Department of Chemistry held its 2015 Honors Day on Thursday, April 23 at 3:40 in Buehler Hall 555. Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Rickey Hall, spoke at the event. More than thirty awards were presented to students, faculty and staff. Here is a complete list of awardees. Scroll down to the bottom to view more pictures.
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
CRC Press General Chemistry Award
Benjamin J. Nehls
C. W. Keenan Outstanding General Chemistry Student Award
Jonathan S. Farmer
Halbert and Anne Carmichael Scholarship
Christina D. Jackson
C. A. Buehler Chemistry Scholarship
Madeline S. Stark
East Tennessee Section, ACS, Award
Russell T. Smith
Hach Foundation Scholarships
Bria A.L. Bannister, Brittany A. Ramsey
Melaven-Rhenium Scholarships
Lauren A. Finney, Anna C. Fraser, Christina D. Jackson, Russell T. Smith, Madeline S. Stark
Honors Chemistry Recognition
Kelly E. Arnholt, Peymon C. Baghernejad, Natalie E. Bennett, Mikayla M. Clark, Samuel A. England, Jeremiah R. Holt, Adam K. Hubler, Kenneth M. Mathes, Kiersten P. McIntyre, David P. Meehan, Sara A. Stein, Taylor M. Weiskittel, Jonathan B. White
GRADUATE AWARDS
Outstanding Teaching Awards
Samuel I. Mattern-Schain, Samuel A. Rosolina
Keenan Teaching Award
Michael O. Yokosuk
Second Year Candidacy Awards
Roberto A. Federico Perez, Shelby E. Stavretis
Judson Hall Robertson Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry
Ryan B. Wallace
Graduate Fellowship for Achievement in Inorganic Chemistry
Seth C. Hunter
Jerome Eastham Fellowship in Organic Chemistry
Stephen P. Dearth
Eugene John Barber Fellowship in Physical Chemistry
Nicholas A. Strange
East Tennessee Section, ACS, Graduate Fellow
Kenneth O’Neal
Gleb Mamantov Graduate Chemistry Scholar
Weiyu Wang
Joint Institute for Advanced Materials Fellowship
Daniele Paradiso
Eastman Chemical Company Travel Award
Roberto A. Federico Perez
Winners of the Board of Visitors’ Poster Competition
Andrew J. Binder, Weiyu Wang
STAFF AWARDS
Outstanding Service Awards
Johnny C. Jones, Rhonda E.W. Wallace
FACULTY AWARDS
New Faculty
Ampofo K. Darko, Sharani Roy
Retiring Faculty
Robert N. Compton, Alan A. Hazari
Joe Johnson Lifetime Service Award
T. Ffrancon Williams
Ffrancon Williams Endowed Faculty Award in Chemistry
Brian K. Long
Gleb Mamantov Professorship in Chemistry
David M. Jenkins
Ziegler Professor Announcement
Janice L. Musfeldt
In Memoriam
Georges A. Guiochon
SPECIAL AWARDS
Fellow of A.A.A.S. (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
John Z. Larese
National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering
Shelby Stavretis
Synchrotron Radiation School, Sao Paulo Brazil
Kenneth O’Neal, Lena Elenchin
Posthumous Chemistry Degree
Brittany L. Skyberg