The group had a celebration for Alison McManus’ and Remi Maurice’s papers and farewell party for undergraduate Vitor Ribeiro who is going back to Brazil.
Several undergraduates have joined the group this summer to do summer research: Welcome to Nancy Magee and Sam Stoneburner and welcome back to Alison McManus.
Bess Vlaisavljevich defended her PhD thesis on “Quantum Chemical Studies of Actinides and Lanthanides: From Small Molecules to Nanoclusters.” Congratulations, Dr. Bess! Bess will be starting as a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Berend Smit at the University of California, Berkeley in July.
Vitor Ribeiro, an undergraduate from Brazil, will perform summer research in our group during the period of May 13 – July 26.
Laura Gagliardi has been been invited to join the JACS Editorial Advisory Board for a three year term starting on January 1, 2013.
Bess Vlaisavljevich has been awarded the 2012-13 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship! Congratulations! Congratulations!
Laura gave a seminar at Caltech on ab initio CO2 Capture and CO2 reduction (based on the work of group members Allison Dzubak and Nora Planas).