COS announces student award and scholarship winners

College of Science students were recently honored by the College and their respective departments for their superior achievements in academics, research, and teaching with awards and scholarships.

Award and scholarship recipients include, by department or program:

William L. and Martha Hughes Scholarship – Salwa Abdelmalak, Jessica Nwankwo, Hetvikumari Patel, Caroline Soliman

Dr. Thomas R. Hellier, Jr. and Mrs. Evelyn F. Hellier Biology Scholarship – Chance Knapp

William F. Pyburn Fellowship – Meghan Korte

T.F. Kennerly Award – Christian Peterson

Chad Watkins Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentorship – Cristian Hernandez, Meaghan Rose

Undergraduate Research Award – Hannah Boverman

Undergraduate Teaching Award – Chris Casarez, Christina Nguyen

Graduate Research Award – Katie Kang

Outstanding Freshman Chemistry/Biochemistry Major – Rose Tomson

Robert F. Francis Award for Outstanding Sophomore – Alexander Lucente

R.L. Hoyle Award for Outstanding Junior – Miranda Williams

John T. Murchison Award for Outstanding Seniors – My Nguyen, Trinh Thao

American Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Chemistry/Biochemistry Major – Hannah Hayes

Undergraduate Research Award – Seth Horn, Lisa Mey

Undergraduate Teaching Award – Samer Alasaad

Graduate Teaching Award – Ryan Madigan

Outstanding Chemistry Clinic Tutor Award – Eric Cyganowski

Chemistry and Biochemistry Society Outstanding Member Award – Vicki Ho

Maverick Merit Fellowship – Hannah Hayes

Daniel W. and Linda Armstrong Scholarship – Hannah Hayes, My Nguyen, Trinh Thao

Duncan and Sylvaine Aust Award – Han Le

Sharon and Donald L. Jernigan Chemistry Scholarship – Lucine Devejian, Zahin Reshad

John T. Murchison Scholarship – Julissa Mireles

Charles K. Baker Character Fellowship – Oluchukwu Virginia Igboenyesi, Yazhini Mahendravarman, Ashima Mehta, Thanh Thuy Vuong

Department of Chemistry President Spaniolo Graduate Award – Anurag Noonikara Poyil

J.D. Boone Scholarship – Xuewei Ning

Donald F. Reaser Scholarship – Taylor Bailey, Hannah Bahrami, Adrian Dias, Dessian Guiro, Zachery Harper, Lauren Ledenham, Mary Ann Moody

Patricia and Charles Jenkins Scholarship – Malachi Johnson, Cindy Lou Skipper, Tu-Vy Tran

Wanda Slagle Scholarship – Diana Valenzuela Davila, Jessica Martin

Fort Worth Wildcatters Association Scholarship – Cindy Lou Skipper

Spindletop Oil & Gas Undergraduate Fellowship – Diana Valenzuela Davila, Patrick Sumner

Spindletop Oil & Gas Graduate Fellowship – Khawaja Hasnain Iltaf, Jhanvi Soni, Tao Zhang

North Central Texas Water Utilities Association Scholarship – Zackery Harper, John Jackson

Edward and Dorothy Perez Endowed Scholarship – Madhu Gupta, Lasta Maharjan

Stephen R. Bernfeld Memorial Scholarship – Madhu Gupta

H.A.D. Dunsworth Scholarship – Johnathan Andres, Lasta Maharjan

John A. Gardner Family Math Scholarship – Kyle Housman, Varun Jadhav, Madison Nguyen, Jared Richardson, 

R. Kannan Memorial Scholarship – Darsh Gandhi

Benny M. McCarley Scholarship – Jose Lozano, Vishwa Patel

Academic Excellence Scholarship – Tahani Altaji, Bassam Zaki H. Albalawi, Angela Avila, Joseph Balderas, Erica Bajo Calderon, Christopher Eads, Hussein Said Ahmad Ed Duweh, Jocelyn Baca Reyes

Math Scholarship – Shreshtha Chaturvedi

Alan Amaya Memorial Scholarship – Zachary Chairez

Dr. Chien-Pai Han Memorial Scholarship – Wisdom Aselisewine

Outstanding Seniors – Jared Ackley, Logan Marshall, Xy Randall, Kayla Robb

Outstanding Juniors – Aaron Doupe, Breanne Miller

Outstanding Sophomores – Kobe Brown, Zian Pan

Outstanding Freshmen – Varun Jadhav, Lesli Rocha

Outstanding Graduate Student Teachers – Jodi Treszoks, Zachery Viray

Outstanding Graduate Student Researchers – Alalhareth Fawaz Karhan, Yifei Yu

Outstanding Graduate Student – Khoa Nguyen

James L. Horwitz Physics Scholarship – Juan Cardenas Jr., Aravind Pazhayath Ravi

John L. Fry Endowment for the Department of Physics – Atharva Dange, Karen Navarro, Hector Salinas, Benjamin Smithers

Carl W. Scharf Endowment – Pramanand Joshi, Austen King, Hany Mahdy, Shiwei Zhou

Truman D. Black Endowed Scholarship in Physics – Yu Hong, Vivek Khichar, Shashank Kumbhare, Sima Lotfimarangloo, Yang Pan, Ilker Parmaksiz, Justin Tyska, Lesley Vestal

Richard ‘Jack’ Marquis Physics Scholarship – Rushikesh Patil, Pavani Rambachan

B. Cecil and Jo Thompson Undergraduate Physics Scholarship – Jacqueline Baeza, Richard Barton, Eric Garcia, Shailesh Giri

Laurie and Paul Paulus Endowed Scholarship – Anna Lisa Polius, Courtney Reid

Ralph H. Rodick Sr. Mentoring and Leadership Scholarship – Peter McLemore

Gary K. Teng Endowed Scholarship in Psychology – Fujiri Efeurhievwe

Dr. Andy Baum Memorial Endowment in Psychology – Camille Condron, Husna Khan, Rashini Kumardeen, Benjamin Noori, Sarah Nwosu, Victoria Ochoa, Anisha Sharma, Mirela Smailovic, Nautia Soloth-Satchell, Morgan Wherley

Verne Cox Outstanding Graduate Research Award – Blake Brady

Dean’s Excellence Scholarship – Bryanne Argenbright, Lucine Devejian, Shashwat Dhayade, Xiangwei Guo, Waris Khuwaja, Jose Lozano, Logan Marshall, Colby Obannon, Sehyun Oh, Joshua Rivera, Thanh Vuong, Laila Watko

Ann H. Benham Endowed Scholarship – Fujiri Efeurhievwe, Varun Jadhav, Jill Kaarlela, Anisa Kammaz, Jenny Nguyen, Janine Shuman, Emily Williams

Dr. Franklyn Alexander Scholarship Fund – Vanessa Campos

Bobbitt Family Endowed Scholarship for the College of Science – Shiwei Zhou

Edward and Dorothy Perez Endowed Scholarship – Jacqueline Baeza, Alexi Bernard, Kacy Colstock-Millume, Edward Davis, Madhu Gupta, Millie Johnson, Han Le, Lasta Maharjan, Hozefa Mahuwala, Rijumon Nandy, Matthew Schlak, Patrick Sumner, Brandon Watson

Allan Saxe Health Related Scholarship – Yuaneli Garza, Christina Nguyen

Carmen Trujillo-Nunez Pre-Med Scholarship in Science – Huda Haboul, Waris Khuwaja

Julia & Dale Martin Pre-Dental Scholarship – Hozefa Mahuwala, Danyah Nashawi, Ariana Negrete

Josephine Porter Scholarship – Smriti Ghimire, Hannah Martin

Wiley F. & Bessie T. Martin Endowed Scholarship – Jamie Bierach, Rem Tial

Laurence E. Baker Memorial Scholarship – Omar Elkassih, Samara Moser, Shruthi Ranjithkumar, Jessica Tran

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