Loconti Scholar
In 2019, the Joseph D. Loconti Foundation made a generous donation to provide enduring support for students through summer research fellowships and college scholarships. A portion of the funding was used to establish the Joseph D. Loconti Fund for ACS Project SEED. Each year one student is selected to receive a four- year renewable scholarship to continue their studies in the chemical sciences.
Zon Moua
Harvard University
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Andre Merg
CIBA Specialty Chemicals Scholars
CIBA Specialty Chemicals was a leading global chemical company acquired by BASF in 2008. The Ciba Foundation made a generous legacy gift to the American Chemical Society to establish the Ciba Specialty Chemicals Scholars Endowment, a new component added to the Project SEED college scholarship program. This gift expanded the one-year Project SEED college scholarships to a three-year renewable scholarship.
Antonio Harvey
Longwood University
Major: Chemistry
Seymour Haque
Florida Atlantic University
Major: Biology & Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Sabina Maskey
Jubilie Zeda
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Ingrid Montes
Project SEED Scholars
The Project SEED College Scholarship is a first-year nonrenewable scholarship for Project SEED participants entering their freshman year majoring in a chemical science or STEM related field. In 2021, 42 students who have demonstrated a high potential to succeed were awarded the college scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year. Additionally, three SEED College Scholarship recipients were awarded a three-year renewable college scholarship. Congratulations to the recipients of the College Scholarships; ACS wishes all students continued success in their future careers.
Anissa Overly
Lake Superior State University
Major: Forensic Chemistry & Biochemistry
Christina Chan
University of California, Santa Cruz
Major: Computer Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Elaine Yamaguchi
Emely Garcia Maravilla
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Elmer Sanders
Fhameda Sultan
Rutgers Honors College, New Brunswick
Major: Biomedical Science
Project SEED Mentor: Sandra Suarez
Hansen Yang
University of California, Berkeley
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Jingjing Qiu
Ivan Liu
Johns Hopkins University
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology, Medicine, Science & Humanities
Project SEED Mentor: Mathew Niepielko
Jessica Chen
University of California, Davis
Major: Applied Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Christine Isborn
Mikayla Porter
University of West Florida
Major: Chemistry/Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Karen Molek
Stefanni Rajapaksha
New York University
Major: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Hongjun Wang
Wesley Chen
Northwestern University
Major: Materials Science & Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Brian Adzima
Anahi Garcia Valdez
Arkansas State University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Justin Vestal
Avionna Simmons
Christian Brother University
Major: Accounting and Entrepreneur
Project SEED Mentor: Loretta Jackson-Hayes
Diego Arias
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Fei Zhang
Giselle Ambrosio
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Sandra Suarez
Guillermo Narvaez Lozano
University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Raul Rodriguez-Berrios
Ifediora Nwakuche
North Carolina Central University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Vincent Lindsay
Jefferny Lin
University of Maryland College Park
Major: Biological Sciences
Project SEED Mentor: Alexandra Taraboletti
Josephine Gyan
The City College of New York
Major: Biomedical Science
Project SEED Mentor: Shah Ali
Katy Atayde-Lopez
Indiana University-Purdue Univeristy Indianapolis
Major: Mathematics
Project SEED Mentor: Andrew Templin
Leopold Hoang
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Gina Chiarella
Makayla Maso
University of Central Florida
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Foram Madiyar
Morgan Collins
Georgia College & State University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Catrena Lisse
Onuchukwu Osisioma
University of Memphis
Major: Nursing
Project SEED Mentor: Ting Ge
Shazia Arsala
Monterey Peninsula College
Major: Nursing
Charley Hamon
Ohio State University
Major: Biochemistry
Clara Fong
Contra Costa College
Major: Biochemistry
Endy Huynh
University of Penn
Major: Biohemistry & Nursing
Gwendolyn Wheeling
Rhodes College
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Larryn Peterson
Ishika Jain
University of Maryland, College Park
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Jiangnan Peng
Jessica Alvarez
Duke University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Rajeev Prabhakar
Melanie Perez
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Gonzalo Valencia
Scarleth Garza-Gastelum
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Major: Pre-Med
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Omar Christian
Tejveer Bagri
University of California, Berkeley
Major: Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Shahar Sukenik
Yunjing Gao
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Anibal Lopez
Andrea Ojeda
University of Puerto Rico Recinto Rio Piedras
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Liz Diaz-Vazquez
Aysha Abdulbasith
North Carolina State University
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Elena Jakubikova
Essence Harvey
Rhodes College
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Terry Hill
Grace Agyemang
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Major: Computer Science
Project SEED Mentor: Gavin Williams
Hannah Herring
University of California, Davis
Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Lisa Warner
Jasmine Ortigoza Vasquez
Fresno City College
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Hubert Muchalski
Joanne Guan
University of California Davis
Major: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Hrant Hratchian
Karla Villanueva
University of Southern California
Major: Bio-Pharmaceutical Science
Project SEED Mentor: Jingsong Zhang
Kiara Maso
University of Central Florida
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Alberto Mello
Maitree Patel
University of Memphis
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Terry Hill
Molikca Kas
University of the Pacific
Major: Pre-Pharmacy
Project SEED Mentor: Liang Xue
Natalia Hernandez
Seton Hall University
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Michael Campbell
Safa Akhter
Wake Forest University
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Amanda Hargrove
Vedi Patel
New Jersey City University
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Yufeng Wei
