew Barclay - 2017
Nilan Kamathewatta - 2017
Christopher Otolski - 2017
Joshua Shipman - 2016
Mathew Barclay - 2016
Xin Zhou - 2016
Sijin Ren - 2016
Jason Applegate - 2016
Andrew Edwards - 2015
Benjamin Haugeberg - 2015
Trey Ronnebaum - 2015
Jason C. Applegate - 2015
Simon B. Lang - 2015
Mohammed Al-Naqshabandi - 2014
Thomas Johnson - 2014
Daniel Kim - 2014
Simon Lang - 2014
Joanna Loh - 2014
Alec Kirkeminde - 2013
Kevin P. Armendariz - 2012
Thomas H. Linz - 2012
Andrew D. Spaeth - 2012
H.M. Dulan B. Gunasekara - 2012
Joseph E. Banning - 2011
Kevin Armendariz - 2011
Tom Linz - 2011
Joseph E. Banning - 2010
Megan K. Dorris - 2010
Heath A. Huckabay - 2010
Antonio Recio III - 2010
Daniel F. Clark - 2009
Matthew S. DeVore - 2009
Kyu Ok Jeon - 2009
Jimmie D. Weaver - 2009
John C. Hershberger - 2008
Kristin E. Price - 2008
Sang-Kil Son - 2008
Chao Wang - 2008
Jenny L. Divis - 2007
Janet W. Irungu - 2007
Linda J. Steele - 2007
James P. McParland - 2006
Trenton H. Parsell - 2006
Chao Wang - 2006
Joshua D. Waetzig - 2005
Chad D. Hopkins - 2005
Bridget A. Becker - 2004
Elizabeth S. Erickson - 2004
Shelli R. Mellegaard - 2004
Thomas C. Holovics - 2003
Peter L. Larsen - 2003
Sarah F. McDonald - 2003
Janelle L. Portscheller - 2003
Jay R. Unruh - 2003
Alan Whitehead - 2003

Elmer McCollum Research Scholarship

Lindsey Penland - 2024
Davis Curry - 2023
Alex Meier - 2021
Nathan Erickson - 2019

Thomas A. Milne Scholarship

Madeline Isom - 2023
Julie Leseburg - 2021
Liz Grotemeyer - 2020
Ashley Litton - 2019
Charuni Amarasekara - 2018
XinYun LIu - 2017
Allyssa Massie - 2016
Jana Markley - 2015
Kobra Nasiri Avanaki - 2014
Soma Maitra - 2013
Mimi Shin - 2013
Yunan Wang - 2012
Kobra Nasiri Avanaki - 2012
Christina Edwards - 2011
DeAnna M. Travis - 2010

Adrienne Hiscox Mitchell Scholarship

Shreyaa Brahmachari - 2023
Neiley Karns - 2023
Oluwadamilola Fateru - 2023
Jenna Williams - 2023
Jenna Williams - 2022
Prabhavie Opallage - 2022
Sayuri Niyangoda - 2022
Chathurika Rathnayaka - 2021
Kaihua Zhang - 2021
Chelsea Comadoll - 2021
Ashley Borkowski - 2020
Julie Hopkins - 2019
Emily Kurfman - 2018
Rachel Clare Gehringer Ginther - 2017
Kelci Schilly - 2016
Yunan Wang - 2015
Cassandra Ward - 2014
Jana Markley - 2013
Joanna K. Loh - 2012
Jenna Wasylenko - 2011
Jana Markley - 2011
Andrea N. Ortiz - 2010
Tiffany R. Maher - 2008
Ying Zhang - 2007
Mary L. Bandu - 2006

Kristina May Paquette Scholarship

Chien-Wei Wang - 2024
Patrick Connelly - 2023
Elizabeth Grotemeyer - 2021
Kristen Burns - 2021
Seth Martin - 2020
Wade Henke - 2020
Jason C. Applegate - 2019
Christopher J. Otolski - 2019

H.P. Cady Graduate Scholarship

Kenneth F. Stensrud - 2006

Glen & Karen Cox Chemistry Scholars

Sayuri Niyangoda - 2024
Eliza Hanson - 2024
Prasenjit Srivastava - 2023
Elizabeth Grotemeyer - 2022

Luther & Eleanore Hall Student Support

Ian Freed - 2023
Ashley Borkowski - 2022

Drs. Walter & Roy Cross Memorial Fund

Davis Curry - 2024
Madeline Isom - 2024
Matthew Zupan - 2023
Emily Mikeska - 2023
Piyanka Hettiarachchi - 2022
Indika Warnakula - 2022

Women in Chemistry Opportunity Award

Emily Kurfman - 2024
Prabhavie Opallage - 2023
Kristen Burns - 2022

Robert & Emily Williams Community Service Award

Kasun Wekasinghe - 2023

Let Us Never Forget Scholarship

Rachel Lane - 2011

The Self Fellowship Award

Shaun Kelsey - 2019
David Maldonado - 2019
Sarah Wildgen - 2011
Jenna Wasylenko - 2011

Lindau Meeting in Germany Awardee

Kevin Armendariz - 2011