Awards and Honors


Faculty Awards

Frances Arnold

Dr. Karl Wamsler Innovation Prize, Venetian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Art Member

Garnet Chan

Royal Society Member

Peter Dervan

Doctor of Science, honoris causa ­ Scripps Research Institute

Greg Fu

ACS 2026 Award for Creativity in Molecular Design and Synthesis

Karthish Manthiram

Infosys Prize

Jonas Peters

American Philosophical Society Member

Sarah Reisman

Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Shu-ou Shan

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member

Brian Stoltz

Shirley M. Malcom Prize for Excellence in Mentoring, 2025 Richard C. Tolman Award

Graduate Student and Postdoc Awards

Jonathan Aalto

CCE Teaching Assistant Award

Maria Blankemeyer

The IDEA Outreach and Education Award

Emily Boyd

Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow

Maria Carilli

Excellence in Leadership and Service

Chloe Cerione

CCE Teaching Assistant Award

Rahuljeet Chadha

Excellence in Leadership and Service

Sean Chen

NSF GRFP

David Delgadillo

Nemko Mentorship Prize

Jonathan Farhi

CCE Teaching Assistant Award

Cyrus Fiori

CCE Teaching Assistant Award

Anjali Gurajapu

CAS Future Leader

Michael Gruhne

CCE Teaching Assistant Award

Isabel Hernandez-Rodriguez

The IDEA Allyship & Advocacy Award

Keon Ha Hwang

James LuValle Award

Emma Khorunzhy

NSF GRFP

Farbod Moghadam

Excellence in Leadership and Service

Christopher Neimeth

CCE Teaching Assistant Award

Noor Naji

James LuValle Award

Cai Tong Ng

Excellence in Leadership and Service

Levi Palmer

Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow

Ethan Quinn

Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow

Natasha Reich

James LuValle Award

Melanie Rodriguez Pabon

Excellence in Leadership and Service

Kristen Roehling

Nemko Mentorship Prize

Jacob Rothbaum

Nemko Mentorship Prize

Camille Schubert

NSF GRFP

Anton Semerdjiev

NSF GRFP

Nilaish Sen

NSF GRFP

Caroline Smith

NSF GRFP

Christian Strong

Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, Residential Life Award

Camila Suarez

Dean's Award for Leadership and Service, Excellence in Leadership and Service

Jessica Wang

NSF GRFP

Conner Wells

The Inclusive Laboratory Engagement Award

Jason Yang

Excellence in Leadership and Service

Jee Won Yang

Three Minute Thesis Finalist

Undergraduate Awards

Aadarsh Balaji

NSF GRFP, Richard P. Schuster Memorial Prize

Ioana Caraus

ACS Award in Biochemistry or Chemical Biology

Grace Davis

ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry

Chrystal Duan

Renuka D. Sharma Prize

Madelyn Gilbert

Merck Index Award

Anaya Gokarn

ALSF Pediatric Oncology Student Training Grant

Ethan Lin

NSF GRFP, Richard P. Schuster Memorial Prize

Priscila Marquez

ACS 10K Catalysis Scholarship

Emily Nikas

Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Chemistry

Bao Nguyen

Merck Index Award

Gigi Pistilli

Richard P. Schuster Memorial Prize

Camilla Power

ACS Award in Organic Chemistry

Aarya Riasati

Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Alan Song

ACS Award in Physical Chemistry

David Welt

ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry

Garry Zhang

Renuka D. Sharma Prize

Incoming Students

NSF GRFP Awardees:

Ann Alekseenko

Jacob Cho

Ethan Coleman

Talia Glinberg

Alyssa Singer

Lauren V

Hertz Fellowship

Nikhil Seshadri

Staff Awards

Staff Service & Impact Awards

Allison Kinard (10 years)

Elisha Okawa (10 years)

Paul Oyala (10 years)

Gregory Rolette (10 years)

Armando Villasenor (10 years)

Sandor Volkan Kasco (15 years)

Yushien Wang (15 years)

Sabine Brinkmann-Chen (20 years)

Andres Jaramillo-Botero (20 years)

Soo-Kyung Kim (20 years)

Allen Lee (30 years)

Silva Virgil (40 years)