Graduate Award Winners
Award winners are listed along with biographical notes where available. Updates and corrections are welcome.
Donald E. Kibbey Prize in Mathematics
Awarded annually to an outstanding graduate student in Mathematics Ph.D. program.
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jianqing Jia | |
| 2023 | Nicholas Ng | Postdoc, Northwestern University |
| 2022 | Yuzhen Liu | Engineering Associate, Goldman Sachs |
| 2022 | Tim Tribone | Postdoc, The University of Utah |
| 2021 | Erin Griffin | Assistant Professor, Seattle Pacific University |
| 2021 | Alice Lim | Data Scientist, Hack for LA |
| 2020 | Rachel Diethorn | Lecturer, Yale University |
| 2020 | Casey Necheles | |
| 2019 | Muzhi Jin | Analyst, ICE |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Stephen Caviness | |
| 2022 | Jessica Harnly | Professor, Onondaga Community College |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Jesse Hulse, Jacob Migdail-Smith, Brian Odiwuor |
| 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 |
Academic Performance
The Outstanding First-Year Student prize is awarded to a graduate student in their second year of graduate study at SU, for their performance in coursework and graduate exams in their first year.
The Outstanding Performance in Coursework or Qualifying Exams prize is awarded to a graduate student in their second year or later for their performance in coursework or graduate qualifying exams.
| Year | First-Year Student | Coursework or Qualifying Exams |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dorian Kalir and Kory Pollicove | Melody Wolff |
All University Doctoral Prize
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nicholas Ng | Postdoc, Northwestern University |
| 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 |