Research Symposium 2018

In 2018, the Research Symposium (Awards Day) was celebrated Tuesday, May 23th

The event was organized by the Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Student Council (Afsana, Anahit, Yeunus, David, and Mohiminul). The poster session took place in the UWM Student Union. Fireside Room. 

The invited judges were former graduate students Rezaul Karim, James Wankowski, Matthew Youngblut.

Award Ceremony was at 3:30 p.m. in UWM Student Union. Fireside Room

Welcoming Remarks by Joe Alstadt, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Outstanding Performance in Introductory Chemistry

Prof. Kristen Murphy presented to Lilly Schwartzberg

Outstanding Performance in Analytical Chemistry

Prof. Mark Dietz presented to Christopher Harris

Outstanding Performance in Biochemistry

Prof. Shama Mirza presented to Marwat Salamin

Outstanding Performance in Inorganic  Chemistry

Prof. Andy Pacheco presented to Kylie Vanchena

Peter Kovacic Scholarship for Outstanding Performance in Organic Chemistry

Prof. Jian Chen presented to Evan Bennett 

Vanselow Award for Outstanding Performance in Physical Chemistry

Prof. Jorg Woehl presented to Timothy Trinklein

Chemistry Emeritus Award, Outstanding Junior

Prof. Kristen Murphy presented to Dominic Daley

Outstanding Senior

Prof. Mark Dietz presented to Christopher Harris

Durward C. Layde Memorial

Prof. Andy Pacheco presented to

Morgan Vaderschaegen 

   GRADUATE AWARDS        

Teaching Assistant Award – Discussion

Prof. Kristen Murphy presented to Elliot DiMilo

Teaching Assistant Award – Lab           

Prof. Kristen Murphy presented to Kamal Pandey, Michael Kaul, & Daniel Knutson

Gloria Moczynski Teaching Assistant  Award (CSI)

Prof. Kristen Murphy presented to Xavier Udad

Sosnovsky Award for Excellence in  Graduate Research

Prof. James Cook presented to Md. Toufiqur Rahman

GRADUATE POSTER Awards

  1. Keith Hall Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: Guanguan Li
  2. Keulks Award for Graduate Research: Margaret Guthrie
  3. McFarland Graduate Research Award: Megan Josie Corby
  4. Chemistry Alumni Award for Graduate Research: Shamsul Ahmed

UNDERGRADUATE POSTER Awards

  1. McFarland Undergraduate Research Award: David Koltermann
  2. Chemistry Alumni Award for Undergraduate Research: Timothy Trinklein
  3. Chemistry Alumni Award for Undergraduate Research: Damon Hinz