Congratulations to all 2020 Undergraduate Chemistry Awards and Scholarships Recipients
2020 ACS/Yates Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Major at Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science
Lexi Langtry
Hometown: Macomb, MI
Plans following graduation: Associate Chemist at Oakwood Labs, Cleveland, OH
Lexi served as an undergraduate learning assistant for Calculus II in Lyman Briggs
College and membership chair for the Making a Memory student service organization
while at MSU. She is an Honors College graduate and recipient of the Spring 2020 Board
of Trustees Award.
"Lastly, I would be remiss not to thank all of the incredible professors and graduate
assistants within the Department of Chemistry that have nurtured my development from
a nervous freshman to a confident senior. Go green!"
Natasha Perry
Hometown: Mason, MI
Plans following graduation: Graduate Student in Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Natasha was a founding member of MSU's Chemistry Club and served as its vice president in 2019-2020. She was a member of the MSU team that won the 2020 Battle of the Chemistry Clubs. She worked on the total synthesis of Napyrdiomycin A1 as an undergraduate researcher under the direction of Prof. Babak Borhan.
Anna Savan
Hometown: Okemos, MI
Plans following graduation: Postbaccalaureate Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD
While at MSU, Anna investigated microRNA levels and breast cancer under the direction
of Prof. Anna Moore (College of Human Medicine) and represented the College of Natural
Science as a Dean's Research Scholar. She is an Honors College graduate and recipient
of the Spring 2020 Board of Trustees Award.
"I want to thank the faculty and staff at the Department of Chemistry for helping
me reach my potentials and goals. I have acquired a lot of useful skills during my
time here and will carry them with me wherever I go. I hope to make the Department
of Chemistry proud as an alumna in the future."
Bachelor of Arts
Ellese Jaddou
ACS Division Awards
2020 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
Scott Nolan
2020 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry
Natasha Perry
2020 ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry
Jacob Stamm
ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry
General Chemistry (CEM 151/CEM152)
Brad Sparks
Honors Chemistry (CEM 181H/CEM182H)
Clare Henry
Organic Chemistry (CEM 351/CEM 352)
Ryan McLean
Physical Chemistry (CEM 483/CEM 484)
Savannah Finley
Thanh Tri Lai
Analytical Chemistry (CEM 434)
Jack Walch
Inorganic Chemistry (CEM 411)
Renee Randolph
Scholarships
Herbert T. Graham Scholarship
Savannah Finley
Destiny Hunnicut
Jalin Jordan
Thanh Tri Lai
Walter R. and Margaret W Yates Memorial Scholarship
Briana Alarcon
Betoul Ali
Sydney Anway
Collin Arbour
Quinn Babcock
Harrison Beck
Becca Boyce
John Buhl
Shannon Cartwright
Cassandra Jordan
Charlie Karbon
Christopher Klap
Ni Pham
Rebecca Rohe
Jenna Schwartz
Dave Sreedhar
Jacob Starkie
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Alan Deline Endowed Scholarship
Savannah Finley
Charlie Karbon
Thanh Tri Lai
Bradford-Adams Endowed Scholarship for Chemistry
Destiny Hunnicut
Jalin Jordan
Thanh Tri Lai
Mia Tavian
