Awards and Honors

Dr. Jun Li:

1. Member of the carbon nanotube logic circuit team of NASA 2002 Turning Goals Into Reality (TGIR) Award.

2. 2005 NASA Ames Honor Award for excellence in Commercialization and Technology Transfer.

3. Nano 50 Innovator Awards (2005) by Nanotech Briefs for pioneering achievements in advancing the state of the art in nanotechnology.

4. 2018 the Segebrecht Award by Kansas State University for excellence in classroom instruction and research and published manuscripts in technical publications.

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5. 2018 Professorial Performance Award, Kansas State University.

6. 2019 Elected as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (FNAI).

7. 2021 Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

8. 2022 Elected as Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM).

9. 2023 Elected as a University Distinguished Professor.

Students:

1. Lateef U. Syed:

2011 Kansas State University Research Foundation (KSURF) Fellowship
KansasBio Winner of the presentation at the 8^th Annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit, Feb. 2011.
2011 Recipient of the Fateley-Hammaker Collaboration in research Award by KSU Department of Chemistry.
2nd place winner of graduate student presentation in engineering, math, and physical sciences oral session at 17th Annual University Research Forum, Kansas State University, March 2012.

2. Steven A. Klankowski:

Selected to present at the 9^th Annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit, Feb. 2012.
Graduate Student Fellowship for the 2012 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference
2012 Kansas State University Research Foundation (KSURF) Fellowship

3. Luxi Zhang Swisher:

2014 Kansas State University Research Foundation (KSURF) Fellowship

4. Yiqun Yang:

2015 Meloan Award for Outstanding Research in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University

5. Emery Brown:

2016 Meloan Award for Outstanding Research in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University
2017 Ohno Award, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University

6. Ayyappan Elangovan

Recipient of 2018 International Student Scholarship provided by K-State Alumni Association
2019 Travel Award from KSU Graduate School
2019 Travel Award from KSU College of Arts and Sciences
2019 ACS-MWRM Graduate Student Award Symposium Local Section Winner
2020 International Leadership Award for outstanding leadership and service from the K-State Alumni Association
2020 Meloan Award for Outstanding Research in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University

7. Yang Song

2019 Travel Award from KSU Graduate School
2019 Travel Award from KSU College of Arts and Sciences

8. Gage Wright

Spring 2019, Johnson Cancer Center Undergraduate Research Award
Summer 2019, College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Award
Spring 2020, Johnson Cancer Center Undergraduate Research Award
2020 Undergraduate Research Award by PLU
Spring 2021, Johnson Cancer Center Undergraduate Research Award
Spring 2021, Undergraduate Research Award, sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU).
Spring 2021, Senior Undergraduate Classroom Award, sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU).

9. Archana Sekar

Fall 2021, Research and the State Poster Competition Winner, KSU graduate school.
Spring 2022, Selected to present poster at the 19th Annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit, April 2022.
Spring 2022, Meloan Award for Outstanding Research, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University.
Summer 2022, Travel Award from KSU graduate school.
Summer 2022, Travel Award from KSU college of Arts and Sciences.
Summer 2022, Travel Award from Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU).
Spring 2023, PLU Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University.

10. Sabari Rajendran

Spring 2021, Graduate Classroom Award, sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU).
Summer 2022, Travel Award from KSU graduate school.
Summer 2022, Travel Award from KSU college of Arts and Sciences.
Summer 2022, Travel Award from Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU).
Spring 2023, Meloan Award for Outstanding Research, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University.
Summer 2023, Travel Award from KSU graduate school.
Summer 2023, Travel Award from KSU college of Arts and Sciences.