Graduate Program
Graduate Student Awards
International Awards and Honors
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | International Precious Metals Institute Graduate Student Award | Santosh Kumar |
| 2012 | International Precious Metals Institute Graduate Student Award | Huifeng Qian |
| 2010 | Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad | Huifeng Qian |
| 2010 | Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad | Wenwen Li |
| 2007 | Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad | Haifeng Gao |
| 2005 | Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad | Chuanbing Tang |
Awards and Honors from National Organizations
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, ACS Polymer Division | Mingjiang Zhong |
| 2012 | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Fellowship | Danielle Chirdon |
| 2012 | Winifred Burks-Houck Graduate Leadership Award, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers | Racquel Jemison |
| 2011 | ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, ACS Polymer Division | Wenwen Li |
| 2010 | Achievements Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar Award | Andrew DeYoung |
| 2010 | ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, ACS Polymer Division | Hongchen Dong |
| 2009 | ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, ACS Polymer Division | Renaud Nicolaÿ |
| 2009 | EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award Certificate | Hongchen Dong |
| 2009 | EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award Certificate | Laura Anne Mueller |
| 2008 | Achievements Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar Award | Chase Butler |
| 2007 | Achievements Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar Award | Nathaniel Shank |
| 2007 | ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, ACS Polymer Division | Ke Min |
| 2007 | ACS Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry | Arani Chanda |
| 2007 | American Heart Association, Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award | Michael Yonkunas |
| 2007 | GEM Fellowship from the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. | Halimatu Mohammed |
| 2007 | National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship | Kimberly Zanotti |
| 2006 | P.E.O. Scholar Award | Amy Sage |
| 2006 | ACS Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry | Ke Min |
| 2006 | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship | Laura Anne Mueller |
| 2005 | ACS Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry | Anindya Ghosh |
| 2003 | ACS Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry | Nicolay Tsarevsky |
College Fellowships and Research Awards
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Mellon College of Science | Mingjiang Zhong |
| 2013 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Saumya Saurabh |
| 2012 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Mingjiang Zhong |
| 2011 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Wenwen Li |
| 2011 | Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Mellon College of Science | Huifeng Qian |
| 2010 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Rupal Gupta |
| 2009 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Renaud Nicolaÿ |
| 2008 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Wei He |
| 2008 | Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Mellon College of Science | Haifeng Gao |
| 2007 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Haifeng Gao |
| 2007 | Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science | Andrea Lynn Benvin |
| 2005 | Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Mellon College of Science | Sebastian Stoian |
Departmental Fellowships
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | John and Nancy Harrison Legacy Graduate Fellowship | Wenwen Li |
| 2010 | John and Nancy Harrison Legacy Graduate Fellowship | Greg Thomas Drozd |
| 2010 | Dr. Konrad M. Weis Fellowship Award in Chemistry | Joshua Allen Hayden |
| 2008 | Dr. John and Nancy Harrison Legacy Fellowship | Hongchen Dong |
| 2008 | Joseph A. Solomon Memorial Fellowship | Matthew James Crawford |
| 2007 | Dr. Konrad M. Weis Fellowship | Anna Zatsman |
| 2006 | John and Nancy Harrison Fellowship in Chemistry and Biochemistry | Wade Braunecker |
| 2005 | Joseph A. Solomon Memorial Fellowship in Chemistry | Daniel John Siegwart |
Internships and Summer Institutes (Competitive Applications)
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bayer Fellowship | Racquel Jemison |
| 2012 | Bayer Fellowship | Antonina Simakova |
| 2010 | Merck Summer Internship | Lea Da Silva Veras |
| 2008 | Bayer Fellowship | Wenwen Li |
| 2008 | Bayer Fellowship | John McGann |
| 2006 | East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) for U.S. Graduate Students Fellowship | Daniel John Siegwart |
| 2001 | Bayer Fellowship | Ke Min |
Carnegie Mellon Graduate Teaching and Service Awards
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Christian Legaspi |
| 2012 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Huifeng Qian |
| 2012 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Lisa Rastede |
| 2011 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Kelly Chacon-Madrid |
| 2011 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Jing Kong |
| 2011 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Ha Pham | 2010 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Jesse Allen Miller |
| 2010 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Hayriye Ünal |
| 2010 | Carnegie Mellon Graduate Student Service Award | William Chadwick Ellis |
| 2009 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Martin Christen |
| 2008 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | William Chadwick Ellis |
| 2008 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Matthew James Crawford |
| 2007 | Co-recipient, Hugh D. Young Graduate Teaching Award | Andrea Lynn Benvin |
| 2007 | Honorable Mention for the University Graduate Student Teaching Award | Andrea Lynn Benvin |
| 2006 | Co-recipient, Hugh D. Young Teaching Award | Delia-Laura Popescu |
| 2006 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Anna Zatsman |
| 2006 | Departmental Graduate Teaching Award | Brian Francis Cusick |
| 2004 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Delia-Laura Popescu |
| 2004 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Amy Sage |
| 2004 | Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award | Gizelle Sherwood |
Travel Awards (Competitive)
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Travel Award | Huifeng Qian |
| 2010 | NSF Travel Award to National Graduate Research Polymer Conference | Alper Nese |
| 2008 | Bayer-NOBCChE Advancing Science Travel Award | Gizelle Sherwood |
| 2006 | Eli Lily-ACS Women Chemists Committee Travel Award | Andrea Lynn Benvin |
| 2006 | Joseph Breen Memorial Fellowship, ACS Green Chemistry Institute | Delia-Laura Popescu |
| 2005 | American Chemical Society POLY Division Travel Award | Jessica R. Cooper |
Conference Awards
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chair's Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the 2011 Bioorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference | Raman Bahal |
| 2010 | ACS Scholarship for Leadership Training, "Collaborating Across Boundries," Boston, MA | Alper Nese |
| 2006 | Honorable Mention for Best Poster at International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry | Anna Zatsman |