Graduate Award Winners
The past award winners are listed along with biographical notes where available. Updates and corrections are welcome.
Kibbey Prize • Exner Prize • Outstanding TA • All University Doctoral Prize
Donald E. Kibbey Prize in Mathematics
Awarded annually to an outstanding graduate student in Mathematics Ph.D. program.
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Yuzhen Liu | |
| 2022 | Tim Tribone | Postdoc, The University of Utah |
| 2021 | Erin Griffin | Assistant Professor, Seattle Pacific University |
| 2021 | Alice Lim | |
| 2020 | Rachel Diethorn | Lecturer, Yale University |
| 2020 | Casey Necheles | |
| 2019 | Muzhi Jin | |
| 2019 | Erin Tripp | Research Mathematician, Air Force Research Laboratory |
| 2018 | Jennifer Edmonds | |
| 2018 | Robert Roy | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Texas—Tyler |
| 2017 | James Heffers | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
| 2017 | Joshua Stangle | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin—Superior |
| 2016 | Dann Cuneo | Mathematics Teacher, Hamden Hall Country Day School |
| 2016 | Melissa DiMarco | Lecturer, SUNY Brockport |
| 2015 | Feishe Chen | Software engineer, Bloomberg L.P. |
| 2015 | Khim Shrestha | Assistant Professor, University of Great Falls, MT |
| 2014 | Özcan Yazici | Faculty member, Middle East Technical University |
| 2013 | S. Zeynep Ozal | Postdoctoral Researcher, Sabancı University |
| 2012 | Kosmas Diveris | Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College |
| 2011 | Tony Perkins | Software Engineer, Red Lion Controls |
| 2010 | Matthew Mastroeni | Postdoc, Oklahoma State University |
| 2009 | Christina Graves | White Teaching Fellow, UT Tyler Faculty Fellow for Undergraduate Research, University of Texas—Tyler |
| 2009 | Stephen Graves | Associate Professor, University of Texas—Tyler |
| 2009 | Yao Lu | Professor of Data Science, Sun Yat-Sen University |
| 2008 | Tomasz Adamowicz | Associate Professor in the Department of Differential Equations, Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 2008 | Dong Mao | Senior Engineer at Brion Technologies, San Jose, CA |
| 2007 | Allen Pelley | see All University Doctoral Prize |
| 2007 | Haizhang Zhang | Professor, Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2006 | Justin Young | Graduate student, Indiana University |
| 2005 | Tomasz Adamowicz | see above |
| 2004 | Guohui Song | Assistant Professor, Clarkson University |
| 2004 | Moises Venouziou | Vice president at LocalShops1.com |
| 2002 | Helene Tyler | Associate Professor, Manhattan College |
| 2000 | Roxanna Zangor | Technology Collaboration, Pratt & Whitney Canada |
| 1999 | Raymond DeCampo | Chief software architect at Promergent |
| 1999 | Kevin Ferland | see All University Doctoral Prize |
| 1998 | Matthew Boelkins | Professor, Grand Valley State University |
| 1998 | Thomas Pfaff | Professor, Ithaca College |
| 1997 | Alexandra Nichifor | Senior Lecturer, University of Washington |
| 1997 | Olga Streltchenko | Manager, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan |
| 1996 | Raymond DeCampo | see above |
| 1994 | Halil Celik | Faculty member, Marmara University |
| 1994 | Franciszek Prus-Wisniowski | Faculty member, University of Szczecin |
| 1993 | Kevin Ferland | see All University Doctoral Prize |
| 1991 | Leonard Budney | see All University Doctoral Prize |
| 1991 | Shashidhar Jagadeeshan | Teacher, Center for Learning (Bangalore) |
| 1986 | Aboubakr Lbekkouri | Professor, Mohammed V University—Rabat |
| 1983 | Fernando Guzman | Professor, Binghamton University |
| 1982 | Pedro Isaza Jaramillo | Faculty member, National University of Colombia |
| 1982 | Michael Schramm | Professor, Le Moyne College |
| 1979 | Paul Lorczak | Freelancer in publishing; former Mathcad developer |
Robert M. Exner Prize in Mathematics Education
Awarded annually to an outstanding graduate student in Mathematics Education Ph.D. program.
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jessica Harnly | |
| 2021 | Nigar Altindis | Postdoctoral researcher, University of New Hampshire |
| 2020 | Joash Geteregechi | Assistant Professor, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY |
| 2019 | Keshab Adhikari | Current doctoral student |
| 2018 | Julia Berger Hatt | Westhill High School, Syracuse, NY |
| 2018 | Grace Njuguna Visher | Assistant Professor, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY |
| 2017 | Victoria Wambua | Hmong College Prep Academy, Saint Paul, MN |
| 2016 | Thembinkosi (Peter) Mkhatshwa | Assistant Professor, Miami University |
| 2016 | Jinxia Xie | Mission Bay Senior High School, San Diego, CA |
| 2015 | Jeffrey McLean | Teaching Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2013 | Joseph Grace | |
| 2013 | Leonard Kamau | Lecturer, South Eastern Kenyan University, Kitui, Kenya |
| 2012 | Christa Carsten | Lecturer, SUNY Cortland |
| 2011 | Katie Elliott | |
| 2011 | Dana Olanoff | Associate Professor, Widener University, Chester, PA |
| 2010 | Monica Manno | Teacher, Harrison High School |
| 2010 | Yimin Zhuang | |
| 2009 | AnnMarie Leo O'Neill | Valencia College, Orlando, FL |
| 2008 | Raquel Santos | |
| 2007 | Monika Skwarnika | |
| 2006 | John Caleb Heslop | Lincoln Middle School, Portland, ME |
| 2005 | Michele Salamy | |
| 2004 | Korey O'Malley | Teacher, Liverpool High School |
| 2003 | Jean Hallagan | Associate Professor, SUNY Oswego |
| 2002 | Lynn Carlson | Retired from SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY |
| 2001 | Angeles Dominguez | Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico |
| 1999 | Eunice Ciskowski | |
| 1998 | Roxanna Zangor | see Kibbey Prize |
| 1997 | Rapti de Silva | University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
| 1996 | Ewa Prus-Wisniowska | deceased 1995 |
Outstanding TA Award
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Nicholas Ng, Waleed Raja, Tim Tribone |
| 2021 | Nigar Altindis, Caleb McWhorter, Emmanuel Nsadha, Nathan Uricchio |
| 2020 | Josh Fenton, Erin Griffin, Casey Necheles, Tonya Wilson |
| 2019 | Grace Njuguna |
| 2018 | Stephen Farnham, Joash Geteregechi |
| 2017 | Rachel Gettinger, Erin Tripp, Victoria Wambua |
| 2016 | Laura Ballard, Patrick Biermann, Jennifer Edmond |
| 2015 | Khim Shrestha, AnnMarie O’Neil, Joshua Jones |
| 2014 | James Heffers, Joshua Stangle |
| 2013 | Christa Carsten, Leonard Kamau |
| 2012 | Ben Cortese |
| 2011 | Shannon Casey, Elizabeth Hartung, Patricia Wilson |
| 2010 | Derek Gustafson, Dana Olanoff, Zeynep Ozal |
| 2009 | Thomas Bleier, Yao Lu, Monica Manno |
| 2008 | Tomasz Adamowicz, Patrick Kimani |
| 2007 | Adam McCaffery, Moises Venouziou |
| 2006 | Alina (Graham) Capria, Wei Ning, Allen Pelley |
| 2005 | Leah Bridgers |
| 2004 | Elana Hajduk, Markus Reitenbach, Mary Owuor |
| 2003 | Jason Reinhard, Travis Lee, Elena Buzaianu |
| 2002 | Roxanna Zangor, Linda Rollin |
| 2001 | Heather Walsh |
| 2000 | Rapti de Silva |
| 1999 | Kirk Weiler-Bloomfield |
| 1998 | Andra Myers |
| 1997 | Angeles Dominguez, Kevin Ferland, Jennifer Howes |
| 1996 | Emily Sayles (Ferland), Helene Tyler |
| 1995 | Matthew Boelkins, Nelissa (Nowicki) Rutishauser |
| 1994 | William Hardin, Thomas Pfaff |
| 1993 | Shashidahr Jagadeeshan, Richard Petta, Fozia Qazi |
| 1992 | Laura (Trasher) Bernhofen, William Docherty, Colleen McGraw, Laura Nolte, Mary Porter, Susan Valenzi |
| 1991 | Diane (Trasher) Broberg, Joseph Gaskin, Annelle Harris, Hussin Hejase, Murali Ranganathan, Jill Wiesner |
| 1990 | Samer Habre, Marybeth Ryan, Janet Zerfas |
| 1989 | Robert Kantrowitz, Patricia Korzec, Pamela Pierce, Nunzio Paul Schembari |
All University Doctoral Prize
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tim Tribone | Postdoc, The University of Utah |
| 2021 | Erin Griffin | Assistant Professor, Seattle Pacific University |
| 2018 | James Heffers | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
| 2017 | Joshua Stangle | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin—Superior |
| 2011 | Dana Olanoff | Associate Professor, Widener University |
| 2007 | Allen Pelley | Assistant Professor, Bethune-Cookman University |
| 2000 | Kevin Ferland | Professor, Bloomsburg University |
| 1996 | Leonard Budney | Senior developer, Grant Street Group |
| 1994 | Chad Scott | Professor, University of Wisconsin—Superior |