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