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Undergraduate Student Research Paper Awards

Congratulations to the Recipients of the
2025 Undergraduate Student Research Paper Awards

The Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Mid-Hudson ACS Undergraduate Student Research Paper Awards from student researchers who presented their work at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium. These Outstanding paper submissions were selected and each student received a monetary award.

Shannon Seymour, Advisor: Dr. Preeti Dhar, SUNY New Paltz
Paper title: Comparative Reactivity Studies of Styrene and 1,1-Diphenylethylene with Chlorosulfonyl Isocyanate


Andrew E. Gatzke, Noah R. Keith, Ethan A. Fergel, Advisor: Dr. Enoch Nagelli, United States Military Academy
Paper title: Hydrolyzed PVA Coated Separators for Electrochemical Optimization of Redox Flow Batteries

Roudro Saha, Advisor: Professor Zachary Donhauser, Vassar College
Paper title: Characterizing the Polymerization and Structural Properties of Δ391 Tau
Photo Credit: Lynn Robinson


Congratulations to the Recipients of the
2024 Undergraduate Student Research Paper Awards

Julie Geller and Professor Leah Isseroff Bendavid, Vassar College, “Boronic Acid Adsorption on a Hydrated Titanium Dioxide Rutile (110) Surface: A DFT+U-D3”

Nicole Porcaro†, Matthew L. Gettings†*, Chris Absil§, Nicholas Thomas†, Katherine Verrill†, Eileen Kowalski†, and Jesse Sabatini‡, United States Military Academy, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Energetic Stabilizers”

Breille Irahoza and Dr. Alison Keimowitz, Vassar College, “Novel Fluid Additives for Enhanced Uranium Immobilization in Hydraulic Fracking”
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Kayleigh Mason and Dr. Zachary Donhauser, Vassar College, “Tau Aggregation is Altered by Mutations in the Projection Domain
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From left to right: LTC Chi Nguyen, PhD; Breille Irahoza; Julie Gellner; Kayleigh Mason; Nicole Porcaro; LTC Matthew Gettings, PhD
Photo Credit:  Lynn Robinson


Congratulations to the Recipients of the
2023 Undergraduate Student Research Paper Awards

The Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the recipients for the 2023 Mid-Hudson valley ACS Undergraduate Student Research Awards from student researchers who presented their work at the 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium. Research work was completed by students currently enrolled (2022-2023 academic year) as an undergraduate at one of the colleges in the Mid-Hudson ACS area.  These Outstanding submissions were selected and each student received a monetary award.

Authors: Edward Chen, Jorden D. Corpuz, Tyler S. Semon
Institution: United States Military
Title: Layer-By-Layer Assembly of Graphene Films with Platinum (II) Complexes for Electrochemical Applications
 
Authors: Abigail Whittington, Alison Keimowitz
Institution: Vassar College
Title: All About U: Creating Novel Fracking Fluids to Decrease Uranium Pollution Resulting from Fracking

Authors: Abigail W. Wilson, Emily McLaughlin
Institution: Bard College
Title: Synthesis of a Vinylogous Amide Photosubstrate for Visible Light-Mediated [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition

Authors: Sophie Anderson, IIona Neale, Sarjit Kaur
Institution: Vassar College
Title: Synthesis of an Amino-Acid-Based Polyanhydride for Improved Drug Delivery Systems
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Left to right: Edward Chen, Abigail Whittington, Abigail Wilson; Not pictured: Sophie Anderson
​Photo Credit: Gwen Malick, Bard College

2022 Undergraduate Student Research Paper Awards

The Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the recipients for the 2022 Mid-Hudson valley ACS Undergraduate Student Research Awards from student researchers who presented their work at the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium. Research work was completed by students currently enrolled (2021-2022 academic year) as an undergraduate at one of the colleges in the Mid-Hudson ACS area.  These Outstanding submissions were selected and each student received a monetary award. 
​Brianna Flood, SUNY New Paltz, Correlating D8-BPA Retention in Regenerating Planaria with Phenotypic Effects
Justus Gabriel, USMA, Therapeutic Strategies to Mitigate the Toxicity of Biothreats, Ranging from Misfolded Protein Oligomers to Pore-Forming Toxins
Melissa Hernandez, Vassar, Antioxidant properties of bee propolis and an important component, galangin, described
by X-ray crystal structure, DFT-D and Hydrodynamic Voltammetry
Sandra Yu, Vassar, Formononetin - A Potential Antidiabetic Compound with Antioxidant Activity

2021 Undergraduate Student Research Paper Awards

The Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the recipients for the 2021 Mid-Hudson valley ACS Undergraduate Student Research Awards from student researchers who presented their work at the 2021 Undergraduate Research Symposium (virtual). Research work should be completed by a student currently enrolled (2020-2021 academic year) as an undergraduate at one of the colleges in the Mid-Hudson ACS area.  Outstanding submissions will be selected to each receive a monetary award. 
X-RAY, ANTIOXIDANT, AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF TWO NATURAL PRODUCTS TO EXAMINE THEIR ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY BY BINDING TO FALCIPAIN-2, A KEY ENZYME IN THE PARASITE HEMOGLOBIN DEGRADATION PATHWAY 
Ijeoma Okoye*, Francesco Caruso, Miriam Rossi
Department of Chemistry, Vassar College
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Mechanistic insights into the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by a natural phenolic compound found in Theobroma Cacao L.: Can chocolate assist in treatments of COVID-19? 
Naike Ye, Francesco Caruso, Miriam Rossi*
Department of Chemistry, Vassar College
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Comparison of Porous and Nonporous Silica Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application 
Abigail Graham, Brooke Finnessy, and Chi Nguyen 
Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, WestPoint, NY
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Synthesis of organometallic chromophores to investigate novel materials for reverse saturable absorption
Nanki Verma,1 Danielle Cross,1 Jack Harrison,1 Thomas N. Rohrabaugh Jr,2 Ryan M. O’Donnell,2 William M. Shensky,2 Victor A. Jaffett,1 Chi K. Nguyen1
1. Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, WestPoint, NY
2. U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 

2020 Undergraduate Student Research Paper Award Recipients

The Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to present the following Mid-Hudson ACS Undergraduate Research Paper Awards to local student researchers who submitted research papers on their current work.   A panel of judges from the Section determined these to be of the highest caliber.  The student's name, college and paper title are listed below.
Henry Liu, Vassar College
Synthesis, Characterization and in vitro Anticancer Screening of (O-isopropyldithiocarbonato-S)-triphenylphosphine-gold(I)
 
Thomas Alvermann, United States Military Academy at West Point
Conductive Noble Metal/Silk Fibroin Films for Bioelectronics Applications

Ryan Kreiser, United States Military Academy at West Point

Development of preventative Measures to Counteract the Cytotoxicity of Protein Misfolded Oligomers
 
Payton Boylston, United States Military Academy at West Point
Rheology of CHOCOLATE
 
Eunice Koh, United States Military Academy at West Point
Synthesis and Characterization of Conductive Nonporous Silica

Recipients of 2019
Undergraduate Research Paper Awards

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Undergraduate Research Awards were presented
to student researchers during the 2019 Undergraduate
Research Symposium



Mark H. Jaskot (United States Military Academy at West Point):
 
3D Layer-by-Layer Electrostatic Assembly of Graphene-Noble Metal Thin Films for Energy Storage and Conversion Applications
 
​Grant R. Hall (United States Military Academy at West Point): 
Viability of a Rhodamine-B Derivative as a "Turn-on" Chemosensor for GX Agents
 
Ross Poulin (United States Military Academy at West Point):
Chemical Crosslinking Graphene Oxide with Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Protein Reaction Centers to Create Aerogels for Use in Biosensors

​2018 Undergraduate Student Research Awards
Paper Submissions

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The Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society presented four 2018 Mid-Hudson valley ACS Undergraduate Research Awards to local student researchers who presented their work at the 2018 undergraduate poster symposium.
The Mid-Hudson Section rewarded undergraduate students who wrote a short summary about their research and scholarship activities.  The following  students received a monetary award and were recognized at the symposium for their outstanding submissions:

Aakriti Ramayani    "Efficient Synthesis of Iodo-Alcohols"  

Aron Sulovari   "Synthesis, Characterization and Computational Analysis of Ruthenium-p-cymene Metal Complexes with Hispolon Derivatives"

Kelly Wen  "Structural Characterization and Investigation of Antioxidant Properties of Emodin and Osthole, Constituents found in Goji Berries and C. Monnieri and used in Traditional Chinese Medicine"

Madeleine D. Breshears    "Synthesis of carbon nanotube-DNA hybrid molecules and characterization of DNA-drug interactions using Raman spectroscopy"


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