Fellowship and award winners
Explore the charts below to see past winners of some of the prestigious awards and fellowships that the University of Rochester has to offer its graduate student community.
Elon Huntington Hooker Fellowship Winners
| Name | Department | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Negin Martin | Biochemistry | 1999 |
| David Mathews | Chemistry | 1999 |
| Stephanos Nitodas | Chemical Engineering | 1999 |
| Michelle Steiger | Biochemistry | 1999 |
| Shufian Yi | Chemical Engineering | 1999 |
| Jeremy Cody | Chemistry | 2000 |
| Matthew Disney | Chemistry | 2000 |
| Jason Gillmore | Chemistry | 2000 |
| Yaqiong Lin | Biophysics | 2000 |
| Jing Zhang | Chemistry | 2000 |
| Tina Collison | Chemistry | 2001 |
| Bradley Kraft | Chemistry | 2001 |
| Marina Roginskaya | Biophysics | 2001 |
| Brandy Russell | Chemistry | 2001 |
| Samson Tom | Biochemistry | 2001 |
| Sayura Aoyagi | Biochemistry | 2002 |
| Andrei Alexandrov | Biophysics | 2002 |
| Scott Horner | Biophysics | 2002 |
| Xiaorong Liu | Chemistry | 2002 |
| Joseph Pero | Chemistry | 2002 |
| Brent Znosko | Chemistry | 2002 |
| Yan Chen | Biochemistry | 2003 |
| Megan Hahn | Chemistry | 2003 |
| Anita Trajkovska | Chemical Engineering | 2003 |
| Javier Vela-Becerra | Chemistry | 2003 |
| Chunyang Zheng | Biochemistry | 2003 |
| Weifeng Gu | Biochemistry | 2004 |
| Libai Huang | Chemistry | 2004 |
| Shan-Lin Pan | Chemistry | 2004 |
| Todd Ryder | Chemistry | 2004 |
| Kefang Xie | Biochemistry | 2004 |
| Anshika Bajaj | Biochemistry | 2005 |
| Patrick Caruana | Chemistry | 2005 |
| Andrew Chien-An Chen | Chemical Engineering | 2005 |
| Jeffrey Peterson | Chemistry | 2005 |
| Lea Vacca | Biophysics | 2005 |
| Patrick Brandt | Biochemistry | 2006 |
| Tingjuan Gao | Chemistry | 2006 |
| Katie Seifert-Leach | Chemistry | 2006 |
| Venkatesan Srinivasan | Chemistry | 2006 |
| Andrew Torelli | Biophysics | 2006 |
| Lindsay Burwell | Biochemistry | 2007 |
| Lisa Carlson | Chemistry | 2007 |
| Pingwu Du | Chemistry | 2007 |
| Charles Mace | Biophysics | 2007 |
| Celeste MacElrevey | Biochemistry | 2007 |
| Sarah Bowman | Chemistry | 2008 |
| Amy Ensign | Chemistry | 2008 |
| Robert Spitale | Chemistry | 2008 |
| Jason Stewart | Biochemistry | 2008 |
| Lijun Zou | Chemical Engineering | 2008 |
| Prakash Palde | Biophysics | 2008 |
| Thomas Dugan | Chemistry | 2009 |
| Christopher Evans | Chemistry | 2009 |
| Chenguang Gong | Biochemistry | 2009 |
| John Karijolich | Biochemistry | 2009 |
| Zhenmeng Peng | Chemical Engineering | 2009 |
| Ting Li | Chemistry | 2009 |
| Ryan Cowley | Chemistry | 2010 |
| Meagan Evans | Chemistry | 2010 |
| Tulasa Vaidya | Chemistry | 2010 |
| Krystle McLaughlin | Biophysics | 2010 |
| Jessica Snyder | Biophysics | 2010 |
| Wesely Asher | Chemistry | 2011 |
| Wen Shen | Biochemistry | 2011 |
| Ruja Shrestha | Chemistry | 2011 |
| Jianbo Wu | Chemical Engineering | 2011 |
| Zhenjiang Xu | Biophysics | 2011 |
| He Fang | Biophysics | 2012 |
| Laura DiChiacchio | Biophysics | 2012 |
| Joseph Liberman | Biochemistry | 2012 |
| Zhiji Han | Chemistry | 2012 |
| Jessica Smith | Chemistry | 2012 |
| Eric Henry | Chemistry | 2012 |
| Salvatore Priore | Chemistry | 2012 |
| Nicholas Leioatts | Biophysics | 2013 |
| William McDougall | Biochemistry | 2013 |
| Yunzhe Jiao | Chemistry | 2013 |
| Nicole Cogan | Chemistry | 2013 |
| Peter Carlsen | Chemistry | 2013 |
| John Frost | Chemistry | 2013 |
| Douglas Tusch | Chemistry | 2013 |
| Josh Kolev | Chemistry | 2014 |
| Banu Kandemir | Chemistry | 2014 |
| Yang Zhao | Chemistry | 2014 |
| Stephanie Daifuku | Chemistry | 2014 |
| Laura Ackerman | Chemistry | 2014 |
| Dejun Lin | Biophysics | 2014 |
| Morgan Monaghan | Biochemistry | 2014 |
| Andrew Kauffman | Chemistry | 2015 |
| Adam Feinberg | Chemistry | 2015 |
| Amanda Amori | Chemistry | 2015 |
| Yuan Meng | Chemical Engineering | 2015 |
| Clarence Ling | Biochemistry | 2015 |
| Lu Han | Biochemistry | 2015 |
| Shihao Xu | Biochemistry | 2015 |
| Andrew Owens | Chemistry | 2016 |
| Michael Sloma | Biochemistry | 2016 |
| Jared Kneebone | Chemistry | 2016 |
| Hierra Huihui | Chemistry | 2016 |
| Leah Frenette | Chemistry | 2016 |
| Marek Haruza | Physics | 2016 |
| Jade Welch | Chemistry | 2016 |
| Stephanie Carpenter | Chemistry | 2017 |
| Valerie Fleischauer | Chemistry | 2017 |
| Hanan Alwaseem | Chemistry | 2017 |
| Bronwyn Lucas | Biochemistry | 2017 |
| Jung Yuwen | Chemistry | 2017 |
| Amber Cutter | Biochemistry | 2017 |
| Kyle Rugg | Chemistry | 2017 |
| Leslie Salas Estrada | Biophysics | 2017 |
| Wan-Jung Lai | Biochemistry | 2018 |
| Eric Moore | Chemistry | 2018 |
| Meemanage DeZoysa | Biochemistry | 2018 |
| Theresa Iannuzi | Chemistry | 2018 |
| Jianbo Zhao | Chemistry | 2018 |
| Rebecca Burke | Chemistry | 2018 |
| Georgios Alachouzos | Chemistry | 2018 |
| Viktoriya Anokhina | Biochemistry | 2019 |
| Thareendra De Zoysa | Biochemistry | 2019 |
| Ethan Walker | Biochemistry | 2019 |
| Brittney Petel | Chemistry | 2019 |
| Arkajit Mandal | Chemistry | 2019 |
| Jeffrey Sears | Chemistry | 2019 |
| Nikki Wolford | Chemistry | 2019 |
| Benjamin Ecker | Physics | 2019 |
| Brittany Lauren Abraham | Chemistry | 2020 |
| Kadijah Abston | Toxicology | 2020 |
| Michael Bryan | Biophysics | 2020 |
| Chapin E. Cavender | Biophysics | 2020 |
| Connor G. Holt | Chemistry | 2020 |
| Jacob A. Iannuzzelli | Chemistry | 2020 |
| Leopoldo Mejia Restrepo | Chemistry | 2020 |
| Jessica Ciesla | Biochemistry | 2021 |
| Joshua DeMuth | Chemistry | 2021 |
| John Bettinger | Biology | 2021 |
| Karla Rosalia Sanchez Lievanos | Chemistry | 2021 |
| Eric Schreiber | Chemistry | 2021 |
| Donggeon (Albert) Nam | Chemistry | 2021 |
| Jackson Hernandez | Chemistry | 2021 |
| Rachel Bonn | Biochemistry | 2021 |
| Justin Galardi | Biochemistry | 2022 |
| Matthew Raymonda | Biochemistry | 2022 |
| Griffin Schroeder | Biochemistry | 2022 |
| Maria Camila Aguilera | Chemistry | 2022 |
| Jakub Vaith | Chemistry | 2022 |
| Bufan Zhang | Chemistry | 2022 |
| Ryan Kosko | Chemistry | 2023 |
| Madeline Jensen | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2023 |
| Fei Hu | Chemical Engineering | 2023 |
| Eric Koessler | Chemistry | 2023 |
| Medina Afandiyeva | Chemistry | 2023 |
| Shannon Cooney | Chemistry | 2024 |
| Mamta Dagar | Chemistry | 2024 |
| Xueyang He | Biophysics, Structural, and Computational Biology | 2024 |
| Daniil Kiliushik | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2024 |
| Caitlyn "Cay" McNichol | Chemistry | 2024 |
| Ben Chng | Physics | 2025 |
| Hannah Clary | Biochemistry | 2025 |
| Erica Craddock | Chemistry | 2025 |
| Sebastian Montillo | Chemistry | 2025 |
| Chari Peter | Chemistry | 2025 |
| Lia Calcines-Rodgriguez | Neuroscience | 2025 |
| Katie Gibbs | Clinical Psychology | 2025 |
| Lindsay Wainwright | Biochemistry | 2026 |
| Akshara Sharma | Biophysics | 2026 |
| Daniela Carmona Perez | Chemistry | 2026 |
| Abby Manning | Biophysics | 2026 |
| William Stoll | Chemistry | 2026 |
Raymond N. Ball Dissertation Fellowship Winners
| Name | Department | Year |
|---|---|---|
| James Hall | English | 1972 |
| Richard Werner | Philosophy | 1973 |
| Theresa Coletti | English | 1974 |
| Maneck Daruwala | English | 1975 |
| Galye Hamilton | English | 1976 |
| Betty Kincaid-Ehlers | English | 1976 |
| Katarzyna Mroczkowski | Comparative Literature | 1977 |
| Susan Kellogg | Anthropology | 1978 |
| Nathaniel Strout | English | 1979 |
| Jane Kneller | Philosophy | 1980 |
| Kalyan Sanyal | Economics | 1980 |
| Michael Steinberg | History | 1981 |
| Margaret Turner | Anthropology | 1982 |
| Carol Wilkinson | English | 1982 |
| Leonora Epstein | English | 1983 |
| Tsong-Min Wu | Economics | 1983 |
| Linda Austin | English | 1984 |
| Michael Nott | Musicology | 1984 |
| Mark Stone | Philosophy | 1985 |
| Rose-Marie Chierici | Anthropology | 1985 |
| Everett Akam | History | 1986 |
| Pushpa Misra | Philosophy | 1986 |
| Dimitrios Diamantaras | Economics | 1987 |
| Mary Heinmiller | English | 1987 |
| David Mason | English | 1988 |
| Stefan Sencerz | Philosophy | 1988 |
| David Chappell | History | 1989 |
| Stephen Myers | English | 1989 |
| Tamara Levitz | Musicology | 1990 |
| Sharon Ryan | Philosophy | 1990 |
| Edward Katz | English | 1991 |
| Charles Shindo | History | 1991 |
| Mary Chalmers | History | 1992 |
| Scott Ash | English | 1992 |
| Howard Singerman | Visual & Cultural Studies | 1993 |
| Julie Taddeo | History | 1993 |
| Dora Hannien | Music Theory | 1994 |
| Grace Ray | English | 1994 |
| Stuart Kane | English | 1995 |
| Catherine Loomis | English | 1996 |
| John Wenzler | History | 1997 |
| Antonius Bittmann | Musicology | 1998 |
| Jeffrey Brown | History | 1999 |
| Mara Amster | English | 2000 |
| Daniel Moses | History | 2000 |
| Kari Kraus | English | 2001 |
| Christopher Martin | History | 2001 |
| Robert Haskins | Musicology | 2002 |
| Jianjun Miao | Economics | 2002 |
| Andrea Patterson | Philosophy | 2002 |
| Robert Vanderlan | History | 2002 |
| Gavin Chuck | Music Theory | 2003 |
| Dana Symons | English | 2003 |
| Drew Maciag | History | 2003 |
| Barbara Brickman | English | 2004 |
| Yuet Hon Sam Ng | Music Theory | 2004 |
| Catherine Zuromskis | Visual & Cultural Studies | 2004 |
| Patrick LaPierre | History | 2005 |
| Anne Birien | English | 2005 |
| Sara Nicholson | Musicology | 2005 |
| Peter Franck | Music Theory | 2006 |
| April Miller | English | 2006 |
| Alexander Dean | Musicology | 2007 |
| Kelly Francis | Music Theory | 2007 |
| Hossein Khosrowjah | Visual & Cultural Studies | 2007 |
| David Plylar | Music Composition | 2007 |
| Vasudha Bharadwaj | English/History | 2008 |
| John Koslovsky | Music Theory | 2008 |
| Aviva Dove-Viebahn | Visual & Cultural Studies | 2008 |
| Jeremy Saucier | History | 2009 |
| Leah Haught | English | 2010 |
| Justin Lundberg | Music Theory | 2010 |
| Matthew Barber | Music Composition | 2011 |
| Jamie Saucier | History | 2011 |
| Ali McGhee | English | 2012 |
| Steven Rice | Music Composition | 2012 |
| Amanda Graham | Visual & Cultural Studies | 2013 |
| Anne Marie Weaver | Musicology | 2014 |
| Nathan Burggraff | Music Theory | 2014 |
| Naomi Gregory | Musicology | 2015 |
| David Slichter | Economics | 2015 |
| Abigail Glogower | Visual & Cultural Studies | 2016 |
| John Green | Musicology | 2016 |
| Jason Thorpe Buchanan | Music Composition | 2016 |
| Andrew Kless | History | 2017 |
| Owen Belcher | Music Theory | 2017 |
| Gail Lowther | Musicology | 2017 |
| Abby Brengle | English | 2018 |
| Jonathan Strassfeld | History | 2018 |
| David Keep | Music Theory | 2018 |
| Jacob Jagan | Business Administration | 2019 |
| Jiangtao Gu | Visual and Cultural Studies | 2019 |
| Oscar Avila | Economics | 2019 |
| Austin Thomas Richey | Musicology | 2020 |
| Michelle Suzanne Ridout | History | 2020 |
| Patrick T. Sullivan | Visual and Cultural Studies | 2020 |
| Stephanie Venturino | Music Theory | 2021 |
| Stephen Johnson | Musicology | 2021 |
| Pallas Riedler | Musicology | 2022 |
| Anna (Ania) Michas | History | 2022 |
| Noah Kahrs | Music Theory | 2023 |
| Xiao "Amanda" Ju | Visual and Cultural Studies | 2023 |
| Lauren Berlin | Musicology | 2024 |
| Marcos Mac Mullen | Economics | 2024 |
| Jerome Bell | Music Theory | 2025 |
| Elizabeth Sapere | Visual & Cultural Studies | 2025 |
| Eugenio Gonzalez Flores | Economics | 2026 |
| Beom Mo Koo | History | 2026 |
Agnes M. Messersmith and George Messersmith Fellowship Winners
| Name | Department | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Burde | Pathology | 1994 |
| Dylan Casey | Physics | 1994 |
| Keith Olsen | Biology | 1995 |
| Colin Roald | Physics | 1995 |
| Maciej Kalinski | Physics | 1996 |
| Irene Georgakoudi | Biophysics | 1996 |
| David Matthews | Chemistry | 1997 |
| Alex Kuzmich | Physics | 1999 |
| Daven Presgraves | Biology | 2000 |
| Andrea Betancourt | Biology | 2001 |
| Miriam Barlow | Biology | 2002 |
| Brandy Russell | Chemistry | 2002 |
| Kam Chan | Physics | 2003 |
| Brent Znosko | Chemistry | 2003 |
| Javier Vela-Becerra | Chemistry | 2004 |
| Zun Yu | Biology | 2004 |
| Phay Ho | Physics | 2005 |
| Shanlin Pan | Chemistry | 2005 |
| Jeffrey Petersen | Chemistry | 2006 |
| Jeremy Wilson | Physics | 2006 |
| Yasser Elshatory | Neuroscience | 2007 |
| Benjamin Sargent | Physics | 2007 |
| Daniel Berdine | Physics | 2008 |
| Lisa Carlson | Chemistry | 2008 |
| Sarah Bowman | Chemistry | 2009 |
| Zhiyong Mao | Biology | 2009 |
| Christopher Evans | Chemistry | 2010 |
| Christopher Hine | Biochemistry | 2010 |
| Justin Dressel | Physics | 2011 |
| Chenguang Gong | Biochemistry | 2011 |
| Yuzhe Xiao | Optics | 2012 |
| Xu Wang | Physics | 2012 |
| Zhiji Han | Chemistry | 2013 |
| Arnab Kar | Physics | 2013 |
| Levi Neukirch | Physics | 2014 |
| Xiao Tian | Biology | 2014 |
| Brand | Biology | 2015 |
| Daifuku | Chemistry | 2015 |
| Clarence Ling | Biochemistry | 2016 |
| Tian Zhang | Biology | 2016 |
| Lu Han | Biochemistry | 2017 |
| Zhonghe Ke | Biology | 2017 |
| Jessica Hogestyn | Neuroscience | 2018 |
| Kevin Liang | Optics | 2018 |
| Ching-Ho Chang | Biology | 2019 |
| Georgios Alachouzos | Chemistry | 2019 |
| Tejin Cai | Physics | 2020 |
| Xiaolu Wei | Genetics | 2020 |
| Brittany Abraham | Chemistry | 2021 |
| H. Mark Kenney | Cell Biology of Disease (Pathology) | 2021 |
| Eric Schreiber | Chemistry | 2022 |
| Adrian Molina Vargas | Genetics, Development & Stem Cells | 2023 |
| Maida Tariq | Physics and Astronomy | 2023 |
| Ignacio Gustin | Chemistry | 2024 |
| Kejia Zhang | Biology | 2024 |
| Sophia Eliseeva | Pathology | 2025 |
| Elious Mondal | Chemistry | 2025 |
| Bibandhan Poudyal | Poudyal | 2025 |
| Lucy Huffman | Chemistry | 2026 |
| Emiliano Marti | Biology | 2026 |
Joan Wright Goodman Fellowship Winners
| Name | Department | Year |
|---|---|---|
| David Fraser | Translational Biomedical Sciences | 2021 |
| Linh Le | Neuroscience | 2022 |
| Alexandra Strohm | Toxicology | 2023 |
| Matthew Adusei | Neuroscience | 2024 |
| Lia Calcines Rodriguez | Neuroscience | 2026 |
| Thomas Delgado | Neuroscience | 2025 |
Presidential Fellowship Winners
| Name | Department | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Abi Alpers | Neuroscience | 2025 |
| Lia Calcines-Rodriguez | Neuroscience | 2025 |
| Katie Gibbs | Clinical Psychology | 2025 |
| Zehua Li | Brain & Cognitive Sciences | 2025 |
| Zoe Stearns | Brain & Cognitive Sciences | 2025 |
| Michael Giannetto | Neuroscience | 2026 |
| Siddharth Chittaranjan | Neuroscience | 2026 |
William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching Winners
Reference past winners and additional award details on the Office of the Provost website.