{"id":926,"date":"2023-05-04T02:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T02:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rochester.edu\/thorarinsdottir\/?page_id=926"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:33:15","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rochester.edu\/thorarinsdottir\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<\/head>

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September 1, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations Sydney!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to our second-year graduate student Sydney for being awarded a fellowship from the Department of Chemistry! Keep up the great work!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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September 1, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Busy Summer!!!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We had a busy summer with all three undergrads working in the lab alongside our six graduate students. We also hosted a newly graduated high school student Maria, who was excellent!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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June 16, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations Sameeha!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to our rising junior Sameeha for being awarded not one but two scholarships from the University of Rochester for the upcoming academic year! Keep up the great work!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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June 10, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Judging at Genius Olympiad<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela, Sydney, and Vartika helped with Genius Olympiad in Rochester by judging science project posters made by high school students around the globe. Fascinating projects by young minds!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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June 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New Paper Out!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our next paper in collaboration with the Matson lab is now published in Inorganic Chemistry. We studied the influence of supporting electrolyte cations on redox entropy of POMs.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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June 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes and Daniela at GRC<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes and Daniela had a great time at the Inorganic Chemistry GRS and GRC this past week. They shared our group’s work on variable-temperature electrochemistry.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

NSF CAREER Award!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We are very grateful to the National Science Foundation for awarding Agnes and the team with the NSF CAREER Award that will enable us to continue our VT-echem efforts! Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Caleb!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome Caleb, a rising senior in the Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering at UR, to the team! He will be working with Luke over the summer. <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations Yuanxi!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to Yuanxi for graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering! We wish you all the best at UPenn!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 12, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vartika Is a PhD Candidate!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vartika passed her PhD candidacy exam today with flying colors! Congratulations Vartika! We look forward to seeing papers out on your research project soon! Keep it up!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 13, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela Going to ACS School <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela has been selected to participate in the 2026 ACS GCI Green and Sustainable Chemistry Summer School, taking place in Vermont in July 2026. Congratulations, Daniela!!!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 13, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela Got UR Fellowship<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela has been selected as the recipient of the University of Rochester Elon Huntington Hooker Dissertation Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year! Congratulations, Daniela!!!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 13, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sydney Recognized by NSF<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sydney received an Honorable Mention on her 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship application! Congratulations, Sydney!!!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 3, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vartika Presented at GEPA Fair <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Vartika presented a poster on her research at the Graduate Student Research Fair yesterday. She did a great job sharing her work on MOFs with students and faculty across U of R’s campus!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 31, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New Paper Out in JACS <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Check out our new paper in JACS at (link<\/a>) Congratulations to Daniela and the whole team on this great work! We look forward to the follow-up work on this project!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 31, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes Presented at ACS <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes was at ACS this past week. She presented in a symposium on interfacial electrochemistry and catalysis and caught up with some old friends and made some new ones!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela’s 3rd<\/sup>-Year Talk Done <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela did an excellent job delivering her 3rd<\/sup>-year talk to the Department, sharing her work on several projects within variable-temperature electrochemistry. Keep up the great work!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 11, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes Presented at Pittcon <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes hosted a symposium on MOFs for applications in energy at the Pittcon conference held in San Antonio, TX. We thank the awesome speakers and attendees that came!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 2, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes Presented at BRIC-62 <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes presented the group’s work at the Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium held at Boston University. Thank you to the organizers for the invitation! Great meeting and discussions!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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February 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Luke Is a PhD Candidate! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We have another PhD candidate! Luke passed his PhD candidacy exam today! We look forward to see the outcome of all his exciting electrochemistry projects! Keep up the hard work!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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February 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anyesh Is a PhD Candidate! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anyesh passed his PhD candidacy exam today! We look forward to see his research progress on variable-temperature electrochemistry projects. Keep it up!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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February 5, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Teaching Science Educators <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes joined the Warner School of Education in the Regional Science Leadership Cadre. She observed participants make voltaic cells and taught them about electrochemistry and research.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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December 12, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Christophe & Sydney! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The group is growing! We are thrilled to welcome two new graduate students, Christophe and Sydney, who will be joining the VT-echem team! We look forward to all your great work! <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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December 12, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We Won a Safety Award! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our group was recognized for doing an excellent job in maintaining a safe working environment in a chemical laboratory at the recent Department of Chemistry Fall Award Ceremony! Keep it up!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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October 27, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We Did Outreach at RMSC! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Yesterday, we were at the Rochester Museum & Science Center to help with a science outreach event celebrating National Chemistry Week and Halloween. We had a blast!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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August 29, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sameeha Wins a Scholarship! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to Sameeha for being selected as a recipient of the ACS Scholarship for Undergraduates in Chemistry! Keep up the great work you are doing in the lab and beyond!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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August 27, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations Daniela! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to Daniela, who has been awarded an leadership award from ACS for her efforts in promoting research safety at UR Chemistry through a student-led group!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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August 27, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Department Awards! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to Daniela and Vartika for being awarded department fellowships for their work in the academic year 2024-2025. Keep up the great work!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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August 15, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Great Time at WNYIS! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The group had a lot of fun at Western NY Inorganic Symposium today. Daniela gave a great talk and won a “Best Oral Talk” award! Azina and Vartika presented a nice poster! <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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August 1, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anjali Presented Research <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Today is Anjali’s last day at UR and she presented her summer research project as part of the i-Scholar program. Great job Anjali! We enjoyed having you in the lab.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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July 31, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Group Outing for Bubble Tea <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The group celebrated the end of summer research for our undergraduate and visiting students with some bubble tea. It was great to cool off in the heat!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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July 31, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jonathan Presented Research! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jonathan gave both a poster and an oral presentation on his summer research as part of the McNair program. Great job Jonathan! We look forward to having you back in the fall!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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June 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We Were at Genius Olympiad <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela and Agnes volunteered as poster referees at the Genius Olympiad hosted at RIT for high school students across the globe. It was fascinating to see the ideas of these young minds!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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June 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Anjali! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Last week, Anjali joined our group for the summer as an i-Scholar student. Anjali is a master’s student from India. We look forward to the great science that you produce this summer!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 19, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela is a PhD Candidate! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela passed her PhD candidacy exam today with flying colors! Way to go Daniela! Keep up the hard work and we look forward to seeing more papers out on your research projects!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 17, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations Graduates! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Three of our undergraduates graduated with their BS\/BA degree in chemistry today! We are so proud of you, Bryce, James, and Steven! We look forward to following all your great achievements!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 5, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Bryce Presented His Thesis! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Bryce presented a poster on his senior year research at the University of Rochester Department of Chemistry Senior Thesis Poster Session. Great job Bryce!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Group Went Bowling!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We had a joint holiday\/graduation party at Radio Social. We had a lot of fun bowling and the food was pretty good too. The company was the best though :) <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes Visited UB! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes was invited to give a talk in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Buffalo. Fun visit with great conversations with students and faculty!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Steven Presented at UR Fair!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Steven presented a poster on his senior year research at the University of Rochester Undergraduate Research Symposium. Great job Steven! <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 9, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela Presented at ISO Fair! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela also presented a poster on her recent paper in ACS Electrochemistry at the International Graduate Student Research Fair. Great job presenting your work. Keep it up!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 9, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes Presented for LEAP<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes participated in the LEAP career day, where kindergarten through 5th grade Rochester City school students learnt about different career paths. Thanks to Steven for organizing!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 28, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela Presented at GEPA Fair! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daniela presented a poster on her recent paper in ACS Electrochemistry at the Graduate Student Research Fair organized by GEPA at UR. Great job presenting your work!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 28, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations Sameeha!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sameeha was named an inaugural Chemical Sustainability Scholar! This scholarship will support her doing research with us for 2 summers and her sophomore year! We are so happy to have you!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 7, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New Paper Alert! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our tutorial review paper on variable-temperature electrochemistry, led by Anyesh, is now published in ACS Energy Letters! Congratulations Anyesh, Mamta, and team!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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March 4, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes Gave a Talk at Pittcon <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Agnes gave an invited talk at the Pittcon conference in Boston about our efforts in interfacing framework materials with solid electrocatalysts.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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February 18, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New Paper Alert! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our paper, lead by Daniela, is now published in ACS Electrochemistry! We study factors that impact the redox potentials in iron complexes. Congratulations Daniela and team!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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February 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations Jonathan! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to our undergraduate student Jonathan for being awarded Ronald E. McNair Program Fellowship which will support this undergraduate research. <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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February 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Sameeha and Sam! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome undergraduate students Sameeha and Samuel to our group! We look forward to the cool science you will produce in our lab!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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February 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We Moved to Our New Lab! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We finally moved to our permanent lab space next door to where our temporary space was located! Please come and check out our beautiful space in B09 and B12. We will add more photos shortly!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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December 4, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Vartika and Yuanxi! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The group keeps growing! We welcome first-year graduate student Vartika and undergraduate student Yuanxi to our group! We look forward to the awesome science you will produce in our lab! <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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November 22, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We won a safety award! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We were recognized with a safety award at the Fall award event! We strive to keep doing good work in keeping our lab a safe space for everyone. <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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October 8, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Luke and Jonathan! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome new members to our group. Luke is joining us as a graduate student and Jonathan as an undergraduate student. We look forward to the great science you will produce in our lab!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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October 4, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Bryce Presented His Research! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Bryce presented his summer research at the annual Schwartz Discover Grant Symposium. He did a great job and we are very proud of him. Keep up the hard work, Bryce!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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August 14, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congrats Daniela! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to rising 2nd-year graduate student Daniela for being awarded Sherman-Clarke Graduate Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year! Keep up the hard work!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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August 2, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Good Bye Summer Students! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We are sad saying “good bye” to our REU student Sam Andes and recent UR graduate Meiqin Gao. We really enjoyed having them in the group this summer. We hope to see Sam back for graduate school and wish Meiqin all the best!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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July 17, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Fun with Upward Bound! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This week, Agnes taught a course on energy and electrochemistry to pre-college students participating in the Upward Bound program. James helped us with some cool experiments!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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July 2, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Azina! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome Azina Rahmani to the Thorarinsdottir Group as a Postdoctoral Associate. We are very excited to have you join our efforts in making novel framework-based systems! <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 29, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Sam! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome Samantha Andes to our group this summer. Sam is participating in our 10-week REU program and comes from Wilkes University. We are very excited to have you on board!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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May 19, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Meiqin Graduated! <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to Meiqin Gao who graduated with BA in Chemistry as a part of the U of R 2024 class! We are very proud of her and wish her all the best preparing for medical school.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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April 21, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Bryce Awarded Discover Grant <\/strong> <\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Congratulations to Bryce Kneer who has been awarded the 2024 Schwartz Discover Grant from the University! This competitive award provides financial support for conducting summer research.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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December 12, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Graduate Students<\/strong> <\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome our first cohort of graduate students: Anyesh, Daniela, and Phil! We are so excited to have you join us and can’t wait to see all the awesome science that you will produce!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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September 5, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome New Undergrads<\/strong> <\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome three new U of R undergraduate students to the team! James Kim (junior), Meiqin Gao (senior), and Steven Riera (junior) will be working with us this academic year. We are so excited to have you join us!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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July 24, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Duong presented his work<\/strong> <\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Duong presented his summer research project at the Summer Research Symposium for REU and i-Scholar Students, thereby being the first student to represent the group. Great job, Duong!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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July 7, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Welcome Duong and Bryce!<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We welcome undergraduate students Duong Minh Truong and Bryce Kneer to the group! Duong is part of the i-Scholar program and Bryce is a rising junior at U of R. We are so excited to have you join the team!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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July 7, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Group website launched<\/strong>!<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Thorarinsdottir Group website is live! The lab also just opened its doors in rooms B05 and B07 in the basement of Hutchison Hall. Swing by the lab to check us out!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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