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Margaret C. Etter Student Lecturer Awards

Named in honor of Professor Margaret C. Etter, this award celebrates emerging voices in crystallography and highlights exceptional student research across the ACA’s Scientific Interest Groups (SIGs) and the Canadian Division. Each year, the elected officers of these groups select one student whose abstract stands out for its quality, creativity, and impact. These students are invited to share their work as part of the scientific sessions organized by their SIG—an opportunity that often marks an exciting early milestone in their careers.

Below is a historical record of the students who have been recognized with the ACA Etter Student Lecturer Award.

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010

YearSIGWinnerTitle
2025 Best Practices: Karly Forker Modeling is Believing? How AlphaFold2 Can Mislead Molecular Interpretation
2025 BioMac: Sarah Narehood Structural Basis For The Conformational Protection Of Nitrogenase From O2
2025 Canada: Jordan Dialpuri NucleoFind: A Deep-Learning Network for Interpreting Nucleic Acid Electron Density
2025 CryoEM: Rachael Kretsch Complex Water Networks Visualized through Cryogenic Electron Microscopy of RNA
2025 Industrial: Maria Carreira Leveraging generative modeling to analyze multiple related cryo-EM datasets
2025 Light Sources: Wojciech Dec Integrated Platform for Assessing the Quality of Macromolecular Models
2025 Materials Science: Dongyoun Chung Time-resolved X-ray diffraction studies of mineral transformations in aqueous solutions
2025 MicroED: Adam Thibodeaux High-Throughput, Automated Molecular Replacement for Small Molecule MicroED Data
2025 Neutron Scattering: Emily Williams Neutron Scattering Study of a Frustrated Kagome-Strip Structure: Na2Co3(AsO4)2(OH)2
2025 Powder Diffraction: Kennedy Agyekum Hydride ions in Group II Metal (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) Titanate Oxyhydrides
2025 Service: Gabriella N Ruiz Using Electron Diffraction and Diffuse Scattering to Investigate the Vacancy Network of Prussian Blue
2025 Small Angle Scattering: Kaushik Borthaku Determining accurate conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins at atomic resolution
2025 Small Molecule: Renata Layse De Paula The nitro-chloro substitution on two quinolinone-chalcones: from molecular modeling to antioxidant potential
2025 Young Scientist: Vishakha Choudhary Investigating Macrolactone Formation by Thioesterase Domains through Incorporation of an Unnatural Amino Acid
     
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2024 Best Practices: Aaron Horner Defining Grading Tools for Complex Small Molecules to Enable Assessment of Quality and Appropriate Reuse of Data
2024 BioMac: Kaylen Meeks Novel Fragment Inhibitors of PYCR1 from Docking-Guided X-ray Crystallography
2024 Canada: Nicholas Bragagnolo TraG-edy to Triumph: How Challenges in Crystallisation Efforts of TraG Led to Success
2024 CryoEM: Sarah Starcovic Cryo-EM Structures of Group II Intron Ribonucleoprotein Complexes
2024 Industrial: Wisdom Abiodun Unveiling the Molecular Interplay of VPS34 Inhibition by Novel Drug Targets: A Promising Approach for Tailored Cancer Therapeutics
2024 Light Sources:  Kara Zielinski Determining the Enzymatic Mechanism of DJ-1 Using a New Approach to Mix-and-Inject Synchrotron Serial Crystallography
2024 Materials Science: Caleb Ramette Single crystal diffuse scattering analysis of short-range order in garnet-type Li-ion conductor Li6.75La3Nb0.25Zr1.75O12
2024 MicroED: Charles Lomba Access and Experiments with MicroED at Yale University for Biomaterials Characterization
2024 Neutron Scattering: Kennedy Agyekum Compositional effects on the triple conduction behavior of Ba[CoxFe0.8-xZr0.1Y0.1]O3-δ(BCFZY) -Insights from neutron total scattering studies
2024 Powder Diffraction: Sumit Khadka Investigating phase coexistence and local structure in MoTe2 using synchrotron XRD and pair distribution function
2024 Service: Sophie Anferov Oxos, Diamond Cores, and Oxides: A Look at Co-O
2024 Small Angle Scattering: Aldrex Munsayac SAXS/SANS as a structural tool to study RNA:RNA complexes
2024 Small Molecule: Sin Hang Ho Discovering nonlinear optical crystals and predicting their THz spectra through data mining and DFT calculations
2024 Young Scientist: Paul Hager Automated serial (rotation) electron diffraction for high-throughput structure determination and phase analysis of complex polycrystalline samples
     
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2023 Best Practices: Abdullah Al Bashit Mapping of pathological inclusions in human brain tissue with Alzheimer’s disease
2023 BioMac: Evan Cramer Structure of a 10-23 Deoxyribozyme Captured in a Precatalytic State
2023 Canada: Nicholas Bragagnolo Solution characterization of the dynamic conjugative entry exclusion protein TraG
2023 CryoEM: Ellen D Zhong Deep learning for reconstructing in situ structural landscapes from cryo-electron tomography
2023 Industrial: Ali Punjani 3D Flexible Refinement: Determining Structure and Motion of Flexible Proteins from Cryo-EM
2023 Light Sources: Melissa Carrillo Micro-structured polymer fixed-targets (MISP-chips) for serial crystallography at synchrotrons
2023 Materials Science: Jacob Phillips Metal Oxygen Bond Anisotropy and Size Effects Scattering in V1-xMxO2 (M = Nb, Mo)
2023 MicroED: Cody Gillman Design and implementation of suspended drop crystallization
2023 Neutron Scattering: Tyger Salters Coupling of charge density wave to a spin cycloid in topological semimetal NdSbxTe2−x−δ
2023 Powder Diffraction: Lindsey Backman A Snowball Effect of Opening Doors and Offering Sustained Support for Early Career Scientists
2023 Service: Sophie Anferov Think, Pair, Share: Insight into Electronic Structure from Single Crystal Structures of Redox-Active Ligands
2023 Small Angle Scattering: Sarah J Shepherd Redefining the characterization paradigm of RNA lipid nanoparticles
2023 Small Molecule: Eslam E Elbakry Synthesis and Structural investigation of novel Barium Molybdenum Hollandite structures
2023 Young Scientist: Scott Lee Redox-coupled structural distortions in quasi-1-dimentional Au2MP2
     
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YearSIGWinner
2022 Best Practices: Audrey Burnim
2022 BioMac: Verna Van
2022 Canada: Nicole Fraser
2022 CryoEM: Madison Kennedy
2022 Fiber: Morgan Walker
2022 Industrial: Michael Cato
2022 Light Sources: Daniel Haskel
2022 Materials Science: Taylor Keller
2022 Neutron Scattering: Sreya Paladugu
2022 Powder Diffraction: Kara Zielinski
2022 Service: Michael Aristov
2022 Small Angle Scattering: William Kimball
2022 Small Molecule: Peter Mpaata
2022 Young Scientist: Barrett Powell
   
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2021 Best Practices: Kara Zielinski
2021 BioMac: Lindsey Backman
2021 Canada: Ali Punjani
2021 CryoEM: Ellen Zhong
2021 Industrial: Radoslaw Nowak
2021 Light Sources: Diana Monteiro
2021 Neutron Scattering: Sephanie Gnewuch
2021 Powder Diffraction: Megan Murphy
2021 Service: Samuel Clark
2021 Small Angle Scattering: Abdullah Al Bashit
2021 Small Molecule: Kyana Sanders
2021 Young Scientist: Sara Soleimani
   
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2019 Best Practices: Jorge A. Daiz
2019 BioMac: Sarah Barwell
2019 Canada: Matthew Brown
2019 CryoEM: Rebeccah Warmack
2019 Industrial: Peter Curran
2019 Neutron Scattering: Rebecca Smaha
2019 Powder Diffraction: Chia Hao Liu
2019 Service: Oleg Mikhailovskii
2019 Small Angle Scattering: Melissa S. Gildenberg
2019 Small Molecule: R. Lee Ayscue
2019 Young Scientist: Jonathan A. Clinger
   
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2018 Best Practices: Maxwell Day
2018 BioMac: Jessica L. Thomaston
2018 Canada: Raúl Castañeda
2018 CryoEM: William Thomas
2018 General Interest: David Moreau
2018 Industrial: Luzia Germann
2018 Materials Science: Juby Varghese
2018 Neutron Scattering: Stephanie Gnewuch
2018 Powder Diffraction: Matrew Logan
2018 Service: Seth Cory
2018 Small Angle Scattering: Maxwell Watkins
2018 Small Molecule: Cara Vennari
2018 Young Scientist: Emilia C. Arturo
   
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2017 BioMac Avni Bhatt
2017 Industrial: Madushani Dharmarwardana
2017 Light Source: Seth Corey
2017 Materials Science: Andrea Bruck
2017 Neutron Scattering: Daniel Olds
2017 Powder Diffraction: Ying Zhang
2017 Service: Nico Giordano
2017 Small Angle Scattering: Eric Manley
2017 Small Molecule: Korey Carter
2017 Young Scientist: Kyle Stiers
   
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2016 BioMac Stefan Imseng, Univ. of Basel
2016 Fiber Diffraction: Brendan Sullivan, Purdue Univ
2016 General Interest: Jens Luebben, HeinrichHeineUniv
2016 Industrial: Mikaela Pyrch, George Washington Univ
2016 Light Source: Charles Bury, Univ. of Oxford
2016 Materials Science: Daniel Mast, Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas
2016 Neutron Scattering: Amber Larson, Univ. of Maryland
2016 Powder Diffraction: Dan Taylor, Univ. of Maryland
2016 Service: Claudia Wandtke, Univ. Goettingen
2016 Small Molecule: Victoria Hall, Georgetown Univ
2016 Young Scientist: Jose Olmos, Rice Univ
   
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2015 BioMac Philip Choi, Columbia Univ
2015 General Interest Pawel Janowski, Rutgers Univ
2015 Industrial: Brian Mahon, Univ. of Florida
2015 Light Source: Pascal Krotee, Univ. of Calif.-Los Angeles
2015 Materials Science: Mariana Verezhak, Univ. of Grenoble, France
2015 Neutron Scattering: Keith Taddei, Northern Illinois Univ
2015 Powder Diffraction: Daniel Mast, Univ. of Nevada
2015 Small Molecule: Karina Heffernan, Virginia Tech
2015 Young Scientist: Katarzyna Handing, Univ. of Virginia
   
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2014 BioMac Yusong Guo, Rice Univ.
2014 Fiber Diffraction: R. S. Madhurapantula, Illinois Inst. of Techn
2014 Industrial: Jacob Trotta, Alkermes, Inc.
2014 Light Source: Igor Petrik, Univ. of Illinois
2014 Materials Science: William Kerlin, Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas
2014 Neutron Scattering: Patricia Langan, Los Alamos National Lab
2014 Powder Diffraction: Vicky Doan-Nguyen, Univ. of Pennsylvania
2014 Small Angle Scattering: Jesse Hopkins, Cornell Univ.
2014 Small Molecule: Jordan Cox, Univ. of Buffalo
2014 Young Scientist: Crysania Linderman, Univ. of Buffalo
   
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2013 BioMac: Adam Roberts, UNC - Chapel Hill
2013 General Interest: Colleen Lopez,California State Univ. San Marcos
2013 Materials Science: Mirijam Zobel, Univ. Erlangen, Germany
2013 Neutron Scattering: Rebecca Beadling, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania
2013 Service Crystallography: Christopher Rackauckas, Oberlin College
2013 Small Angle Scattering: Donghyuk Shin , Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea
2013 Small Molecule: Andrew Cairns, Univ. of Oxford, UK
2013 Synchrotron Radiation: Jennifer Wierman, Cornell Univ.
2013 Young Scientist: Karim Sutton, Univ. of Oxford, UK
   
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2012 BioMac: Eugene Chun, The Scripps Research Institute
2012 Fiber: Simon Goodson, Cardiff Univ.
2012 GIG: Karim Sutton, Univ. of Oxford
2012 Industrial: Shraddha Thakkar, Univ. of Arkansas
2012 Neutron: Elena Aksel, Univ. of Florida
2012 Powder: Andrey Yakovenko, Texas A&M
2012 Small Angle Scattering: Allan Pang, Queen Mary Univ. of London
2012 Synchrotron Radiation : Christopher Dettmar, Purdue Univ.
2012 YSSIG: Joseph Liberman, Univ. of Rochester
   
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2011 BioMac Rebekah Nash, Univ. North Carolina
2011 General Interest Jason Mercer, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland
2011 Materials Science Phoebe Allan, Univ. of St. Andrews, UK
2011 Powder Diffraction Kevin Rhodes, Univ. of Tennessee, Oak Ridge
2011 Small Molecules John Sander, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City
2011 Small Angle Scattering Thomas Grant, Hauptman-Woodward Inst,
2011 Synchrotron Radiation Lauren Hatcher, Univ. of Bath, UK
2011 Young Scientist Karen Ruane, McGill Univ., Montreal Canada
   
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2010 Bio Mac Krystle McLaughlin, Univ. of Rochester
2010 Fiber Diffraction William Wan, Vanderbilt Univ
2010 Industrial Wei Ke, Case Western Reserve Univ.
2010 Materials Catherine Hoel, Northwestern Univ.
2010 Neutron Scattering Stacey Smith, Brigham Young Univ.
2010 Powder Diffraction Fernando Uribe-Romo, Univ. of California LA
2010 Service Cr Jason Porta, Univ. of Nebraska
   
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