February 18, 2025
On February 11th, the Faculty of Science hosted their annual Awards & Honours night to celebrate the achievements of students and faculty members in 2024. It was wonderful to see more than 50 students from the Department of Chemistry recognized for their academic and research success including both undergraduate and graduate students winning departmental, faculty, university and national awards. Congratulations to our many undergraduate and graduate students on their success and to the faculty members who were celebrated for their contributions to teaching and research. The 2024 award winners include:
| Teaching Award Recipient | Award |
| Dr. Hovig Kouyoumdjian | Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Award |
| Emily Anacleto | Richard Jarrell Award of Excellence for Teaching Assistants |
| Dr. Trevor VandenBoer | Faculty of Science Excellence in Research Award - Early Career |
| Dr. Sergey Krylov | Faculty of Science Excellence in Research Award - Established |
| Award Recipient | Award |
| Mayre Rodriguez Ramirez | Carswell Scholarship Fund |
| Riona Clemente | Chemistry First-Year Book Prize |
| Samira Komijani | Dalton Pharma Services/Dr. Douglas Butler Award |
| Taylor Cosby | Elia Scholars Program |
| Moxy Shah | Enbridge Graduate Student Award |
| Absar Ahmad | Gerald Aspinall Award |
| Tian Huang Zhang | Gerald Aspinall Award |
| Alizay Viraney | Gillian E. Wu Award in Biochemistry |
| Sahil Patel | Joyce Aspinall Book Prize |
| Savreet Sangha | Michael Duhig Award in Chemistry |
| Savreet Sangha | Michael Pollard Award in Chemistry |
| Samantha Galea | National Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal |
| Sebastian Marmorato | National Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal |
| Taylor Cosby | NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGSD |
| Emma McLay | NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGSM |
| Mary Odagwe | NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGSM |
| Emily Anacleto | NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Post PGSD |
| Savreet Sangha | NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award |
| Luca Rustico | NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award |
| Samira Komijani | Ontario Graduate Scholarship |
| Emma McLay | Ontario Graduate Scholarship |
| Moxy Shah | Ontario Graduate Scholarship |
| Caio Bianchini | President’s International Scholarship of Excellence |
| Parmeetpal Dhillon | Prof. Ruth Hill Memorial Award |
| Emily Anacleto | QEII Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology |
| Alessia Colussi | QEII Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology |
| Na-Yung Seoh | QEII Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology |
| Berke Koseoglu | Tentanda Via Award |
| Jean Troubadour | Tentanda Via Award |
| Abdullah Al Ramadhan | Vernon Oliver Stong Grad Scholarship |
| Dylan James | Vernon Oliver Stong Grad Scholarship |
| Yeuhyun Kim | Vernon Oliver Stong Grad Scholarship |
| Iqra Tahir | Vernon Oliver Stong Grad Scholarship |
| Abdullah Al Ramadhan | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Luca Di Fabio | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Madison Diamantopoulos | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Brandon McShane | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Emma McLay | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Addia Nasiry | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Mary Odagwe | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Irina Nistorescu | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Venita Sitahal | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Samin Tavakoli | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Sophia Worthington-Kirsch | York Graduate Scholarship |
| Edessa Jajo | York Science Scholars Award |
| Sofia Mittelstedt | York Science Scholars Award |
| Nhu Nguyen | York University Automatic Entrance Schlolarship |
| Fraser Coombs | York University Automatic Entrance Schlolarship |
| Diyaa Ramchandani | York University Automatic Entrance Scholarship - |
| Sergio Ambrico | York University Continuing Student Scholarship |
| Samantha Galea | York University Continuing Student Scholarship |
| Felicia Zanon | York University Continuing Student Scholarship |
| Luca Rustico | York University Continuing Student Scholarship |
| Donranat Trakoolshoke-Satian | York University Continuing Student Scholarship |