Noah Dohrmann has been selected as a 2021-2022 Quad Undergraduate Research Scholar.
Undergraduate, Noah Dohrmann, has been selected as a 2021-2022 Quad Undergraduate Research Scholar. Bravo, Noah. Read the story on the Department of Chemistry web site!
Saumil Chheda and WooSeok Jeong published in Science
Graduate student, Saumil Chheda, and former postdoc, WooSeok Jeong, have performed calculations that show how water molecules attach inside the framework of a metal-organic framework, MOF-303, at the atomic level.
Read their paper in Science! This video displays the outcome of this research. This video displays the outcome of this research:
Our First In-Person Group Dinner
The Gagliardi group is thrilled to gather over a slice for our first group in-person dinner at the Univeristy of Chicago!
It was good to see both new and familiar faces, including some promising first-year graduate students whom we hope will join our group.
Daniel King Receives DOE Research Award
Graduate Student, Daniel King, has been selected as a recipient of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award.
Awardees were selected from a diverse pool of graduate applicants from institutions around the country. Congratulations Daniel!
Gagliardi group welcomes new post docs!
Gagliardi group welcomes Arup Sarkar, Dario Campisi, and Ruhee Dcunha as post docs! Welcome to the Windy City!
WooSeok Jeong begins a new AI research fellow position!
Postdoc WooSeok Jeong has departed the group to begin an AI research fellow position with the Center for AI and Natural Sciences of Korea Institute for Advanced Study.
We wish you the very best, WooSeok!
Melanie Burns Begins a New Journey at the University of Minnesota
Melanie Burns, formerly the Gagliardi Group’s administrator, begins a new journey as the Senior Administrative Director of the University of Minnesota’s Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences.
Bravo, Melanie!
WooSeok Jeong begins AI research fellow position in Korea
Postdoc WooSeok Jeong has departed the group to begin an AI research fellow position with the Center for AI and Natural Sciences of Korea Institute for Advanced Study.
We wish you the very best, WooSeok!
Laura is Featured on JACS Web Series
Laura is featured on JACS in Conversation With…, a web series from the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
She shares how her professional career trajectory took her from Italy to the United States, why she compares chemists to cooks, and her thoughts on the importance of theoretical chemistry to experimental chemistry and the field overall. Watch the conversation here.
Nsa Druinaud Joins Gagliardi Group
Nsa Druinaud joins the Gagliardi Group as its administrator.
Welcome, Nsa!
Laura awarded Royal Society of Chemistry’s Faraday Lectureship Prize.
Laura has been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Faraday Lectureship Prize, celebrating the most exciting chemical science taking place today. She won the prize for contributions to the development of multireference quantum chemical approaches to describe catalysis and excited state phenomena. She also receives £3000 and a medal. Read more about it from the Department of Chemistry here. Brava, Laura!
Laura Wins Royal Society of Chemistry’s Faraday Lectureship Prize
Laura has been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Faraday Lectureship Prize, celebrating the most exciting chemical science taking place today.
She won the prize for contributions to the development of multireference quantum chemical approaches to describe catalysis and excited state phenomena. She also receives £3000 and a medal. Read more about it from the Department of Chemistry here. Brava, Laura!
Teffanie Goh receives the 2021 Nathan Sugarman Teaching Award in General Chemistry.
Group member, Teffanie Goh has received the 2021 Nathan Sugarman Teaching Award in General Chemistry.Congratulations, Teffanie!
Teffanie Goh Receives Teaching Award
Group member Teffanie Goh has received the 2021 Nathan Sugarman Teaching Award in General Chemistry.
Congratulations, Teffanie!
Dr. Matt Simons successfully defended his doctoral thesis.
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.
Dr. Matt Simons successfully defends his thesis
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 Winner of an Overend Award
Bess Vlaisavljevich has been selected as one of this year’s winners of the Overend Award for Graduate Research in Physical Chemistry.
Congrats, Bess!
Debmalya Ray and Hung Pham successfully defend their PhD!
Debmalya Ray and Hung Pham have both successfully defended their PhD. Bravo, Debmalya and Hung!
Laura has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences!
Laura has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences!
This honor recognizes her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Laura has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences!
This honor recognizes her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Gautam Stroscio Joins the Gagliardi Group
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!
Laura takes over the JACS twitter account for a day
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!
Debmalya Ray publishes his second to last paper on the conductivity of metal-organic frameworks
Debmalya Ray, who will graduate in May 2021, publishes his second to last paper on the conductivity of metal-organic frameworks, “Tuning the Conductivity of Hexa-Zirconium(IV) Metal–Organic Frameworks by Encapsulating Heterofullerenes” in Chemistry of Materials. Excellent work, Debmalya!
Teffanie Goh has joined the Gagliardi Group.
First-year graduate student, Teffanie Goh has joined the Gagliardi Group.Welcome, Teffanie!
Paul Calio joins Gagliardi group!
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!