Researcher Accomplishments

3 researchers look at a filtration setup.

Allgeier

Samir Castilla

  • 2022 American Chemical Society’s Green & Sustainable Chemistry Summer School
  • 2025 American Chemical Society Graduate Student Recognition Award for Leadership in Mentorship
  • 2025 Outstanding Oral Presentation Great Plains Catalysis Society

Prathusha Kothinti

  • 2025 Outstanding Poster Presentation Great Plains Catalysis Society

Victor Sharma

  • 2022 Kansas Corn Commission Next Generation Scholarship
  • 2022 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award from Dept. of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
  • 2023 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, KU Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Murilo Toledo Suekuni

  • 2022 Scholarship to week-long ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy

Nigel Twi Yeboah

  • 2025 Best MS Award in KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department

Blakemore

Fynn Cooper

  • 2023 Cornelius McCollum Research Scholarship

Davis Curry

  • 2023 Elmer McCollum Research Scholarship

Claire Dopp

  • 2023 Campanile Award

Alexander Ervin

  • 2023 Cornelius McCollum Research Scholarship

Riddhi Golwankar

  • 2023 Ernest & Marvel Griswold Award in Inorganic Chemistry, top award given by KU Chemistry 

Joseph Karnes

  • 2023 Lee Summer Scholar, Chemistry

Emily Mikeska

  • 2023 Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR)

Christian Nilles

  • 2022 Best Poster Presentation Prize, Great Plains Catalysis Society Annual Meeting

Cecilia Paranjothi

  • 2023 Jack & Carolyn Landgrebe Summer UG Research Scholarship; Undergraduate
  • 2023 Eli Lilly travel awards from ACS Women Chemists Committee

Bravo-Suárez

Alejandra Torres Velasco

  • 2024-2025 KU Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
  • 2025 Kokes Award to attend the 29th Annual North American Catalysis Society Meeting
  • 2025 American Chemical Society Graduate Student Recognition Award for Inclusion and Belonging

Caricato

Shreyaa Brahmachari

  • Adrienne Hiscox Mitchell Scholarship

Taylor Parsons

  • 2023 Cornelius McCollum Research Scholarship

Kaihua Zhang

  • 2022 KU Chemistry Dept. Snyder Chemistry Award

Farber

Lindsey Penland

  • 2023 Berger Summer Scholar

Hutchison

Ngun Za Luai Mang

  • 2023 ACS Catalysis Division ChemCatBio Travel Award

Jackson

Priya Singh

  • 2023 Takeru Higuchi Doctoral Progress Award, top award for graduating Ph.D. student, Chemistry

Zahra Aghaei

  • 2025 Burton & Cheryle MacKenzie Award
  • 2025 KU Chemistry Graduate Summer Scholarship

Leonard

Darik Rosser

  • 2025 American Chemical Society Graduate Student Recognition Award for Inclusion and Belonging

Shelby Atherton

  • 2025 American Chemical Society Graduate Student Recognition Award for Promotion of Research Safety

Morais

Dacosta Osei

  • 2024 Best MS Award in KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department

Odiri Siakpebru

  • 2023 North American Catalysis Society Kokes Travel Award

Teator

Kasun Wekasinghe

  • 2023 Robert & Emily Williams Community Service Award

Thompson

Elizabeth Bartlett

  • 2023 Dains Memorial Scholarship
  • 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention

Zeke Piskulich (Laird/Thompson)

  • 2022 Janukas Dissertation Award, American Physical Society
  • 2022 KU Chemistry Dept. Argesinger Award

Subramaniam

Nakisha Mark

  • 2025 American Chemical Society Graduate Student Recognition Award for Promotion of Research Safety