College Hosts 40th Annual Honors Convocation

The College of Science celebrated the achievements of its stellar students and faculty during the 40th Annual Dean Arthur R. Choppin Honors Convocation April 28 in the Student Union Royal Cotillion Ballroom. More than 60 awards were given including College of Science Outstanding Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Awards, The Dean’s Award, Tiger Athletic Fund Undergraduate Teaching Awards, Distinguished Dissertation Awards and various departmental recognition.
A complete list of the award recipients is below.

 

Faculty Awards

  • Dr. Barry Aronhime (Biological Sciences), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Robert Beaird (Physics & Astronomy),  TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Ginger Brininstool (Biological Sciences),  TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Darrell Henry (Geology & Geophysics),  TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Rendy Kartika (Chemistry),  TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. John Larkin (Biological Sciences), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Megan Macnaughtan (Chemistry), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. William McElgin (Physics & Astronomy), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Khoa Nguyen (Biological Sciences), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Gestur Olafsson (Mathematics), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Dubravka Rupnik (Physics & Astronomy), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Stephen Shipman (Mathematics), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Ambar Sengupta (Mathematics), Graduate Teaching Award
  • Dr. Catherine Deibel (Physics & Astronomy), College of Science Research Award

 

Distinguished Dissertation AWARDS

  • Dr. Kathryn Griener (Geology), Distinguished Dissertation Award
  • Dr. Irina Holmes (Mathematics), Distinguished Dissertation Award
  • Dr. Bishnu Regmi (Chemistry), Distinguished Dissertation Award

 

Student Awards

College of Science

  • Rachael Tara Keller , College of Science Outstanding Senior Award
  • Jason Donald Mueller, College of Science Outstanding Senior Award
  • Jennifer A. Kenyon, College of Science Outstanding Junior Award
  • Nikka Yu Khorsandi, College of Science Outstanding Sophomore Award
  • Ryan Craig Bolotte, College of Science Dean’s Award
  • Zachary Louis Fitzpatrick, College of Science Dean’s Award
  • Chaiss Elizabeth Matthews, College of Science Dean’s Award
  • Eleanor Wesley-Anne Smith, College of Science Dean’s Award
  • Bruno Gabriel Beltran College, Honors, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Emily Christine Bennett, College Honors
  • Katie Marie Benson, College Honors
  • Amanda Kay Breaux, College Honors
  • Zachary Louis Fitzpatrick, College Honors, Gates Cambridge Scholarship
  • Richard Frank Guidry, College Honors
  • Hardy Hang, College Honors
  • Rachael Tara Keller, College Honors, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • McCayn Gail McDaniel, College Honors
  • Jason Donald Mueller, College Honors
  • Sreeja Sanampudi, College Honors
  • Dequantarius J. Speed, Upper Division Honors
  • Desmarie L. Stewart, College Honors
  • Elliott Reid Thompson, College Honors
  • Jeremy Robert Tillay, College Honors
  • Paxton Mark Turner, College Honors
  • Sierra Alisa Sterling, Science Residential College Distinguished Student Award

 

Department of Biological Sciences

  • Stanley Melchor Capulong Fuentes, Undergraduate Research Award
  • David Kurt Odenheimer, Outstanding Senior in Biochemistry Award
  • Cersten Lynese Bradley, Charles S. McCleskey Award
  • Danté Tenielle Johnson, Charles S. McCleskey Award
  • Shannon Diane McDuff, Charles S. McCleskey Award
  • Erin Elizabeth Oliver, Robert L. Amborski Award
  • David Michael Pitre, Robert L. Amborski Award
  • Jessica Lee Weckhorst, Marion D. Socolofsky Award
  • Sidney Ann White, GeauxTeach Senior Award

 

Department of Chemistry

  • Michael Wesley Beal, Dr. Benjamin Pierre Boussert Outstanding Student Award
  • David Alexander Rueff, Dr. Benjamin Pierre Boussert Outstanding Student Award
  • Nicholas Joseph Wallbillich, Dr. Benjamin Pierre Boussert Outstanding Student Award\
  • Drew Paul Harding, HyperCube Scholar
  • Jeffrey Lawrence Henry, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Achievement Award
  • Asenath Leah Francis, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Achievement Award

 

Department of Geology & Geophysics

  • Hunter Stephen Songy Outstanding Sophomore in Geology & Geophysics
  • Daniel Paul Babin Outstanding Junior in Geology & Geophysics
  • Jennifer A. Kenyon Outstanding Junior in Geology & Geophysics
  • Eleanor Wesley-Anne Smith Outstanding Senior in Geology & Geophysics
  • James Emerson Smith IV Outstanding Senior in Geology & Geophysics

 

Department of Mathematics

  • Everett Michael Callihan, GeauxTeach Senior Award
  • Emily Ann Ribando-Gros, Pasquale Porcelli Rising Junior Award
  • Paxton Mark Turner, Betti & Robert Giles Senior Mathematics Award
  • Avery James St. Dizier, LSU Winner of the William Lowell Putnam Competition

 

Department of Physics & Astronomy

  • Jonathan Paul Curole, Keen-Morris Award

 

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