Project SEED

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.

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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. 

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Antonio Harvey
Longwood University
Major: Chemistry

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Seymour Haque
Florida Atlantic University
Major: Biology & Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Sabina Maskey

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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.

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Anissa Overly
Lake Superior State University
Major: Forensic Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Christina Chan
University of California, Santa Cruz
Major: Computer Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Elaine Yamaguchi

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Emely Garcia Maravilla
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Elmer Sanders

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Fhameda Sultan
Rutgers Honors College, New Brunswick
Major: Biomedical Science
Project SEED Mentor: Sandra Suarez 

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Hansen Yang
University of California, Berkeley
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Jingjing Qiu

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Ivan Liu
Johns Hopkins University
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology, Medicine, Science & Humanities
Project SEED Mentor: Mathew Niepielko

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Jessica Chen
University of California, Davis
Major: Applied Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Christine Isborn

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Mikayla Porter
University of West Florida
Major: Chemistry/Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Karen Molek

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Stefanni Rajapaksha
New York University
Major: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Hongjun Wang

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Wesley Chen
Northwestern University
Major: Materials Science & Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Brian Adzima 

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Anahi Garcia Valdez
Arkansas State University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Justin Vestal 

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Avionna Simmons
Christian Brother University
Major: Accounting and Entrepreneur
Project SEED Mentor: Loretta Jackson-Hayes

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Diego Arias
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Fei Zhang 

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Giselle Ambrosio
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Sandra Suarez 

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Guillermo Narvaez Lozano
University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Raul Rodriguez-Berrios

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Ifediora Nwakuche
North Carolina Central University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Vincent Lindsay 

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Jefferny Lin
University of Maryland College Park
Major: Biological Sciences
Project SEED Mentor: Alexandra Taraboletti 

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Josephine Gyan
The City College of New York
Major: Biomedical Science
Project SEED Mentor: Shah Ali 

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Katy Atayde-Lopez
Indiana University-Purdue Univeristy Indianapolis
Major: Mathematics
Project SEED Mentor: Andrew Templin 

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Leopold Hoang
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Gina Chiarella 

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Makayla Maso
University of Central Florida
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Foram Madiyar 

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Morgan Collins
Georgia College & State University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Catrena Lisse 

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Onuchukwu Osisioma
University of Memphis
Major: Nursing
Project SEED Mentor: Ting Ge

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Shazia Arsala
Monterey Peninsula College
Major: Nursing 

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Charley Hamon
Ohio State University
Major: Biochemistry

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Clara Fong
Contra Costa College
Major: Biochemistry

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Endy Huynh
University of Penn
Major: Biohemistry & Nursing

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Gwendolyn Wheeling
Rhodes College
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Larryn Peterson

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Ishika Jain
University of Maryland, College Park
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Jiangnan Peng

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Jessica Alvarez
Duke University
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Rajeev Prabhakar

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Melanie Perez
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Gonzalo Valencia

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Scarleth Garza-Gastelum
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Major: Pre-Med
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Omar Christian

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Tejveer Bagri
University of California, Berkeley
Major: Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences 
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Shahar Sukenik

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Yunjing Gao
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Anibal Lopez 

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Andrea Ojeda
University of Puerto Rico Recinto Rio Piedras
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Liz Diaz-Vazquez 

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Aysha Abdulbasith
North Carolina State University
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project SEED Mentor: Elena Jakubikova 

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Essence Harvey
Rhodes College
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Dr. Terry Hill

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Grace Agyemang
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Major: Computer Science
Project SEED Mentor: Gavin Williams 

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Hannah Herring
University of California, Davis
Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Lisa Warner 

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Jasmine Ortigoza Vasquez
Fresno City College
Major: Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Hubert Muchalski 

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Joanne Guan
University of California Davis
Major: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Hrant Hratchian 

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Karla Villanueva
University of Southern California
Major: Bio-Pharmaceutical Science
Project SEED Mentor: Jingsong Zhang 

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Kiara Maso
University of Central Florida
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Alberto Mello 

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Maitree Patel
University of Memphis
Major: Biology
Project SEED Mentor: Terry Hill

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Molikca Kas
University of the Pacific
Major: Pre-Pharmacy
Project SEED Mentor: Liang Xue 

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Natalia Hernandez
Seton Hall University
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Michael Campbell

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Safa Akhter
Wake Forest University
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Amanda Hargrove

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Vedi Patel
New Jersey City University
Major: Biochemistry
Project SEED Mentor: Yufeng Wei

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