Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry Recipients

Congratulations to past recipients of the Ciba Travel Awards in Green Chemistry, which sponsors the participation of students to attend an ACS technical meeting, conference, or training program having a significant green chemistry or sustainability component.

Please read the award announcement for the 2022-2023 winners published in The Nexus blog: Nine Outstanding Students Selected for 2023 ACS GCI Travel Awards 

2024 Recipients


Stella Fors
Northwestern University
Graduate student in chemistry (Ph.D.)

Dallin Smith
Texas A&M University
Graduate student in materials chemistry (Ph.D.)

Bernadett Vlocskó
University of Massachusetts Boston
Graduate student in green chemistry (Ph.D.)

Zahria Patrick
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Undergraduate student in chemistry (B.S.)

Mairo Yamano
Swarthmore College
Undergraduate student in chemistry (B.A.) and economics (B.A.)

2022-2023 Recipients


Krystal Grieger
North Dakota State University
Graduate student in chemistry and STEM education (Ph.D.)

Madeline Karod
Cornell University
Graduate student in biological and environmental engineering (Ph.D.)

Subeen Kim
Northwestern University
Graduate student in chemistry (Ph.D.)

Michele Schmidt
North Carolina State University
Graduate student in fiber and polymer science (Ph.D.)

2021-2022 Recipients


Tharique Ahammad Ansari Nalakath
University of Louisville
Graduate student in chemistry (Ph.D.)

Edward Pimentel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate student in organic chemistry (Ph.D.)

Boyi Song
Wayne State University
Graduate student in materials science and engineering (Ph.D.)

2020-2021 Recipients


Allison Schrader
Illinois Wesleyan University
Undergraduate chemistry major (B.S.)

Nobuyo Wantanabe
Barnard College of Columbia University
Undergraduate student majoring in chemistry with chemical engineering master's track (B.S.)

2019 Recipients


Mollie Enright
University of Toledo
Graduate student in chemistry (Ph.D.)

Tyler Roberts
University of Arizona
Graduate student in chemistry (M.Sc.)

Alia Rubaie
Santa Clara University
Undergraduate student majoring in biochemistry (B.S.)

Lorianne R. Shultz
University of Central Florida
Graduate student in materials chemistry (Ph.D.)

2018 Recipients


William Joseph Sagues
North Carolina State University
Graduate student of forest biomaterials (Ph.D.)

Quincy Dougherty
Gordon College
Undergraduate student majoring in chemistry (B.S.) and business administration (B.A.)

 

Reece Johnson
Florida Gulf Coast University
Undergraduate student in chemistry and physics (B.S.)

Bhavana Pavuluri
duPont Manual High School
High school student studying chemistry

2017 Recipients


Laura Armstrong
The University of California, Berkeley
Graduate student of science education (Ph.D.) and chemistry (M.S.)

Steven Couture
The University of Massachusetts, Boston
Graduate student of chemistry (M.S.) studying chemical education

Ruby Rose Laemmie
Simmons College
Undergraduate student with a double major in biochemistry (B.S.) and public health (B.S.)

Michal Ruprecht
Gross Pointe North High School
High school student studying chemistry

2016 Recipients


Badri Bhattarai
The University of Toledo
Graduate student of chemistry and biochemistry (Ph.D.)

Rebecca Haley
The University of Cincinnati
Graduate student of organic chemistry with a focus on green synthetic methodologies (Ph.D.)

Lauren Pincus
Yale University
Graduate student of green chemistry and engineering (Ph.D.)

Lisa Stabryla
The University of Pittsburgh
Graduate student of environmental engineering (Ph.D.)

2015 Recipients


Brooke Mason
The University of Toledo
Undergraduate student in environmental engineering (B.S.)

Tova Williams
North Carolina State University
Graduate student studying fiber and polymer science (Ph.D.)

Brendan Phillips
Ursinus College
Undergraduate organic chemistry student (B.S.)

Ryan Pearson
The University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate student of chemistry and biochemistry (Ph.D.)

2014 Recipients


Boris Dyatkin
Drexel University
Graduate student of materials science and engineering (Ph.D.)

Laurene Petitjean
Yale University
Graduate student of forestry and environmental studies (Ph.D.)

Zach Swingen
Augsburg College
Undergraduate student with a concentration in organic chemistry (B.S.)

Zarif Farhana Mohd Aris
The University of Massachusetts
Graduate student of plastics engineering (Ph.D.)

2013 Recipients


Angela Holmberg
University of Delaware
Graduate student of chemical engineering with a concentration in sustainable polymers (Ph.D.)

Matthew DeNardo
Carnegie Mellon University
Graduate student of green chemistry (Ph.D.)

Avinav Nandgaonkar
North Carolina State University
Graduate student of fiber and polymer science (Ph.D.)

Jing Zhang
North Dakota State University
Graduate student of organometallic chemistry (Ph.D.)

2012 Recipients


Nathan P. Birch
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Graduate student of chemical engineering (Ph.D.)

Aaron Brumbaugh
Dickinson College
Undergraduate student majoring in inorganic chemistry (B.S.)

Katherine Djernes
The University of California, Riverside
Graduate student of organic chemistry (Ph.D.)

Shannon Woodruff
Southern Methodist University
Graduate student of polymer chemistry (Ph.D.)

2011 Recipients


Candace Cooper
The University of Washington
Undergraduate student majoring in chemistry (B.S.)

Emily Hong
Yale University
Undergraduate student majoring in chemistry and environmental studies (B.S.)

Adam Keith
The University of Toledo
Graduate student of chemistry (Ph.D.)

Parker McCrary
The University of Alabama
Graduate student of organic chemistry (Ph.D.)

2010 Recipients


Miguel Hurtado
Middle Tennessee State University
Undergraduate student majoring in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry (B.S.)

Swapnil Jadhav
City College of New York
Graduate student of nanotechnology (Ph.D.)

Leanne Pasquini
Yale University
Graduate student of environmental engineering (Ph.D.)

Daniel Waddell
The University of Cincinnati
Graduate student of green organic chemistry (Ph.D.)