The University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry annually recognizes its top-performing graduate students during an award ceremony. For the 2025-26 academic year, the following students were presented with awards at a ceremony on August 4.
- Margaret O. James Top Graduating Student Award: Yuzhao Zhang
- Best Research Student Award: Vanisa Petriti
- Junior Award for Excellence: Benjamin Baldwin, Zhaoyuan Sun and Vincent White
- Exemplary Service Student Award: Jeremiah Batucan, Kuntala Day, Campbell Eckhardt, Drew Kwitchoff and Allison Lynch
- Best Graduate Student Seminar Presentation Award Junior Division: Campbell Eckhardt and Vincent White
- Best Graduate Student Seminar Presentation Award Senior Division: Christian Barnard and Meng-Lun Hsieh
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Award Winners
Take a look back at the previous award winners for the Department of Medicinal Chemistry's annual graduate student awards.
