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