Chemistry Department Awards Graduate Fellowships
The Chemistry Department recently announced the awarding of the following Chemistry Graduate Fellowships
The Jeffery A. Byers Graduate Fellowship in Organic and Organometallic Chemistry, Shoma Mukai
The Chia-Kuang (Frank) Tsung Graduate Fellowship in Physical and Materials Chemistry, Damith Dharmapriya Sri Hastha Lekamlage
The Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Biology, Malu Nair
LaMattina Fellows, Michael Berwanger, Zoe Mueller, Eungyo Hong
Graduate Research Symposium
The 2025 Boston College Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) was held October 13 at the Boston College Connors Family Conference Center. This event is a celebration of the dedication, creativity, and perseverance of our graduate student community. The research presented reflects months and years of hardwork and highlights the diverse contributions graduate students are making across our department. This year, we were grateful to welcome our alumna Dr. Breanna Zerfas as the keynotespeaker, and to host a career panel featuring scientists from a range of roles across academia, industry, and beyond. We were delighted to be joined by Dr. Emma Edelstein, Dr. Jennifer Dabrowski, and Dr. Manami Shizuka, whose experiences and perspectives reflect the wide array of career paths available to chemists. An exciting part of the GRS is an engaging poster session at which graduate students AK Akinniyi, Kyrsten Weissheier, and Mariah Tedder, were awarded prizes for best posters.
Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the Chemistry Department's Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Awardees:
Keith Chan
Maggie Flynn
Trevor Kubenik
Malu Nair
Jared Pratt
Nick Pugliano
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Kaitlyn Szalay Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Ms. Kaitlyn Szalay, a graduate student in Professor Abhishek Chatterjee's research group, has been awarded a Graduate Resarch Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This Fellowship is highly competitive and seeks to recognize students who have demonstrated the potential to make significant contributions to the field. Ms. Szalay received the award for her project "Efficient incorporation of two noncanonical amino acids into proteins expressed in mammalian cells". This project aims to develop technology for the site-specifically introducing two distinct noncanonical amino acids into proteins expressed in mammalian cells to probe and manipulate protein structure and function.
Professor Huiqing (Jane) Zhou Awarded an NIH MIRA Grant
Assistant Professor Huiqing (Jane) Zhou has been awarded an R35 MIRA grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The $1.95 million to the Zhou laboratory will support their research in developing methods to investigate fundamental questions in the human tRNA biology. MIRA, also known as the "Maximizing Investigators' Research Award" provides early-stage investigators with the support to achieve greater stability and flexibility in research, thereby promoting research productivity and creativity.
Professor Jia Niu Recipient of 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Recognized for a commitment to teaching and outstanding scholarship, Professor Jia Niu has been named a 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar. This prestigious award recognizes early career faculty and includes a $100,000 unrestricted award. To learn more about Professor Niu's research, visit his research group page. To learn more about his latest research "Cleaner, greener plastics from wood," click here.