2018-2019 Dean’s Research Awards



Undergraduate Student Award: Kevin Wyss


Kevin WyssKevin Wyss is an undergraduate student earning a Bachelor of Chemistry degree. His interest in chemistry research began the summer before his senior year of high school. His research project includes developing chemosensors for sensing lanthanides and actinides.

He has conducted research in five labs with three publications accepted to journals and two additional submissions. He presented at the American Chemistry Society Meeting and was chosen to present at Sci-Mix.

Kevin is the recipient of Auburn University’s President’s Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Physical Sciences. He has also been awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.