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Dr. Rick Dorn wins Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research

May 30, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Rick Dorn, recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Chemistry, is the winner of the 2023 Zaffarano Prize for Publishable Research. The prize, established by former Graduate College dean Daniel Zaffarano 1988, honors students with superior publishable research, as Zaffarano believed publishing was a vital part of the graduate ...

Mechanical Engineering student Hamidreza Zobeiri wins Zaffarano Prize

May 23, 2022 - by Sarah Igram

Hamidreza Zobeiri, Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, is the winner of the 2022 Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research. Each spring semester, the Graduate College gives this honor to a graduate student with superior publishable research. Dr. Daniel Zaffarano, former Dean of the Iowa State Graduate College, believed that publishing ...

Chemistry alum Amrit Venkatesh awarded with Zaffarano Prize

May 25, 2021 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Amrit Venkatesh, a graduate of Iowa State’s doctoral program in chemistry, has won the Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research. Established by Dr. Daniel Zaffarano, who served as the vice president for research at Iowa State from 1973-1988, this award recognizes superior performance in publishable research by graduate students. ...


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