Department of Medicinal Chemistry names 2024-25 awardees

Feb. 15, 2026

The department named five students and postdoctoral fellows as winners of six awards.

Five winners of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry 2024-25 Awards have been named for the department's six awards.

Ennian Li, Ph.D. (a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Yan Zhang, Ph.D.) earned the 2024-25 Best Publication Award.

Albert Opare (advised by Dr. Y. Zhang) earned the 2024-25 Best Service Award.

Nikita Patel (advised by Umesh Desai, Ph.D.) earned the 2024-25 Best TA Award.

Ally Thompson (advised by Dr. Desai) earned both the 2024-25 Best Publication Award and the Best Service Award.

Recent graduate Shadid Uz Zaman, Ph.D., (advised by Jiong Li, Ph.D.) earned the 2024-25 Best Publication Award.