Department recognizes outstanding undergraduates

In April, the Department chose four outstanding undergraduates to win awards funded by UF alumni and friends.

The Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow award goes to the outstanding graduating senior. This year’s winner is Jessica Pfeilsticker, who came to UF after earning her AA degree at Manatee Community College. Jessica finished her BS with a straight 4.0 average and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a superb thesis on resistively detected NMR with Professor Russ Bowers. Jessica will soon be moving to Pasadena to work on her Ph.D. at California Institute of Technology.

There are three additional awards for juniors with superior records in chemistry coursework. With applications from over 20 outstanding students, the competition was very tight, and the judges had to make some difficult choices.

The winner of the 2007 Howard M. Sheridan Award is Shane Parker, a junior in the standard chemistry curriculum with a double major in mathematics. Andrew Cohen, who will complete dual degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering, receives the 2007 Gordon M. and Joyce L. Smith award. The 2007 Joseph P. Lafornara award goes to David McDonald, a major in the biochemistry track.

Thank you to the donors for making these awards possible, and congratulations to the winners.