Islam Mosa (Rusling Group) won the first place award in the 2017 Science AAAS student poster competition (Category: Physical Sciences). The award includes recognition of the poster title and the winner’s name in the March 24th issue of Science, a cash prize, certificate, and a one-year AAAS membership. A committee of 7 judges from Harvard, […]
Graduate News
2nd Annual Alumni Panel
By Gabriella ReggianoUpon earning their Ph.D., graduate students of the UConn Chemistry Department can pursue careers in fields such as government, academia, or industry. The transition to life after graduate school, however, can be daunting. In order to help students navigate this next period in their lives, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee organized the 2nd Annual […]
Considering Graduate School
Dr. José GascónAssociate Professor & Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee Because graduate application season is upon us, we interviewed Dr. José Gascón, Chair of the UConn Chemistry Graduate Admissions Committee, to gain insight into the application and decision process. What advice do you have for freshman and sophomores who are considering graduate school? If you had some […]
Islam Mosa Wins International 3MT People’s Choice Award
Congratulations to Graduate Student Islam Mosa for winning the People’s Choice Award in the International Universitas 21 (U21) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. This is the first international award for UConn in the U21 3MT competition. Islam received his award from Dr. Kent Holsinger, Dean of the Graduate School. Also, President Herbst has invited Islam to attend the Board […]
Accelerate UConn
Dr. Challa Kumar and Graduate Student Melissa Limbacher are the recipients of an Accelerate UConn Fall 2016 Grant for their project entitled, “GlowDots.” Kumar and Limbacher will participate in the Fall cohort of Accelerate UConn, the University’s National Science Foundation I-Corps site. All winning teams receive special training and a $3,000 seed grant to help […]
Sravan Thota Receives ACS “Outstanding Student Poster Award”
Graduate Student Sravan Thota (Zhao Group) received an “Outstanding Student Poster Award” at the 2016 ACS Philadelphia Meeting. Sravan’s poster displayed his research of “Preferential Cu diffusion to the ends of AuCu alloy nanorod during galvanic replacement reaction.” Sravan was one of two students to receive this award from the ACS Colloids and Surface Chemistry Division (a […]
Familiar Faces at ACS
Graduate Students Curtis Guild and Sourav Biswas (Suib Group) are currently featured on the MyACS page. Check out Curtis’s and Sourav’s profiles to learn what ACS means to them.
Grad Student Matthew Guberman-Pfeffer Receives NSF Fellowship
Graduate Student Matthew Guberman-Pfeffer (Gascon Group) is the recent recipient of a 2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship! Matthew’s selection was based on his “demonstrated potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the U.S. science and engineering enterprise.”
Controlling the Active Sites of Sulfur-Doped Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Nanolobes for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Catalysis
This paper published in Advanced Energy Materials by members of Dr. Steven Suib’s group has been recognized as the most accessed paper in March 2016 among other papers published in Advanced Energy Materials journal. The lead author of the paper is Abdelhamid El-Sawy (Suib Group).
Grad Student Sourav Biswas’s ACS Presentation On Demand
Graduate student Sourav Biswas (Suib Group) was selected to create a video presentation at the ACS San Diego Conference. Sourav’s research was selected from the conference’s Organic Division participants. In the video, Sourav details his research regarding “Cooperative Catalysis of Cu and Mn in Oxidative Alkyne Coupling.”