Ben Yeh is selected as one of the recipients of a 2022 Kokes Award for NAM27.
Graduate student, Ben Yeh, is selected as one of the recipients of a 2022 Kokes Award for the 27th North American Catalysis Society meeting in New York, NY being held on May 22-27, 2022. This travel award, sponsored by the North American Catalysis Society, provides funding for the conference registration fee and accommodation to encourage students to attend and participate in this biennial conference.
Sílvia Escayola visits Gagliardi group!
Sílvia Escayola, a Ph.D. student at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Girona in Spain, joins the group as a visiting scholar during Winter 2022 to collaborate with Gagliardi Group members. Welcome, Sílvia!
American Chemical Society (ACS) announces Laura as editor in chief of the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation!
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) announced that four of its leading journals will be under the direction of new editors in chief beginning in 2022, with Laura leading the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC). Read the press release on the ACS website.
Aleks Lykhin is a recipient of the Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 2021-2022!
Post doc, Aleks Lykhin, is one of two recipients of the 2021-2022 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. The award recognizes outstanding postdoctoral researchers and provides a salary top-off. Bravo, Aleks! Read the story on the Physical Sciences Division website.
The Gagliardi Group launches its new website!
The Gagliardi Group is excited to launch its new website. Feel free to take a look around!
Gagliardi Group goes skating!
The Gagliardi Group took to the ice for our holiday party. Happy Holidays!
Gagliardi group welcomes two graduate students!
The Gagliardi group welcomes two graduate students: Shreya Verma and Ricardo Almada Monter.
Gagliardi group welcomes a new post doc and three graduate students!
The Gagliardi group is expanding! We are elated to welcome Soumi Haldar as a post doc within our group and our newest graduate students: Valay Agarawal, Matthew Hennefarth, and Zihan Pengmei.
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!