The Department of Medicinal Chemistry hosted its annual awards ceremony on August 1 to recognize the top scholarly achievements during the 2024-25 academic year. The event offers an opportunity for the faculty to recognize outstanding student performance and thank everyone who contributed to advancing the department’s research. Congratulations to all the award winners listed below.
Margaret O. James Top Graduating Student Award
Breanne Freeman & Alexis Smith
Best Research Student Award
Zhihang Shen
Junior Award for Excellence
Seif Abouheif, Annan Sun & Campbell Eckhardt
Professional Exemplary Student Award
Vanisa Petriti, Johnathan Somers & Allison Lynch
Best Student Seminar Award, Junior Division
Peter A Ramdhan
Best Student Seminar Award, Senior Division
Yuzhao Zhang
Best Research Paper Award:
- Biosynthesis of Dolastatin 10 in Marine Cyanobacteria, a Prototype for Multiple Approved Cancer Drugs. Dimitris Kallifidas, Dipesh Dhakal, Manyun Chen, Qi-Yin Chen, Sofia Kokkaliari, Nicole A. Colon Rosa, Ranjala Ratnayake, Steven D. Bruner, Valerie J. Paul, Yousong Ding*, and Hendrik Luesch* Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 1321-1325 Publication Date: February 6, 2024 http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c04083.
- Discovery of a Highly Potent and Selective HDAC8 Degrader: Advancing the Functional Understanding and Therapeutic Potential of HDAC8. Yufeng Xiao, Nikee Awasthee, Yi Liu, Chengcheng Meng, Michael Y. He, Seth Hale, Rashmi Karki, Zongtao Lin, Megan Mosterio, Benjamin A. Garcia, Robert Kridel, Daiqing Liao, * and Guangrong Zheng” J. Med. Chem. 2024, 67, 15, 12784-12806
Department Awards Over the Years
Review all the Department of Medicinal Chemistry award winners from previous years.
