Teaching Awards
Fifteen undergraduate students received awards for their outstanding contributions to the Department's teaching initiatives. These students showed exemplary commitment to their classmates and the educational purpose of chemistry by helping in advanced laboratories and mentoring first-year undergraduates.
PLTL Leader Awards:
Belle Endom, Chaelee Park, and Pat Wang, awards presented by Dr. Megan Daschbach and Dr. Matthew Kummer
PLTL Leader Awards:
Arnav Bhushan, Ashley Pancamo, and Asha Patel, awards presented by Donna Mabbs
Residential Peer Mentor Awards:
Amanda Zhu and Makenna Fluegel, awards presented by Dr. Matthew Kummer and Donna Mabbs
Chemistry Peer Mentor Award (Transition Program):
Sarah Neltner, award presented by Dr. Jia Luo and Uma Banerjee
Chemistry Lab Mentor Award:
Sophia Miller and Elena Sacchetti, award presented by Dr. Bryn Lutes
Organic Chemistry Assistant Award:
John Georgiades, award presented by Dr. Seth Applegate
Undergraduate Laboratory TA Award:
Eric Miao and Holly Lam, award presented by Dr. Bryn Lutes and Dr. Maria de la Cruz
Undergraduate TA Award: Emmy Morin, award presented by Dr. Megan Daschbach
Research Awards
The awards presented for chemistry research show the Department's dedication to undergraduate research. The students receiving these awards exhibited exceptional laboratory abilities, a strong work ethic, and flexibility, which enabled them to publish several papers and achieve other milestones in their research endeavors.
American Chemistry Society Outstanding Junior Award:
Steven Le, award presented by Dr. Tim Wencewicz
American Chemistry Society Organic Award:
Julian Liao, award presented by Dr. Vlad Birman
American Chemistry Society Inorganic Award:
Avital Isakov, award presented by Dr. Rob Wexler
American Chemistry Society Physical Award:
Miranda Wright, award presented by Dr. Rich Loomis
WashU Chemistry Department Analytical Award:
Jonathan Huynh, presented by Dr. Robert Kranz
Royal Society of Chemistry, Merck Index Award:
Amy Sterling and Allan Wang, awards presented by Dr. Meredith Jackrel
Gutsche Award (Organic Chemistry):
Sarah Olsen, award presented by Dr. Vlad Birman
L-R: Dr. Birman, Julian Liao (ACS Organic Awardee), Sarah Olsen (Gutsche Awardee), and Isaac Fuentes
Helmholz Award (Inorganic or Physical Chemistry):
Julie Lampert, award presented by Dr. Kade Head-Marsden
Lipkin Award (Organic or Bio-organic Chemistry):
Cynthia Chang, award presented by Dr. Meredith Jackrel
Wahl Award (Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Weissman Award):
Alexander Demeris, award presented by Dr. John Taylor
Weissman Award (Nuclear and Physical Chemistry):
Tingting Xu, award presented by Dr. Joe Fournier
Sowden Prize (Top senior): John Georgiades, award presented by Dr. Tim Wencewicz
Graduating students
Shria Bucha
Allison Burdi
Drew Cearlock
Cynthia Chang
Alexander Demeris
Elvin Ding
Abigail Dowell
Taylor Dworkin
John Georgiades
Isabelle Hannula
Nicholas Hatzis-Schoch
Alex Hinman
Richard Hong
Jonathan Huynh
Igor Kitanovski
Julie Lampert
Aiden Li
Julian Liao
Joshua Liu
Eric Mafla-Hernandez
Sophia Miller
Victoria Mochnacky
Allison Mulvehill
Sarah Olsen
Evan Polsky
Marissa Poole
Lilliana Rey
Zoe Siegel
Ken Lee
Kyler Squirrell
Amy Sterling
Christianna Swift
Allan Wang
John Wang
Kate Weathersby
Colin Willoughby
Miranda Wright
Tingting Xu
Natasha Zimmermann
