Awards and Honors

2025

16) Center for Programmable Energy Catalysts Spring Meeting Poster Award| 04/2025

• Issued by the CPEC (Center for Programmable Energy Catalysts)

15) Kokes Award for the 29th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM29) | 03/2025

• "To encourage student participation in the biennial North American Catalysis Society (NACS) Meetings"

• Travel Award |Issued by the NAM29 Team

2024

14) Cullen Fellowship Travel Grant (CFTG) | 11/2024

• "The Cullen Fellowship Travel Grant (CFTG) is a competitive fellowship program established to support graduate student travel to meetings, conferences, performances, and exhibits to showcase their research and scholarly work"

• Travel Award |Issued by the University of Houston

13) First Place - Shell NXplorers Pro Pitch Competition | 10/2024  (Link) (Link)

• "In recognition of outstanding work to exhibit critical NXthinking and problem solving skills that can be used to address societal issues in energy"

• Issued by Shell

12) UH Energy Graduate Fellows Award | 08/2024

• "In recognition of and assistance towards outstanding energy related research"

• Fellowship | Issued by UH Energy

2023

11) Overall Graduate Poster Presentation Award | 09/2023

• "In recognition of an outstanding poster presentation"

• Issued by The National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers

10) Tier 1 Advancing Science Conference Grant | 06/2023

• "As a 2023 recipient of the Advancing Science Conference Grant, you have been identified as one of the country’s best and brightest upcoming scientists"

• Travel Award |Issued by The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)

9) Travel Support Award - The 5th i-CoMSE Workshop: Machine Learning for Molecular Science| 06/2023

• Travel Award |Issued by The Institute for Computational Molecular Science Education (i-CoMSE)

2022

8) Travel Support Award - The 1st i-CoMSE Workshop: DFT Summer School| 05/2022

• Travel Award | Issued by The Institute for Computational Molecular Science Education (i-CoMSE)

2021

7) Graduate Tuition Fellowship (GTF) | 03/2021

• " A competitive award program which provides funding to assist in defraying cost of in-state tuition of up to 9 credit hours per semester and 6 credit hours in the summer (if required to enroll) for qualified PhD students, who are in good academic standing "

• Fellowship | Issued by the University of Houston

6) Presidential Fellowship | 03/2021

• " The Presidential/Cullen/Ehrhardt Fellowships are intended to assist departments or programs in enhancing quality by providing funds to recruit outstanding students "

• Fellowship | Issued by the University of Houston

5) Research Assistantship | 03/2021

• " Graduate assistantships are paid positions for graduate students which usually involve work as a teaching assistant, research assistant or some other academic assistance to a member of the college "

• Issued by the University of Houston

2019

4) Engineering Science Professional Promise Award | 04/2019

• "In recognition of outstanding potential for professional success as evidenced by exceptional academic performance in engineering studies and strong leadership in extracurricular activities."

• Issued by Trinity University Department of Engineering Science

2018

3) Outstanding Performance in Sophomore Design Award | 04/2018

• Awarded for my work in a team that had designed, fabricated and evaluated a lift and tilt mechanism able to handle more than 500 pounds worth of goods for Goodwill Industries in order to prevent worker injuries

• Issued by Trinity University Department of Engineering Science

2017

2) Outstanding Student Assistant Award | 09/2017

• Awarded for the work i did setting up, answering questions, and helping professors in guiding students through the various procedures and experiments taught in general and organic chemistry laboratories

• Issued by Trinity University Department of Chemistry

2015

1) Trinity University Scholarship | 08/2015

• “For Superior Academic Achievement”

• $40,000 Merit Scholarship offered annually by Trinity University