Given to the graduate (or undergraduate) student who shows the most exemplary professional attitude. Such an individual is enthusiastic about his/her research and frequently works nights and weekends, attends most departmental seminars and ACS Section Meetings (even when the talk is not in his/her research area of immediate interest), is interested in and helpful toward the research of other graduate and undergraduate students, tries to keep up with the research literature in his/her field and is responsible in the performance of duties outside of the research area.
2023 / Kathryn Pitton
2022 / Khaga Neupane
2021 / Setareh Saryazdi
2020 / Alexa Riddle and Taylor Varner
2019 / Ahamed Ullah
2018 / Shardrack Asare and Alexa Riddle
2017 / Mason Daniel
2016 / Rosemary Easterday
2015 / Catherine Denning
2014 / Fan Huang
2013 / John Hoben
2012 / Meng Zhong
2011 / Erin Peters