Dr. Matt Simons successfully defended his doctoral thesis with the title “C-H Activation via Direct Oxidative Routes over Molecular Metal-oxo Species Situated in Metal-Organic Frameworks.”
Matt has accepted a position at the Dow Chemical Company as a Senior Research Specialist in Packaging, Specialty Plastics and Hyrdocarbons R&D, Process and Catalysis, New Process Technology Development Department located in Freeport, TX.
Bess Vlaisavljevich has been selected as one of this year’s winners of the Overend Award for Graduate Research in Physical Chemistry.
Congrats, Bess!
Laura has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences!
This honor recognizes her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Gautam Stroscio has joined the group as a postdoc after recently completing his Ph.D. in the Hadt group at the California Institute of Technology.
He is interested in actinide chemistry and metal-organic frameworks. Welcome, Gautam!
This honor recognizes her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
On March 3, Laura as Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society takes over the J. Am. Chem. Soc. (@J_A_C_S) twitter account for one day to talk about theory, computation, what people want to see in JACS, and what she’s looking for as an editor.
Come and bring your questions!
Graduate student Anushrut Mishra has completed his Master’s degree and will seek new professional opportunities. It has been great to have you in the group, Anushrut!
First-year graduate student, Teffanie Goh has joined the Gagliardi Group.Welcome, Teffanie!
Matthew Hermes, previously a postdoc in the group, is now Staff Scientist. In this position he will take a leadership role in several projects in the Gagliardi group as well as the Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry (CCTCh).
Congrats, Matthew!
Paul Calio has joined the group as a postdoc after recently completing his Ph.D. in the Voth group at the University of Chicago. He is interested in multireference electronic structure, molecular dynamics, and metal-organic frameworks.Welcome, Paul!