Awards and Recognition

2024 Awards

Award Name
Rock River ACS Introductory Chemistry Award Nick Savenok, Jocelyn Kuntz and Mia Lulinski
Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award – Honorable Mention Aaron Acosta, Kara Bellanger, Riley Bouchard, Lydia Delk, Lilli Garncarz, Arash Pashaeimofrad, Jordan Ponce, Jenna Roers, Amy Stineman, and Aaron Tierney
Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award Jovani Castillo
Outstanding Sophomore Award Eric Riley
Undergraduate ACS Award in Physical Chemistry Joseph Ott
Undergraduate ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry Eric Riley
Undergraduate ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry Pete Gungel
Undergraduate ACS Award in Organic Chemistry Joseph Ott and Rena Gonzalez
Undergraduate ACS Award in Biochemistry Pete Gungel
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Scholarship Fund Calvin Soldan
Chemistry Alumni Undergraduate Endowed Scholarship Mollie Harr
American Institute of Chemists Award Pete Gungel
Outstanding Senior Award Jacob Bojan
Rock River ACS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Emily Camposeo
NIU Chemistry Club Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Pete Gungel
Zydowsky Research Fund Recipients Eric Riley and Emanuel Naumann
Swanson Research Fund Recipients Allison Stewart
Van Acker-Duminy-Kovarik Endowed Scholarship Ri Harris
Rosalie Reynolds Endowed Scholarship Ri Harris
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award Pete Gungel
Edwin Hyland Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry Emily Camposeo
NIU Chemistry Club Endowed Edwards-Hyland Award Calvin Soldan
Jon Carnahan Chemistry Scholarship Mollie Harr
Kevin Cull Memorial Endowed Teaching Awards Arghavan Mollazadeh-Moghaddam, Jeffrey Ferreira, and Robert King
John D. Graham Endowed Scholarship Mengyuan Li
Dissertation Completion Fellowship Xingyi Lyu
Outstanding Graduate Student Award Lingzhe Fang

2022-2023 Academic Year Graduates

Doctor of Philosophy

  • Prajkta Chivte
  • Emily Dalbey
  • Taiwo Esan
  • Andrew Feliciano
  • Siyuan Gao
  • Jacob Hood
  • Chaitanya Kondam
  • Tosha Laughlin
  • Niyati Patel
  • Alexander Pixler
  • Ishpriya Sharma

Master of Science

  • Kiruthika Arulmoly
  • Michael Heene
  • Myar Mohamed
  • Mark Taylor

Bachelor of Science

  • Thuwebat Adebayo
  • Alexander Buzenski
  • Anthony Castaldo
  • Ethan DeMeuse
  • Lucas Hill
  • Julia Hoffman
  • James Holmes
  • Andalwisye Horton
  • Sarah Johnson
  • Linh Nguyen
  • Santiago Olaya-Nino
  • Tatiyana Ostiguin
  • Abby Rivas
  • Emmett Rogman
  • Caroline Rosenquist
  • Brendan Storms
  • Halee Tyzska

Contact Us

Northern Illinois University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Faraday Hall, Room 319
DeKalb, IL  60115

815‐753‐1131