Awards
FACULTY AWARDS
UCSC Excellence in Teaching Awards
Ten faculty members received Excellence in Teaching Awards for demonstrating exemplary and
inspiring teaching. They were selected by the UCSC Academic Senate's Comittee on Teaching.
2002 - 2003 academic year recipient: Professor Eugene Switkes "for exceptional effectiveness in the teaching of chemistry, for
making difficult classes fun, interesting and relevant, for excitement in sharing with
students the unanaswered questions."
Professor Eugene Switkes and Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood
GRADUATE AWARDS
UCSC Graduate Research Symposium
Best Poster Presentation Awards by Division
2005-2006 Recipient
Physical and Biological Sciences: Madhuri Chattopadhyay
for her poster, "Copper Binding in the Prion Protein: Coordination, Affinity and Cooperativity"
2004-2005 Recipient
Physical and Biological Sciences: Elisa Cooper
Honorable Mention: Yakira Landaverry and Kimberly White
UCSC Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards are reserved for the top two percent of UCSC teaching assistants as determined by the Graduate Council. Each year 10-12 recipients receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200.
2005 - 2006 Recipients
Paul Ralifo
Nicholas Winter
2002 - 2003 Recipient
Aaron Nilsen
Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
This award honors the top teaching assistant(s) in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Each winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $50.
2004 - 2005 Recipients
Soya Gamsey
Matthew Lardy
2003 - 2004 Recipient
Raman Afshar
Roche Bioscience Prize
The Roche Bioscience Scholarships are awards designed to recognize outstanding UC Santa Cruz undergraduate chemistry majors and outstanding graduate students in organic synthesis. This award is made possible by a generous donation from the pharmaceutical company, Roche Bioscience, a division of Syntex (USA) Inc., in Palo Alto, California.
2000-2001 Graduate Recipient
Aaron Nilsen
2002-2003 Undergraduate Recipients
Emily Goers
Brandon Morinaka
Christopher Rath
Sara Roberts
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
Goldwater Scholarship
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation created the program to pay tribute to Senator Barry M. Goldwater. This endowed recognition program was established by the United States Congress to foster and encourage excellence in science and mathematics.
2005-2006 Recipient
Blaise Hamel
2004-2005 Recipient
Tracey J. Kwong received $7,500.00 to assist with the cost of
tuition, fees, books, and room & board in her senior year.
Elmer A. Fridley Scholarship
The scholarship was set up as a result of a bequest to the University of California from the estate
of William Fridley, a long-time resident of Santa Cruz County. The scholarship is awarded each year
to an outstanding student in the physical sciences.
2004-2005 Recipient
Blaise Hamel
2003-2004 Recipient
David Combs
Kenneth and Ann Thimann Scholarship
Dr. Kenneth Thimann, Proefessor Emeritus of Biology at UCSC, and his wife Ann, established this
pledge of support to UC Santa Cruz in recognition of future UC Santa Cruz graduate science
scholars. The scholarship award of $2000 is intended for use in graduate studies.
2004-2005 Recipient
Tracey Kwong
2003-2004 Recipients
Boaz Vilozny
Thea Wilson
Joseph F. Bunnett Research Prize
This departmental award named in honor of Professor Bunnett, was established in 1999. Students must
be in their final year (senior) and have begun a research project.
2005-06 Recipients
Cynthia Morimoto
Joseph Roan
2004-2005 Recipients
David Combs
Daniel Knueppel
Tracey Kwong
2003-2004 Recipients
Jeffrey Henise
Andrew Kleinke
C. Fiore Chemistry Prize
The C. Fiore Chemistry Prize was established by Dr. Daniel Palleros in 2001 in memory of his great aunt and is
funded by the royalties from the sale of his book "Experimental Organic Chemistry." Winners are selected from
the students of organic chemistry courses Chemistry 108 and Chemistry 112.
2006-2007 Recipients
Ashley Bicker
Bryden Derber
Angela Purves
Robert Weber
2005-2006 Recipients
Tova Abelman
Nolan Betterley
2004-2005 Recipients
Erin Urekew
Yuliya Primak
2002-2003 Recipients
David Combs
Tracey Kwong
Doug Drexler Chemistry Scholarship
Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Drexler established this scholarship as a memorial for their son, who
graduated with a degree in chemistry. It is designed to recognize outstanding UCSC Chemistry
and Biochemistry undergraduates. This is a departmental award.
2003-2004 Recipients
David Albala
Andrew Heling
Daniel Knueppel
Tracey Kwong
Ellen Renard Endowed Memorial Scholarship
In 1988 Mr. Henry Renard established the fund in memory of his daughter. The scholarship is
designed to recognize outstanding UCSC chemistry undergraduate students. This is a departmental
award.
2003-2004 Recipient
David Combs
Deans' Undergraduate Awards
In late spring, fifty undergraduates, 10 from each of the five academic divisions will receive the
Dean's Award of $100 for outstanding achievement in their division.
Recipients from the Physical and Biological Sciences Division for 2004
Janelle Crane
Andrew Kleinke
Thao Nguyen
Stephanie Turner
Chancellor's Awards
Recipients from the Physical and Biological Sciences Division for 2004
Andrew Kleinke
Thao Nguyen
Steck Award
The Steck Award will recognize the most outstanding research project from a graduating senior
that applied for the Deans' Undergraduate Award. This student will receive another $300. In
addition, his or her research project will be bound and copies given to the student, the research
supervisor, the UC Santa Cruz Library, and the Steck Family whose generous contributions have
made this award possible.
Through these awards, the Deans and Chancellor wish to encourage and stimulate outstanding
scholarship and creativity among undergraduate students, based on work developed in courses or
programs in the normal pattern of academic activity at UCSC. A thesis or project completed in a
previous academic year may be submitted for consideration unless it was submitted and won an
award in a previous year's competition. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony on June 2,
which will culminate our second annual Student Achievement Week. The names of the winners will
also be announced at graduation.
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