Maxx Arguilla Awarded Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) from Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force and Space Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.

Project Title: Novel Helical Crystalline Nanostructures for On-Demand Chiral Photodetection

Professor Matthew Griffin receives NIH New Innovator Award

Professor Matthew Griffin of the UC Irvine Department of Chemistry has received a National Institute of Health Director’s New Innovator Award to support his lab’s work into how the human microbiome – the collection of trillions of microbes in human guts that shares no genetic relation to us – impacts human health. The award is part of the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, which seeks to support early career researchers who demonstrate exceptional promise to execute bold and innovative projects with the potential to generate far-reaching impact.

Liz Jarvo and Sergey Nizkorodov were awarded the title of Chancellor’s Professor!

Liz Jarvo and Sergey Nizkorodov were awarded the title of Chancellor’s Professor!

The Chancellor’s Professor title is designed for persons who have earned the title of Professor and who have demonstrated unusual academic merit and whose continued promise for scholarly achievement is unusually high. Thus, Chancellor’s Professors are faculty who have achieved acclaim for their accomplishments and who are highly likely to continue producing notable achievement in scholarship.

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