Graduate Student Awards

Graduate Student Awards Program

Each spring, the faculty of the Chemistry department select outstanding graduate students to receive awards based on performance. The Department is pleased to announce the recipients of the following awards for the 2023-2024 academic year.


Zappert Award 

American Chemical Society, Binghamton Section
$100.00 scholarship to an outstanding graduating Ph.D. student. Awarded at the annual Section "Student Awards" dinner in May.

2023 Recipient: Ezer Castillo
2024 Recipient: Krystal Lee


Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 

Chemistry Department
$200.00 to a graduate student demonstrating outstanding teaching abilities. Picture taken and check awarded at a luncheon for student, director of TA鈥檚, student鈥檚 advisor, and Department Chair.

2023 Recipient: Faith Wachira
2024 Recipient: Lynn Terry


Outstanding Research Assistant Award 

Chemistry Department
$200.00 to a graduate student demonstrating outstanding teaching abilities. Picture taken and check awarded at a luncheon for student, director of TA鈥檚, student鈥檚 advisor, and Department Chair.

2023 Recipient: Christopher Ryan
2024 Recipient: Chetan Joshi and Zihan Xu.


Outstanding Service and Outreach Award 

Chemistry Department
$200.00 to a graduate student demonstrating outstanding research accomplishments. Picture taken and check awarded at a luncheon for student, student鈥檚 advisor and Department Chair.

2023 Recipient: Ezer Castillo
2024 Recipient: Kelli Moseman


Lois D. Mackey Award 

Chemistry Department
$200.00 check to a graduate student.

2023 Recipient: Colin Clark
2024 Recipient: 


K. Keith Innes Summer Research Grant 

Chemistry and Physics Departments, Administered through the 黑料视频 Foundation
$5,000 to an exceptional graduate student who is not fully funded for summer research using spectroscopy in physical chemistry, chemical physics, or other fields of chemistry in this order of preference.

2023 Recipient: Lynn Terry
2024 Recipient: Nora Burnett


Clifford E. Myers Summer Research Grant 

Chemistry Department, Administered through the 黑料视频 Foundation
$5,000 to an exceptional graduate student who is not fully funded for summer research in materials chemistry.

2023 Recipient: Michael Njuki and Ben Pei
2024 Recipient: Zhen Lei


eisch summer research grant 

Chemistry Department, Administered through the 黑料视频 Foundation
$5,000 ... given to students who pursue bold and unexpected leads in high risk, high reward research.

2023 Recipient: Chetan Joshi
2024 Recipient: Victor Nyagilo


SHIMADZU SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT 

Chemistry Department, Administered through the 黑料视频 Foundation
$5,000 ... graduate student in the Chemistry Department of exceptional quality who is not fully-funded for summer research.

2023 Recipient: Yang Dong
2024 Recipient: Ilze Kumpina


Jeffrey Beck Graduate Summer Research Grant 

Chemistry Department, Administered through the 黑料视频 Foundation
$5,000 to an exceptional Chemistry graduate or PhD student who is not fully funded for summer research.

2023 Recipient: June Kenyaga and Victor Nyagilo
2024 Recipient: Kelli Moseman