2017 Annual Awards and Graduation Celebration Banquet

The Annual Awards and Graduation Celebration Banquet was held April 12, 2017, in the Wilkinson Center. Many undergraduate and graduate students were in attendance, as well as faculty and staff. Dinner was funded by the Keith P. Anderson Foundation and Dr. Dearden gave the opening remarks.He began by thanking all of those who contributed to the success of the evening, and then congradulated the students on all their hard work and dedication to their studies, and then concluded by saying "you all are the best of the best." 

These awards were made possible by the continued generosity of our donors which are comprised of our alumni and friends of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Congratulations to all award recipients and graduating scholars.

Graduate Student Award Winners

Seyed Hadi Nazari -- Bradshaw Organic Chemistry Research Fellowship and Loren & Maurine F. Bryner Award

Diana Saavedra -- Bradshaw Organic Chemistry Research Fellowship and Telford & Frank Woolley Memorial Research Award

Anh (Christine) Nguyen Sorenson -- Loren & Maurine F. Bryner Award

Robert l. Hanson -- Loren & Maurine F. Bryner Award

Shawn Averett  -- J. Rex & Marcia A. Goates Research Fellowship

Richard Carson --  J. Rex & Marcia A. Goates Research Fellowship

Jessica Larsen --  J. Rex & Marcia A. Goates Research Fellowship

Chloe Ence --  Garth L. Lee Award 

Anna V. Nielsen --  Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Doo-Hyun Kwon -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Jonathan Lynch -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Justin Lane Park -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Zheng Zhou -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Nicole Tensmeyer -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Michael J. Beauchamp -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Marjan Mohammadihashemi --  Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Grant Ludlam -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Monique Speirs -- Roland K. Robins Research Fellowship

Brad Naylor -- Jennie R. Swensen Award

Ankur Jalan --  Telford & Frank Woolley Memorial Research Award

Jessica Larsen -- Outstanding Graduating Master's Student

Mukul Sonker -- Outstanding Graduating PhD Student

Undergraduate Awards

Outstanding Freshman Chem major -- Peter Rosen

Outstanding Freshman Chem non-major --Tanner Nelson

Outstanding Freshman Chem non-major -- Aaron Cheung

Outstanding Organic Chemistry non-major -- Parker Robinson

Chemistry Literature Award -- Chelsea Broadbent

Outstanding Physical Chemistry student -- Ed Pimentel

Outstanding Biochemistry non-major -- Donnie Pfeifer

Outstanding Biochemistry -- Major Max Beers

Outstanding Inorganic Chemistry Student Award -- Mikaela Dickinson

Hypercube Scholar Award -- Sam Hickenlooper

Outstanding Senior Analytical Chemistry -- Jason Ray

Elliot Butler Service Award -Alex Farnsworth

Outstanding Graduating Senior -- Kristine Senkane

Catalyst Club: outstanding female junior -- Ashley Eaton

American Chemical Society Utah Local Chapter Awards

ACS Outstanding Organic Chemistry major --  Kylie Lytle
ACS Outstanding Junior Analytical Chemistry -- Mercede Erickson
ACS Outstanding Inorganic Student Award -- JD Singleton

Student Research Conference Awards

Session 1st Place Winners

Wade Ellis

Nitish Bhardwaj

Nathan Wohlgemuth

Katherine Collins

Clayton Moss

Megan Asplund

Doo-Hyun Kwon

Samuel Hickenlooper

Mason Smith

Jacob Warren

Paul Hurst

Edward Pimental

Tsz Ming Jeremy Tsang

Marjan Hashemi

Daniel Poole

Andrew Haltermann

Session 2nd Place Winners

Michael Beauchamp

Daniel Thurston

Parker Salmans

Jacob Nielsen

Jason Calvin

Larry Heki

Zheng Zhou

Brigham Pope

Michael Kinghorn

James Coombs

Mikaela Dickinson

Ankur Jalan

Richard Carson

Collin Sanderson

Fernando Amaya

Ryne Peters