Student Awards - 2008:
The AIC Student Award Program honors outstanding seniors, post-baccalaureate, and post-doctoral students majoring in chemistry, chemical engineering or biochemistry. The awards are given in recognition of a demonstrated ability, leadership, and professional promise. Candidates are chosen and nominated by their faculty members.
| Student Name | Institution | State | Major |
| Atanasova, Mariya | Adelphi University | NY | Chemistry |
| O'Neil Smith | Albany State University | GA | Chemistry |
| Amberger, Brent K. | Amherst College | MA | Chemistry |
| McCandless, Michelle L. | Arcadia University | PA | Chemistry |
| Norman, Sarah | Arkansas Tech University | AR | Chemistry |
| Jen, Alexandra | Barnard College | NY | Biochem |
| Napolitano, Denise | Barnard College | NY | Chemistry |
| Ward, Paul Wofford | Birmingham-Southern College | AL | Chemisty |
| Martin, Adriana | Bloomfield College | NJ | Chemistry |
| Patel, Bhaumik | Bloomfield College | NJ | Chemistry |
| Small, Colleen E. | Bloomsburg University | PA | Chemistry |
| Korchak, Michael | Boston College | MA | Biochem |
| Wang, Yanling | Boston College | MA | Biochem |
| Widboom, Paul | Boston College | MA | Chemistry |
| Wrobel, William | Boston College | MA | Chemistry |
| Barnett, Shoshanna M. | Brandeis University | MA | Chemistry |
| Tan, Sher Mern | Brandeis University | MA | Biochem |
| McDonald, Lindsay T. | Bridgewater State College | MA | Biochem |
| Palluccio, Taryn | Bridgewater State College | MA | Chemistry |
| Mouallem, Lea E. | Brown University | RI | Chem Eng |
| Simoncelli, Zachary M. | Bucknell University | PA | Chem Eng |
| Giordano, Cerrene N. | Canisius College | NY | Chemistry |
| Poplawski, Shane G. | Canisius College | NY | Biochem |
| Ener, Maraia | Carleton College | MN | Chemistry |
| Yousef, Hanadie | Carnegie Mellon | PA | Chemistry |
| Norris, Paul Christopher | Catawba College | NC | Chemistry |
| Kelley, Paul | Catholic University of America | DC | Biochem |
| Stuart, Amanda D. | Central Michigan University | MI | Chemistry |
| Steffen, Laura | Centre College | KY | Chemistry |
| Maali, Barbara | Chicago State University | IL | Chemistry |
| Unger, Michael Shane | Clarion University | PA | Chemistry |
| Parent, Alexander R. | Clark University | MA | Chemistry |
| Reeve, Jennifer | Clark University | MA | Biochem |
| Graves, Kimberly S. | Colby College | ME | Chemistry |
| McGowan, Erin | Colby College | ME | Biochem |
| Remmel, Kurtis | College of Mount Saint Joseph | OH | Chemistry |
| Thorsness, Alison M. | College of St. Benedict/Saint John's Univ. | MN | Chemistry |
| Woods, Matthew | College of Saint Rose | NY | Chemistry |
| Brady, Patrick B. | College of the Holy Cross | MA | Chemistry |
| Kiss, Andrew S. | Concordia University | CA | Chemistry |
| Mbofana, Curren | Connecticut College | CT | Chemistry |
| Uzasci, Lerna | Connecticut College | CT | Biochem |
| Tang, Derrick | Cornell University | NY | Chem Eng |
| Burkhead, Matthew Steven | Creighton University | NE | Chemistry |
| Young, Hayley Elizabeth | Creighton University | NE | Biochem |
| Gonzalez, Jacob M. | CSU Fullerton | CA | Biochem |
| Kane, Matthew | Delaware Valley College | PA | Chemistry |
| Gu, Jie | Dickinson College | PA | Chemistry |
| Lakin, Christina | Dickinson College | PA | Biochem |
| Gardner, Sean | Drexel University | PA | Chemistry |
| Guo, Yi | Drexel University | PA | Chemistry |
| Yee, Libby M. | East Carolina University | NC | Chemistry |
| Doane, Tennyson Lee, III | East Nazarene College | MA | Chemistry |
| Sluzevich, Joseph T. | East Stroudsburg University | PA | Chemistry |
| Carey, Julie Lynn | Eastern Michigan University | MI | Chemistry |
| Beebe, Nichole | Edinboro University of PA | PA | Biochem |
| Davis, Zachary Suttles | Erskine College | SC | Chemistry |
| O'Connor, Danielle C. | Fordham University | NY | Chemistry |
| Remmers, Neeley Anne | Fort Hays State University | KS | Chemistry |
| Beckerman, John R. | Fort Lewis College | CO | Chemistry |
| Nguyen, Duy Phuoc | Franklin & Marshall College | PA | Chemistry |
| Bucchino, Matthew Paul | Frostburg State University | MD | Chemistry |
| Kucharczyk, Christa | Frostburg State University | MD | Biochem |
| Browne, Kevin | Georgetown University | DC | Chemistry |
| Heyrana, Katrina | Georgetown University | DC | Biochem |
| Baskin, Rebekah L. | Georgia Southern University | GA | Chemistry |
| Schill, Gregg | Gonzaga University | WA | Chemistry |
| Lindsey, Erick | Grand Valley State University | MI | Chemistry |
| de Lill, Dan | GWU | DC | Chemistry |
| Gandiga, Prashast | GWU | DC | Chemistry |
| Durham, April Shanel | Harding University | AR | Biochem |
| Schramm, Erik Benjamin | Harding University | AR | Chemistry |
| Brown, Karen | Harvey Mudd College | CA | Chemistry |
| Sanchez Casalongue, Hernan G. | Haverford College | PA | Chemistry |
| Jackson, Stephen R. | Hendrix College | AR | Chemistry |
| Caplins, Benjamin | Hood College | MD | Chemistry |
| Goltz, Abby L. | Hope College | MI | Biochem |
| Prast, Abigail M. | Hope College | MI | Chemistry |
| Putnam, Heidi | Houghton College | NY | Chemistry |
| Fufa, Temesgen | Howard University | DC | Biochem |
| Wilson, Andrew P. | Howard University | DC | Chem Eng |
| Gaydosh, Brittany | Huntingdon College | AL | Chemistry |
| Platt, Laura | IUPUI | IN | Chemistry |
| Pattison, Lindsey | James Madison University | VA | Chemistry |
| Tappel, Ryan | John Carroll University | OH | Chemistry |
| Morrison Emma | Johns Hopkins University | MD | Chemistry |
| Queen, Jonathan W., Sr. | Keene State College | NH | Chemistry |
| Hipps, Sean Anthony | Kennesaw State University | GA | Chemistry |
| Newman, Richard Lamar | Kennesaw State University | GA | Biochem |
| Johnson, Jeffrey Grant | Knox College | IL | Chemistry |
| Murray, Karen | Lafayette College | PA | Biochem |
| Tang, Pui-In | Lafayette College | PA | Chemistry |
| Bozym, David Joseph | Lehigh University | PA | Chem Eng |
| Mlynarski, Scott | Lehigh University | PA | Chemistry |
| Namjoshi, Omkar Ashok | Louisiana State University | LA | Chem Eng |
| Hughes, Erinn K. | Loyola College of MD | MD | Chemistry |
| Nguyen, Teresa | Loyola Marymount University | CA | Biochem |
| Devitis, Joseph N. | Loyola Marymount University | CA | Chemistry |
| Starus, Anna | Loyola University | IL | Biochem |
| Schultz, Erica | Macalester College | MN | Biochem |
| Bernhardt, Ryan James | Marian College | IN | Chemistry |
| Andrews, Eric | Marquette University | WI | Chemistry |
| Mak, Piotr | Marquette University | WI | Chemistry |
| Mukarakate, Calvin | Marquette University | WI | Chemistry |
| Rubio, Marisa | Marshall University | WV | Chemistry |
| Gill, Erick M. | Maryville University | MO | Chemistry |
| Francescone, Ralph A. | Merrimack College | MA | Biochem |
| Tanner, Stephanie | Merrimack College | MA | Chemistry |
| Barone, Nicholas F. | Middlebury College | CT | Chemistry |
| Davenport, Thaddeus M. | Middlebury College | CT | Biochem |
| Kegel, Laurel L. | Millersville University | PA | Chemistry |
| Reichardt, Stephanie A. | Millersville University | PA | Biochem |
| Campbell, Christopher | Missouri S&T | MO | Chemistry |
| Caspers, Michael J. | MN State University Moorhead | MN | Chemistry |
| Harkins, Kristina | Morgan State University | MD | Chemistry |
| Sakowski, Eric G. | Mount St. Mary's University | MD | Biochem |
| Kerns, Cortney Michelle | Mount St. Mary's University | MD | Chemistry |
| Border, Michael | Mount Union College | OH | Biochem |
| Keifer, David | Mount Union College | OH | Chemistry |
| MacMaster, Kayleigh | Nazareth College | NY | Biochem |
| Schrader, Collin | Nazareth College | NY | Chemistry |
| Dai, Ping Ping | NC State University | NC | Chemistry |
| D'Antonio, Edward | NC State University | NC | Chemistry |
| Lee, Changhoon | NC State University | NC | Chemistry |
| Cote, Catherine | Northeastern University | MA | Chemistry |
| Harvey, Rebecca A. | Northeastern University | MA | Chem Eng |
| Richter, Christiaan | Northeastern University | MA | Chem Eng |
| Dubbeldam, David | Northwestern University | IL | Chem Eng |
| Rittigstein, Perla | Northwestern University | IL | Chem Eng |
| Vicari, Kristin J. | Northwestern University | IL | Chem Eng |
| Kotlyar, Alexander M. | NYU | NY | Chemistry |
| Slomberg, Danielle | Ohio Northern University | OH | Chemistry |
| Berdahl, Chelsea L. | Pacific Lutheran University | WA | Chemistry |
| Lopez, Tomas | Pacific Union College | CA | Biochem |
| Zhao, Xue Ling | Polytechnic University of NYU | NY | Chem Eng |
| Oza, Anand Uttam | Princeton University | NJ | Chemistry |
| Wagner, Kelly Elizabeth | Princeton University | NJ | Chemistry |
| Bush, Timothy | Providence College | RI | Chemistry |
| Fleischmann, David | Ramapo College of NJ | NJ | Chemistry |
| Vascak, Michal | Ramapo College of NJ | NJ | Chemistry |
| Riggio, Gustavo | Randolph-Macon College | VA | Chemistry |
| Bucknum, Amanda E. | Rider University | NJ | Biochem |
| Vecchione, Matthew | Rider University | NJ | Chemistry |
| Henry, Eric Michael | RIT | NY | Chemistry |
| Smith, Jessica Marie | RIT | NY | Biochem |
| Lawrence, Chad | Roanoke College | VA | Chemistry |
| Rutkowski, Timothy | Roberts Wesleyan College | NY | Biochem |
| Lamb, Sarah | Rockhurst University | MO | Biochem |
| Ruhlman, Melissa K. | Rockhurst University | MO | Chemistry |
| Marino, Kady Beth | Roger Williams University | RI | Chemistry |
| Armstrong, Jason A. | Rutgers University | NJ | Chemistry |
| Tipping, John | Saint Anselm College | NH | Chemistry |
| Ortlip, Matthew S. | Saint Joseph's University | PA | Chemistry |
| Swanson, Nicholas | Saint Mary's University of MN | MN | Chemistry |
| Klebon, Bryan | Salisbury University | MD | Biochem |
| Wells, Kirsten | Salisbury University | MD | Chemistry |
| Hall, Andrew | Salve Regina University | RI | Chemistry |
| Easterday, Ashton | Santa Clara University | CA | Chemistry |
| Zucconi, Beth | Shippensburg University | PA | Chemistry |
| Liu, Virginia S. | Simmons College | MA | Chemistry |
| Tran, Mai L. | Simmons College | MA | Biochem |
| Chen, Vida | Smith College | MA | Biochem |
| Eng, Malissa | South Dakota State University | SD | Chemistry |
| Engle, Kathryn | South Dakota State University | SD | Biochem |
| Moutsoglou, Daphine | South Dakota State University | SD | Chemistry |
| Ball, Kristy N. | Southeastern Louisiana Univ. | LA | Chemistry |
| Merrill, James True | Spring Hill College | AL | Chemistry |
| Schnobrich, Charlene | St. Cloud State University | MN | Chemistry |
| Ostojic, Zeljko | College of St. Benedict/Saint John's Univ. | MN | Chemistry |
| Patel, Mitesh | Saint Louis University | MO | Chemistry |
| Sokic-Lazic, Daria | Saint Louis University | MO | Chemistry |
| Welch, Mary (Liz) | St. Olaf College | MN | Chemistry |
| Schonbrun, Cheryl | Stern College for Women (Yeshiva U.) | NY | Biochem |
| Schafer, Christina | Stetson University | FL | Biochem |
| Rich, Christopher C. | Stonehill College | MA | Chemistry |
| Feng, Shili | SUNY Binghamton University | NY | Chemistry |
| Schweikhard, Geoffrey J. | SUNY College @ Brockport | NY | Chemistry |
| Bock, David | SUNY College @ Geneseo | NY | Chemistry |
| Ward, Catherine | SUNY College @ Geneseo | NY | Biochem |
| Lachapelle, Amber R. | SUNY College @ Plattsburgh | NY | Biochem |
| Wu, Meilan | SUNY University @ Buffalo | NY | Chemistry |
| Krasity, Benjamin C. | Swarthmore College | PA | Biochem |
| Li, Yafeng | Swarthmore College | PA | Chemistry |
| Dawsey, Anna | The College of Charleston | SC | Chemistry |
| Washington, Onica | The College of Charleston | SC | Biochem |
| Rosana, Michael | The College of New Jersey | NJ | Chemistry |
| Connell, Justin G. | The College of William & Mary | VA | Chemistry |
| Williamson, Julie | The College of Wooster | OH | Chemistry |
| Cobb, Ryan | The Ohio State University | OH | Chem Eng |
| Ge, Wu | The Ohio State University | OH | Chem Eng |
| Guan, Jingjiao | The Ohio State University | OH | Chem Eng |
| Switzer, Jackson R. | The University of Alabama | AL | Chemistry |
| King, David A. | The University of Dayton | OH | Biochem |
| Rush, Michael Denman | The University of Idaho | ID | Chemistry |
| Bowen, Ian R. | The University of Kansas | KS | Chemistry |
| Decker, Ilka | The University of Toledo | OH | Chemistry |
| Howton, William Edwin | The University of W Florida | FL | Chemistry |
| Dimick, Malissa | Towson University | MD | Chemistry |
| Kromer, John David | Transylvania University | KY | Chemistry |
| Handy, Emmy L. | Trinity College | CT | Chemistry |
| McColl, Kathryn C. | Trinity College | CT | Biochem |
| White, Paul | Trinity University | TX | Chemistry |
| Connelly, Shannon E. | Tufts University | MA | Chem Eng |
| Fernandes, Ricardo Donalisio | Tufts University | MA | Chem Eng |
| Armbruster, Michael | Tulane University | LA | Chemistry |
| Page, Jonathan | U.S. Military Academy | NY | Chemistry |
| Renninger, Christopher H. | U.S. Naval Academy | MD | Chemistry |
| Leon, Brian | UC Irvine | CA | Chemistry |
| Schoonraad, Sarah Angela Monica | UC Santa Barbara | CA | Chemistry |
| Zastrow, Melissa | UConn | CT | Chemistry |
| DiTrolio, Benjamin R. | UMass Amherst | MA | Chemistry |
| O'Brien, Kerrie A. | UMass Amherst | MA | Biochem |
| Teixeira, Liliana | UMass Boston | MA | Chemistry |
| Andrade, Todd | UMass Dartmouth | MA | Chemistry |
| Doran, Jonathan A. | UMass Dartmouth | MA | Chemistry |
| Schifone, Christine L. | UMass Dartmouth | MA | Biochem |
| Zhang, Yi | UMass Dartmouth | MA | Biochem |
| Chin, Erica | UMass Lowell | MA | Chem Eng |
| Farrell, Thomas Patrick | UMass Lowell | MA | Chemistry |
| Chikeka, Ijeuru | UMBC | MD | Chemistry |
| Sims, Chris | UMBC | MD | Chemistry |
| White, Jesse | UNC @ Chapel Hill | NC | Chemistry |
| Huang, Zhuoli | UNC @ Greensboro | NC | Chemistry |
| Mack, Jessica Molly | UNC @ Greensboro | NC | Biochem |
| Russell, Spencer | UNC @ Greensboro | NC | Biochem |
| Tarney, Kathryn Mane | UNC @ Greensboro | NC | Chemistry |
| Avirett, Amy | UNC @ Pembroke | NC | Chemistry |
| Gustafson, Sally | Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks | AK | Biochem |
| Jaramillo, Michael | Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks | AK | Chemistry |
| Rideout, Shane | Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks | AK | Biochem |
| Stark, Charles | Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks | AK | Chemistry |
| McKinney, Brent | Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor | TX | Chemistry |
| Rosenau, Nicholas A. | University of AR @ Little Rock | AR | Chemistry |
| Goodwin, Cody | University of Central Florida | FL | Chemistry |
| McClintock, Mark Alan | University of CO @ Boulder | CO | Biochem |
| Wolters, Nicolette Alissa | University of CO @ Boulder | CO | Chemistry |
| Thande, Mumbi | University of D.C. | DC | Chemistry |
| Bourreza, Aly D. | University of Delaware | DE | Biochem |
| Shango, Jennifer | University of Detroit Mercy | MI | Biochem |
| Abrantes, Jessica I. | University of Hartford | CT | Biochem |
| Lee, Namhoon | University of Iowa | IA | Chemistry |
| Welch, David | University of Maine | ME | Chemistry |
| Funkhouser, Rebecca | University of Mary Washington | VA | Chemistry |
| Dave, Amar Prakash | University of Maryland | MD | Chemistry |
| DeMuth, Peter Charles | University of Maryland | MD | Biochem |
| Haggag, Eman M. | University of Maryland | MD | Biochem |
| Layer, Mark Raymond | University of Maryland | MD | Chemistry |
| Carman, Sarah Lynne | University of Michigan | MI | Biochem |
| Lomont, Justin Paul | University of Michigan | MI | Chemistry |
| Booth, Clarissa | University of MN Duluth | MN | Biochem |
| Robbins, Ashlee | University of New England | ME | Biochem |
| Tito, Nicholas B. | University of New England | ME | Chemistry |
| Begovic, Damir | University of New Hampshire | NH | Chem Eng |
| Schultze, Cassandra | University of North Dakota | ND | Chemistry |
| McAdams, Christopher | University of North Florida | FL | Chemistry |
| Lutkus, Michael N. | University of Notre Dame | IN | Chem Eng |
| Osipov, Max | University of Pittsburgh | PA | Chemistry |
| Li, Derek | University of Rhode Island | RI | Chem Eng |
| Sarkar, Jayashri | University of Rhode Island | RI | Chem Eng |
| Schultz, Danielle | University of Rhode Island | RI | Chemistry |
| Gianfrancesco, Nicole A. | University of Richmond | VA | Chemistry |
| Dinh, Tina T. | University of San Francisco | CA | Biochem |
| Chandler, Matthew | University of So. Florida | FL | Chemistry |
| Bozeman, Trevor | University of Southern Maine | ME | Chemistry |
| Baumgartner, Laura J. | University of St. Thomas | MN | Biochem |
| Brandt, Nathaniel C. | University of St. Thomas | MN | Chemistry |
| Stempien, John D. | University of Vermont | VT | Chemistry |
| Traylor, Steven James | University of Virginia | VA | Chem Eng |
| Bleecker, Joan V. | University of Washington | WA | Chemistry |
| Winkler, Matthew D. | University of Washington | WA | Biochem |
| Kelley, Jennifer | University of West Georgia | GA | Chemistry |
| Lewis, Alison | University of WI - Whitewater | WI | Chemistry |
| Buckley, Lisa K. | Ursinus College | PA | Chemistry |
| Mitchell, Rebecca B. | Utah State University | UT | Chemistry |
| Cox, Mark Eric | UVA's College @ Wise | VA | Biochem |
| Eichler, Jeffrey | Valdosta State University | GA | Chemistry |
| Nosie, Amanda K. | Valparaiso University | IN | Biochem |
| Mehrens, Spencer Lee | Vanderbilt University | TN | Chem Eng |
| Hanlon, William J. | Villanova University | PA | Chem Eng |
| Carmalt, Lucas Leigh | Washington & Lee University | VA | Chemistry |
| McArdle, Michael John | Washington & Lee University | VA | Biochem |
| Smith, Matthew W. | Washington State University | WA | Chem Eng |
| Day, Todd D. | Waynesburg University | PA | Chemistry |
| Van Bibber, Daniel | Weber State University | UT | Chemistry |
| Davey, Evan | West Chester University | PA | Chemistry |
| McEnroe, Lawrence | West Chester University | PA | Chemistry |
| Radice, Donna M. | West Virginia University | WV | Chemistry |
| Perera, Thushanga | Western Conn. State University | CT | Biochem |
| Oliver, Neal | Western Michigan University | MI | Chemistry |
| Williams, Joshua T. B. | Wheaton College | IL | Chemistry |
| Long, Paul | Whitworth University | WA | Chemistry |
| Morrison, Christopher | Widener University | PA | Chem Eng |
| Nugent, Jennifer | Widener University | PA | Chemistry |
| Clawson, Sara | Willamette University | OR | Biochem |
| Crisalli, Peter | Willamette University | OR | Chemistry |
| Peterson, Katherine M. | Williams College | MA | Chemistry |
| Ananthakrishnan, Shilpa | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Biochem |
| Butland, Tricia D. | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Chem Eng |
| Casey, Catherine N. | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Chem Eng |
| Cox, Jason | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Chemistry |
| Elder, Allison N. | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Chemistry |
| Goldstein, Jill M. | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Biochem |
| Liu, Yatao | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Chem Eng |
| Chouki, Georges D. | Worcester State College | MA | Chemistry |
| Cruickshank, Tara | Youngstown State University | OH | Chemistry |



