Undergrads, Graduate Students Honored at 2022 Spring Awards Banquet

Undergrads, Graduate Students Honored at 2022 Spring Awards Banquet

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Numerous graduate and undergraduate chemistry students were honored at the 2022 Spring Awards Banquet, held at the Leo Seal M-Club at Davis-Wade Stadium on Friday, April 22, 2022.

Congratulations to all award recipients!

Award recipients included:

 

Undergraduate Awards

  • Integrated General Chemistry Award - Autumn Lock
  • Integrated Organic Chemistry Award - Ryan Register
  • Analytical Chemistry I Award - Nicole Ingram
  • Analytical Chemistry II Award - Estefania Armendariz
  • Bill Henry Inorganic Chemistry Award - Araceli Figueroa
  • Physical Chemistry Award-Thermo - Baylee McIntyre
  • Physical Chemistry Award-Quantum - Nicole Ingram
  • Horn Awards:
    • Blake Katz
    • Baylee McIntyre
    • Sabrina Solomon
    • John David Williams
    • Matthew Wright
  • Biochemistry I Award - Nicole Ingram
  • Biochemistry II Award - Shelly Lindsey
  • Outstanding 1st Year Chemistry Major Award - Jenny Greer
  • Outstanding 2nd Year Chemistry Major Award - Kari Chamberlain
  • Outstanding 3rd Year Chemistry Major Award - Sarah Sarah Labbé
  • Outstanding 4th Year Chemistry Major Award - Hayden Davis
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award - Alison Duckworth
  • Phi Lambda Upsilon:
    • Estefania Armendariz–Gonzales
    • Anna Ruth Bales
    • Alison Duckworth
    • Nicole Ingram
    • Sarah Labbé
    • Shelby Lynn Lindsey

 

Graduate Awards

  • Rookie Researcher Award - Samuel Juarez Scamilla
  • Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award - Ernesto Borrego
  • Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award - Chathuranga Rathnamalala
  • Rookie of the Year Teaching Award - Fernanda Maria Garcia
  • Lower Division Teaching Award - Samuel Juarez Escamilla
  • Upper Division Teaching Award - Abdullah Abu Anzeh
  • Analytical Teaching Award - Femi "Raymond" Awoyemi
  • Recitation Teaching Award - Chathuri Haputhanrhige
  • Graduate Teaching Service Award - Beatrice Arwenyo
  • Safety First Teaching Award - Beatrice Arwenyo & Olalekan Olabode

 

Other Awards

  • Outstanding Staff Award - Sara Stevenson
  • CGSA's Outstanding Tenure-Track Faculty Award - Dr. Sid Creutz
  • CGSA's Outstanding Non Tenure-Track Faculty Award - Dr. Sean Stokes
  • CGSA's Outstanding Staff Award - Sara Stevenson
  • MOLE-YMPICS
    • 1st Place - Team Dumpster Fire
    • 2nd Place - Team Smile
    • 3rd Place - Team MassSpec
  • CSGA Service Award - Loan Nguyen
  • CSGA's Graduate Student Recognition
    • Chathuranga Rathnamalala – 2022 Poster Award at CEMOS and Vice President of the GSA
    • Ketki Shelar – Awarded Arts and Science– Strategic Research Initiative(SRI) Student Research & Scholarly Activity Funding
    • Oluwafemi Awolesi –1st Place Business Concept from Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach at MSU and BankTel’s People’s Choice Award
    • Xiaolin Qian – 1st Author Pub in ACS Catalyst
    • Mohammed Almtiri – Excellence Graduate Researcher at ACS

 

2021-2022 Promotions

  • Dr. Nick Fitzkee – early promotion to Professor (2021)
  • Dr. Virginia Montiel – promotion with tenure to Associate Professor (2022)
  • Dr. Snow Xu – promotion to Associate Clinical Professor (2022)
  • Dr. Xin Cui – promotion with tenure to Associate Professor (2022)

 

2021-2022 External Awards Nominations and Winners

  • Dr. Todd Mlsna – 2022 MS State Chemist
  • Dr. Deb Mlsna – Grisham Master Teacher
  • Dr. Colleen Scott – CAS Researcher Award
  • Dr. Eugene Caldona – ChemDawg Ph.D–2020 New Assistant Professor at NDSU
  • Matthew Carlo – ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry & Sustainable Energy & 2022 ACS YCC Leadership Development Award
  • Chathuranga Rathnamalala – 2022 3MT Thesis Competition, Grand Champion – Runner–Up
  • Mohammed Almtiri – 2022 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, Highlighted Paper, American Chemical Society
  • Ernesto Borrego – Graduate Research Assistant Award

 

Department of Chemistry Nominations for Awards

  • Abigail Ressler – Outstanding Graduate Student – Service
  • Dr. Eric Dornshuld – CAS Teaching Award
  • Dr. Chris Johnson – Eminent Scholar Award
  • Dr. Todd Mlsna – Oldham Outstanding Mentor
  • Dr. Todd Mlsna – SEC Faculty Member

 

2022 Graduate Symposium Winners

  • Education, Arts & Sciences, and Business Doctoral Students:
    • Oral First Prize – Ernesto Borrego
    • Poster First Prize – Gabriela Sanchez

 

2021/22 Graduate Degrees

Summer 2021

  • Chanaka Navarantha - PhD
    • Advisor - T Mlsna
  • Keith Cobb - MS
    • Advisor - Smith
  • Weiyu Peng - MS
    • Advisor - Zhang
  • MD Raihan Uddin - MS (NT)
    • Advisor - Emerson

Fall 2021

  • Lakmal Hetti Handi - PhD
    • Advisor - Cui
  • Chathuri Mohottige - PhD
    • Advisor - T Mlsna
  • Maleesha De Silva - PhD
    • Advisor - Patrick
  • Ryan Williams - MS
    • Advisor - Johnson
  • Mahmuda Akter - MS
    • Advisor - Emerson
  • Aia Ul Islam - MS (NT)
    • Advisor - Emerson

Spring 2022

  • Beatrice Arwenyo - PhD
    • Advisor - T Mlsna
  • Jerrano Bowleg - PhD
    • Advsior - Gwaltney
  • Karl Mukeba - PhD
    • Advisor - Smith
  • Guery Saenz - PhD
    • Advisor - Scott
  • Ketki Shelar - PhD
    • Advisor - Smith
  • Hellen Stephanie - PhD
    • Advisor - Wipf
  • Ranganath Don - PhD
    • Advisor - Scott
  • Tran Nguyen - MS
    • Advisor - Hollis
  • Dexin Liu - MS (NT)
    • Advisor - Wipf

 

2021-2022 Graduates

  • Lauren Adams
  • Estefania Armendariz
  • Kyra Brown
  • Christina Burse
  • Emily Chandler
  • Hayden Davis
  • Nelson Felder
  • Araceli Figueroa
  • Esmeralda Figueroa
  • James Goodrich
  • Tara Hambrick