Established in 2009 by Professor Louis Brus, who was a student of Professor Richard Bersohn, this prize is awarded to the Columbia College, General Studies, or SEAS student majoring in the chemical sciences who is deemed by the faculty to have demonstrated outstanding achievement as a scholar and as a researcher.
Bert Vancura – Jon Owen
Sam Kazer – Kenneth Eisenthal
Julia Oktawiec – Gerard Parkin
Sheldon Kwok – Kenneth Eisenthal