It is great that we have two more students obtaining their PhDs this year: Dr. Jingwen Sun and Dr. Zachary Schuman. Congratulations! The PI is grateful for Jingwen’s contribution to our group’s new foray into automated electrochemistry and electroanalytic tools based on machine learning; The PI also thanks Zach’s studies at the materials-biology interface, and our collaboration with Kula Bio. Best wishes for the future career!
It is such a pleasure to have three more PhDs from the Liu group. Dr. Yi Chen, Dr. Jingyu Wang, and Dr. Brandon Jolly have graduated with PhDs in Chemistry! It was such nice experience with those folks and the PI is grateful for all their contributions to the group. And best wishes for their future careers!
In the recent departmental award ceremony, multiple group members has been honored with awards for their excellence! Congratulations!
Graduate student Jingwen Sun and Zach Schuman receive the John Stauffer Excellence in Second Year Academics and Research Award. This award is given in recognition of their outstanding performance in coursework, research, and qualifying exam through the first two years of graduate studies.
Graduate student Jennifer Kim receives the Michael E. Jung Excellence in Teaching Award. This award is given to students who have excelled as teaching assistants (TAs), as reflected in undergraduate student evaluations and faculty nomination letters.
Undergraduate student Aila Shibao receives Ravi and Aparna Bikkina Family Undergraduate Research Scholarship. This scholarship will support Aila to conduct summer research in the group in Fall 2024.
Again, congratulations to all the awardees!
Those fantastic graduate student awardees have been recognized in the annual departmental awards ceremony on May 21, 2024.
Congratulations to Ben Hoar and Danlei Xiang for receiving their Ph.D. in Chemistry, pending the formal approval of their PhD thesis. It has been Chong’s great honor to spend five years with them! Best wishes to their future career!
Graduate students Jingyu Wang and Brandon Jolly receives the 2023-2024 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF). Such financial support doctoral students who are within one year of completing and filling their dissertations. Congratulations!
The work of Xun Guan, recently published at Nature Catalysis, is highlighted in the News & Views session of Nature Catalysis. Congrats to Xun! And we are grateful for the support and appreciation from the community!
Below is the figure from the News & Views of Nature Catalysis.
Congratulations to Ben Natinsky, Jesus Iñiguez, and Xun Guan for receiving their Ph.D. in Chemistry! It has been Chong’s great pleasure to spend five years with them! Also, congratulations to Brianna Mai as a departmental scholar for receiving her M.A. in Chemistry! Good job and well deserved!
Our graduate student Danlei Xiang receives the 2022-2023 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF), among other chemistry & biochemistry graduate student researchers in the department. With a $20,000 stipend plus standard tuition and fees, the DYF is intended to support doctoral students who are within one year of completing and filing their dissertations. Congratulations, Danlei!
Graduate student Zach Schuman receives the 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) Honorable Mentions, a significant national academic achievement. Congrats!
The news report at the department of UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry also highlights and recorgnizes Zach’s achievement. Great!
Graduate student Benjamin Natinsky receives the 2021-2022 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF), among the 13 chemistry & biochemistry graduate student researchers in the department. With a $20,000 stipend plus standard tuition and fees, the DYF is intended to support doctoral students who are within one year of completing and filing their dissertations. The departmental news report is here. Congratulations, Ben!