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2025 Undergraduate Awards

2025 Undergraduate Awards

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On Saturday, April 26th the 4th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium took place in Mossman Hall, with undergraduate students participating in poster and oral presentation competitions. Following the symposium, chemistry undergraduates, family and friends attended the accompanying awards dinner where symposium awards and undergraduate scholarships were distributed. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

Undergraduate Research Symposium Award Winners

Poster Award Winner

Joseph Cunningham

Poster Award Winner

Vu Nguyen

Joseph stands in front of a UT Chemistry backdrop holding his award certificate and smiling. Dr. Kilbey and Dr. Nemykin stand with him.
Vu stands in front of a UT Chemistry backdrop holding her award certificate and smiling. Dr. Kilbey and Dr. Nemykin stand with her.

Oral Presentation Winner

Kendra Day

Kendra stands in front of a UT Chemistry backdrop holding her award certificate and smiling. Dr. Kilbey and Dr. Nemykin stand with her.

Scholarship Award Winners

Halbert and Anne Carmichael Scholarship

Taylor Kearbey

Phillip & Mary Reitano Award

Anna Mahar

Dr. Lucy E. Scroggie Scholarship

Vu Nguyen

Taylor stands in front of a UT Chemistry backdrop holding her award certificate and smiling. Dr. Kilbey and Dr. Nemykin stand with her.
Anna stands in front of a UT Chemistry backdrop holding her award certificate and smiling. Dr. Kilbey and Dr. Nemykin stand with her.
Vu stands in front of a UT Chemistry backdrop holding her award certificate and smiling. Dr. Kilbey and Dr. Nemykin stand with her.

Additional Awards (not pictured)

ACS-Hach Land Grant Scholarship

Nathan Stimpson
Brooke Moore

CRC Press General Chemistry Award

Carson Culp

C.W. Keenan Outstanding General Chemistry Student Award

Gabrielle Kalosieh

C.A. Buehler Chemistry Scholarship

Sydney Smith

Melaven-Rhenium Scholarships

Chloe Earls
Samantha Horak
Rahil Parikh
Karlotta Schley
Gabriel Torkelson

Alexandria Wood stands in front of a UT Chemistry backdrop shaking Dr. Nemykin's hand and smiling. She is wearing a medal for participation in the symposium around her neck. Dr. Best is standing beside her.
Dr. Nemykin and 7 students stand in front of a poster prior to the beginning of the symposium. They are posing in a row.
Vu Nguyen is presenting her poster to one of the judges, who is leaning in to get a closer look.
A closeup shot of the paper program for the symposium.
A student is pictured presenting her poster to one of the judges. The photo was captured from above and behind the poster. The student is looking at the poster. The judge is wearing an orange jacket and tie, and is looking at the poster.
Sarah stands in front of the UT Chemistry backdrop, shaking Dr. Nemykin's hand and smiling. She is wearing the medal she received for presenting at the symposium. Dr. Best stands beside her.
Faculty members Dr. Hatab and Dr. Jenkins talk with graduate student Curtis Anderson in the common area of Strong Hall during the poster presentations.
Judges, participants, and guests sit in the lecture hall looking toward the front where a presentation is being delivered.
Anna is presenting her poster to Dr. Nemykin, Alexandria Wood, and a guest during the first poster session.
Dr. Best stands in the lecture hall ahead of the start of the presentations. He is standing in profile looking downward and smiling.
Kendra stands in front of the UT Chemistry backdrop, shaking Dr. Nemykin's hand and smiling. She is wearing the medal she received for presenting at the symposium. Dr. Best stands beside her.
Sydney Smith, Sarah Barber, and Kendra Day are standing at the podium in the lecture hall. They are looking at Sarah's laptop and Kendra is pointing at something on the screen. Taken prior to the start of the presentations.