Awards and Honors

Student Honors

  • Genesis Barzallo, NSF CREST CATSUS Graduate Fellowship
  • Nathan Venegas, Cal State LA COAST Undergraduate Student Research Grant Program

  • Cathy Lam, Cal State LA COAST Undergraduate Student Research Grant Program award
  • Kelly Nguyen, Cal State LA COAST Undergraduate Student Research Grant Program award
  • Elena Mosham, Kelly Nguyen, Genesis Barzallo, GC-MS Application Challenge Runner Up Prize
  • Elena Mosham, College Women’s Club of Pasadena Scholarship
  • Elena Mosham, Cal State LA Alumni Association Scholarship
  • Elena Mosham, CSU COAST Scholarship
  • Genesis Barzallo, 2023 AC/DC Rising Star in Analytical Chemistry
  • Genesis Barzallo, Lorraine Wyler Extended Education Scholarship
  • Hung Gieng, Travel Grant, CSULA Office of Graduate Studies
  • Rayana Ramirez, Anthony J. Andreoli Endowed Scholarship
  • Lady Vargas, Grifols Scholarship,
  • Lady Vargas, Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship
  • Donis Alvarado, Richard Keys Scholarship in Chemistry
  • Dominique Dang, Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship

  • Kelly Nguyen, Cal State LA COAST Undergraduate Student Research Grant Program award
  • Alec Milbourne, NSF REU at Penn State University
  • Cathy Lam, DIA JumpStart program at USC
  • Dominique Dang, NSF REU at CSULA
  • Genesis Barzallo, ACS Bridge Travel and Professional Development Award
  • Rayana Ramirez, Phoebe K. Dea Scholarship in Analytical Chemistry & Rashad E. Razouk Chemistry Scholarship
  • Cathy Lam, Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship
  • Kelly Nguyen, Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship
  • Hung Gieng, Vicki Kubo-Anderson Endowed Scholarship
  • Estella Luu, Raymond E. Garcia Memorial Scholarship
  • Genesis Barzallo, Travel Grant, CSULA Office of Graduate Studies
  • Genesis Barzallo, PREM Graduate Fellowship (2022-2024)

  • Estella Luu, Vicki Kubo-Anderson Endowed Scholarship
  • Elena Mosham, Rashad E. Razouk Chemistry Scholarship

Student Awards

  • Marilyn Heidecker, 1st Place, 3-Minute Undergraduate Student Research Presentation Competition
  • Genesis Barzallo, 3rd Place, 3-Minute Graduate Student Research Presentation Competition
  • Genesis Barzallo, Special Recognition in Graduate Studies
  • Elena Mosham, ACS SCSC Award for Poster Presentation at 15th MDCW
  • Masah Nasry, Dean's List 2024
  • Nathan Venegas, Dean's List 2024
  • Alec Milbourne, Dean's List 2024

  • Alec Milbourne, 3rd Place, 3-Minute Research competition hosted by NSF CREST CATSUS
  • Elena Mosham, 2nd Place Poster Presentation at SCALACS

  • Genesis Barzallo, Hung Gieng, and Estella Luu, Phi Kappa Phi 3rd Place, 30th Student Symposium on RSCA
  • Genesis Barzallo, Dean's List 2022

  • Genesis Barzallo, Dean's List 2021
  • Jacky Chan, Dean's List 2021
  • Hung Gieng, Dean's List 2021
  • Cathy Lam, Dean's List 2021
  • Estella Luu, Dean's List 2021
  • Cynthia Mirzaie, Dean's List 2021
  • Elena Mosham, Dean's List 2021
  • Kelly Nguyen, Dean's List 2021
  • Rayana Ramirez, Dean's List 2021
  • Anthony Segura, Dean's List 2021