Awards

Professional Honors

• University of Illinois Presidential Executive Leadership Program 2019-2020
• UIS College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Excellence Award in Service, 2016
• Academic Leadership Institute participant, UIS 2013
• Extra Merit, UIS College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2011 and 2016
• University of Illinois University Scholar Award 2005
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Fellow, Furman University, 1998-2000
• Rackham Graduate School Sokol Fellow, Fall 1997
• University of Michigan Regents Fellowship 1993-97
• NSF Graduate Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 1993
• Paul M. Wright Medal for outstanding chemistry senior, Wheaton College, 1993
• Dow Chemistry Scholarship, Wheaton College, 1990-93

Invited Expert

Polyhedral Model Kit (http://education.mrsec.wisc.edu/pmk/index.html)

The Secret World Inside You, American Museum of Natural History. 2015-2016. (http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/the-secret-world-inside-you)

Professional Organizations

• American Chemical Society
• American Scientific Affiliation
• Council on Undergraduate Research