Chemistry Graduate Student Association

@ The University of Kentucky 

Congrats, Grads! 

2023 - 2024 Graduates...

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Adedamola Arojojoye

Harindi Atapattu

Kyle Baustert

Manisha De Alwis Goonatilleke 

Abelline Fionah 

Tareq Hossain 

Thomas Jorgensen

 Syed Joy

Gayan Karunasinghe

Sharique Khan

Nadeesha Kothalawala 

Chibuzor Olewele

 Anton Perera

Henry Pruett 

Keerthan Rao

Ayanthi Thisera

Yeuming (Ronnie) Wu


MASTER OF SCIENCE

Michael Moore

Shashika Perera 


Student Spotlights!

Congrats to the new 2023-2024 Chemistry GSA officers- Reagan Pitton, Sean Gilpatrick, Ryan Chafin, Deborah Adeyemi, Alyson Ackerman, Shuvo Deb Nath, Motunrayo Ola, Ireshika Wickramasuriya

Graduate Student Awards - 2024

100% Plus Award | Debarati Das 

Outstanding Graduate Student Research Awards | Manisha De Alwis Goonatilleke 

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award | Udara Mudungoda Hewage & Ryan Chafin 

William D. Ehmann Graduate Award Fund in Chemistry | Kyle Baustert & Chibuzor Olelewe 

C. H. H. Griffith Outstanding General Chemistry TA Award | Shuvo Deb Nath & Ireshika Wickramasuriya 

Fast Start Award | Megan Brown & Sahar Bayat 

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Congrats to Henry Pruett  for receiving the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Graduate Student Research fellowship, which provides a stipend of $3,600 a month.   

For more info, visit this article.


Congrats to Sharique Khan for being selected for the Neutron Scattering Graduate Research Opportunity (NGRO) program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  

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2023 - 2024 Officers

Reagan Patton, President

Sean Gilpatrick, Vice-President

Ryan Chafin, Secretary 

Deborah Adeyemi, Treasurer


Alyson Ackerman, Social Coordinator

Shuvo Deb Nath, Outreach Coordinator

Motunrayo Oladele, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Ireshika Wickramasuriya, Media Officer 

First-Year Representative