Graduate Awards
Each year, several graduate student awards are announced at a formal dinner following the John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences. Click the name of each award to see past recipients.
Anton B. Burg Foundation Pre-Doctoral Teaching Award
This competition provides outstanding graduate students considering careers in undergraduate teaching the opportunity to participate in mentored teaching for one semester at USC.
2020 - Aaron Balana (Spring)
2020 - Jonathan Hunt (Spring)
2019 - Vinayak Krishnamurti (Fall)
2019 - Anastasiia Sadybekov (Fall)
2019 - Caiqun Yu (Fall)
2019 - Antonina Nazarova (Spring)
2019 - Daniel Kwasniewski (Spring)
2019 - Savannah Kapper (Spring)
2018 - Amanda Baxter (Fall)
2018 - Joel Patrow (Fall)
2018 - Bibek Samanta (Fall)
2018 - Laura Estergreen (Spring)
2018 - Erica Howard (Spring)
2017 - Dhritiman Bhattacharyya (Fall)
2017 - Dean Glass (Fall)
2017 - Jessica Golden (Fall)
2017 - Emily Roberts (Fall)
2017 - Eric Driscoll (Spring)
2017 - Marc Iuliucci (Spring)
2017 - Caitlin DeAngelo (Spring)
2016 - Patrick Saris (Fall)
2016 - Shayne Sorenson (Fall)
2016 - Piyush Deokar (Spring)
2015 - Nadezhda Korovina (Fall)
2015 - Nima Zargari (Fall)
The Robert Bau Prize
In recognition of excellence in research and teaching in the tradition of Professor Robert Bau.
2021 - Aaron Balana
2020 - Thomas Saal
2020 - Sara Smock
2019 - Erica Howard
2018 - Emily Roberts
2017 - Courtney Downes
2016 - Shilang Zhou
2015 - Sean Culver
2014 - Jia Lu
2013 - Matthew Greaney
2012 - Ivan Krylov
2011 - Maria Frushicheva
2010 - Valentina Krylova
The William P. Weber Award
In recognition of mentoring, service and outstanding graduate research in organic and preparative chemistry.
2021 - Raktim Sen
2020 - Valeriy Cherepakhin
2020 - Vinayak Krishnamurti
2019 - Ivan Demianets
2017 - Sankarganesh Krishnamoorthy
2016 - Jothi Kothandaraman
2015 - Jeff Celaje
2014 - John-Paul Jones
2013 - Zhe Zhang
2012 - Hema Krishnan
2011 - Anton Shakhmin
2010 - Kevin Gaffney
The Kenneth Nobutoshi Wachi Award
In recognition of outstanding graduate research and excellence in service.
2021 - Sahil Gulania
2020 - Nicholas Bashian
2019 - Nicholas Orchanian
2018 - Rasha Hamze
2017 - Lena Hoober-Burkhardt
2016 - Narin Tangprasertchai
2015 - John Chen
2014 - Shannon Howell
2018 - Jessica Golden
2013 - Kirill Khisytav
2012 - Beate Burkhart
2011 - Blithe Rocher
2010 - Fang Wang
The G. K. Surya Prakash Award
In recognition of outstanding graduate research in the area of hydrocarbon and energy research.
2021 - Keying Chen
2020 - Robert Pankow
2019 - Andrew Clough
2018 - Dean Glass
2017 - Nemal Gobalasingham
2016 - Xingyue Zhang
2015 - Trinh Phuong
2015 - Xintian Feng
2014 - Andrey Rudenko
2013 - Zhiyao Lu
The Michael Dulligan Graduate Student Award
In recognition of outstanding graduate research in the area of physical chemistry.
2021 - Benjamin Fortman
2021 - Michael Kellogg
2021 - Ryan McMullen
2020 - Sean O’Connell
2020 - Bibek Samanta
2019 - Subhasish Sutradhar
2019 - Daniel Sylvinson
2018 - Joel Patrow
2018 - Pavel Pokhilko
2017 - Chathuranga Abeywardana
2017 - Hanwool Yoon
2016 - Rico Mayro Tanyang
2016 - Rana Akiel
2016 - Shayne Sorenson
2015 - Jaimie Stomberg
2015 - Stephanie McKean
2015 - Atanu Acharya
2014 - Saptaparna Das
2014 - Anirban Roy
2013 - Fadel Shalhout
2012 - Luis Gomez
2012 - Wenbo Hu
2012 - Tom Zhang
2011 - Lee Ch'ng
2011 - Christopher Nemirow
2011 - Russel Sliter
2010 - Evgeny Epifanovski
2010 - Cody Schlenker
The Jay Struckhoff Graduate Student Award
For willingness to help colleagues, excellent in research, and volunteerism.
2021 - Carlos Navarro
2020 - Robert Nshimiyimana
2020 - Bryce Tappan
2019 - Arunika Ekanayake
2018 - Kavita Belligund
2018 - Bibek W. Samanta
2017 - Daniel Kwasniewski
2016 - Alexandra Aloia
2016 - Nadezhda Korovina
2015 - Socrates Munoz
2014 - Alia Latif
2013 - Vincent Li
2012 - Anna Dawsey
2011 - Christopher Beier
2010 - Jeremy Winkler
The Interdisciplinary Program in Drug Discovery (iPIDD) Award
In recognition of excellence in research and contribution to the iPIDD program. Must have passed quals, have presented or published research works.
2021 - Renata Miranda
2020 - Aaron Balana
2020 - Nichole Pedowitz
2019 - Narek Darabedian
2019 - Pouya Haratipour
2018 - Ana Galesic
2018 - Wei Jiang
2017 - Anna Batt
2017 - Ying-Chu Chen
2016 - Yu Hsuan Lin
2016 - Amirsoheil Negahbani
2016 - Kim Nguyen
2015 - Candy Hwang
2015 - Tharindu Abeywardana
2014 - Yuan Ding
2014 - Marcos Sainz
2013 - Anastasia Kadina
2013 - Jorge Osuna
2012 - Balyn Zaro
2011 - Jamie Jarusiewicz
2011 - Melissa Williams
2010 - Ivan Krylov
2010 - Shuting Sun
Research Impact Award
For students or postdocs who are first authors on a scholarly review article published in the last 3 years.
2021 - Nichole Pedowitz
2020 - JoAnna Milam-Guerrero
2020 - Daniel Sylvinson
2019 - Deepak Verma
2018 - Courtney Downes
2017 - Rico Mayro Tanyang
2016 - Kelly Chuh
2016 - Elena Ferri
2016 - Yu Hsuan Lin
2016 - Amirsoheil Negahbani
2016 - Kim Nguyen
2015 - Candy Hwang
2015 - Tharindu Abeywardana
2014 - Yuan Ding
2014 - Marcos Sainz
2013 - Anastasia Kadina
2013 - Jorge Osuna
2012 - Balyn Zaro
2011 - Jamie Jarusiewicz
2011 - Melissa Williams
2010 - Ivan Krylov
2010 - Shuting Sun
The Curt Wittig Graduate Student Award
For excellence in undergraduate studies prior to USC.
The Mikhail Vinaykin Award
In recognition of excellent graduate research that merits presentation at a premier scientific conference.
2021 - Ariel Vaughn
2019 - Subhasish Sutradhar
2019 - Daniel Sylvinson
2018 - Dhritiman Bhattacharyya
2017 - Gaurav Kumar
2016 - Chayan Dutta
2015 - Subhasish Sutradhar
2014 - Rico Mayro Tanyang
Alfred E. Mann Innovation in Chemistry Doctoral Fellowship
To support chemistry doctoral students conducting innovative interdisciplinary research relevant to medicine and health care.