Department of Chemistry held the 39th annual Honors Day on Thursday, April 26, 2018 to recognize the achievements among students, faculty and staff members of the department. Below, you will find a complete list of awardees this year. Click to view this year’s pictures.
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
| CRC Press General Chemistry Award | Ellie L. Lancaster |
| C. W. Keenan Outstanding General Chemistry Student Award | Brice A. Ard |
| Halbert and Anne Carmichael Scholarship | Alexa N. Griffith |
| Dr. Lucy E. Scroggie Scholarship | Ian C. Bennie |
| C. A. Buehler Chemistry Scholarship | Taylor D. Payne |
| East Tennessee Section, ACS, Award | Carolyn E. Barnes |
| ACS-Hach Land Grant Scholarships | Tyler H. Mann and Zachary T. Ward |
| Melaven-Rhenium Scholarship | Wesley N. Cox, Alexa N. Griffith, Isaac W. Haynes, John H. Hymel, and Taylor D. Payne |
| Honors Chemistry Recognition | Acar R. Ary, Andrew A Dixon, Eriko M Gordon, and Adam N. Soper |
GRADUATE AWARDS
| Outstanding Teaching Awards | Kevin A. Smith and Joshua G. Moncada |
| Keenan Teaching Awards | Randi L. Beil |
| Second Year Candidacy Award | Jacob A. Townsend |
| Graduate Fellowship for Achievement in Inorganic Chemistry | Kendall D. Hughey |
| Jerome Eastham Fellowship in Organic Chemistry | Xiaoyu Zhang |
| Eugene John Barber Fellowship in Physical Chemistry | Michael O. Yokosuk |
| Burchfield Burridge Warner Fellowship in Polymer Chemistry | Bryan T. Seymour |
| East Tennessee Section, ACS, Graduate Fellow | Jordan M. Kaiser |
| Gleb Mamantov Graduate Chemistry Scholar | Amber S. Moody |
| George L. Sivils Graduate Student Award | William A. Sheffield |
STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
| Chancellor’s 2016 Extraordinary Professional Promise Award | Justin K. Kirkland and Shelby E. Stavretis |
| Shull Wollan Center Graduate research Fellowship | Shelby E. Stavretis and Fatema Wahida |
| 2018 ORE Summer Graduate Research Fellowship | Sabine N. Neal |
| Winners of the Board of Visitor’s Poster Competition | Laura D. Castro and Sara B. Isbil |
| UTK PEER Graduate Fellowship Awards | Avery L. Blockmon, Desiree L. Moore, and Christian E. Zavala |
| Graduate Recruiting Committee | Laura D. Castro and Amber S. Moody |
| 2018 Eastman Summer Grant | Laura D. Castro |
| Fulbright US Student Program | Carolyn E. Barnes |
STAFF AWARDS
| Outstanding Service Award | Jennifer A. Fleming and Mathew J. Nalepa |
| Carol Moulton ACGS Service Award | Pamela D. Roach |
| James F. Green ACGS Service Award | Eddie (Bo) Bishop |
FACULTY AWARDS
| US Department of Energy: Early Career Research Award | Dr. Brian Long |
| 2017 American Physical Society Fellow | Dr. Jan Musfeldt |
| NSF Career Award | Dr. Sharani Roy |
| 2017 American Chemical Society Fellow | Dr. Ziling (Ben) Xue |
| New Faculty | Dr. Johnathan N. Brantley |
| Retired | Dr. John E. Bartmess, Dr. Jeffery D. Kovac, Dr. Jimmy W. Mays, Dr. Michael J. Sepaniak |
| In Memorian | Dr. Earl L. Wehry |