Scott Russell Johnson Achievement Award Winners
The Scott Russell Johnson Achievement awards were established in 2001 by Steve and Rosemarie Johnson in memory of Steve's brother Scott who graduated in Math from Caltech in 1983.
The Scott Russell Johnson Prize for Excellence in Graduate Study is given to continuing graduate students for extraordinary progress in research and excellence in teaching, or excellent performance as a first-year graduate student. The Scott Russell Johnson Graduate Dissertation Prize in Mathematics is awarded for the best graduate dissertation in mathematics.
Johnson Prize for Excellence in First-Year Graduate Studies
2023 - Ethan Davis, Minghao Pan, Shaowu Zhang
2022 - Yuxin Lin
2021 - Elliott Gesteau
2020 - Jiaxin Zhang
2019 - Alexandre Perozim de Faveri
2018 - Sunghyuk Park
2017 - Liyang Yang
2016 - no prize awarded
2015 - no prize awarded
2014 - no prize awarded
2013 - William Chan, Marius Lemm
2012 - Maria Nastasescu
2011 - Daiqi Linghu
2010 - no prize awarded
2009 - no prize awarded
2008 - no prize awarded
2007 - Rostyslav Kozhan
2006 - no prize awarded
2005 - no prize awarded
2004 - no prize awarded
2003 - Tonci Crmiaric
2002 - Matthew Gealy, Irina Nenciu
2001 - Daniel Katz, Mihai Stoiciu
Johnson Prize for Excellence in Graduate Study
2023 - Philip Easo, Elliot Gesteau, Thorgal Hinault
2022 - Jeck Lim
2021 - Forte Shinko
2020 - Tamir Hemo, Sunghyuk Park, Lingfei Yi
2019 - Josh Frisch, Liyang Yang
2018 - Dmitri Gekhtman, Liyang Yang
2017 - Cosmin Pohoata, Luciena Xiao
2016 - William Chan, Marius Lemm
2015 - Peter Burton, Dmitri Gekhtman, Marius Lemm
2014 - Serin Hong, Marius Lemm, Maria Nastasescu
2013 - William Chan, Liubomir Chiriac, Marius Lemm
2012 - Maria Nastasescu, Robin Tucker-Drob, Tony Wong
2011 - Alden Walker, Daiqi Linghui
2010 - Padraic Bartlett, Serin Hong, Paul Nelson
2009 - Rostyslav Kozhan
2008 - Paul Nelson, Dongping Zhuang
2007 - Aliekber Gurel, Rostyslav Kozhan, Paul Nelson, Todor Tsankov
2006 - Abhishek Saha, Roberto Pelayo, Mirjana Vuletic
2005 - Marius Beceanu, Abishek Saha, Roberto Pelayo, Todo Tsankov
2004 - Matthew Gealy, Irina Nenciu, Claus Sorensen, David Whitehouse
2003 - Tonci Crmaric, Daniel Katz, Kimball Martin, Mihai Stoiciu
2002 - Jay Bartoff, Matthew Gealy, Irina Nenciu, Andrej Zlatos
2001 - Peter Dukes, Daniel Katz, Peter Milley, Mihai Stoiciu,
Johnson Graduate Dissertation Prize
2023 - Angus Gruen, Bowen Yang
2022 - Alex Perozim and Forte Shinko
2021 - Josh Frisch, Liyang Yang
2020 - Cosmin Pohoata, Pooya Vahidi Ferdowsi
2019 - Dmitri Gekhtman
2018 - Ronnie Chen, Serin Hong
2017 - Peter Burton, William Chan, Marius Lemm
2016 - Brian Hwang, Maria Nastasescu
2015 - no prize awarded
2014 - no prize awarded
2013 - Laura Peskin, Robin Tucker-Drob
2012 - Vidya Venkateswaran, Alden Walker
2011 - Mikivoje Lukic, Paul Nelson
2010 - Wan Keng Cheong, Rostyslav Kozhan, Chris Lyons
2009 - Abhishek Saha, Mirjana Vuletic
2008 - Todor Tsankov
2007 - no prize awarded
2006 - Matthew Gealy, Claus Sorensen
2005 - Irina Nenciu
2004 - Kimball Martin, Dapeng Zhan
2003 - Qiang Lin, Andrej Zlatos
2002 - Peter Dukes
2001 - Burak Erdogen, Song Wang
Johnson Prize for Graduating Senior
2018 - William Ballinger
2017 - Yujie Xu
2016 - Tian Nie, Laura Shou
2015 - Zhaorong Jin, Jake Marcinek
2014 - Kenneth Hung, Evan Patterson
2013 - Ryan Throngren
2012 - Zeb Brady, Brian Lawrence
2011 - Jason Bland, Yakov Berchenko-Kogan
2010 - Bill Chen, Jeffrey Kuan
2009 - Po-Ling Loh
2008 - Jed Yang
2007 - Po-Ru Loh
2006 - Trevor Wilson
2005 - Nicholas Rupprecht
2004 - Megan Guichard, Po-Shen Loh
2003 - Geoffrey Irving
2002 - Fu Liu, Suhas Nayak
2001 - Michael Schein, Scott Carnahan
