College, departments announce award, scholarship recipients

Wednesday, Aug 07, 2024 • Greg Pederson :

College of Science students were honored with awards and scholarships this spring by the College and their respective departments for their excellent achievements in academics, research, and teaching.

Award and scholarship recipients include, by department or program:

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

William L. and Martha Hughes Scholarship – Omar Elkassih, Ken Perry, Eric Pham, Morad Marikh

Dr. Thomas R. Hellier, Jr. and Mrs. Evelyn F. Hellier Biology Scholarship – Dayanara Arce

William F. Pyburn Fellowship – Zachary Lange

T.F. Kennerly Award – Madison Emery

Chad Watkins Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentorship – Alison Blanton, Emily Van Buren

Graduate Research Award – Edita Folfas

Kretsinger Undergraduate Research Award – Nathan Rather

Undergraduate Teaching Award – Hannah McDaniel

Undergraduate Research Award – Neeka Mardani-Kamali

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Outstanding Freshman Chemistry/Biochemistry Major — Sarah Al-Noubani

Robert F. Francis Award for Outstanding Sophomore — Keeley Williamson

R.L. Hoyle Award for Outstanding Junior — Natalie Cox

John T. Murchison Award for Outstanding Senior — Ravi Ramkissoon

American Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Chemistry/Biochemistry Major — Caleb Findley

American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry — Caleb Findley

Undergraduate Research Award — Phat Tien Dinh, Ashton Drake

Graduate Teaching Award — Ayesha Khan, Akash Talukder

Outstanding Chemistry Clinic Tutor Award — Anuj Shah

Chemistry and Biochemistry Society Outstanding Member Award — Cesar Lopez

Chemistry Graduate Student Organization Engagement Award — Md Sabid Ahamed

Daniel W. and Linda Armstrong Scholarship — Jimmy Lam, Sarah Le, Hala Muhiar

Duncan and Sylvaine Aust Award — Rose Tomson

Chemistry and Biochemistry Society Excellence Award — Daniel Pearson, Giang Tran, Keeley Williamson

Sharon and Donald L. Jernigan Chemistry Scholarship — Mariah Carrillo, Tyler Cox, Shriya Gurjar, Cesar Lopez

Dennis S. Marynick Scholarship — Huyet Duy Bao Le

John T. Murchison Scholarship — Lorena Castellon, Bao Nhi Nguyen

Charles K. Baker Character Fellowship — Suman Das Adhikary, Md Sabid Ahamed, Ryan Burk, Sharel Cornelius, Nilakshi Dey, Anasuya Ghorai, Sanat Myti, Nazmee Parveen, Arzoo Patel, Vo Quang Huy Phan

Department of Chemistry President Spaniolo Graduate Award — Brandon Watson

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

John S. Wickham Scholarship — Lois Wims

J.D. Boone Scholarship — Khawaja Hasnain Iltaf

Donald F. Reaser Scholarship — Maryam Benali, Krystal Garcia, Chlois Hill, Jacob Hollifield, Richard Nguyen, Isabella Rios, Mariam Zenhom

Wanda Slagle Scholarship — Adrian Dias

Patricia and Charles Jenkins Scholarship — Brylan Eden, Harrison Hammons, Mary Ann Moody

Fort Worth Wildcatters Association Scholarship — Mary Ann Moody, Isabella Rios

North Central Texas Water Utilities Association Scholarship — Tyler Cox, Christine Pham

Spindletop Oil & Gas Undergraduate Fellowship — Adrian Dias, Noe Garcia, Tadhg Grogan, Anthony Heims, Emily Lanham, Christine Pham

Spindletop Oil & Gas Graduate Fellowship — Oscar Meza-Tovar, Aabha Pokharel, Sneha Singh, Patrick Sumner, Jeffrey Warber

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Stephen R. Bernfield Memorial Scholarship — Ryan Arif, Elizabeth Rubio, Jiaxiao Wei

H.A.D. Dunsworth Scholarship — Darsh Gandhi, Varun Jadhav

John A. Gardner Family Math Scholarship — Ryan Arif, Phuong Bui, Jesse Castruita

R. Kannan Memorial Scholarship — Darsh Gandhi, Varun Jadhav

Benny M. McCarley Scholarship — Bassam Albalawi, Joseph Balderas, Amairani Hernandez Garcia, Joshua Mullins, Wanjun Ning

Bernice Livers Sonricker Endowed Scholarship — Jesse Castruita

Math Academic Excellence Scholarship — Naif Abu Qarnayn, Khitam Bader Aqel, Emran Hossen, Chenxi Ma, Emma Richardson, Maryam Sangi

Outstanding Math Student Scholarship — Will Chen

Alan Amaya Memorial Scholarship — Carli Peterson

Dr. Chien-Pai Han Memorial Scholarship — Wenqisi Pan, Haoyao Ruan

Outstanding Mathematics Major Award — Brayden Blake, Kobe Brown, Aaron Doupe

Outstanding Actuarial Science Major Award — Samantha Abbott

Outstanding Freshman Award — Austin Brown

Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher — Jose Lozano, Te'a Riley

Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher — Wisdom Aselisewine, Ivan Toledo

Outstanding Graduate Student — Angela Avila

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

James L. Horwitz Physics Scholarship — Marharyta Baravok, Brad Brown, Scott Pederson, Luis Taylor

John L. Fry Endowment for the Department of Physics — Harsh Arya, Edward Stefan, Iakovos Tzoka

Carl W. Scharf Endowment — Enakshi Dey, Nafisa Nawrin Labonno, Mohammad Rafi

Truman D. Black Endowed Scholarship in Physics — Juan Cardenas Jr., Atharva Dange, Yu Hong, Pramanand Joshi, Joshua Osborne, Ilker Parmaksiz, Justin Tyska, Shweta Yadav

Richard ‘Jack’ Marquis Physics Scholarship — Connor Jackson, Kellen Middleton

B. Cecil and Jo Thompson Undergraduate Physics Scholarship — Augusta Arata, Neptune Gainer, Pavani Rambachan

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Laurie and Paul Paulus Endowed Scholarship — Laila Haggar, Alka Panicker, Anna-Lisa Polius, Courtney Reid, Alyssa Sullins

Ralph H. Rodick Sr. Mentoring and Leadership Scholarship — Anna-Lisa Polius

Gary K. Teng Endowed Scholarship in Psychology — Michelle Wadia Ateek

Dr. Andy Baum Memorial Endowment in Psychology — Aastha Arora, Kaylana Cedano, Jose Maria Gonzalez, Amber Guo, Rashini Shameera Kumardeen, Carol Moreno, Kelly Pham, Lily Elizabeth Wallace, Jose Zarate, Zephaniah Zuniga

COS DEAN’S OFFICE

Dean’s Excellence Scholarship — Carson Bevoni, Natalie Cox, Sadman Haque Farib, Hannah Hayes, Madhav Dev Reddy Kommireddy, Sridurga Linga

Dean’s Leadership Circle Scholarship — Joshua Mullins, Rohit Raut, Angela Santos, Mah Shah, Giang Tran, Mariam Zenhom

Ann H. Benham Endowed Scholarship — Laura Aguirre, Julia Alvarez, Aastha Arora, Donald Bentley, Phuong Bui, Mrunmayi Mainkar, Sadid Morshed, Doan Nguyen, Isabella Rios

Dr. Franklyn Alexander Scholarship Fund — Madison Chadwick, Jenna Schroeder

Bobbitt Family Endowed Scholarship for the College of Science — Juan Sebastian Camacho Puerto, Amairani Hernandez Garcia

Edward and Dorothy Perez Endowed Scholarship — Daniel Anderson, Shreshtha Chaturvedi, Emily Clark, Umang Dhaubhadel, Shashwat Dhayade, Eric Garcia, Kiarrah Guillory, Elora Harris, Liliana Hurtado Jimenez, Jagruthi Kanuganti, Naveen Mukala, Duc Ngu, Miryam Ochoa, Daniel Pearson, Sara Safaei-Mehro, Haritha Asokan Sheeja, Cindy Lou Skipper, Rejoice Ukachukwu-Uduji

Angela D. Kennedy Scholarship in Geoscience — Mary Ann Moody, Patrick Sumner

Ulrich Herrmann Memorial Scholarship — Gajendra Gurung, Ryan Nguyen

George and Margaret Zee Scholarship — Rachel Dixon, Emmanuel Reyes, Pearl Thakkar, Bianca Velazquez Arizmendi

UTEACH ARLINGTON

Ann H. Benham Endowment for Math & Science Education — Henry Bishop, Mariam Hantouli, Jenny Nguyen, Noel Solis

AT&T UTeach Scholarships — Analiese Castillo, Kaylea Hollenbach, Kyler Turner

Bruce & Vicki Tanner Endowment for Math & Science Education — Rylee Braddy

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control Endowment for UTeach — Ashley Arellano, Morgan Garcia, Kathaleen Ramirez Perez, Hunter Wagoner

Teaching for Our Future — Jesse Castruita

Vought Endowed Scholarship for UTeach — Mathew Potter, Jackie Truong

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Allan Saxe Health Related Scholarship – Kasey Nguyen

Carmen Trujillo-Nunez Pre-Med Scholarship in Science – Giang Tran

Julia and Dale Martin Pre-Dental Scholarship – Jacqueline Medina, Sara Safaei-Mehro

Josephine Porter Scholarship – Omar Elkassih, Jenny Hoang, Morad Marikh

Wiley F. and Bessie T. Martin Endowed Scholarship – Omar Elkassih, Morad Marikh, Ken Perry, Claudio Rodriguez

Laurence E. Baker Memorial Scholarship – Ishaq Alumary, Jeremiah Joseph, Morad Marikh, Ken Perry

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