Three graduate students in chemistry and a materials science and engineering student in a chemistry research group have been recognized with awards from the American Chemical Society for their leadership in one of three areas — mentoring, research safety, or diversity, equity, inclusion and respect.

Leadership in Mentoring: This recognition category highlights outstanding efforts and impact in research and safety mentoring of peers in their own research group as well as outside groups, undergraduate/high school researchers, and participants in short-term research programs.

• Prakiti Das, PhD student in chemistry and advised by Scott Silverman. Das also received the Dr. Sandra Murawski Award for Mentoring Excellence.
• Abhiroop Mishra, PhD student in materials science and engineering and advised by Joaquín Rodríguez-López. 

Leadership in the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect: This recognition category highlights outstanding efforts that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect in the program. Activities may include participation in recruitment to enhance diversity, engagement in impactful conversations that strengthen the culture of inclusivity, and efforts to identify and eliminate inequities in the department/institution wide.

• Brittany Prempin, PhD student in chemistry and co-advised by Jeffrey Moore and Charles Schroeder.

Leadership in the Promotion of Research Safety: This recognition category highlights outstanding efforts to promote safety in research environments, broadly defined. Activities may include exemplary service as a safety officer, participation in efforts to enhance safety culture and awareness, and leadership in promoting safety in areas outside of the wet laboratory, including safety issues associated with computational and theoretical chemistry.

• Sukanya Dutta, PhD student in chemistry and advised by Stephan Link