Members of the Nemes Research Laboratory have received the following awards:
3 Awards To Postdoc Fellow
2023 David Virag, Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-Present)
2022 Kaitlyn Elizabeth Stepler, Postdoctoral Conference Support Award by Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Graduate School, UMD
2020 Adam Kecskemeti, Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020)
54 Awards To Ph.D. Graduate Students
2024 Leena Pade, Millard and Lee Alexander Fellowship in Chemistry for Spring 2024 graduation by the Dept. of Chem. & Biochem., University of Maryland, College Park
2023 Bowen Shen, Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Chromatography Discussion Group to attend the 2023 American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference (Austin, TX)
2023 Bowen Shen, Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award by the University of Maryland, College Park, to attend ASMS 2023
2023 Bowen Shen, Summer Research Fellow by the University of Maryland, College Park
2023 Leena Pade, ASMS Travel Award by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
2023 Bowen Shen, COSMOS Club Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2023 Leena Pade, UMD Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award (mandatory fees covered)
Each year, this award recognizes and honors the outstanding contributions of the top 2% of Graduate Assistants among the graduate school encompassing 4,000+ graduate students at UMD.
2022 Jie Li, Young Investigator Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
2022 Ryan O’Neal, Linda Zapposodi Memorial Safety Award, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMD
2022 Bowen Shen, G. Forrest Woods Graduate Fellowship, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMD
2022 Bowen Shen, Award for Research Excellence, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMD
2022 Leena Pade, Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award by the Graduate School, UMD
2022 Jie Li, Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship by UMD ($15,000 stipend, a candidacy tuition award, a credit for mandatory fees, and health insurance)
2022 Leena Pade, Guiochon Travel Award by the Washington Chromatography Discussion Group
2021 Jie Li, Young Investigator Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
2021 Aparna B. Baxi, Young Investigator Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
2021 Jie Li, Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award by the Graduate School, UMD
2021 Bowen Shen, Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award by the Graduate School, UMD
2021 Bowen Shen, UMD Sampugna/Keeney Fellowship (3 months RA position) to support original research during the Summer of 2021
2021 Leena Pade, Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2020 Jie Li, UMD Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award (mandatory fees covered), UMD Graduate School, given to the top 2% of students on campus
2020 Sam Choi, UMD Glen E. Gordon Memorial Award, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMD ($3,669 tuition)
2019 Erika Portero, Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award (mandatory fees covered), UMD Graduate School, given to the top 2% of students on campus
2019 Sam Choi, UMD Sampugna/Keeney Travel Award to support attendance at the 2020 US-HUPO conference
2019 Jie Li, Guiochon Travel Award by the Washington Chromatography Discussion Group
2019 Jie Li, Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award by the Graduate School, UMD
2019 Erika Portero, Travel Award by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
2019 Jie Li, Research Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2018 Jie Li, UMD Sampugna/Keeney Travel Award to attend 2019 Pittcon conference
2018 Erika Portero, Building Engineering & Science Talent (BEST) Symposium Award by the Dow Chemical Company
2018 Erika Portero, Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award by the Graduate School, UMD
2018 Erika Portero, International Conference Student Support Award (ICSSA) by the Graduate School, College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UMD
2018 Erika Portero, Nico Nibbering Travel Award by the International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC)
2018 Erika Portero, Young Investigator Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
2018 Sam Choi, Young Investigator Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
2018 Camille Lombard-Banek, Travel Award by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
2018 Aparna B. Baxi, Research Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2017 Camille Lombard-Banek, Poster Presentation Award, Chemical Society of Washington (CSW)
2017 Rosemary M. Onjiko, Travel Award by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
2017 Sam Choi, Travel Award by the US Human Proteome Organization (HUPO)
2017 Erika Portero, Research Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2017 Camille Lombard-Banek, Research Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2016 Sam Choi, Sanibel Conference Travel Award by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
2016 Sam Choi, Georges Guiochon Student Travel Award by the Washington-Chromatography Discussion Group
2016 Sam Choi, Research Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2016 Sam Choi, Graduate Research Poster Presentation Award (First Place) at GWU Research Day
2016 Camille Lombard-Banek, Georges Guiochon Student Travel Award by the Washington-Chromatography Discussion Group
2016 Camille Lombard-Banek, Young Investigator Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
2016 Camille Lombard-Banek, Graduate Research Poster Presentation Award (First Place) at GWU Research Day
2015 Camille Lombard-Banek, Graduate Research Poster Presentation Award (First Place) at GWU Research Day
2015 Rosemary M. Onjiko, Research Fellowship Award by the COSMOS Club Foundation (Washington, DC)
2015 Rosemary M. Onjiko, Graduate Research Poster Presentation Award (Second Place) at GWU Research Day
2015 Rosemary M. Onjiko, Young Investigator Travel Award by the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group
2015 Rosemary M. Onjiko, Travel Award by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)
15 Awards to Undergraduate Students
2020 Nelson Pinto, American Chemistry Society (ACS) Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award
2017 David O. Plotnick, American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Undergraduate Student Travel Award for 2017 Annual ASMS Conference
2016 Reem Al Shabeeb, UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium award for poster presentation
2016 David O. Plotnick, UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium award for poster presentation
2016 Reem Al Shabeed, Enosinian Scholars, The George Washington University Undergraduate Honors Program
2016 David O. Plotnick, Luther Rice Fellowship
2016 David O. Plotnick, GWU Research Days, Undergraduate Research, Second Place in Chemistry
2015 David O. Plotnick, UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium award for poster presentation
2015 Sydney E. Morris, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship award
2015 Sydney E. Morris, American Institute of Chemists Prize in Chemistry
2015 Sydney E. Morris, GW Department of Chemistry William E. Fitch Prize for best performance on a written comprehensive exam in chemistry
2015 Sydney E. Morris, American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Undergraduate Student Travel Award for 2015 Annual ASMS Conference
2014 Sydney E. Morris, The Scripps Research Institute and National Science Foundation Center for Chemical Evolution Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
2014 Sydney E. Morris, GWU Department of Chemistry Madeleine Reines Jacobs Scholarship
2014 Sydney E. Morris, GWU Undergraduate Research Assistantship Fund Recipient
3 Awards to High School Students
2019 Diego Cromwell, 1st place in Biochemistry, Westfield High School Science Fair
2019 Diego Cromwell, 1st place in Biochemistry, Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair
2014 Sushma Reddy, Presidential Award by Columbia University for entering undergraduate program