Alayna M. Johnson alaynaj2 at Illinois dot edu B.S., Chemistry and Materials Science: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2020, expected) Graduate Student Mentor: Daniel Bregante Curriculum Vitae

Honors and Awards: 

• Best Oral Presentation – 2nd Annual Eastern Central Illinois American Chemical Society (ECI-ACS) Undergraduate Conference
• Chancellor’s Scholar: Campus-wide honors program (125 students/class)
• James Scholar: College-level honors program (top 12% of class)
• Dean’s List, all semesters (top 20% of college)
• The President’s Volunteer Service Award recipient
• Chemistry Olympiad: 3rd in State; US National Qualifier
• National AP Scholar
• Selected to participate in NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs at the University of Illinois and Princeton University (declined)