The Department of Chemistry recently held its 2023 Undergraduate Awards and Recognition Ceremony. This annual event is intended to mark the accomplishments of undergraduate majors from across the department, including many who will graduate from Pitt later this month. The slate of awards recognizes outstanding achievements in academics, research, as well as service shown by students during pursuit of their undergraduate degree. Students receiving awards were honored at a recent luncheon held on campus. A full list of awards and their recipients can be found below. Congratulations to all the honorees!
The McKeever Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship:
George W. Fritze, Ryan T. Racioppo
The Organic Division Undergraduate Research Fellowship:
Allison M. Redhair
The Peter E. Siska Summer Research Fellowship:
Tyler M. Gordon
The David Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellowship:
Kevin O’Neil
The Wass Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship:
Rhea C. Abraham, Gabriella E. Belsito, Dominic J. Brazzle, Allen J. Farabaugh, Alexa A. Gauss, Andrew J. Gulewicz, Dhruthi Gundurao, Rebecca C. Hotton, Megan Kumar, Madison E. Martin, Elizabeth Mazzella, Allison McCombs, Jayme Menachof, Logan P. Moore, Montez W. Newsome, Precious Nwankwo, Piper E. Read, Dennis N. Skiba, Yuting Song, Corrinne E. Stahl, Joseph F. Tomasello, Don N. Truong, Chaoguo Wang, Anna L. Welser and Christopher Z. Zhao.
The Esther and Tobias Dunkelberger Memorial Scholarship:
Victoria C. Zerbach
The Lubrizol Scholarship:
Nicolette Carvelli, Allen J. Farabaugh
The Rita R. and David A. Rossi, Sr. Scholarship:
Grace M. Fleury, George W. Fritze, Dhruthi Gundurao, Samuel B. Zlotnikov
The Teplitz Memorial Scholarship:
Judey T. DaRos, Ryan T. Racioppo
The Richard F. Zarilla Award:
Jonathan Cho, Nishka A. Edlabadkar, Shane Osborne, Victor H. Wu
The ACS National Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Award:
Charis A. White
The ACS National Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Award:
Caroline H. Angerer
The ACS National Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Award:
Nicolas R. Latiolais
The American Institute of Chemists Award:
Cole G. Eberling
The SACP College Award:
Jacob A. Costantino
The Silverman Prize:
Shahd L. Habeb
The Mary Louise Theodore Prize:
Franco R. Catalano, Efthimios A. Deligiannidis, Paul E. Ghantous, Shahd L. Habeb, Maya Patterson, Vincent A. Villani
The Phillips Medal:
Alex C. Crane, Matthew R. Liberatore