Rocco returns to Italy to finish his work at the Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II.” Chad continues his career at Phillips 66, and Michael begins his postdoctoral position at the Catalysis Research Labratory at the University of Heidelberg. Best of luck to everybody!

Congratulations to Michael Mulzer for both passing his B exam and being awarded the Chemistry Department’s Tunis Wentink Prize for his outstanding research accomplishments.

We are proud of Rachna Khurana for receiving the Young Investigator Award for her collaborative research efforts on solid polymer electrolytes.

Congratulations to Jessica Lamb for receiving the Bayer Teaching Excellence Award.

Best of luck to Will and Ben as they begin graduate school at Stanford.

Best of luck to Dr. Soumya Sarkar as he continues his career at Momentive India.

Greetings to Carolyn Ziebart as she joins us for a couple months from Matthias Beller’s lab at the University of Rostock.

Welcome Kyle, Jessica and Qi to the group!

Good luck to Dr. Pasquale Iacono as he begins a postdoctoral position at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center with physician-scientist Moritz Kircher.