Get to Know Our Scholars

Paul Dewan Jr. (left), Meghan Sullivan and Krish Patel (right).

2022 Barry Goldwater Scholarship Winners, Paul Dewan Jr. (left), Meghan Sullivan and Krish Patel (right)

UB is the proud home of several prestigious award recipients like Madelaine Britt, UB's first Truman Scholar. Take a look though our scholars gallery, where we highlight some of UB's other award recipients and scholarship applicants.

Fulbright Goldwater NSF GRFP Presidential Schomburg Graduate School Other

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Pratt, Reilly

Nicholas Pratt and Nicholas Reilly.

Nicholas Reilly (left), a junior majoring in chemical engineering, and Nicholas Pratt, a junior majoring in bioinformatics and computational biology, have been awarded Goldwater scholarships

Lea Kyle and Sydney Swedick

Lea Kyle (left) and Sydney Swedick.

Lea Kyle, a biochemistry student, and Sydney Swedick, a biomedical engineering student, are UB’s 2023 recipients of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship.

Anoop Kiran

Hannah Seppala and Dennis Fedorishin.

Anoop Kiran, an aerospace engineering student who chose the field because it “drives innovation and inspiration” is another UB recipient of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship.

Jasmine May

Jasmine May.

Jasmine May, a 2012 UB graduate and recipient of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, is a neurology resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Cassondra Lyman

Cassondra Lyman.

Cassondra Lyman, a psychology major who hopes to research social and cognitive aspects of depression is a UB Goldwater scholar.

Sharon Lin

Sharon Lin.

Sharon Lin, a 2016 UB Graduate and Recipient of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, chose to pursue her PhD in chemical engineering at MIT.

Fedorishin, Seppala

Hannah Seppala and Dennis Fedorishin.

A physics and math major whose self-proclaimed strength is to problem-solve from multiple directions, and the U.S.-born son of Belarus immigrants who is determined to become a “pioneer” in how artificial intelligence can improve national security are two of UB’s Barry Goldwater Scholarship recipients.

Fortman, Gosrich, Stewart

Water Gosrich, Anne Fortman and Andrew Stewart.

Fortman and Gosrich are among 240 students chosen nationwide from among 1,286 students nominated for the Goldwater scholarship from 470 institutions of higher education. Stewart received an honorable mention.

Anna Smith

Anna Smith.

Anna Smith earned distinction around the University at Buffalo campus for her—to say the least—nontraditional career path.

Kong, Lin, Monakhova

Stephanie Kong, Sharon Lin and Kristina Monakhova.

Kong, Lin and Monakhova are among 260 award recipients chosen by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Congress established the program in 1986 to honor Barry Goldwater, a five-term senator from Arizona.

Bearden, Michki

Nigel Michki and Sean Bearden.

Two University at Buffalo physics majors received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious national honor.

Dundas, Maffettone (Tucciarone)

Christopher Dundas.

University at Buffalo chemical engineering majors Christopher Dundas and Phillip Maffettone (Tucciarone) are now a part of the prestigious group of students to receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

Daniel Salem

Daniel Salem.

Every year a select few students are awarded the nationally renowned Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Daniel Salem, a chemical engineering major at the UB, has now joined that prestigious group.

Maxwell Bileschi

Maxwell Bileschi.

Maxwell "Max" Bileschi has received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education award, given nationally to outstanding undergraduate sophomores and juniors studying mathematics, science or engineering.

Bradley Cheetham

Bradley Cheetham.

While many lament the end of the Space Shuttle program, Brad Cheetham sees opportunity.

Year

 

Name

 

Award

 

Field(s) of Study

 

Hometown

 

Graduate School

 

2026 Matthew Bablin Recipient Chemical Engineering    
2026 Carsyn Bonesteel Recipient Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences    
2026 Christopher Page Recipient Biological Sciences    
2025 Nicholas Pratt Recipient Bioinformatics and Computer Science Angola, NY  
2025 Nicholas Reilly Recipient Chemical Engineering Voorheesville, NY  
2023 Sydney Swedick Recipient Biomedical Engineering Johnstown, NY University of Cambridge
2023 Lea Kyle Recipient Biochemistry Martville, NY University at Buffalo
2022 Paul Dewan Recipient Biological Sciences and Physics Liverpool, NY Harvard University
2022 Krish Patel Recipient Mathematics and Physics Buffalo, NY University of Colorado Boulder
2022 Meghan Sullivan  Recipient Chemistry Fairport, NY Harvard University
2021 Anoop Kiran Recipient Aerospace Engineering Nanuet, NY Brown University
2020 Cassondra Lyman Recipient Statistics and Psychology Endicott, NY University at Buffalo
2019 Dennis Fedorishin Recipient Computer Science East Amherst, NY University at Buffalo
2019 Hannah Seppala Recipient Physics and Mathematics Penn Yan, NY University of Maryland
2017 Anne Fortman Recipient Physics Lancaster, NY Harvard University
2017 Walker Gosrich Recipient Mechanical Engineering Plattsburgh, NY University of Pennsylvania
2017 Andrew Stewart Honorable Mention Medicinal Chemistry Schenectady, NY Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2016 Anna Smith Recipient Chemical Engineering Tampa, FL Carnegie Mellon University
2016 Armond June Honorable Mention Biological Sciences Buffalo, NY University at Buffalo
2015 Stephanie Kong Recipient Chemical Engineering and Spanish East Amherst, NY Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2015 Sharon Lin Recipient Chemical Engineering Schenectady, NY Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2015 Kristina Monakhova Recipient Electrical Engineering Liverpool, NY University of California, Berkeley
2015 Dante Iozzo Honorable Mention Physics and Mathematics Youngstown, NY Cornell University
2014 Sean Bearden Recipient Physics and Mathematics San Diego, CA University of California, San Diego
2014 Nigel Michki Recipient Computational Physics Grand Island, NY University of Michigan
2014 Stephanie Kong Honorable Mention Chemical Engineering East Amherst, NY Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014 Kristina Monakhova Honorable Mention Electrical Engineering Liverpool, NY University of California, Berkley
2013 Christopher Dundas Recipient Chemical Engineering Red Bank, NJ University of Texas at Austin
2013 Phillip Maffettone (Tucciarone) Recipient Chemical Engineering Washingtonville, NY University of Oxford and University of Liverpool
2012 Daniel Salem Recipient Chemical Engineering Liverpool, NY Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2011 Maxwell Bileschi Recipient Computer Science Webster, NY  
2010 Jasmine May Recipient Medicinal Chemistry Sanborn, NY Northwestern University
2009 Claire Lochner Recipient Electrical Engineering Williamsville, NY University of California, Berkeley
2009 Anny Caceres Honorable Mention Pharmacology and Toxicology    
2008 Bradley Cheetham Recipient Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Cortland, NY University of Colorado Boulder
2008 Sabrina Peczonczyk Honorable Mention Chemistry Cheektowaga, NY University of Michigan
2008 Jacob Weiner Honorable Mention Mathematics and Chemical Engineering Manlius, NY University of Delaware
2007 Andrew S. Paluch Recipient Mathematics and Chemical Engineering Tonawanda, NY University of Notre Dame
2006 Rachael Brust Honorable Mention Biochemistry and Biophysics Webster, NY Harvard University
2006 Mark Huntington Honorable Mention Mechanical Engineering Holley, NY Northwestern University
2005 Danelle Schrader Recipient Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Lincoln, MA  
2004 Danelle Schrader Honorable Mention Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Lincoln, MA  
2002 Brooks Bohall Recipient Chemistry Bemus Point, NY  
2001 Joseph Mure Recipient Chemistry
Monticello, NY University at Buffalo
2000 Anand Vaiyda Recipient Biophysics and Chemistry Amherst, NY Harvard Medical School
1999 Carnie Abajian Recipient Chemistry Clifton Park, NY  
1998 Mark Grimaldi Recipient Computer Science Varysburg, NY  
1998 Michael Tachett Recipient      
1998 Modi Wetzler Recipient Chemistry and English Getzville, NY University of California, Berkley
1997 Srinivas Raghu Recipient Chemistry and Physics East Amherst, NY  
1997 Cynthia Rudin Recipient Mathematical Physics and Music Williamsville, NY  
1996 Carl Miller Recipient Chemistry Rochester, NY  
1995 Soumya Raychauchuri Recipient Biophysics Rochester, NY Stanford University
1993 Michaeleen Pacholski Recipient Chemistry West Seneca, NY Pennsylvania State University
1993 Mary Salazar Recipient      
1993 Michael Sipior Recipient Physics West Seneca, NY  
1992 Jason Ensher Recipient      
1991 Matthew Bernhardt Recipient      
1991 Stephen Maricich Recipient