Congrats to Justin and Yusu for their paper in Materials Horizons! They describe a new method that can measure the bulk mechanical properties of thousands of samples at high-throughput.
Jonathan Receives DGRA Runner-up
Jonathan was runner-up for the Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award, selected by a panel of his peers. His presentation was well-received at the department retreat. Congratulations!
ACS PMSE Young Investigator
Mitchell was named a PMSE Young Investigator at the ACS meeting in Chicago, where he gave a talk. Congrats!
Nano Letters paper
Jonathan’s paper was recently published in Nano Letters. There is a lot of interesting information on chain orientation of polymers under different conditions. Congratulations!
Yusu Chen Receives PhD
Yusu has graduated! He played an instrumental role in getting the lab started, and is soon beginning work at Amyris. Congratulations and good luck, Yusu!
PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Jonathan’s paper was the finalist for the Cozzarelli Prize at PNAS! There is only one award and one finalist each year, for the best paper in PNAS in each of 6 categories. Read more about it here.
APS Meeting
We had a great time at the American Physical Society meeting downtown! Jonathan, Harry, and Tyler gave excellent talks, and Jonathan was in the Padden Symposium. Pictured below is our group dinner, also joined by various Olsen group members and alumni, including Danielle Mai’s group, Ameya Rao, and Chelsea Edwards.
Sloan Fellowship
Mitchell has received a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation! Check out the press release here. Congrats to Mitchell and all the other Sloan Fellows in 2022!
New group members
Welcome to 3 new members of the group! Maddie is an undergrad in Northwestern ChBE. Dhanvi is a M.S. student from the India Institute of Petroleum and Energy. Chris is a Ph.D. student from the University of Minnesota. Looking forward to having everyone!
Best poster at AIChE
Justin placed 1st in his section at the AIChE undergrad conference in Boston. Congrats!