{"id":20,"date":"2012-12-03T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T23:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/thaigroup\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:41:22","slug":"awards-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/thaigroup\/news\/awards-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards &amp; Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Lu won the Marvin D. Rausch Lectureship Award for Outstanding Oral Presentation at ResearchFest 2025<\/li>\n<li>Madhumita was awarded the UMass CBI Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Jingyi Qiu was selected as part of the second cohort of the one-year IALS Translational Graduate Research Assistant program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jithu Krishna- Three Minute Thesis Finalist<\/li>\n<li>Jayashree Bhagabati- Three Minute Thesis Finalist<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Jingyi Qiu\u2019s application, <i>Cancer Immune Therapy<\/i>, was selected for the 2024\u20132025 IALS Translational Graduate Student Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Jithu Krishna received a travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia on Antibody Therapeutics, funded by the NIH\u2019s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She was one of three recipients and the only one from the United States.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2023<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anirudh Devarajan- Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program (CBI) Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Minelise Rivera de Jesus- NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Theo Prachyathipsalkul- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster<\/li>\n<li>Jithu Krishna- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OMZA6FxZo8o?si=dZ7RQpBbXlZ46Sgi\">Stephanie Le- Three Minute Thesis Finalist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jingyi Qiu- 2022 Inspiration Awards for Neuroscience &amp; Technology<\/li>\n<li>Amelia Isabelle- 2022 Positron Award Chemistry Undergraduate Award<\/li>\n<li>Jingjing Gao- Named 2022 Young Investigator &amp; Future Faculty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2021<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jennie Huynh- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster<\/li>\n<li>Pintu Kanjilal- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster<\/li>\n<li>Cassidy Rodrigues- Henry Little Award (BMB Department)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stephanie Le- Soft Materials for Life Sciences National Research Traineeship (SMLS-NRT) Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Jewel Medeiros- NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Manisha- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Ann Fernandez- Paul Hatheway Endowment Award for Outstanding Research Talk<\/li>\n<li>Khushboo Singh- 1st place Poster Award UMass Chemistry Research Fest<\/li>\n<li>Pintu Kanjilal- 2nd place Poster Award UMass Chemistry Research Fest<\/li>\n<li>Peidong Wu- PPG Fellowship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Khushboo Singh- 1st place LSGRC Poster Award<\/li>\n<li>Francesca Anson- UMass Amherst &amp; Worcester Chemistry Biology Interface (CBI) Program Retreat Poster Award<\/li>\n<li>Dimee Livingston-Padilla- 1st place MIT-UMass joint business pitch competition<\/li>\n<li>Manisha- Poster award (9th Annual Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium UMass)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Emil Samson \u2013 NSF GRFP Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Jingjing Gao- William E McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Research Talk<\/li>\n<li>Thameez Mohammed K Y- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Francesca Anson- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Khushboo Singh and Peidong Wu- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Francesca Anson- Donald Kuhn Graduate Fellowship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2017<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Uma Sridhar- 2nd place UMass ISOM Innovation Challenge<\/li>\n<li>Jingjing Gao- William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Khushboo Singh-NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2016<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Poornima Rangadurai- Marvin D. Rausch Scholarship Award for Outstanding Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Ziwen Jiang- Dr. Paul Hatheway Terry Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Francesca Anson- NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Fellowship (2016-2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2015<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Francesca Anson- Donald Kuhn Graduate Fellowship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2014<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2013<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2012<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Feng Wang \u2013 Dr. Paul Hatheway Terry Graduate Scholarship Award for Outstanding Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Delle Pella \u2013 Gilead-Uche Anyanwu Memorial Award for Outstanding Poster<\/li>\n<li>Julie A. Reynolds \u2013 Merck Index Award<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer L. Wilcox \u2013 Mr. Tompkins Award<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer L. Wilcox \u2013 Oliver Zajicek Memorial Scholarship Award<\/li>\n<li>Avital Percher \u2013 Departmental Recognition Award<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer L. Wilcox &#8211; Uche Anyanwu Memorial Awards for Outstanding Researcher 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<strong>2011<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrea Della Pelle \u2013 William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer L. Wilcox \u2013 Mr. Tompkins Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2010<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nagamani Chikkannagari \u2013 Momentive Award for Outstanding Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Tejaswini Kale \u2013 William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster<\/li>\n<li>Sean D. Bickerton \u2013 Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society (CVS\/ACS) Student Award<\/li>\n<li>Sean D. Bickerton \u2013 Senior Class Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<strong>2009<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Malar Azhagan Azagarsamy \u2013 Procter &amp; Gamble Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Student Award<\/li>\n<li>Pardeep Thandi \u2013 Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical society (CVS\/ACS) Student Award<\/li>\n<li>David Waterman \u2013 Merck Index Award<\/li>\n<li>Alicia Wood \u2013 Departmental Recognition Award<\/li>\n<li>Juna Jovani \u2013 Edward Shapiro Scholarship Award<\/li>\n<li>Sean Bickerton \u2013 Bates Research Fellowship Award<\/li>\n<li>Sean Bickerton \u2013 Hach Fellowship Award<\/li>\n<li>Pardeep Thandi \u2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers 2009 Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2008<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Akamol Klaikherd \u2013 Procter and Gamble Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Student Award<\/li>\n<li>Sean D. Bickerton \u2013 CRC Freshman Chemistry Award<\/li>\n<li>David P. Waterman \u2013 William F. 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