Chemistry awards, scholarships and fellowships 2021-22

Wayne State's Department of Chemistry congratulates our students and faculty on their recent achievements.

Graduate awards 2021-22

Excellence in Teaching Service

  • Md Raduanul Chowdhury
  • Daniel Corey
  • Courtney Cunnigham

  • Kodikara Arachchige Ishadi Kodikara
  • Courtney Kondor

  • Nuwangi Kulasekara

  • Shuxiao Li

  • Rukshana Mohamad Ramshan
  • Shiraz Nantogma

  • Elizabeth Odewale

  • Timothy Quainoo
  • Esther and Stanley Kirschner General Chemistry Teaching Award


    Vinicius Alevato

    Herbert K. Livingston Award for Excellence in Teaching


    Sun Jeong Im

    David F. Boltz Award in Analytical Chemistry

  • Mario Cornejo

  • Disni Gunasekera
  • Yakubu Seidu
  • Esther and Stanley Kirschner Graduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry


    Hashini N. Munasinghe

    Dan Trivich Memorial Award for Research in Physical Chemistry

  • Aleksandr Avramenko
  • 
Olugbenga Adeniran
  • Biological Chemistry Graduate Student Award


  • Saheed Ayodeji

  • Rukshana Mohamad Ramshan
  • Norman A. LeBel Endowed Graduate Award in Organic Chemistry


  • Hawau Abdulsalam
  • Shuxiao Li
  • Organic Division Excellence in Graduate Research & Teaching Award


  • Larry Mendoza
  • Lauren Kotsull
  • Organic Chemistry Top Graduate Student Award

  • 
Rana Morsy

  • Graduate scholarships and fellowships 2021-22

    ARC and Surendra Gupta Family Endowed Scholarship

    Sayak Gupta

    Dr. Cal Stevens Memorial Scholarship

    Created by the Surendra and Karen Gupta ARC Foundation.

  • Daniel Corey
  • Maddy Denison
  • Connor English
  • Hannah Laatsch
  • Joseph Wakpal
  • Mahesh Yadab
  • Joseph Jasper Endowed Fellowship


    Gabriel Stewart

    Dr. Bacon Ke Annual Scholarship

    David Solar

    Schaap-Rumble Graduate Research Fellowship

  • 
Olugbenga Adeniran

  • Tharanga Batugedara
  • 
Dissanayake G Asanka Dissanayake
  • Chathuranga Chinthana Hewa Rahinduwage
  • Dhanushika Kukulage
  • Rana Morsy

  • Sachini Dilrukshi Rodrigo Nambukarawasam Payagala Welivitage Don
  • Shakila Peli Thanthri
  • Nilanka Sirikkathuge
  • Amali Subasinghe

  • Undergraduate awards 2021-22

    John H. Secrist Memorial Award

    Duane Sommers

    J. Russell Bright Award for Distinction in General Chemistry

    Nour Ghosn

    Harold B. Cutter Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry


    Shridula Kotakondla

    Wiley Award in Advanced Organic Chemistry


    Livia Philip

    Esther and Stanley Kirschner Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Award


    Sydney Kasmer

    American Chemical Society, Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award


    Unsa Fatima

    Merck and Company Award in Biochemistry


    Donald Jones

    David and Beverly Rorabacher Award in Quantitative Analytical Chemistry


    Isa Ahmed

    David and Beverly Rorabacher Research Award


  • Tyler Danielson

  • Christopher Federlein
  • Norah Krayem
  • American Chemical Society, Division of Analytical Chemistry Award

    
Sydney Kasmer

    Wilfried Heller Award in Physical Chemistry


    Alexander Turner

    Clifford G. Drouillard Annual Chemistry Award


    Norah Krayem

    Hugh and Mary Ann Kelly Chemistry Undergraduate Endowed Research Scholarship

    Cyrus Alan-Lee

    American Chemical Society, Detroit Section Award for Outstanding Chemistry Graduate

    Zunaira Imran


    Undergraduate scholarships 2022-23

    Uzoma Azuh Endowed Memorial Research Scholarship in Chemistry

  • Rei Fejzulla

  • Amanda York
  • Ralph E. and Helen G. Carter Endowed Scholarship

    
Tejas Karun

    Chemistry Undergraduate Scholarship

  • 
Zoee Harris
Ryan Snyder
  • Caitlin Tremucha
  • Dale H. Chidester Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry

  • 
Noor Mian
  • Tristan Wrong
  • James C. French Undergraduate Chemistry


  • Rei Fejzulla

  • Faith Fowler
  • Dr. Bacon Ke Annual Scholarship

    Alyssa Erlenbeck

    George H. Wheatley Memorial Scholarship


    Melanie Kajy

    Mary G. Wood Endowed Scholarship


    Justin Ahrens

    Chemistry Industry Mentor Program

  • Dr. Sibrina Collins and Mareim Abdullah
  • Dr. Vahid Majidi and Hussein Shareef
  • Dr. Jane Philip and Varunika Savla
  • Dr. Larry Roy and Marilyn Williams
  • Dr. Rose Ryntz and Justin Ahrens
  • Dr. Edward Thomas and Michelle Mort
  • Chemistry graduates for 2022 elected to Phi Beta Kappa

  • Brandon Brown
  • Zunaira Imran
  • Sydney Kasmer
  • Varunika Savla

  • Faculty awards

    Darrell Ebbing, Ph.D. Endowed Faculty Development Award

  • James Bour

  • Charlie Fehl
  • Tom Linz
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