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Dr. Song-I Han Headshot

Congratulations to Professor Songi Han on $1.5 million grant from Arnold and Mable Beckman Foundation!

Award Recipient: Song-i Han

Award Date: December 16, 2021

Seeing is Believing

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Prof. Lior Sepunaru Headshot

Congratulations to Professor Lior Sepunaru!

Award Recipient: Lior Sepunaru

Award Date: December 13, 2021

Stanley and Leslie Parsons Award in Biochemistry

The Stanley and Leslie Parsons Fund in Biochemistry, generously established by Dr. Stanley Parsons and his wife, Leslie Odell, has been awarded to Professor Lior Sepunaru.

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Prof. Norbert Reich Headshot

Congratulations Professor Norbert Reich on $3 million SciTrek Grant!

Award Date: November 18, 2021

Next level SciTrek educational outreach project...

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Prof. Lior Sepunaru Headshot

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lior Sepunaru!

Award Recipient: Lior Sepunaru

Award Date: November 04, 2021

$1.7 M NIH grant (Young Investigator R35)

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lior Sepunaru for receiving a $1.7 M NIH grant (Young Investigator R35)! This successful application will allow the Sepunaru group to explore enzymatic electrocatalysis at the nanoscale and to develop a new generation of biosensors.

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Congratulations to Emeriti Professor Dan Little as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry!

Award Date: November 01, 2021

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Prof. Mahdi Abu-Omar

Congratulations to Professor Mahdi Abdu Omar!

Award Recipient: Mahdi Abu Omar

Award Date: September 24, 2021

2022 ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry

Professor Abu Omar received this prestigious ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry, sponsored by Down and endowed by Rohm and Haas. He will be honored at the 2022 awards ceremony in conjunction with the ACS Spring 2022 in San Diego, CA.

 

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Prof. Vojtech Vlcek Headshot

Many Bodies, Many Possibilities

Award Recipient: Vojtech Vlcek

Award Date: August 15, 2021

Assistant Professor Vojtech Vlcek receives award from Department of Energy to advance scientific discovery using supercomputers.

How can one predict a material’s behavior on the molecular and atomic levels, at the shortest timescales? What’s the best way to design materials to make use of their quantum properties for electronics and information science?

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