Maddy Kim '26 is the recipient of the Drago Chemistry Award. This award is given to a rising senior based on academic achievement, laboratory skills, promise in the field of Chemistry and recommendations by the faculty of the Department of Chemistry.
About Maddy:
Maddy Kim is a Chemistry and Physical Therapy double major at Ithaca College. She loves working as a teaching assistant for the Chemistry department and connecting with new students every semester to share her love of chemistry. She particularly has an interest in inorganic/solid-state chemistry, and is currently working on her Senior research and capstone with Dr. Janet Hunting to synthesize and characterize transition metal doped quaternary chalcogenides with analysis by X-ray diffraction. After finishing her undergraduate degrees, Maddy is planning on attending graduate school at Ithaca College for two more years to earn her Doctorate of Physical Therapy.
Other Academic Achievements:
Oracle Honors Society (2022-2023)
Outstanding First Year Chemistry Award (2023)
Dean’s List School of H&S