The Gagliardi Group held its annual retreat at Starved Rock State Park, emphasizing collaboration and innovation. Activities included brainstorming future research directions, bridging subgroups to share skills in Sustainable Energy and Catalysis, and finalizing work for publication. The retreat also offered hiking opportunities and fostered team bonding, strengthening the sense of community among members. It was a fantastic adventure filled with creativity, laughter, and memorable moments that left everyone excited for the year ahead.
Category Archives: Fun and Games
Gagliardi Group’s Summer Get-together
The Gagliardi Group recently met up at Lake Michigan to enjoy a summer afternoon. They enjoyed chatting, strengthening friendships, and eating great food. It was a refreshing afternoon full of laughter and memorable moments together.
Double the Cheers, Double the Joy
The Gagliardi Group celebrates not just one but two group members. We are wishing a very Happy Birthday to Valay Agarawal, our brilliant PhD student, and Soumi Haldar, our dedicated postdoctoral researcher. Here’s to many more moments of working well together and achieving great things!
Striking Pins and Camaraderie with the Gagliardi Group
The Gagliardi Research Group enjoy an evening of camaraderie and pin-crashing fun as they slipped on their bowling shoes in an unforgettable outing of friendly competition! Strikes, spares, and the occasional gutter ball brought cheers and laughter echoing through the bowling alley as friendships strengthened and new bonds formed. A successful team not only thrives on shared academic pursuits but also on shared experiences of joy and amusement.
The Gagliardi group cheers Aleksandr Lykhin’s new job and bids farewell to Francesca Fasulo!
The Gagliardi group had much to celebrate at our 2022 Holiday Party! We cheered postdoc Aleksandr Lykhin‘s new Computational Scientist – Data Security Engineer position with the Research Computing Center at the University of Chicago and bid farewell to visiting graduate student Francesca Fasulo.
Group dinner at Nella’s with promising first-years
The Gagliardi group shared a meal and chatted with some promising first-year graduate students whom we hope will join our group.
The Gagliardi group goes for a retreat in St. Joseph, MI.
A good time discussing science and brainstorming was had by the Gagliardi group in St. Joseph, MI for a group retreat.
Gagliardi Group goes skating!
The Gagliardi Group took to the ice for our holiday party. Happy Holidays!
On July 7, the Gagliardi and Cramer groups met in a friendly bowling competition at Memory Lanes in Minneapolis (organized by group member Hung Pham).
By a very small margin, the Gagliardi group was victorious. Thanks for organizing this, Hung.
The Gagliardi and Cramer groups met in a friendly bowling competition at Memory Lanes in Minneapolis (thanks to group member Andy Sonnenberger for organizing this).
The Gagliardi group won, as always! (Notice Laura accepting the trophy from Chris.)
