Annual Scholarship and Awards Ceremony

ASU Old Main

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

11:30 a.m.

The School of Molecular Sciences annual scholarship and awards ceremony recognizing the achievements of our students, faculty and staff.

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We thank our generous donors for their support of our endowed scholarships and fellowships 

  • Arizona Society for Coatings Technology
  • Mr. Harold H. Bateman
  • Mrs. LaReal Eyring
  • Mr. & Mrs. Bill and Lorna Glaunsinger
  • Mr. Martin Hudson
  • Mrs. Kathryn M. Krause
  • Mr. Stewart Liddell
  • Mr. Wayne W. Luchsinger
  • Mrs. Lily Yuen McCormick
  • Mr. Stephen Munk
  • Mr. Brian T. Rasley
  • Ms. Helen M. Rosen
  • Mrs. YuJung K. Skibo
  • Ms. Lucy Yuen 

We thank our SMS Community for supporting  SMS Scholarships

We also thank all of the SMS faculty and staff involved in planning today's award ceremony and who have served on a scholarship and/or awards committee.

Past Scholarship Winners
SMS Scholarships

LeRoy Eyring Memorial Fellowship in Chemistry
Saborni Chowdhury Presented by Liza Roger

George U. Yuen Memorial Award
Lillian Hensleigh Presented by Gary Moore

John Holloway Memorial Scholarship 
Trinity Olguin Presented by Pierre Herckes

Glausinger Innovation Award
Minh Nhat Pham Presented by Caitlin Sample

John Kacoyannakis (Koko) Award
Ishmael Quansah Presented by Chad Borges

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award
Roman Fabry Presented by Giovanna Ghirlanda
Adam Pirnia Presented by Dmitry Matyushov
Aidan McClure Presented by Pierre Herckes
Parvathi Rajan Presented by Jie Xu
Xinyi Tu Presented by Nick Stephanopoulos
Joydeb Mondal Presented by Ryan Trovitch
 

Distinction of Merit and Scholastic Occupation (DMSO) Teaching Award
Dr. Jason Khoury Presented by SAACS officers

AZ Society for Coatings Technology Scholarship
Maya Watkins Presented by Yoan Simon
Michael Duqua Presented by Chad Borges (on behalf of Mark Hayes)

Barbara Munk Memorial Scholarship
Destini Lewis Presented by Christopher Pochas

George M. Bateman Memorial Scholarship
Astrid Perry Presented by Chad Borges

Martin Hudson Scholarship for Carbon Capture and Sustainable Energy
Cassandra Brinkis Presented by Chad Borges

Therald Moeller Scholarship
Kelly Getz Presented by Chad Borges
Kevin Shaw Presented by Liza Roger
Jay Chavan Presented by Ryan Trovitch

Wayne W. Luchsinger Chemistry Scholarship
Erick Farias Presented by Chad Borges
Maria Moncayo Presented by Chad Borges

John Holloway Undergraduate Scholarship
Carolyn Tran Presented by Chad Borges

Edward B. Skibo Memorial Scholarship
Giselle Lagarda Duarte Presented by Judith Klein-Seetharaman
Diborah Afework Presented by Chad Borges

Ted Brown Memorial Scholarship
Marion Eunika Jaring Presented by Chad Borges 
Jaiye Garett Presented by Chad Borges

School of Molecular Sciences Scholarship
Kendyl Neef Presented by Ed Hilvano
Sarah Carvajal Presented by Chad Borges
Joshua Soto Presented by Chad Borges

SMS Women in Molecular Science Scholarship
Evelyn Scheck Presented by Chad Borges

SMS First Generation Scholarship
Gavin Polyak Presented by Kevin Redding
Elizabeth Payton Presented by Chad Borges

SMS Veterans Scholarship
Blake Koenigsknecht Presented by Kevin Redding

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award
Yiran Chen Presented by Christina Birkel

ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award
Thomas Brooks Presented by Ana Moore

ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award
Jacob Massoud Presented by Scott Sayres

ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award
Yash Kothari Presented by Di Liu

Distinguished Chemistry Merit Award
Ava Campbell Presented by Everett Shock

Distinguished Biochemistry Merit Award
Sophia Mastorakos Presented by Liza Roger

SAACS Organic Achievement Award
Elyssa Kartchner Presented by Marcia Levitus

SMS Fall 2025 Dean’s Medalist
Shri Swaminathan Presented by Chad Borges

SMS Spring 2026 Dean’s Medalist
Madeline Linden Presented by Tijana Rajh (on behalf of Justin Early)

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence Award
Kevin Shaw Presented by Liza Roger

Presented by Ian Gould

  • Phoebe Dunn
  • Kelvin Fosu
  • Vaibhav Joshi
  • Waniya Khan
  • Somer Lang
  • Senal Liyanage
  • Audrey Paduda
  • Christine Rajarigam
  • Alex Ramirez
  • Chase Rotteger
  • Hana Roushdy
  • Isaiah Sandoval
  • Gavin Slater