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Awards/Scholarships/Achievements

Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant Award

Kelly-Ann Higa—Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Kolton Morgan—Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Kelsi McCracken—Research Assistant of the Year

Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant Award

Aditi Dahiya (Bose)—Received Teaching Assistant of the Year
Sohan Ahmed (Yoo)—Received Research Assistant of the Year

Graduate Fellowship or Scholarship

Austin Vezina (Boncella)—WSU-PNNL Distinguished Graduate Research Program (2023 DGRP Cohort)
Brooke Bonar (Peterson)—Glenn A. And Jane L. Crosby Graduate Scholars Endowment
Bryn Merrill (Guo)—NASA Space Grant Fellowship, Harold Dodgen Fellowship in Nuclear Science and Radiochemistry, and G.T. Seaborg Institute Graduate Research Fellowship
Dalton Glasco (Bell)—Fodor-Wells Outstanding Graduate Award in the Chemical and Molecular Life Sciences
Elizabeth Groetsema (Clowers)—E.L. Wagner Graduate Endowment
Elvin Cabrera (Clowers)—Ned and Nancy Wogman Student Support Fund in Chemistry
Emily Savoy (Berkman)—College of Arts and Sciences William and Mary Lynn Graber Endowment in Sciences Scholarship
Emma Kindall (Guo)—DOE University Nuclear Leadership Graduate Fellowship (NEUP-UNLP) and Harold Dodgen Fellowship in Nuclear Science and Radiochemistry
Eric Jacobo (Brozik)—Frank Fowler Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
Esther Dodson (Berkman)—Gardner Stacy Research Endowment Fund
Fatima Obe (Clowers)—Donald S. Matteson Graduate Fellowship and the Catherine Melissa Loomis Scholarship
Haley Schramm (Clowers)—Fodor-Wells Outstanding Graduate Award in the Chemical and Molecular Life Sciences
Hannah Johnson (Zhang)—Harvey & Evelyn Magnuson Quasi-Endowment
Matthew Heaney (Moreau)—Department of Defense’s (DOD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
Nicolas “Cole” Fisher (Boncella)—James P. and Lee Ella Ruck Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
Shinhyo Bang (Guo)—G.T. Seaborg Institute Graduate Research Fellowship
Sheng Yu (Zhang)—William & Mary Graber School
Sumeet Chakravorty (Clowers)—James P. and Lee Ella Ruck Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
Vincent Groner (Boncella)—Leland Eleanor Burger Scholarship
William Vance (Moreau)—James C. Sullivan Memorial Fellowship in Chemistry
Zackary Kinlein (Clowers)—Frank Fowler Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry
2024 CAS Doctoral Student Achievement: Sciences—–Xiaodong Zhao (opens large poster – description below)

Doctoral Student Xiaodong Zhao

Xiaodong Zhao earned a PhD in Chemistry in 4 years.

More about Xiaodong

A critical lab member who pioneered using innovative theories to understand chemical systems.
Remarkable aptitude for collaborative research
Exceptional critical thinking and communication skills
A series of publications in peer-review journals
PNNL Prestigious Internship led to hydrothemal experiments – You’re hired!
“A very talented young scientist with solid skill- and mind-sets in inorganic chemistry, X-ray spectroscopy, and computational chemistry!”