Within each section, the judges will select the top 3 presenters to receive the following awards:
1st Place: $250
2nd Place: $200
3rd Place: $150
In addition, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces will be giving a $50 prize to the best presentation in each of the 6 graduate student/post-doctoral sessions. PeerJ will also give one presenter an additional cash prize and a free publication in one of their journals.
2022 Winners
Biochemistry Section
Fabian Castro (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Sydney Schoellhorn (University of North Texas) 2nd prize
Jayoh Hernandez (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Weicheng Peng (University of Texas at Dallas) ACS AMI – Best Presentation
Physical/Computational Section
Yazdan Maghsoud (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Kira Mills (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Jacob Koehler Lynd (Southern Methodist University) 3rd prize
Madison Berger (University of Texas at Dallas) ACS AMI – Best Presentation
Inorganic/Analytical Section
Rhiza Villones (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Cynthia Archambault (University of North Texas) 2nd prize
Muhammad Abbas (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Jacob Fripp (University of North Texas) ACS AMI – Best Presentation
Materials Section
John Alptekin (University of North Texas) 1st prize
Perouza Parsamian (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Steve Lan (University of North Texas) 3rd prize
A.K.M. Nur Alam Siddiki (University of Texas at Dallas) ACS AMI – Best Presentation
Thomas Howlett (University of Texas at Dallas) PeerJ Special Award
Organic Section
Sumon Sarkar (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Spenser Lloyd Washburn (University of North Texas) 2nd prize
Ziyuan Ma (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Kara Kassees (University of Texas at Dallas) ACS AMI – Best Presentation
Polymer Section
Karen Cortes-Guzman (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Hanghang Wang (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Rebecca Johnson (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Sachini Perera (University of Texas at Dallas) ACS AMI – Best Presentation
Undergraduate Section I
Matthew D’Souza (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Alyssa Kohler (Tarleton State University) 2nd prize
Victoria Alicia Chavez (Tarrant County Community College) 3rd prize
Undergraduate Section II
Taryn Gibbs (Tarleton State University) 1st prize
Arun Raja (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Emily Alonzo (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
2021 Winners
Organic Section
Melissa Anne Collini (University of North Texas) 1st prize
Kara Kassees (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Moumita Singha Roy (University of Texas at Arlington) 3rd prize
Shashini D. Diwakara (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize
Polymer Section
Erika Lopez Calubaquib (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
John Michael Cue (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Alejandra Durand-Silva (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Jeri LaNiece Gill (Tarleton State University) Special prize
Inorganic Section
Kapil Sayala (Southern Methodist University) 1st prize
Trent Kyrk (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Juan Vizuet (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Kurt Bodenstedt (University of North Texas) Special prize
Marie Mortensen (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize
Materials Section
Jacob Fripp (University of North Texas) 1st prize
A K M Nur Alam Siddiki (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Jennifer England (University of North Texas) 3rd prize
Yafen Tian (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize
Samia Rifat (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize
Physical/Computational Section
Lama Abu-Amara (University of North Texas) 1st prize
Leonel Varvelo (Southern Methodist University) 2nd prize
Madison Brandi Berger (University of North Texas) 3rd prize
Sadisha Manendri Nanayakkara (Southern Methodist University) Special prize
Biochemistry Section
Fabian Castro Herbert (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Nisansala Sandamali Abeyrathna (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
Arezoo Shahrivarkevishahi (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Yingyu Huang (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize
Weike Chen (University of Texas at Arlington) Special prize
Undergraduate Section
Andrew Duy Vu (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
Samantha Martin (Tarleton State University) 2nd prize
Arun Kumar Raja (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize
Yujin (Lisa) Kim (Southern Methodist University) Special prize
Jacob Lynd (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize
Abigail Lewis (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize