Recent Group News

2026

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Oct 2026    Huge congratulations to Mahima on winning an R. C. Fuson Travel Award for Spring 2027!  

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Sept 2026   Freja was voted Lab Citizen of the Month! Thank you for all she does for our lab! (more)  

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Aug 2026    Vicky gave a talk in the "Rising Stars in Biochemistry and Chemical Biology" session at ACS Fall 2026.

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Aug 2026    Welcome to the Jun lab, Kimaya!

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June 2026   Jordyn and Dominic joined our lab during this summer! We are excited to have you both! 

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May 2026     Johnny won the 2026 Gary Schuster Mentoring Scholarship! Congratulations! (more)

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May 2026     Congratulations to Stacy on receiving an Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at URS! (more)

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April 2026     Congrats to Sneha on receiving an Honorable Mention from NSF GRFP in a tough funding year!

Mar 2026      Ayushi received the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award! Congratulations!
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Mar 2026      Shout-out to Noam for being a Finalist in the SCS 2025 Science Image Challenge! (more)

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Mar 2026     Congrats to Stacy on winning the Fred C. and Josephine C. Falkner Scholarship!
 

 

2025

 

​Dec 2025     Vicky has been selected as Keystone Symposia Fellows Class of 2026! 
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Nov 2025     A big welcome to our newest cohort: Blake, Freja, Jiwon, and Sneha! (more)
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​​​​Nov 2025     Our lab renovation is finally complete! We are moving into our new space! (more)
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Sept 2025    Stacy and Jean joined our team as undergraduate researchers! 

July 2025     Nathan and Giuliana have joined our lab as a summer rotator–Welcome!
 
Jun 2025      Congratulations to Johnny for being selected as a CBI-TP Fellow!

May 2025     Brittany, a Snyder Scholar from Kalamanzoo College, joined our lab for the summer!

Feb 2025      Welcome Lamya, a freshmen in Chemical Engineering, to the group!
 

2024

May 2024    Our very first PhD students joined the lab! Welcome, Johnny, and Mahima to the group! (more)​

Aug 2024     Vicky officially started her faculty position at UIUC. Welcome Ayushi and Cj to the group! (more)