Pagano (center) accepts the American Chemical Society/Dreyfus Foundation National Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences from ACS President, Bassam Shakhashiri (left), and Richard Zare (right).
Visiting Scholar | 2019-2021 | University of Tartu, Estonia - Excellence in Analytical Chemistry program (European Union & Erasmus Mundus) |
Open@RIT Fellow | 2021 | Open@RIT (Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Sloan Foundation) |
Elected Full Member, Sigma Xi | 2020 | Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society |
Cultural Humility Certificate | 2020 | RIT Division of Diversity and Inclusion |
Volunteerism Award | 2018 | American Chemical Society, Rochester Section |
Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) | 2018 | Royal Society of Chemistry; London, U.K. |
Fulbright Specialist | 2017 | University of Tartu, Estonia- Institute of Chemistry; Fulbright Commission, U.S. Dept. of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
Visiting Scholar | 2017 | Uppsala University, Sweden - Excellence in Analytical Chemistry program (European Union & Erasmus Mundus) |
Excellence in Teaching Award | 2016 | Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) |
Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Award (OUSTA) | 2016 | Society for College Science Teachers (SCST)/National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Co-Sponsored by Springer |
| Named to the Fulbright Specialist roster | 2015 | U.S. Dept. of State/Institute of International Education/Council for International Exchange of Scholars |
| Graduate of Distinction Award | 2015 | Victor Schools |
| Augustine Silveira Jr., Distinguished Lecturer | 2014 | State University of New York, Oswego |
| Provost's Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award | 2013 | RIT |
| Outstanding Career Achievement Award | 2013 | Tufts University |
United States Professor of the Year Award | 2012 | Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Education |
Named to the “Forty Under 40” List | 2012 | Rochester Business Journal |
National Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into the Chemical Sciences | 2012 | Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation/ American Chemical Society |
Institute Faculty Research Award | 2012 | RIT |
Named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACSF) | 2011 | American Chemical Society |
| Brick City "Favorite Faculty Member" | 2010 | RIT |
Stanley C. Israel Award | 2008 | American Chemical Society |
Faculty Humanitarian Award- from Delta Sigma Phi | 2008 | RIT |
ChemLuminary Award (w/ Rochester Section ACS) | 2008 | American Chemical Society |
Dawan L. Albritton Faculty Humanitarian Award | 2007 | NTID |
Salutes to Excellence Award | 2007 | American Chemical Society |
Richard & Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching | 2005 | RIT |
| Student Choice Award | 2004 | NTID |
Institute on College Teaching Fellow | 2002 | Tufts University |
| Water Resources Fellow | 2002-2001 | WaterSHED Center, Tufts University |
STAR Fellow | 2000-1998 | Environmental Protection Agency |
Other Awards/Honors:National Honorary Chemical Society (Phi Lambda Upsilon), National Honor Society (Phi Kappa Phi), Scientific Research Honor Society (Sigma Xi, elected Full Member), National Chemistry Student Award (American Institute of Chemists), National Collegiate Natural Science Award, All-American Scholar | ||