Fellowships
2024 - Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of Washington - Clean Energy Institute
2021 - Mavis Future Faculty Fellow - UIUC
2020 - National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship - Awarded
2020 - Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship – Awarded (declined)
2019 - Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship – Honorable Mention
2018 - Tau Beta Pi Fellow
2018 - National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship - Honorable Mention
2018 - GEM Associate Fellow
2018 - Sloan Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Minority Ph.D. (MPHD) Program
2018 - University of Illinois Graduate College Fellow
2018 - University of Illinois – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - Samuel W. Parr Fellow
Awards and Recognitions
2018 - Tau Beta Pi – NM Beta - Chapter Excellence Award (with Distinction)
2018 - Tau Beta Pi – NM Beta - Chapter Project Award – NM Beta
2018 - Tau Beta Pi – NM Beta - Most Improved Chapter – NM Beta
2018 - Outstanding Teammate Badge, UNM CBE
2017 - 1st Place, Oral Presentation from CNST division at NIST SURF Colloquium
2016 - 3rd Place, Poster Presentation at American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual National Student Conference; Category: Materials Engineering and Sciences VIII
2016 - 1st Place, Undergraduate, Poster Presentation at New Mexico Academy of Sciences Research Symposium
2015 - 1st Place, Poster Presentation at AIChE Annual National Student Conference; Category: Environment I
2014 - 1st Place, Undergraduate, Poster Presentation at New Mexico Academy of Sciences Research Symposium
Merit Scholarships
2016-18 - UNM-SSTEM National Science Foundation Scholar
2016-18 - American Chemical Society Scholar
2016 - AIChE Minority Affairs Committee Scholarship
2016 - AIChE Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Excellence Award
2015-18 - Harry and Mabel Leonard Scholarship
2015-18 - New Mexico Educator’s Federal Credit Union Scholarship