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Lisa defends their PhD!

Many congratulations to Dr. Lisa Je for defending their PhD! Their thesis was entitled: “Integrating Molecular Dynamics, Topological Data Analysis, and Experiments to Identify Ionic Liquid Nanostructures.” Lisa, who was co-advised by Prof. Victor Zavala, …

Pan defends his PhD!

Congratulations to Dr. Panzheng Zhou for successfully defending his PhD! His thesis is titled: “Computational Models for Dissolution-based Plastic Recycling.” Pan will be starting a new position as a Research Scientist at Meta – we …

Welcome to Avery!

The group is thrilled to welcome Avery Greene, a first-year PhD student in Chemistry, to the group! Learn more about her on the People page.

Welcome to Letian, Yicheng, and Yuhui!

The group is very excited to welcome three new first-year students to the group: Yuhui Huang, Yicheng Li (co-advised with Prof. Victor Zavala), and Letian Wang. All three are pursuing PhDs in Chemical Engineering – …

New grants!

We’re thankful to have to received two new grants in support of group research, including (1) support from the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute to design mixtures of green solvents to replace halogenated solvents, …

Funding support for new Center

The group is excited to be part of the new Center for Mineral and Mineral Oxide Removal from Biomass (CMORE)! CMORE will develop methods to convert biomass and municipal solid waste into demineralized and nitrogen-free …

Amy defends her PhD!

Congratulations to Dr. Amy Qin for successfully defending her PhD entitled “Machine Learning Methods for Chemical Property Prediction, Sensing, and Design.” Amy will be starting a new role as a Senior Research Specialist at DOW …

Welcome to Ali!

The group is thrilled to welcome another first-year student – Ali Altamimi! Ali is the first student from the Department of Chemistry to join the group – read more about him at the People page. …