RSC Certificate of Excellence
Awarded annually to a graduating senior who has shown exceptional achievement in the chemical sciences. In addition to the certificate and recognition on the list of award winners, the recipient will receive a 12-month electronic subscription to Chemistry World.
Previous Winners
- 2025 winner: Patrick Herrin '25
- 2024 winner: Lynne Li '24
- 2023 winner: Luke Powers '23
- 2022 winner: Jason Zavras '22
- 2021 winner: Maryam Aswad '21
- 2020 winner: Phoebe Cunningham '20
- 2019 winner: Todd Huang '19
- 2018 winner: Ian Brackbill '18
- 2017 winner: Lauren A. Sachs '17
- Renamed to the RSC Certificate of Excellence & The Merck Index Award
- 2013 winner: No longer available and will not be awarded again
- 2012 winners: Timothy M. Abbot '12, Justin L. Bauer '12, Jonathan S. Erdman '12, and Tasnem S. Khalid '12
- 2011 winners: Mia Song '11 and Mou Yitong '11
- 2010 winners: Chi Chu '10, Faye Fong '10, Tyler Rosche '10, and Jie Xu '10
- 2009 winners: Sean T. Jones '09, Allison H. Kay '09, Brett B. Palm '09, and Bailey Yuguan Shen '09
- 2008 winners: Kristina M. Conner '08, Olga Karagiaridi '08, Patrick Karas '08, and Kristen E. Limbach '08
- 2007 winners: Kwabena A. Badu-Nkansah '07, Anne E. Bennett '07, and Brian Y. Zhao '07
- 2006 winners: Katherine A. Brill '06, Jeffrey M. Hotaling '06, Yamini B. Rao '06, Zachary E. Smith '06, and Ryan M. Taylor '06
- 2005 winners: Peter N. Chalmers '05, Michael J. Lauria '05, Katherine C. McBroom '05, Anne K. Merritt '05, and Kelly M. Miller '05
- 2004 winners: Omar Amir '04, Alexa R. Hansen '04, Hemant P. Joshi '04, Julia R. Noether '04, and Ryan M.van Hoff '04
- 2003 winners: Marc K. Akashi '03, Kjell D. Ericson '03, Sydney X. Lu '03, Jesse T. McCann '03, and Michael S. Sinha '03
- 2002 winners: Eric F. Bonazza '02, Thomas A. Dewland '02, Tasha M. Francis '02, Christina R. Miller '02, and Kristin E. Shigley '02
- 2001 winners: Matthew W. Colman '01, Hillary A. Dunlevy '01, Christine W. Ennis '01, Emily a. Nytko '01, and Roshan P. Shah '01
- 2000 winners: Brian C. DeSchuytner '00, Brian M. Feldman '00, Miena C. Meek '00, Karen M. Miller '00, and Jeffrey M. Zimpleman '00
- 1999 winners: Francis P. Cappello III '99, Meggan E. Ditzler '99, Catherine E. Johnson '99, Adam M. Pearson '99, and Andrew T. Pennock '99, and Elisabeth B. Walsh '99
- 1998 winners: Megan A. Crosby '98, Wendy M. Simon '98, and Gesualdo C. Riday '98
- 1997 winners: Shari Lipner '97, Mark Landis '97, Joshua Mills '97, and Jeremy Segal '97
- 1996 winners: Eran BenDavid '97, Thomas M. Caputo '96, Karin F. Giordano '96, George J. Huang '96, and Sara E. Ogdon '96
- 1995 winners: Anne K. Brouha '95, Kerri L. Cavanaugh '95, Jeffrey J. Olson '95, Amanda E. Sutton '95, and George T. Topalov '95
- 1994 winners: Elizabeth M. Bennett '94, Michelle A. Bianco '94, George E. Haleblian '94, Amy E. Palmer '94, Vijay Shankaran '94, and Eric P. Wilkins '94
- 1993 winners: Christopher A. Morse '93, Edward L. Rachofsky '93, John G. Rose '93, Steven W. Kim '93, Lloyd Johnson III '93, and Melissa D. Antman '93
- 1992 winners: Jeffrey Sweeney '92, Thomas Henry '92, Jamie Hurwitz '92, Jennifer Davis '92, James Gino '92, and Brian Rinker '92
- 1991 winners: Anthony K. Aufdenkampe '91, Thomas Hong '91, and Colleen McDonough '91
- 1990 winners: Robert Walker '90, Cor Van Niel '90, and Andrew Fusco '90
- 1989 winners: Eric Bierwagen '89, Abra Feuerstein '89, William Vaules '89, and Kathleen Quimby '89
- 1988 winners: Kathleen Morgan '88 and Jennifer Robbins '88
- 1987 winners: John Campbell '87, Dan Dubin '87, Chris McCoy '87, and Don Parsons '87
- 1986 winners: John Westkaemper '86 and Gloria Arand '86