Congratulations to Caroline Rohlfing Caroline Rohlfing (advised by Brian Benicewicz) won a third place award at the 2021 National Graduate Research Polymer Conference poster competition.
Congratulations to Susan Richardson Susan Richardson received an award from the National Science Foundation for a total amount of $420,000 for her project entitled "Collaborative Proposal: Treatment of Cyanotoxins by UV/Chlorine: Optimizing Removal While Developing Strategies to Minimize Disinfection Byproducts and Toxicity"
Congratulations to Mackenzie Wenczkowski Congratulations to Mackenzie Wenczkowski on receiving the Women in Defense - Palmetto Chapter Scholarship for a total amount of $2500.00
Congratulations to Hui Wang He received a grant from Clene Nanomedicine Inc. for a total amount of $75,767 for his project entitled "Characterization of the Physiochemical and Catalytic Properties of CNM-Au8"
Congratulations to Qian Wang He received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a total amount of $75,000 for his project entitled "EAGER: Novel approaches to study green leaf volatile perception
Undergraduate Student Achievements Honored Each year, undergraduate students are recognized for their achievements. The following students received Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Awards during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Congratulations to Linda Shimizu She received the 2021 SC Governors Award in Scientific Awareness. This award recognizes her extensive outreach, public awareness, and mentoring efforts.
Congratulations to Logan Breton He was the first place winner in the 2021 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards. Logan will present his paper at the Innovations Awards Session of the ANS Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, November 30 - December 4, 2021.
Congratulations to Dr. Leslie Lovelace Dr. Leslie Lovelace was selected to receive a 2021 College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Teaching Award for Professional Faculty in sciences who provide exceptional experiences to undergraduate students, both within and outside the classroom.
Congratulations to Susan Richardson Susan Richardson was selected to receive the 2021 Walter J. Weber Jr. AEESP Frontier in Research Award. This award is in recognition of advancing environmental engineering and science fields through research leadership and pioneering efforts in new and innovative research areas.
Congratulations to Gabrielle Leith Gabrielle Leith was selected as the recipient of the prestigious Dera D. Parkinson Trustee Fellowship. Trustee fellowships are awarded to full-time graduate students who exhibit excellence in graduate study, research, and scholarship.
Congratulations to Christopher Sutton He received a grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) for a total amount of $1,200,000 with a subaward of $320,000 for his project entitled "Accelerated Selection of Optimal Perovskite Alloys for Solar PV Using a Combined Quantum and Machine Learning Hierarchical Approach"
Congratulations to Christopher Sutton He received a grant from the South Carolina EPSCoR Grants for Exploratory Academic Research (GEAR) Program in the amount of $59,938 for his project entitled "Data Driven Optimization of the Electrolyte Composition for Improving Cycling Stability in Rechargeable Li-biased Batteries
Congratulations to Natalia Shustova She received a grant from the South Carolina EPSCoR GEAR of $60,000 for her project entitled "Well-Defined Stimuli-Responsive Materials with Dynamically-Controlled Optoelectronic Behavior: Experimentally-Supported Modeling"
Congratulations to Natalia Shustova She received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NFS) for a total amount of $458,902 for her project entitled "Synthesis of Hierarchical Materials with a Tunable Photoisomerization Response"
