Congratulations to all 2021 Undergraduate Chemistry Awards and Scholarships Recipients
2021 ACS/Yates Outstanding Graduating Chemistry Major at Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science
Savannah Finley
Hometown: Lapeer, MI
I have done research in the chemistry department on chemical education with Dr. Cooper and environmental chemistry with Dr. Wilson.
Plans after graduation: Obtain my PhD at UW Madison in Environmental Chemistry & Technology .
Sidney Lipovsky
Hometown: Commerce, MI
I worked with Dr. Sing Lee for two years as a Professorial Assistant to synthesize and purify epoxyeicosatrienoic acids for the creation of a receptor probe for biological studies. Over the last year, I have worked with Dr. Jinda Fan to synthesize soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors and PET ligands for affinity and PET studies, with applications for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease. I am also an Honors College member.
Plans following graduation: Research Chemist at National Flavors
Thanh Lai
Hometown: Tra Vinh, Vietnam
I want to thank Dr. Barnard (at Lyman Briggs) because her general chemistry course is the reason why I decided to become a chemistry major, and I want to thank the Wilson lab for introducing me to the wonders of computational chemistry. I also want to thank the friends and professors I have interacted with throughout my years at Michigan State University.
Accomplishments: honors college graduate, a coauthor publication in PFAS research (Wilson lab), E-board member of Chemistry club
Plans following graduation: Graduate Student in Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Arts
Thanh Lai
Hometown: Canton, MI
Although I am so excited to graduate, I am sad to be leaving MSU as I have enjoyed my time here very much. However, I am also excited to become an MSU alumni!>
Plans following graduation: I am not totally sure what I want to do anymore. I plan to take a gap year and continue working as a medical technician while I explore other things to decide what I may want to do. I do hope to find a career within the chemistry field as this is what interests me the most.
Herbert T. Graham Scholarship
Uran Iwata
Cristina Gardner
Cassandra Jordon
Noah Kelly
Hui Tao
Undergraduate Research Thomas Alan Deline Endowed Scholarship
Collin Arbour
John Buhl
Shannon Cartwright
Sara Jovanovski
Kendra Nylen
Will Radford
Dave Sreedhar
Undergraduate Research John Wettaw Chemistry Scholarship
Angel Edwards (Prof. Lee)
Liam Hall (Prof. Hunt)
Marjorie Lesher Hunt Chemistry Scholarship
Briana Alarcon
Bradford-Adams Endowed Scholarship for Chemistry
Isaac Beattie
Isabella Catalano
Cilver Coleman
Esther Lee
Kevin Nguyen
Abby Wester
Hershel Goren Undergraduate Chemistry Scholarship
Matthew Chen
Tilly Duffy
Joey Kawauchi
Walter R. and Margaret W. Yates Memorial Scholarship (Seniors)
Briana Alarcon
Quinn Babcock
Tak Barstow
Duncan Begley
Kareem Eckert
Asher Larrance
Laura Mihlbachler
Thomas Szczesny
Sabrina Reich
Rebecca Rohe
Jenna Schwartz
Thomas Wineland
Yan Zhang
Maryn Zwier
Walter R. and Margaret W. Yates Memorial Scholarship (Juniors)
Mohamed Alhouni
Harry Beck
Alec Beson
Ava Boutrous
Ryan Christian
Jade Chynoweth
Kaitlyn Ciot
Alaina Cox
Emily Doss
Eric Dutkiewicz
James Fletcher
Kendra Fowler
Mallory Frisbie
Kelsey Frohn
Maggie Gilmartin
Emily Jones
Anna Kalil
Jessica Klepacz
Sara Kortman
Kurt Kussurelis
Katherine Lakkides
Haejun Lee
Adam Perry
Hannah Richardson
Hanin Sarhan
Josh Sternberg
Jaelyn Thomas
Hannah Thompson
Drake Toms
Jennifer Wagner
Marty Ward
ACS/Yates Outstanding Performance in Undergraduate Chemistry
General Chemistry (CEM 151) : Nikia Quan
Honors Chemistry (CEM 181H): Matt Skulski
Organic Chemistry (CEM 351): Lillian Centlivre
Physical Chemistry (CEM 483): Harry Beck
Analytical Chemistry (CEM 434): Charlie Karbon
Inorganic Chemistry (CEM 411): Emily Simonis
