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.

  • This competition provides outstanding graduate students considering careers in undergraduate teaching the opportunity to participate in mentored teaching for one semester at USC.
    Anton B. Burg In Memoriam

    ***2024-2023*** – Alexander Knieb () ***2024-2023*** – Carlos Mora Perez ()
    ***2024-2023*** – Kevin Vargas () ***2024-2023*** – Mattia Di Niro () ***2024-2023*** – Mythreyi Rayaluru ()
    ***2023-2022*** – Christopher Koch () ***2023-2022*** – Chau Ngo () ***2023-2022*** – Anuj Pennathur ()
    ***2022-2021*** – Colby Barrett () ***2022-2021*** – Joshua Feng () ***2022-2021*** – Stuart Moon ()
    ***2022-2021*** – Laura Mugica Sanchez () ***2022-2021*** – Cindy Tseng () 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)

     

  • In recognition of excellence in research and teaching in the tradition of Professor Robert Bau.

    2024 – David Velazquez 2023 – Zachary Wood 2022 – Jonas Schabb
    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

     

  • In recognition of mentoring, service and outstanding graduate research in organic and preparative chemistry.

    2024 – Daniel Lin 2023 – Shubhangi Aggarwal 2022 – Anju Nalikezhathu
    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

     

  • In recognition of outstanding graduate research and excellence in service.

    2024 – Kai Knight 2023 – Oskar Sundberg 2022 – Vincente Galvan
    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 201? – Jessica Golden
    2013 – Kirill Khisytav 2012 – Beate Burkhart 2011 – Blithe Rocher
    2010 – Fang Wang

     

  • In recognition of outstanding graduate research in the area of hydrocarbon and energy research.

    2024 – Qingpei Wan 2023 – Austin Mencke 2022 – Rodrigo Elizalde-Segovia
    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

     

  • In recognition of outstanding graduate research in the area of physical chemistry.

     

    2024 – Delibas Berk 2023 – Jose Godinez 2023 – Pawel Wojcik
    2022 – Alexandra Feinberg 2022 – Billal Zayat 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

     

  • For willingness to help colleagues, excellent in research, and volunteerism.

    2024 – Michaela Jacobs 2023 – Christopher Koch 2022 – Laura Mugica Sanchez
    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

     

  • In recognition of excellence in research and contribution to the iPIDD program. Must have passed quals, have presented or published research works.

    2024 – Jennifer Olivero 2024 – Binyou Wang
    2023 – Mojgan Asadi 2023 – Stuart Moon 2022 – Shubhangi Aggarwal
    2022 – Justin Overhulse 2021 – ****Nichole Pedowitz**** 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

     

  • For excellence in undergraduate studies prior to USC.

    2018 – Matthew Voegtle 2017 – Ariel Nessl 2016 – Sean O’Connell

     

  • In recognition of excellent graduate research that merits presentation at a premier scientific conference.

    2024 – Amandeep Singh 2024 – Shivalee Dey
    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

     

  • To support chemistry doctoral students conducting innovative interdisciplinary research relevant to medicine and health care.

    2022 – TBA

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  • For students or postdocs who are first authors on a scholarly review article published in the last 3 years.

    2024 – Jessica Andrews 2023 – Sophia Kosloski-OH 2023 – Raktim Sen
    2022 – Kristopher Koskela 2022 – Stuart Moon 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