2025
- Asmita Deb was selected as the award-winning Biomedical Engineering flag bearer, and Amelia Talluri delivered an iCons presentation and is headed to Stanford for her PhD
- Ryan Lu won the Marvin D. Rausch Lectureship Award for Outstanding Oral Presentation at ResearchFest 2025
- Madhumita was awarded the UMass CBI Fellowship
- Jingyi Qiu was selected as part of the second cohort of the one-year IALS Translational Graduate Research Assistant program
2024
- Jithu Krishna- Three Minute Thesis Finalist
- Jayashree Bhagabati- Three Minute Thesis Finalist
- Ranit Dutta won the William E. McEwen Scholarship Fund Award for his oral presentation at the 2024 Chemistry Research Fest. He has also been selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting this summer, where he will spend several days in Europe engaging with Nobel Laureates
- Jingyi Qiu’s application, Cancer Immune Therapy, was selected for the 2024–2025 IALS Translational Graduate Student Fellowship
- Jithu Krishna received a travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia on Antibody Therapeutics, funded by the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She was one of three recipients and the only one from the United States.
- Hung-Hsun (Ryan) Lu and Jithu Krishna received IDS Team Seed Grants. Additionally, Ryan secured funding from the ACORN Innovation Grant through Mass Ventures to support the clinical translation of our PolyTACs technology.
2023
- Anirudh Devarajan- Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program (CBI) Fellowship
- Minelise Rivera de Jesus- NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship
- Theo Prachyathipsalkul- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster
- Jithu Krishna- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster
- Stephanie Le- Three Minute Thesis Finalist
2022
- Jingyi Qiu- 2022 Inspiration Awards for Neuroscience & Technology
- Amelia Isabelle- 2022 Positron Award Chemistry Undergraduate Award
- Jingjing Gao- Named 2022 Young Investigator & Future Faculty
2021
- Jennie Huynh- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster
- Pintu Kanjilal- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster
- Cassidy Rodrigues- Henry Little Award (BMB Department)
2020
- Stephanie Le- Soft Materials for Life Sciences National Research Traineeship (SMLS-NRT) Fellowship
- Jewel Medeiros- NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship
- Manisha- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Ann Fernandez- Paul Hatheway Endowment Award for Outstanding Research Talk
- Khushboo Singh- 1st place Poster Award UMass Chemistry Research Fest
- Pintu Kanjilal- 2nd place Poster Award UMass Chemistry Research Fest
- Peidong Wu- PPG Fellowship
2019
- Khushboo Singh- 1st place LSGRC Poster Award
- Francesca Anson- UMass Amherst & Worcester Chemistry Biology Interface (CBI) Program Retreat Poster Award
- Dimee Livingston-Padilla- 1st place MIT-UMass joint business pitch competition
- Manisha- Poster award (9th Annual Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium UMass)
2018
- Emil Samson – NSF GRFP Fellowship
- Jingjing Gao- William E McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Research Talk
- Thameez Mohammed K Y- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Francesca Anson- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Khushboo Singh and Peidong Wu- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Francesca Anson- Donald Kuhn Graduate Fellowship
2017
- Uma Sridhar- 2nd place UMass ISOM Innovation Challenge
- Jingjing Gao- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Khushboo Singh-NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship
2016
- Poornima Rangadurai- Marvin D. Rausch Scholarship Award for Outstanding Presentation
- Ziwen Jiang- Dr. Paul Hatheway Terry Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Francesca Anson- NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship (2016-2018)
2015
- Francesca Anson- Donald Kuhn Graduate Fellowship
2014
2013
2012
- Feng Wang – Dr. Paul Hatheway Terry Graduate Scholarship Award for Outstanding Presentation
- Andrea Delle Pella – Gilead-Uche Anyanwu Memorial Award for Outstanding Poster
- Julie A. Reynolds – Merck Index Award
- Jennifer L. Wilcox – Mr. Tompkins Award
- Jennifer L. Wilcox – Oliver Zajicek Memorial Scholarship Award
- Avital Percher – Departmental Recognition Award
- Jennifer L. Wilcox – Uche Anyanwu Memorial Awards for Outstanding Researcher 2012
2011
- Andrea Della Pelle – William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster
- Jennifer L. Wilcox – Mr. Tompkins Award
2010
- Nagamani Chikkannagari – Momentive Award for Outstanding Presentation
- Tejaswini Kale – William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster
- Sean D. Bickerton – Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society (CVS/ACS) Student Award
- Sean D. Bickerton – Senior Class Award
2009
- Malar Azhagan Azagarsamy – Procter & Gamble Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Student Award
- Pardeep Thandi – Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical society (CVS/ACS) Student Award
- David Waterman – Merck Index Award
- Alicia Wood – Departmental Recognition Award
- Juna Jovani – Edward Shapiro Scholarship Award
- Sean Bickerton – Bates Research Fellowship Award
- Sean Bickerton – Hach Fellowship Award
- Pardeep Thandi – Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers 2009 Award
2008
- Akamol Klaikherd – Procter and Gamble Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Student Award
- Sean D. Bickerton – CRC Freshman Chemistry Award
- David P. Waterman – William F. Field Alumni Scholar Award
- Pardeep Thandi – C.D. Youngren Scholarship from the College of NSM
2007
- Elamprakash Savariar – Rohm & Haas Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Student
2006
- Kulandaivelu Sivanandan – Procter & Gamble Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Student