Eight seniors win Dean’s Prize Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
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  • Student
  • Undergraduate

Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate researchers Katie Bogue (Quinlan group), Juliana Girdner (Li group), Amanda Nguyen (Schwartz group), Shivani Patel (Kruglya group), Srihari Prabu (Araujo group), Jordan Tatang (Radu group), Jeff […]

Eight seniors win Dean’s Prize Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
May 29

Breakthrough study reveals edge sites on platinum nanostructures as key active sites for efficient hydrogen production

2 years ago

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In a study just published in Nature Catalysis, a research collaboration between Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professor Yu Huang’s group in the […]

Breakthrough study reveals edge sites on platinum nanostructures as key active sites for efficient hydrogen production
May 27

Fulbright Awardee seeks to connect with her roots and make an impact on the Vietnamese Deaf community

2 years ago

Fourth-year computational & systems biology undergraduate researcher Elise Ỷ-lan Tran (Alexandrova group) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship for 2024-2025 to visit Vietnam for ten months to […]

Fulbright Awardee seeks to connect with her roots and make an impact on the Vietnamese Deaf community
May 23

Inaugural recipient of the Northwestern IIN Trailblazer Award

2 years ago

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  • Faculty

Department Chair Professor Alex Spokoyny has been named the inaugural recipient of the Northwestern International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) Trailblazer Award, in recognition of his pioneering work on developing new […]

Inaugural recipient of the Northwestern IIN Trailblazer Award
May 23

NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

2 years ago

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  • Faculty

Teacher-Scholar Dr. Rajat Maji has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), which will support his […]

NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
May 21

Two alumni named to C&EN’s “Talented 12” for 2024

2 years ago

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Alumni Dr. Jesus Moreno (Ph.D. ’17 Garg group) and Prof. Nako Nakatsuka (Ph.D. ’17 Andrews/P Weiss groups) have been named to Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) “Talented 12” Class for 2024. […]

Two alumni named to C&EN’s “Talented 12” for 2024
May 16

Quantum experts review major techniques for isolating Majoranas

2 years ago

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  • Research

Professor Prineha Narang, a member of the Quantum Science Center (QSC), is working with a multi-institutional research team of researchers to devise new theoretical and experimental methodologies aimed at screening […]

Quantum experts review major techniques for isolating Majoranas
May 14

AFRL Space Scholars Program

2 years ago

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  • Student

Ph.D. student Victoria Rubio (Spokoyny lab) has been selected for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 2024 Space Scholars Program to work on the synthesis and characterization of polymer films […]

AFRL Space Scholars Program
May 14