Gu research group

List of Student Awards

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1. Kailash Adhikari, Best poster award for POLY undergraduate student poster competition, ACS spring meeting, 2026

2. Saroj Upreti, Best poster award for PMSE student poster competition, ACS spring meeting, 2026

3. Michelle Xie, 1st place for Mississippi Regions I and VI Science and Engineering Fair, 2026

4. Saroj Upreti, LBNL ALS Doctoral Fellowship in Residence, Berkeley Lab, 2026

5. Alyssa Shaw,  NASA Mississippi Space Grant Consortium Graduate Research Fellow, 2025

6. Otitodilichukwu Chukwuka (UG), MIT summer research program for Undergraduates, 2025

7. Kaitochukwu Chukwuka (UG), MIT summer research program for Undergraduates, 2025

8. Alyssa Shaw, Grand Champion for USM's 3 Minutes Thesis competition, 2024 

9. Kaitochukwu Chukwuka (UG), Univer of Michigan, Undergraduate Engagement Scholarship, 2024

10. Otitodilichukwu Chukwuka (UG), Univer of Michigan, Undergraduate Engagement Scholarship, 2024

11. Alyssa Shaw, NSF GRFP fellowship, 2024

12. Ranni Middleton (UG),1st place in Undergraduate Research Symposium, Device Design and Development, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2024 

13. Otitodilichukwu Chukwuka (UG), MIT summer research program for Undergraduates, 2024

14. Kaitochukwu Chukwuka (UG), MIT summer research program for Undergraduates, 2024

15. Sonia Stanciu, Dean’s travel support to attend ACS spring meeting, 2024

16. Kundu Thapa, ORNL Neutron Scattering Graduate Research Fellowship, 2024

17. Yunfei Wang, USM Graduate student Hall of Fame, 2024

18. Yunfei Wang, Invited to participate, Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, Division of Polymer Chemistry, ACS Spring meeting, 2024

19. Zhiqiang(Sean) Cao, Invited to present at the GRS Gordon Conference on Neutron Scattering, Ventura CA, 2023

20. Megan Black, 1st Place Best Poster Presentation, undergraduate REU poster session, 2023

21. Andrew Bates, Admitted to X-ray and Neutron summer school ORNL/ANL, 2023

22. Yunfei Wang, LBNL ALS Doctoral Fellowship in Residence, Berkeley Lab, 2023

23. Kundu Thapa, Dean’s travel support to attend APS spring meeting, 2023

24. Zhiqiang(Sean) Cao, Finalist Frank J. Padden Jr. Award for Excellent graduate study, DPOLY, APS March meeting, 2023

25. Sonia Stanciu, 2nd place poster award,  USM 50th year event, 2022

26. Sonia Stanciu, Best poster award, MRS spring meeting, symposium SB1, 2022

27. Sonia Stanciu, Eastman chemical graduate student fellowship, Eastman Chemical Inc, 2022

28. Sonia Stanciu, 1st place Poster Award, CEMOs Annual Spring Meeting, Mississippi EPSCoR Program, 2022

29. Zac Ahmed (UG), NSF GRFP fellowship, 2022

30. Sonia Stanciu, Dean’s travel support to attend MRS spring meeting, 2022

31. Zac Ahmed (UG), Who's Who at Southern Miss, 2022

32. Sonia Stanciu, 3M thesis Regional Grand Champion for Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, 2022

33. Luke Galuska, invited to participate, Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, Division of Polymer Chemistry, ACS Spring meeting, 2022

34. Song Zhang, Chinese Government Award For Outstanding Students Abroad, 2021

35. Sonia Stanciu, Grand Champion for USM's 3 Minutes Thesis competition, 2021 

36. Sonia Stanciu, Poster Award, CEMOs Annual Spring Meeting, Mississippi EPSCoR Program, 2021 

37. Song Zhang, AIChE 8A Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research Symposium, 2021 

38. Zachary Ahmad (UG), 1st place in Undergraduate Research Symposium, Materials synthesis, Modification and Analysis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2021

39. Juan Correa Ruiz (UG), 1st place in Undergraduate Research Symposium, Device Design and Development, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2021

40. Luke Galuska, 1st place in Oral Presentation Awards, Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Student Research Symposium, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2021

41. Song Zhang, 2nd place in Oral Presentation Awards, Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Student Research Symposium, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2021

42. Song Zhang, Graduate Student Research Award, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2021

43. Zac Ahmed (UG), Barry Goldwater Scholar and Excellence in Education, 2021

44. Zac Ahmed (UG), 1st place poster award in STEM at the Mississippi Honors Conference, 2021

45. ​Nathaniel Prine,  Fulbright U.S. Student Program semi-finalist, 2021

46. Zhiqiang(Sean) Cao, Admitted to X-ray and Neutron summer school ORNL/ANL, 2021

47. Song Zhang, USM Graduate student Hall of Fame, 2021

48. Song Zhang, Finalist Frank J. Padden Jr. Award for Excellent graduate study, DPOLY, APS March meeting, 2021

49. Nathaniel Prine,NRT Trainee fellowship, 2020

50. Sonia Stanciu, NRT Trainee fellowship, 2020

51. Song Zhang, Dean’s travel support to attend APS march meeting, 2020

52. Luke Galuska, Best poster award for 2020 CNMS user meeting, Oak Ridge National Lab, 2020 

53. Zac Ahmed (UG), McNair Scholars, 2020

54. Luke Galuska, Best poster award for 2020 American Conference on Neutron Scattering, 2020 

55. Song Zhang, Charles E. Hoyle Memorial Polymer Science Scholarship, 2019

56. Song Zhang, Dean’s travel support to attend MRS meeting, 2019

57. Luke Galuska, Dean’s travel support to attend MRS meeting, 2019, 

58. Zack Rodger (UG), 1st Place in an undergraduate research symposium, 2019

59. Dakota Ehlenberg (UG), Donald Drapeau Undergraduate Research Prize, 2018

60. Luke Galuska, NRT Trainee fellowship, 2018

61. Song Zhang, Charles E. Hoyle Memorial Polymer Science Scholarship, 2018

62. Song Zhang, Travel award to Molecular Foundry, 2018

63. Daniel Weller, NRT Trainee fellowship, 2017

64. Ben Appleby, 1st Place Best Poster Presentation, undergraduate REU poster session, 2017