In 2019, the Research Symposium (Awards Day) was celebrated Monday, April 26th

The event was organized by the Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Student Council (Afsana, Anahit, Yeunus, David, and Mohiminul). The poster session took place in the Kenwood IRC Atrium and started at 08:45 AM. Snacks and coffee was served followed by three poster sessions at 9:30 am, 10:45 am and 1:00 pm. 

The invited judges were:

Dr. Christopher Witzigmann (MilliporeSigma), Dr. Jier Huang (Marquette University), Dr. Christopher Dockendorff (Marquette University), Dr. Mike Dziewatkoski (Eurofins SFA Laboratories), Dr. Mohammad Karim (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Dr. Delano Turner (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments), Dr. Sarah Garvey (Marian University), Dr. Caleb Nienow (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments), Dr. James Wankowski (Northstar Medical), Dr. Megan Josephine Corby (Abbott Laboratories), Dr. Christopher Marohnic (Abbott Laboratories)

 

Award Ceremony was at 4:00 p.m. in Chem 190

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

Undergraduate Awards:

• Outstanding Performance in Introductory Chemistry: Mohamad Karim
• UWM Chemistry Award to a Chemistry Major for Outstanding Performance in Analytical Chemistry:Lexie Lanphere
• UWM Chemistry Award to a Chemistry Major for Outstanding Performance in Biochemistry: Dante Serrano
• UWM Chemistry Award to a Chemistry Major for Outstanding Performance in Inorganic Chemistry:Alec Huber
• Peter Kovacic Scholarship in Organic Chemistry:Matida Bojang
• Ralf Vanselow Award to a Chemistry Major for Outstanding Performance in Physical Chemistry:TBA
• Emeritus Chemistry Faculty Scholarship to the Outstanding Junior Chemistry Major B. Richard Siebring Award:Mai Xee Yang
• Outstanding Senior Chemistry Award:Nataliia Dauksz
• Durward Layde Memorial Fellowship:Elizabeth Merkel

 

Graduate Awards:

• Gloria Moczynski Student Teacher Award in Chemistry:Alexander Vincent
• Sosnovsky Awards for Excellence in Graduate Research:Guanguan Li
• Teaching Assistant Award – Discussion: Tania Mutchie
• Teaching Assistant Award – Labortory Assistant: Vilashini Rajaratnam and Zubair Ahmed Khan

Faculty Award

Faculty of the Year Award: Prof. Cook

Graduate Posters:

• 4th Place: Chemistry Alumni Award for Graduate Research Award: Robert Bavisotto
• 3rd Place: James T. McFarland Graduate Research Award: Elliot DiMilo
• 2^nd place: Keulks Award for Graduate Research: Rajwana Jahan
• 1^st place: Keith Hall Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: Quintus Owen

Photo left to right: Rajwana Jahan, Elliot DiMilo, Robert Bavisotto and Judges Rezaul Karim, James Wankowski, Mike Dziewatkoski, Quintus Owen

 

Undergraduate Posters

• 3rd place: Chemistry Alumni Award for Undergraduate Research: Dylan Hoffman
• 2nd place: Chemistry Alumni Award for Undergraduate Research: Dante Serrano
• 1st place: James T. McFarland Undergraduate Research Award: Alysan Stauffacher

Photo left to right: Alysan Stauffacher, Dylan Hoffman, Judges Rezaul Karim, James Wankowski, Mike Dziewatkoski and Dante Serrano