Student News
Congrats Class of 2026!
Graduate Student Appreciation Week
CCE had a blast celebrating our graduate students on April 16, 2026 as part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week. The Make-Your-Own Italian soda bar and Italian cookies were the perfect additions to a sunny, cheerful afternoon at the Gates Patio. Congratulations to our raffle winners: Curtis Althaus, Kate Gallagher, Iuliia Kuleshova, Clara Seo, Sara Siddiqui and Analiese Wiedenbeck!
Throwback Thesis Thursday
ChE GSC introduced their inaugural Throwback Thesis Thursday on June 4, 2026 – a nostalgic event for faculty to re-defend their thesis, giving the audience the opportunity be the thesis committee.
Professor John Brady presented his 1981 thesis titled "Inertial Effects in Closed Cavity Flows and Their Influence in Drop Breakup" and Professor Karthish Manthiram gave his 2015 thesis titled "Nanoscale Metals and Semiconductors for the Storage of Solar Energy in Chemical Bonds".
The popular event concluded with refreshements and even celebratory cakes!
CH 82 Symposium
Undergraduate chemistry students had the opportunity to present their senior thesis work to the divison during the CH 82 Symposium, held on June 5 2026.
In presentation order:
Virginia (Gigi) Pistilli (Demirer Lab) Genetically-Encoded Delivery Vehicles to Enable Peptide-Mediated Plant Priming
Ethan Lin (Fu Lab) Photoinduced copper-catalyzed deracemization of alkyl halides
Aadarsh Balaji (Chan Lab) The electronic structure of a MoFe₃S₄ Holm cluster
Madelyn Gilbert (Reisman Lab) Fragment synthesis optimization for progress toward the total synthesis of myrsinane natural products
Bao Nguyen (Peters Lab) Synthesis of Electronically Tuned Iron and Osmium Complexes to Understand Selectivity in Small-Molecule Reduction
Emily Nikas (Stoltz Lab) Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Braznitidumine
CGSC Industry Seminar 2026:
On April 24, 2026 CGSC hosted Dr. Kevin Campos, Vice President, Process R&D at Merck, as the distinguished speaker for their annual CGSC Industry Seminar. The event drew a wide audience from CCE and related departments that highlighted strong interdisciplinary interest.
