2021-Present Undergraduate Awards

2025

Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry
General Chemistry (CEM151) : Gloria Chou
Honors Chemistry (CEM181H): Liam Clark
Organic Chemistry (CEM351): Jay Young
Physical Chemistry (CEM483): Matt Ochoa
Analytical Chemistry (CEM434): Damiano Palladino
Inorganic Chemistry (CEM411): Matt Ochoa

Thomas Alan Deline Endowed Scholarship
Libby Ashby (Wilson Group)
Sebastian Casimiro-NunezS (Huang Group)
Brooklyn Maddox (Maleczka Group)
Jesse Sandhu (Dantus Group)
Megan Shuck (Lee Group)
Melanie Valtadoros (Borhan Group)
Doyoung Wang (Haral Group)

John Wettaw Chemistry Scholarship
Matthew Ochoa (Borhan Group)
Joe Thenikl (Gair Group)

Herbert T. Graham Scholarship
Taryn Fuller
Hengyue Liu
Andrea Weisenberger

Hershel Goren UG Chemistry Scholarship
Gabriel Almeida
Kristen D’Anna
Molly Gaugler
Aswath Karai
Stuart Lunn
Aaron Romzek
Jesse Sandhu
Doyoung Wang

Bradford-Adams Endowed Scholarship
Molly Bartoszek
Nathan Cohee
Pasadena Harris
Katherine Ernst
Sydney Mann
Gilbert Page
Mykalyn Peguese
Matthew Spate
Samantha White

Marjorie Lesher Hunt Chemistry Scholarship
Aston Guo
Emma Kuble

William E. Marklewitz UG Scholarship in Chemistry
Tatum Beckemeyer
Lucy Campbell
Kyle Carroll
Antwan Hart
Katelyn Le Vi Le
Anna Wroblewski

Walter R. and Margaret W Yates Memorial Scholarship

Seniors

Abdulrahman Alsanad
Francesca Baldini
Mehak Banga
Zoe Bailey
Emerson Cywinski
Emma Erdmann
Catherin Galazin
Miles Grant Elizabeth
Heidarisafa Serena Hiner
Grace Hoglund
Alexia Howard
Jackson Keegstra
Roarke Kemp
Brooklyn Maddox
Jessica Norwood
Matthew Ochoa
Marianna Rimanelli
Poovapat Theamjanya
Melanie Valtadoros
Zachary Weers

Juniors

Alex Beltz
Emma Caldwell
Sebastian Casimiro-Nunez
Jacob Dembski
Riccardo Giacomelli
Faith Goodman
Hannah Kern
James Kiomento
Youngbin Ko
Aaron Norton
Adam Ormstead
Vito Pizzo
Francesca Williams

2024-2025 Chemistry Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

Muhammad Akter Hossain
Angela Asor
Alexa Bajouwa
Courtney Bingham
Jesse Cantrell
Debkumar Debnath
Caitlin Ewald
Abigail Gamble
Bahareh Ghaffari
Mitchell Maday
Sodiq Nafiu
Ajay Sah
Veeda Scammahorn
William Shirley
Deepak Swain
Shahzaib Tariq
Jiaojiao Wang
Isaac Willis

Outstanding Undergraduate Learning Assistant Awards
Juliana Banotai
Godfred Osei-Agyei

2025 Yates Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Majors
Bachelor of Science – Chemistry, Damiano Palladino, Joe Thenikl
Bachelor of Science – Chemical Physics, Jacob Daniels
Bachelor of Arts – Chemistry, Rylee Warner

2025 ACS-Yates Outstanding Graduating Student in Chemical Sciences
Damiano Palladino

MSU ACS Division Awards

2025 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry
Megan Shuck
2025 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
Kelsey Neill
2025 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
Joe Thenikl
2025 ACS Division of Physical Chemistry
Libby Ashby

2024

ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry
General Chemistry (CEM151) : Prince Arwan
Benjamin Nketsiah Honors Chemistry (CEM181H): Alphan Alpaydin
Organic Chemistry (CEM351): Kyle Moran
Physical Chemistry (CEM483): Evan Claude
Analytical Chemistry (CEM434): Isaac Miller
Inorganic Chemistry (CEM411): Joe Thenikl

Thomas Alan Deline Endowed Scholarship
Jenna Leppek
Caden McQueen
Joe Thenikl
Taryn Fuller

John Wettaw Chemistry Scholarship
Megan Shuck
Damiano Palladino

Herbert T. Graham Scholarship
Libby Ashby
Collin Sauter
Rylee Warner

Hershel Goren UG Chemistry Scholarship
Megan Shuck
Melanie Valtadoros
Mattew Ochoa

Bradford-Adams Endowed Scholarship
Taryn Fuller
Pasadena Harris
Jacob Daniels
Andrea Weisenberger

Marjorie Lesher Hunt Chemistry Scholarship
Linsey Momrik

William E. Marklewitz UG Scholarship in Chemistry
Sydney Mann
Vito Pizzo
Nathan Cohee
Alexa Beltz

Walter R. and Margaret W Yates Memorial Scholarship

Seniors
Damiano Palladino
Jake Lathrop
Miles Grant
Samantha White
Maryn Zwier
Alexia Howard
Morgan Schmidt
Justin Hall
Haejun Lee
Grace Hoglund

Juniors
Linsey Momrik
Stuart Lunn
Jesse Sandhu
Gabriel Almeida
James Kiomento
Poovapat Theamjanya
Kori Sellers
Emma Erdmann
Zoe Bailey
Emerson Cywinski
Conner Hall
Gabrielle Krzysiak
Paige Ackerman
John Reinoso
Gauge Lambeth
Francesca Baldini
Marianna Rimanelli
Drew Wyatt
Catherine Galazin
Jake Doohan
Scott Andrews
Zaria Pitts
Kate Norris
Alexandra Chen
Maggie Hendricks
Molly Sweeney

2024 ACS/Yates Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Majors

Bachelor of Science – Chemistry
Shawn Sandhu, Joey Kawauchi

Bachelor of Arts – Chemistry
Connor MacMahon, Claire Ciantar

MSU ACS Division Awards

2023 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry
Jenna Lappek

2023 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
Anna Kenny

2023 ACS Division of Physical Chemistry
Shawn Sandhu

2023

Ryan DePree

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry General Chemistry

Eli Wang

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry Honors Chemistry

Matthew Ochoa

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry Organic Chemistry

Isaac Miller

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry Physical Chemistry

Josh Sternberg

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry Analytical Chemistry

2023 Josh Sternberg

ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry

Cox, Alaina

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Majors Bachelor of Science – Chemistry

Katherine Kloosterman

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Majors Bachelor of Arts – Chemistry

Tak Barstow

2023 ACS/Yates Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Majors Bachelor of Science – Chemical Physics

Tilly Duffy

2023 MSU ACS Division of Organic Chemistry

Shawn Sandhu

2023 MSU ACS Division of Physical Chemistry

Alexandra Korabiewski

2023 MSU ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry

Megan Shuck