LSU College of Science Hosts 41st Honors Convocation
It’s no secret that the LSU College of Science faculty and students are a cut above the rest. At this year’s 41st annual Dean Author R. Choppin Honors Convocation eight faculty and nearly 30 students were recognized for their outstanding efforts in biology, chemistry, math, geology and geophysics, and physics and astronomy.
Below is a list of the 2016 award recipients.
Colleen Robichaux, winner of the Betti & Robert Giles Senior Mathematics Award, and Amy Adair, winner of the Pasquale Porcelli Undergraduate Mathematics Award for Rising Junior.
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Faculty Awards
Dr. Mark Wilde (Physics & Astronomy), Non-Tenured Faculty Research Award
Dr. Anne Grove (Biological Sciences), Graduate Teaching Award
Dr. Maheshi Dassanayake (Biological Sciences), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dr. Morgan Kelly (Biological Sciences), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dr. Revati Kumar (Chemistry), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dr. Kevin Smith (Chemistry), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dr. Amy Luther (Geology & Geophysics), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dr. Phoebe Rouse (Mathematics), TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award
Distinguished Dissertation Award
Dr. Michael Harvey (Biological Sciences), Distinguished Dissertation Award
Student Awards
College of Science
Mark Feuer DiTusa, College of Science Outstanding Senior Award
Simón Gabriel Lorenzo, College of Science Outstanding Junior Award
Emmeline May Kaiser, College of Science Outstanding Sophomore Award
Andrew Paul Mullet, College of Science Dean’s Award
Daniel Paul Babin, College of Science Dean’s Award
Jennifer An Kenyon, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient
Ashley Michelle Curran, Goldwater Scholarship - Honorable Mention
Sydni Elizabeth Barras, Science Residential College Distinguished Student Award
Department of Biological Sciences
Matthew Colin Johnson, Undergraduate Research Award
Thomas Oliver Beckstrom, Outstanding Senior in Biochemistry Award
Stanley Melchor Capulong Fuentes, Robert L. Amborski Award
Jacob Kenneth Meariman, Marion D. Socolofsky Award
Austina Michelle Coolman, Outstanding GeauxTeach Student Award
Department of Chemistry
Mark Feuer DiTusa, Dr. Benjamin Pierre Boussert Outstanding Student Award
Christian Joseph Devereux, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Achievement Award
Asenath Leah Francis, HyperCube Scholar
Department of Geology & Geophysics
Kate Rose Gutterman, Outstanding Sophomore in Geology & Geophysics
Hunter Stephen Songy, Outstanding Junior in Geology & Geophysics
Daniel Paul Babin, Outstanding Senior in Geology & Geophysics
Jennifer An Kenyon, Outstanding Senior in Geology & Geophysics
Department of Mathematics
Colleen Elizabeth Robichaux, Betti & Robert Giles Senior Mathematics Award
Derek M. Walker, Pasquale Porcelli Undergraduate Mathematics Award for Rising Senior
Amy Elise Adair, Pasquale Porcelli Undergraduate Mathematics Award for Rising Junior
Shawn O’neal Williams, William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition High Score Award
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Austin Baldwin, Keen-Morris Award
Andrew Paul Olivier, Keen-Morris Award