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SPRING 2025 WINNERS
Chathuna Bodahandi - First Place
Antimicrobial Bandage for Burn Wound
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, College of Staten Island
Kenny Barriales - Second Place (tie)
Kenny Talks About Peptide-Based Plastic
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, ASRC
Ruvini Attanayake - Second Place (tie)
Nonlinear elastic properties of low-symmetry crystalline materials
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, College of Staten Island
FALL 2024 WINNERS
Akshaya Iyer
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Brooklyn College
Biomedical Materials and Nanomedicine Award
Diana Bello
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, Hunter College
Computational Research Award
FALL 2023 WINNERS
Ryan Kwok
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, Hunter College
Computational Research Award
Dharshika Malwane
PhD Candidate in Physics
CUNY Graduate Center, The City College of New York
Biomedical Materials Award
Atena Farahpour
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, ASRC
Nanoscale Solutions for Sustainable Materials Award
SPRING 2023 WINNERS
Seungri (Victor) Kim
PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering
The Grove School of Engineering of City College of New York
Creative Research Award for Green Energy Harvesting
Pooja Gaikwad
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, The City College of New York
Breaking Boundaries Award for Entrepreneurial Breakthroughs
Murat Yaman
PhD Candidate in Biochemistry
CUNY Graduate Center, Hunter College
Creative Research Award in Biomedical Materials and Nanomedicine