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Department of Chemistry
Scholarships, Fellowships & Other Awards

The Department of Chemistry has a long history of providing many need and merit-based scholarships each year. Over $10,000 in scholarships are made possible by very generous contributions made to both ESF and the Department of Chemistry.

2017-2018 Award Winners

  • Zaynab Taveras- Outstanding Freshman
  • Emily Cattarin - Outstanding Sophomore
  • Annie Stevens - Outstanding Junior
  • Daniel Fougnier - Outstanding Senior
  • Trevor Cornish- Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
  • Kaela Natwora- Chemistry Citizenship Award, Shirley Wilbur Award
  • Matthew Blake - ACS Affiliate Award
  • Jordan Pitt - Ernest Sondheimer Award
  • Xavier Schafer- Outstanding 1st Year PhD
  • Christopher Chambers - John Meyer Award for Environmental Chemistry
  • Dieter Scheibel- John Meyer Graduate Award
  • Xin Liu - Michael Szwarc Graduate Award
  • Shelby Coleman- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
  • Zhuyun Ye - Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
  • Tyler Coccarelli - Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

There are several awards currently available to graduate and undergraduate students.

 

Named Awards

Established by Dr. Edwin C. Jahn to aid graduate and undergraduate students of the Department of Chemistry at ESF. It was Dr. Jahn's intention to honor the work of 5 distinguished emeriti faculty members by selecting student recipients whose research interests matched those of the emeriti. The emeriti to be honored through this fund are: Dr. Conrad Schuerch (natural polymers and carbohydrates); Dr. Robert Silverstein (chemical ecology); Dr. Ernest Sondheimer (biochemistry); Dr. Michael Szwarc (polymer chemistry); Dr. Tore Timell (wood, tree and forest chemistry).

Student Name Year of Award Honored Emeritus Faculty
Ying Zhou 2018 Robert M. Silverstein
Xiang Wang 2013 Conrad Scheurch
Jesse Crandall  2012 Robert M. Silverstein
Alex Levine 2012 John A. Meyer
DeAnn Barnhart  2011 Robert M. Silverstein
Jesse Crandall  2011 Conrad Scheurch
Qin Wang  2011 Tore E. Timell
Nan Qin  2011 Michael Szwarc
Lin Wang  2010 Michael Szwarc 
Qin Wang  2010 Ernest Sondheimer
DeAnn Barnhart 2010 Tore E. Timell
Hongyi Hu 2010 Robert M. Silverstein
Margaret Pavlac 2009 Ernest Sondheimer
Qin Wang 2009 Michael Szwarc
Kun Cheng 2009 Conrad Scheurch
Brendan Dutter  2009 Robert M. Silverstein
Darya Prokhorova 2008 Tore E. Timell
Joshua Brooks 2008 Robert T. LaLonde
Emily White  2007 Conrad Scheurch
Jacob Goodrich  2007 Robert T. LaLonde
Christopher Spiese 2007 Ernest Sondheimer
Amber Hotto 2006 Robert T. LaLonde
Jacob Goodrich 2006 Tore E. Timell
Hui Zhao  2006 Robert M. Silverstein

 

Established to award funds, at the discretion of the President, to the needs of the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Paper & Bioprocess Engineering, and the F. Franklin Moon Library.

Established in 1980, this award was made possible by gifts from Marion Meyer and Professor John A. Meyer '58, a recognized authority in nuclear chemistry whose research interests at the College focused upon wood polymers and the chemical modification of wood, radiation chemistry and neutron activation analysis.

Christopher Chambers - 2018

Christopher Chambers - 2017

Jason Pauldine - 2016

John Ganley - 2015

Eoghan L. Connors - 2014

Eric T. Stevens - 2014

John Richardson - 2013

John Richardson - 2012

Joshua McEnaney - 2011

Shannon Carpenter - 2010

Mandy Freeman - 2009

Jingnan Lu - 2008

Matthew Martino - 2008

Alexander Mueller - 2007

Jaclyn Mueller - 2006

Jennifer Liberatore - 2005

Atahualpa Pinto - 2005

Created in 1983 by Dr. Meyer '58 and his wife, Marion Waterman Meyer. It provides one year, renewable awards to advanced degree candidates in polymer and environmental chemistry, wood science, or environmental biology.

Dieter Scheibel - 2018

Ricardo Joseph - 2017

Yuting Zhu - 2016

Katherine Perri - 2015

Joanna D. Kinsey - 2014

Jesse Crandall - 2013

Ryan Tappel - 2012

Jennifer Croskrey - 2011

DeAnn Barnhart - 2008

Anna Flach - 2008

Lindsay Harrington - 2008

Rebecca Jarrell - 2008

Karen Howard - 2007

Emily White - 2006

Established to aid deserving forest chemistry students with financial need in honor of Dr. Schuerch, a well respected member of the Faculty of Chemistry.

Robert Moesch - 2018

Jesse Crandall - 2011

Katie Saxton - 2010

Darya Prokhorova - 2009

Christopher Spiese - 2008

Caiping Lin - 2007

Karen Howard - 2006

Established in 1974 to honor the memory and work of Professor Ernest Sondheimer, who was a distinguished faculty member in the College's Chemistry Department from 1957 to 1973.

Jordan Pitt - 2018

Daniel Fougnier - 2017

John Swartzfager - 2016

Eric Stevens - 2015

Dolly L. Hall - 2014

Graham Heberlig - 2013

Andrew Woodford - 2012

Shannon Carpenter - 2011

Justine Schmidt - 2010

Alexander Mueller - 2009

Jaclyn Mueller - 2008

Gary Bonomo - 2007

Atahualpa Pinto - 2006

Jennifer Liberatore - 2006

Established to support ESF graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in technical areas of major national and societal significance.

Awardees for the year 2018:

  • Shelby Coleman
  • Weiyao Gu
  • Xavier Schafer

Established in memory of world-reknowned chemist Michael Szwarc by his children to assist graduate students studying in the field of physical chemistry.

Xin Liu - 2018

Ying Zhou - 2017

Dieter M. Scheibel - 2016

N. Scott Bergey - 2015

Yuge Jiao - 2015

Alex Levine - 2014

Hongyi Hu - 2013

Lili Wang - 2012

Kun Cheng - 2010

Nan Qin - 2009

Caiping Lin - 2008

Arsen Simonyan - 2007

Suoding Li - 2006

Faculty of Chemistry awards

This series encompasses several merit based awards given by the Faculty of Chemistry.

Given to the most outstanding undergraduates in each academic class, freshman through senior.

Student Name Award Year of Award
Zaynab Taveras Outstanding Freshman 2018
Emily Cattarin Outstanding Sophomore 2018
Annie Stevens Outstanding Junior 2018
Daniel Fougnier Outstanding Senior 2018
Jordan Louie Outstanding Freshman 2017
Rachel Czerwinski Outstanding Sophomore 2017
Jordan Pitt Outstanding Junior 2017
Jacob Shave Outstanding Senior 2017
Rachel Czerwinski Outstanding Freshman 2016
Zachary Alger Outstanding Sophomore 2016
Jacob Shave Outstanding Junior 2016
Michael Zarbo Outstanding Senior 2016
Jordan Pitt Outstanding Freshman 2015
Jacob Shave Outstanding Sophomore 2015
John Swartzfager Outstanding Junior 2015
Charlene Grabowski Outstanding Senior 2015
Kristy Northrup Outstanding Dual Major 2015
Jacob Shave Outstanding Freshman 2014
John Swartzfager Outstanding Sophomore 2014
Eric Stevens Outstanding Junior 2014
Joshua Harris Outstanding Senior 2014
John Swatzfager Outstanding Freshman 2013
Eric Stevens Outstanding Sophomore 2013
Dolly Hall Outstanding Junior 2013
John Richardson  Outstanding Senior 2013
John Ganley Outstanding Freshman 2012
Dolly Hall Outstanding Sophomore 2012
Graham Heberlig Outstanding Junior 2012
Andrew Woodford Outstanding Senior 2012
Valerie Sefani Outstanding Freshman 2011
Dolly Hall Outstanding Freshman 2011
Graham Heberlig Outstanding Sophomore 2011
Robert Miller Outstanding Junior 2011
Andrey Prokhorov Outstanding Senior 2011
Shannon Carpenter Outstanding Sophomore 2010
Melissa Santos Outstanding Junior 2010
Jingnan Lu Outstanding Senior 2010
Stephanie Anos Outstanding Sophomore 2009
Melissa Santos Outstanding Junior 2009
Andrey Prokhorov Outstanding Senior 2009

 

 

Given to the top performing General Chemistry workshop leader.

Matthew Zelie - 2011

Robert Miller - 2010

Mandy Freeman - 2008

Darya Prokhorova (Graduate) - 2008

Presented to the best undergraduate teaching assistant during the academic year.

Trevor Cornish - 2018

Trevor Cornish - 2017

Rhea A. Joseph - 2016

Daniel Fougnier - 2015

Zachary H. Spangler - 2014

Eoghan L. Connors - 2013

Robert Miller - 2012

Robert Miller - 2011

Shannon Carpenter - 2010

Joshua McEnaney - 2010

Matthew Jobbins - 2009

Cory Hauke - 2008

Presented to the top-performing graduate student teaching assistants during the academic year.

2018 - Shelby Coleman, Tyler Coccarelli, Zhuyun Julia Ye

2017 - Gram Townsend, Sierra Jech, Dieter Scheibel

2016 - Robert Moesch, Joshua Harris, Ricardo Joseph

2015 - Inger M. Tysoobotn, Dieter M. Scheibel, Liang Chen

2014 - Ricardo Joseph, John Kelly, Samantha Weber

2013 - Xian Wang, N. Scott Bergey, Jesse Crandall

2012 - N. Scott Bergey, Caresse Fernandez, Michelle Giardono

2011 - Jesse Crandall, Lucia Salamanca Cordona, Alex Levine, Kristina Goranova

Given to a top performing first-year graduate student in the Ph.D. program.

2018 - Xavier Schafer

2017 - Khoa Lam

2015 - Joshua Harris

2014 - Gram Townsend

2013 - Yuting Zhu

2012 - John Kelly

2011 - Lucia Salamanca Cordona 

Presented to an undergraduate who exemplifies service, academics, and scholarship in the Department of Chemistry.

2018 - Kaela Natwora

2017 - Tiara N. Ogus

2016 - Jordan A. Pitt

2015 - Ryan Lonie

2015 - Marie Panossian

2014 - Eric Stevens

2013 - Graham Heberlig 

2012 - Eoghan Connors

2011 - Joshua McEnaney

Other awards

  • ACS Affiliate award - Given to a student to honor their commitment to the chemistry profession and sponsored by the local section of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The winner is awarded a one-year student membership to the ACS.