Chemistry Appreciation and Awards Night

2025 Event

The annual Chemistry Appreciation and Awards Night is designed to recognize the hard work and achievements of the graduate and undergraduate students of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Iowa.

Undergraduate Awards and Recognition

Department Awards

Donald J. Burton & Margaret A. Burton Scholarship

Michael Lauer

E. David Cater Scholarship

Rylee Anderson

Russell K. Simms Scholarship

Parker Kintigh
Asya Lengel

Kenneth Sando Scholarship

Jenna Ringwald

Chemistry Alumni Awards

Senior Recipient
- Sara Feiz
Junior Recipient
- Nadia Arsenijevic
Sophomore Recipient
- Kara Kueper

CRC Freshman Chemistry Award

Parker Nicks

Merck Index Award

Noah Veatch

American Institute of Chemists Award

Thi Phan

ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award

Amy Millard

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award

Cade Hoambrecker

ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Award

Parker Kintigh

ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Award

Kyle Delaney

Richard J Sundberg Award

Maianh Nguyen

George E. Inglett Scholarship Fund

Bailey Wolf

Summer Undergraduate Research Award

Ben Mullen

Viksnins, Harris, & Padys Poster Award

Asya Lengel
Daniel Martinez
Thi Phan
Meg Krapfl

Chemistry & Sustainability Student Abroad Scholarship

Alissa Schaeffer
Ava Schaldecker
Maximilian Duffy
Hope Tanui
Nadia Arsenijevic

BS and BA Graduates

Fall 2024: BS: Alexandra Glennon, Ella Hains, Robert Masini, Ricardo Mirafuentes Mar, Joclyn Tracy, Gareth Welsh BA: Ian Ehredt, Taylor Johnsrud
Spring 2025: BS: Ruben Delatorre, Trevor Erb, Zoi Faro, Sara Feiz, Cade Hoambrecker, Parker Kintigh, Meg Krapfl, Sophia Lindquist, Marco Martinez-Santoyo, Jessica Miller, Maianh Nguyen, Scott Reynertson, Jenna Ringwald, Tyler Robinson
BA: Ian Alimario, Rylee Anderson, Erin Barrick, Tyler Brown, Luke Chapman, John DiDomenico, Alexander Goodrich, Grace Heitman, Ryan Jilek, Juliana Karl, Kailey Krigas, Sydney Langemo, Asya Lengel, Tina Liu, Atziri Medina Rosas, Andrew Mitzak, Ethan Oehlert, Mia Pearson, Emma Perkins, Kathryn Sieprawski, Kael Smith, Alyssa Streets, Devan Thostenson, Nadia Vang, Noah Veatch

Graduate Student Awards and Recognition

Department Awards

A. Lynn Anderson Award for Research Excellence

Samantha Kruse

Kathryn K. & James D. Steele Scholarship

Andrew Lazicki
Genevieve Duggan

Department of Chemistry Teaching Award

Kyler Krupp
Emerson Tran Lam

University Recognition

Ballard and Seashore Fellowship

Spring 2025: Andrej Corkovic , Theodora Leventis
Fall 2025: Primadi Subintoro , Shanari Wickremasinghage

Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship

Spring 2025: Balaka Bhuniya, Ecem Celik, Emma Markun
Fall 2025: Peter Zacher

CLAS Dissertation Writing Fellowship

Summer-Fall 2025: Harindu Rajapaksha

Graduate College Summer (2025) Fellowship

Hancher-Finkbine Graduate/Professional Distinguished Student Leader Award

Akalanka Ekanayake

OVPR Dare to Discover Banner

Emmanuel Bonsu
Abby Carlin

Three Minute Thesis, Final Competition

Shanari Rathnayake

External Recognition

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Abby Carlin- 2024

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention

Nicole Shapiro- 2024
Sarah Crane- 2025

2024-25 Graduate Women in Science National Fellowship Program

Grace Akporere, Honorable Mention

2024 National ACS Meeting Outstanding Student Poster

Bichitra Borah

2024 International Coordination Chemistry Conference, Best Graduate Student Talk- Heavy Element Division

Samantha Kruse

2024 American Association for Aerosol Research Conference Poster Award

Josie Welker

2025 Seaborg Institute Graduate Research Fellowship- Los Alamos National Lab

Sarah Scherrer

2025 ACS Future Pharma Innovator

Emmanuel Bonsu

2024-2025 MS Graduates

Fall 2024

Harry Dudley, Zachary Fike*

Spring 2025

Millicent Esi Asare*, Zetandro Banarjee, Hannah Hansen, Madie Holle*, Sabina Kumi*, Idowu Otunomo, Setayesh Parsapour*, Sam Saldana, Bryce Shoberg**

*en passant
**with thesis

2024-2025 PhD Graduates

Summer 2024

Anushree Poddar

Fall 2024

Emily Campbell, Grant Forsythe, Zhuoheng Li, Ryan Norton, Evan Schroeder

Spring 2025

Dilini Kirindigoda Gamage, Samantha Kruse, Piyumi Wijesirigunawardana

CGSA Peer Awards

To be announced.

Event Schedule

5:00 p.m. - Reception & Poster session*

6:00 p.m. - Ceremony

Welcome – Prof. Renée Cole (DEO)
Undergraduate Awards – Prof. Mona Maalouf
Chemistry & Sustainability Study Abroad- Prof. Adam Brummett
Graduate Awards – Prof. Ned Bowden
CGSA Awards – Caleb DeWitt & Hannah Hansen
Safety Awards- Darby Duffy & Emma Markun
Closing remarks – Prof. Renée Cole

2025 Event Program [PDF]

The Graduating class of 2025 recognizes these UI faculty and staff members for making a positive difference in their lives during their time at the University of Iowa. President Barbara Wilson, Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel, and Vice President for Student Life Sarah Hansen join in thanking all of the valuable faculty and staff members who work every day to make a difference for our students.

Aditi Bhattacherjee
Ned Bowden
Adam Brummett
David Cwiertny
Scott Daly
Greg Friestad
Lei Geng
Ed Gillan
James Gloer

Johna Leddy
Mouna Maalouf
Claudio Margulis
Louis Messerle
Michael Sinnwell
Betsy Stone
Amy Strathman
Alexei Tivanski

Staff:

Charity Bolden
Sarah DiLorenzo
Evelyn Knight

Grad Students:

Dishan Das
Iman Ghaderi Jouybari

Names were collected through the UI Senior Exit Survey, which all undergraduates are invited to complete at the time they file to graduate. Names in bold were mentioned more than 5 times.