Department of Chemistry honors outstanding Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
Awards are given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions in the areas of teaching, graduate grading, research, and leadership.
Many members of the Department of Chemistry’s Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher teaching community were honored for their outstanding contributions to Teaching, Graduate Grading, Research, and Leadership at an awards ceremony on October 16, 2026. Winners were selected from a pool nominations submitted by members of the Department of Chemistry’s faculty and instructional staff.
The graduate students and postdoctoral researchers listed below received the following awards:
Department of Chemistry Award for Outstanding Teaching for 2025-2026
| Abigail Chapman | Tierani Green | Alvin Meng | Diana Tymochko |
| Xinnuo Chen | Stephanie Halim | Micah Miles | August Vitarbo |
| Martin Chujfi | Yuxin Huang | Alexander Mueller | Dalaney Westbroek |
| Cole English | Constantine Kyprianou | Kiarra Ning | Luke Zhou |
| Amanda Gin | Chu Luo | Matthew Ong |
Department of Chemistry Award for Outstanding Performance as a Graduate Grader
for 2025-2026:
Sunny Tang
Department of Chemistry Award for Research Excellence for 2025-2026:
| Dr. Gabi Wenzel | Dr. Saptarshi Mandal | Minsik Cho | Dangliang Liu |
| Dr. Shuo Zhang | Dr. Jonas Rein | Kwangwook Ko | Chonghe Zhang |
Department of Chemistry Leadership Award for 2025-2026:
| Dr. Aditi Dixit | Dr. Kubra Kaygisiz | Omar Salinas |
| Nina Greeley | Carina Luo | Jennifer Pierre-Louis |
