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Recipients and Nominees

The Graduate School encourages its students and faculty to nominate themselves or other members of their department for annual performance awards each year. A summary of recent award recipients and nominees follows.

Purdue Provost’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentor

2023 Recipient

  • Elizabeth Strickland, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

2022 Recipient

  • Kimberly Buhman, College of Health and Human Sciences - Department of Dutrition Science

2021 Recipient

  • Andrew D. Mesecar, Department of Biochemistry

2020 Recipient

  • Stacey L. Connaughton, Brian Lamb School of Communication

2019 Recipients

  • Jean Chmielewski, Department of Chemistry
  • Lynne S. Taylor, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

2018 Recipients

  • Elizabeth J. Taparowsky, Department of Biological Sciences
  • Richard K. Thomas, Pattie & Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts

2016 Recipients

  • Kenneth Ferraro, Department of Sociology
  • Carol Beth Post, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

2015 Recipient

  • Dorothy Teegarden, Department of Nutrition Science

2014 Recipient

  • Patrice Buzzanell, Brian Lamb School of Communication

2013 Recipients

  • Jan Allenbach, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jonathan Harbor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

2012 Recipients

  • Suresh Garimella, School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Robert Geahlen, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

2011 Recipients

  • Steven Bell, Department of Mathematics
  • Graham Cooks, Department of Chemistry

2010 Recipients

  • Rebecca Doerge, Department of Statistics
  • Joseph Thomas III, Department of Pharmacy Practice

2009 Recipients

  • Hilkka Kenttamaa, Department of Chemistry
  • Henry Weiner, Department of Biochemistry

2008 Recipients

  • Brant Burleson, Brian Lamb School of Communication
  • Andrew Weiner, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2007 Recipients

  • Stephen Green, School of Management
  • Richard Mattes, Department of Nutrition Science

2006 Recipients

  • Anil Bajaj, School of Mechanical Engineering
  • David Nichols, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award

2023 Recipient

  • Elizabeth Ragland, Department of Animal Sciences

2022 Recipients

  • Charlotte Lee, Department of Agronomy and the Ecological Sciences & Engineering Interdisciplinary Program
  • Mohammadhasan Sasar, Lyles School of Civil Engineering
  • Casey Wright, Department of Chemistry

2021 Recipients

  • Aashna Aggarwal, Department of Educational Studies
  • Brandon Coventry, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
  • Ashleigh Shields, Brian Lamb School of Communication

2020 Recipients

  • Michael R. Lolkus, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
  • Ellen G. Rochford, Department of Sociology
  • Aya Saleh, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

2019 Recipients

  • Alissa Cress (Salazar), Department of Educational Studies
  • R. Thomas Godwin, Department of Management
  • Matthew Pharris, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
  • Elijah Roth, Department of Chemistry
  • Jessica Welch, Brian Lamb School of Communication

2018 Recipients

  • David Blasing, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Amy Elliot, Department of English
  • Stephen Leitch, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Doug Pruim, Brian Lamb School of Communication
  • Kristin Villa, Department of Pharmacy Practice

Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Master's Thesis Awards

2024 Nominee

  • Diana L. Deyoe, Brian Lamb School of Communication

2023 Nominee

  • Alberto Castillo, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

2021 Nominees

  • Ashley Rice, Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
  • Luke Snyder, Department of Computer Science

2020 Nominee

  • Matthew Fuka, Department of Anthropology

2019 Nominees

  • Megan LaFollette, Department of Comparative Pathobiology
  • Amanda Loveless, School of Nuclear Engineering

2018 Nominees

  • Chao Cai, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
  • Lauren Haslem, Department of History

MAGS Excellence in Teaching Awards

2023 Nominee

  • Kirsten L. Anderson, Doctoral Nominee, College of Health and Human Sciences

2021 Nominees

  • Zachary Isaacs, Master’s Nominee, Brian Lamb School of Communication
  • Jieyu (Jade) Shi, Doctoral Nominee, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

2020 Nominees

  • Islam Nazmy, Master's Nominee, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Jenny Beal, Doctoral Nominee, Department of Pharmacy Practice

2019 Nominee

  • Prashanth Bangalore Venkatesh, Doctoral Nominee, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2018 Nominees

  • Liesl Krause, Master’s Nominee, School of Biomedical Engineering
  • Mayu Miyamoto, Doctoral Nominee, School of Languages and Cultures

 

Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Awards

CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards

2021 Nominees

  • Henry Legett, Department of Biological Sciences
  • Virginia Pleasant, American Studies Program, School of Interdisciplinary Studies

2020 Nominees

  • Ahmedullah Aziz, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Joy Kadowaki, Department of Sociology

2019 Nominee

  • Anwesha Sanyal, Department of Biochemistry

2018 Nominees

  • Joonyoung Park, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy
  • Luis Moises Peña-Lévano, Department of Agricultural Economics

Schmidt Science Fellows Award

2021 Fellowship Nominees

  • Sayan Basak, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Chanel Beebe, School of Engineering Education
  • Sarah Daley, School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • Christiane Ley, Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering
  • Pei Su, Department of Chemistry

2019-20 Fellowship Nominees

  • Taylor J. Moehling, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
  • Renee L. Obringer, Interdiciplinary Environmental and Ecological Engineering
  • Elizabeth A. Phillips, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

2018-19 Fellowship Nominees

  • Sikai Chen, Lyles School of Civil Engineering
  • Khalil Rahman Jahed, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
  • Gabriella Mendes Candido de Oliveira, School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • Tariq Usman Saeed, Lyles School of Civil Engineering
  • Parul Verma, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

2017-18 Fellowship nominees

  • Shourya Jain, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Jing Pan, School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Scott A. Pattenaude, Department of Chemistry
  • Xinwu Qian, Lyles School of Civil Engineering
  • Abhronil Sengupta, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

2019 Nominees

  • Mary K. Batistich, Department of Economics (recipient)
  • Stanton N. Hudja, Department of Economics (recipient)

2018 Nominees

  • Frederick Damen, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (recipient)
  • Shivam Patel, Department of Health and Kinesiology

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