Get to Know Our Scholars

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.

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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Bearden, Michki

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

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

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

Dundas, Maffettone (Tucciarone)

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.

Fedorishin, Seppala

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

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.

Anoop Kiran

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.

Kong, Lin, 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.

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.

Cassondra Lyman

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

Jasmine May

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

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.

Anna Smith

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

Lea Kyle 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.

Year	Name	Award	Field(s) of Study	Hometown	Graduate School
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