During the 2019-2020 school year, Professor Sara Skrabalak, was the Director of Graduate Studies. Serving with her on the Graduate Standards Committee were Professors Kenneth Caulton, Martin Jarrold, Martha Oakley, Nikki Pohl, and Megan Thielges.
Silas Cook chaired the Graduate Admissions Committee. Evaluating the hundreds of dossiers submitted to the department were Professors J.P. Gerdt, Srinivas Iyengar, Jared Lewis, Jonathan Schlebach, Megan Thielges, and Yan Yu. 27 new graduate students joined the department this fall; an additional XX awaiting a lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions to join the department in 2021.
| Graduate Student | Fellowships/Awards | Research Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen Alanis | College Diversity Fellowship | Baker |
| QCB Training Grant Fellowship | ||
| Riyadh Alshammari | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fellowship | Zaleski |
| Arathi Anil Sushma | McCormick Science Grant | Dragnea |
| Sandra Atehortua Bueno | National Science Foundation Fellowship | Skrabalak |
| Daniel Beagan | Siedle Research & Teaching Graduate Fellowship | Caulton |
| Brooke Brown | QCB Training Grant Fellowship | Clemmer |
| Alyssa Cabelof | Chester Davis Inorganic Fellowship | Caulton |
| Raymond Siedle Inorganic Fellowship | ||
| Wentworth Graduate Fellowship | ||
| Gerardo Castillo Valdes | ACS Bridge Fellow | C500 Student |
| Henry Castillo | President’s Diversity Initiative Fellowship | Tait |
| Laura Chamness | Dean’s Allocation Fellowship | Schlebach |
| National Science Foundation Fellowship | ||
| Lynne L. Merritt Award | ||
| Kaustav Chatterjee | 2020 Microscopy & Microanalysis Student Scholar Award | Skrabalak |
| IU Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel
Award |
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| C500 Award | ||
| Eric Collins | Slagle Fellowship | Raghavachari |
| Wendell P. Metzner Memorial Award | ||
| Evan Dalton | National Science Foundation Fellowship | Raff |
| Sibali Debnath | Robert & Marjorie Mann Fellowship | Raghavachari |
| Ashley DeYong | Dean’s Allocation Fellowship | Pohl |
| Marissa Dobulis | Wendell P. Metzner Memorial Award | C. Jarrold |
| Stanna Dorn | Burton L. Appleton Award | Brown |
| Rachel Fadler | QCB Training Grant Fellowship | Flood |
| Raymond Siedle Materials Fellowship | ||
| David A. Rothrock Award | ||
| David Ferguson | ACS Bridge Fellow | Brown |
| Ben Gerroll | Department of Chemistry Fellowship | Peters/Baker |
| Renyu Guo | Chester Davis Organic Fellowship | Brown |
| Jack Crandall Award | ||
| Naz Haddadpour | AI Award | Williams |
| Haley Harrington | Henry Mahler grad Award | Schlebach |
| J.B Holmes | President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship | Dragnea |
| Amir Hosseini | College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Research Fellowship | Peters/Jacobson |
| Chuanliang Huang | Chinese Scholarship Council Fellowship | Ye |
| Kaixiang Huang | Robert & Marjorie Mann Fellowship | Baker |
| Lynne L. Merritt Award | ||
| Soojin Jeong | Robert & Marjorie Mann Fellowship | Ye |
| Felix Haurowitz Award | ||
| Matthew Jordan | QCB Training Grant Fellowship | Giedroc |
| Ria Kidner | President’s Diversity Initiative Fellowship | Gerdt |
| QCB Training Grant Fellowship | ||
| Lily Klapper | QCB Training Grant Fellowship | Van Nieuwenhze |
| Krista Kulesa | College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award | Smith |
| ChemGRC Travel Award | ||
| AI Award | ||
| Ali Lambright | Chester Davis Organic Fellowship | Brown |
| Jack Crandall Award | ||
| Yuda Li | Chinese Scholarship Council Fellowship | Skrabalak |
| Jarrett Mason | Chester Davis Inorganic Fellowship | C. Jarrold |
| David A. Rothrock Award | ||
| Eric McKenzie | College of Arts and Sciences Kovener Fellowship | Peters/Jacobson |
| Theodore C. Mays Fellowship | ||
| College Diversity Fellowship | ||
| Department of Chemistry Fellowship | ||
| Ana Petro | Kratz Fellowship | Peters/Baker |
| Emily Pinter | Chester Davis Organic Fellowship | Cook |
| AI Award | ||
| Burton L. Appleton Award | ||
| Brigham Pope | QCB Training Grant Fellowship | Jacobson |
| Fereshteh Rezvani | 1st place in the Women’s Virtual Research Poster Competition | Tait |
| Isel Rivera | ACS Bridge Fellow | Yu |
| Frank Roushar | Kratz Fellowship | Schlebach |
| Felix Haurowitz Award | ||
| Kelly Rudman | Kratz Fellowship | Peters/Skrabalak |
| Liam Scott | QCB Training Grant Fellowship | Dragnea |
| Joshua Smith | Indiana Space Grant-Fellowship | Skrabalak |
| Grace Trammel | AI Award | Brown |
| Juan Valdez-Moreira | Chester Davis Inorganic Fellowship | Smith |
| William Nebergall Memorial Award | ||
| Brenna Walsh | Kratz Fellowship | Giedroc |
| David Wisman | Crane PhD Fellowship | Tait |
| Jennifer Wong | President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship | Dann |
| Maryam Zahedian | ChemGRC Travel Award | Dragnea |
| Zhichao Zhang | Clemmer – Mann Fellowship | Yu |
| Zihan Zhang | Carroll Family Fellowship | |
| Verne & Paul Trinoskey Fellowship | ||
| Yasmine Zubi | QCB Training Grant Fellowship | Lewis |
| C500 Award | ||
Ph.D. Degree Recipients
Daniel Beckett – Physical – October, 2019Stephen Sardini, Jr. – Organic – March 2020
Dr. Krishnan Raghavachari Dr. Kevin Brown
Henry Castillo – Physical – June 2020LaToya Scaggs – Organic – January 2020
Dr. Steven Tait Dr. Tom Snaddon
Jocelyn Gamler – Materials – January 2020 William Scaggs – Organic – December 2019
Dr. Sara SkrabalakDr. Tom Snaddon
Erin Hancock – Organic – June 2020 Jhanvi Sharma – Materials – December 2019
Dr. Kevin Brown Dr. Trevor Douglas
Victoria Kohout – Organic – September 2019Katherine VanDenburgh – Chemical Biology – February 2020
Dr. Nikki Pohl Dr. Amar Flood
Nicholas Maciulis – Inorganic – September 2019 Miao Wang – Physics – August 2019
Dr. Ken Caulton Dr. Steven Tait
Paul Marcyk – Organic – August 2019 Sarah Ward – Organic – August 2019
Dr. Silas Cook Dr. David Williams
Jorge Martinez, Jr. – Inorganic – May 2020Daniel Woodall – Analytical – February 2020
Dr. Jeremy Smith Dr. David Clemmer
Fred Parks – Organic – January 2020 Zachary Wooke – Analytical – December 2019
Dr. Amar FloodDr. Nikki Pohl
Chelsea Rintelmann – Organic – March 2020 Jing Yang – Physical – September 2019
Dr. Nikki Pohl Dr. Peter Ortoleva
Daisy Rosas Vargas – Organic –August 2019 Maryam Zahedian – Chemical Physics – June 2020
Dr. Silas Cook Dr. Bogdan Dragnea
Joshua Santana – Materials – December 2019 Xiaomei Zhou – Analytical – December 2019
Dr. Sara Skrabalak Dr. Stephen Jacobson
MS Degree Recipients
Ryan Agh – Analytical – December 2019 Martin Salazar – Chemical Biology – May 2020
Dr. Megan ThielgesDr. Jonathan Schlebach
Cody Haycraft – Physical – December 2019 Tyler Yarger – Analytical – May 2020
Dr. Srinivas Iyengar Dr. Lane Baker