Past TAOC Awardees
The Division of Organic Chemistry’s Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Program (TAOC) is to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent. In 2023, the program was split into the Early Career-Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (EC-TAOC) Award for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are no more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school and the Mid Career-Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (MC-TAOC) Award is for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school. Below you will find a listing of the awardees.
Front Row (L to R) Noah Tu, Qing Shi, Lisa Hasvold, Kelly-Ann Schlegel, Javier Magano, Kenneth Hughes, Edward Lin, James Apgar, Andrew Nolting
Back Row (L to R): Edward Brnardic, Ignacio Aliagas, Benjamin Thuma, Joel Calvin (2019 TAOC chair)
Front Row (L to R): Ngiap-Kie Lim, Mai Khanh Hawk, Melodie Christensen, Noel S. Wilson, Georgette Castanedo, Bo Liu, Michael P. Curtis
Back Row (L to R): Tim Braden (2018 TAOC Chair), Keith P. Moore , Chad A. Van Huis, Simon Planken, Dan Widlicka, Mark A. Nagy, Ronald C. Tomlinson
Front Row (L to R): Leonard Winneroski, John Murray, Kenneth DiRico, Junying Fan, Pete Johnson, Ann Buysse
Back Row (L to R): William Farrell, Cheng Wang, John Pratt, Ryan Linder, Toufike Kanouni, Sean Neville, Jeffrey Varnes, Tim White (2017 TAOC chair)
Front row (L to R): Wes Schafer, Michelle Tran-Dubé, Brian Huckabee, Matthew Daniels, Emily Hanan, Thomas Caferro
Back row (L to R): James Jewell, Brian Jones, Kyle Baucom, Neil Kallman, Scott A. Savage, Brian Kotecki, Scott Bagley (2016 TAOC Chair)
Pictured L to R: Scott Bagley (TAOC Committee), Mark Bundesmann, Edmund Harrington, Sriram Tyagarajan, Timothy Braden, Jacqui Hoffman, Michael Kobierski, Andre Shavnya, Kenneth Engstrom, Thomas Pahutski, and Katherine Lee (2015 TAOC Chair)
Back (L to R): Bruce Bechle, John Rizzo (TAOC Committee), Scott Savage, Daniel Richter, Scott Bagley (TAOC Committee), Joel Calvin, Tim White (TAOC Committee)
Front (L to R) Robert Reamer, Craig Stump, John Guo, Nga Do, Roger Rothhaar
(L to R): Tim White, Mike Shevlin, Jonathan Grimm, Brian Wakefield, Kim Voronin, John Rizzo (TAOC Committee), Sharada LaBadie, Mike Collins, Usa Reilly, Scott Bagley, Teresa Makowski
(L to R): Christian Brochu, Diane Luci, Judy Cohen (TAOC Chair), Aaron Kunzer, Martha Minich, Kerry Keertikar, Zhijian Zhao, Jeremiah Powers
Front Row (L to R): Paige Mahoney (2012 TAOC Chair), Kelly McClure, Nandini Patel, Perry Heath, Andrea Hillegrass, Jeff O’Meara, Michael Cobb, Judy Cohen (2011 TAOC Chair)
Back Row (L to R): Sammy Shave, Robert Kester, Paul Glossop, Charles Bernard, Tao Li, Enrique Vazquez, Maureen Chisholm, Chris Semko, Robert Shumate
Front Row (L to R): Kae M. Bullock, Cornelia J. Forster, Shaei Y. Huang, David W. Hoard, Nelo R. Rivera, Keith A. Eagen, Molly E. Hoke (2009 TAOC Chair)
Back Row (L to R): Pete Delgado, Michael J. Palmer, Maria Angelica Linton, Thomas A. Chappie, William D. Miller, Jeffrey C. Kern, Daniel M. Green
Missing from photo: Charles P. Vandenbossche
Front Row (L to R): Paula L. Sharpe, Irene Drizin, Joshua Kaplan, Rob Larsen (2008 TAOC Chair), Huaqing Liu, Michael T. Martin
Back Row (L to R): Molly Hoke (2009 TAOC Chair), Daniel S. Gardner, IV, Andrew S Bell, John H. Tatlock, John P. Caldwell, Brian C. Vanderplas, Kevin M. Belyk, Peter J. Manley
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