College of Science Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

The College of Science Graduate Student Awards (in Scholarship, Service, and Teaching) are offered annually. Each selected student will receive a departmental award as well as a nomination for the College Award in that category.

CRITERIA

Scholarship: Outstanding research publications, presentations at meetings, and scholarship awarded.

Service: Attention to broader impacts and involvement in activities outside of academic responsibilities that benefit the department, university and the larger community.  For example, this student may represent graduate student interests on councils or committees, organize graduate student events, assist departmental recruitment, participate in K-12 outreach, etc.

Teaching: Teaching or mentoring that goes above and beyond what is required; positive evaluations or other feedback from students, willingness to help junior graduate students, development of new course material or experiments, etc.

 

Recipients:

2024

Lilia Koelemay

 

2023

Anjalee Wijetunge

 

2022

Tarek El-Assaad

 

2021

James Keener

 

2020

Taylor Gee

 

2019

Matthew Bienick

 

2018

David Smith

 

2024

Megan Laham

 

2023

Andrea Hamilton

 

2022

Holly Sofka

 

2021

Natasha Cornejo

 

2020

Lindsay Guzman

 

2019

Megan Hamilton

 

2018

Melissa Fairley

 

2016

Jeff Ivie

2024

Nick Lauta

 

2023

Ryan Williams

 

2022

Brittany Stankavich

 

2021

Lauren Ostopowicz,

 

2020

Bismark Amofah

 

2019

Daniel Plewa

 

2018

Christopher Blackstone

 

2017

Ying Hou

 

2016

Varuni Livera

 

2015

Mahsa Ghaffari

 

2014

Evan Jones

 

2013

Melissa Weinrich

 

2009

Karen Christian

 

2008

Michele Pavanello

 

2007

Janie Salmon

 

2006

Hallena Rogers (We also recognize the following excellent TAs: Janie Salmon, Xioachun Chen, Kristina Orosz, Mary Steele, David Harris; Jenine Cole-Maeyer, Adam Daly)

 

2005

Elisabeth Mansfield (We also recognize the following excellent TAs: Ben Werner, Emily Grumbling, Peter Orto, Aaron Finke, Xiujuan Wen, Hallie Rogers, Tomika Bethea, Emily Tennenbaum, Doug Malkin, Jonathan Myers, Marilyne Stains)

 

2004

Udaya Bhaskar Tadikonda

 

2003

Danice Andrus

 

2002

Robert Kevwitch

Contact the Graduate Coordinator:

Phone: 1-520-621-4348
Fax: 1-520-621-8407
E-mail:  lboyd@arizona.edu