Nehal Idris selected as a 2022-2023 School of Physical Sciences DEI Graduate Leaders Fellowship recipient

Nehal Idris, a rising second year in the Patterson lab, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022-2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Graduate Leaders Fellowship in the School of Physical Sciences!

The fellowship provides full support for three academic quarters during the 2022-2023 academic year. Throughout the academic year, she will be collaborating with the Vice Chair for DEI in the Chemistry department, the Chemistry departments' inclusive excellence committee and the Office of Access, Outreach and Inclusion to advance the DEI effort in the Chemistry department.

Jessica Kelz awarded Fletcher Jones Fellowship

Graduate student Jessica Kelz was awarded Fletcher Jones Fellowship for 2022-23. The Fletcher Jones Fellowship is a highly prestigious award, made available through funding from the Fletcher Jones Foundation. It is competitively awarded to an outstanding doctoral student who has advanced to candidacy and demonstrates financial need. The award of this dissertation fellowship of approximately $23,598, is to be used as a stipend and is intended to assist with doctoral degree completion.

Professors Blum and Prescher are recipients of 2023 Cope Scholar Awards from the ACS

Suzanne Blum and Jenn Prescher are recipients of the 2023 Cope Scholar Awards from the ACS. This highly prestigious award, which recognizes excellence in organic chemistry research, consists of $5,000, a certificate, and a $40,000 unrestricted research grant. The recipients will deliver an awards address at the Arthur C. Cope Symposium at the Fall ACS National Meeting.

Suzanne and JP are two of ten 2023 Cope Scholars from around the world, and two of the four Cope Scholars who have 10 to 25 years of experience since their terminal degrees. 

Three major DOE awards to Chemistry faculty

Three chemistry faculty have recently received major awards from the US Department of Energy. 

Sarah Finkeldei received a $4.3 M grant from the Basic Energy Sciences of the US DOE for a project entitled "Advancing clean energy through fundamental insights into defect generation and transport phenomena at grain boundaries in nuclear energy materials”. This project, which will be carried out in collaborations with scientists at UCI and Los Alamos National Lab,  will contribute to unraveling the mechanisms of grain boundary defect interactions in advanced nuclear fuel systems.

ACS Recognizes three UCI Chemistry Graduate Students

Three chemistry graduate students received honors from the ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholars Recognition Program.

Jessica Kelz was recognized for Leadership in Mentoring, “This recognition category highlights outstanding efforts and impact in research and safety mentoring…”

Ali Younis was recognized for Leadership in the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect, “This recognition category highlights outstanding efforts that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect in the program.”

Professor Ann Marie Carlton is the recipient of a prestigious award from Iota Sigma Pi!

Professor Carlton is the recipient of this year’s Violet Diller Award for Professional Excellence from Iota Sigma Pi, a national honor society for women in chemistry. The award consists of a cash prize, certificate, and a lifetime membership in Iota Sigma Pi.

From the ISP website: “This award is for outstanding contribution to chemistry and allied fields by a woman. This is a triennial award."

Congratulations Ann Marie this well-deserved distinction!

Read More about the Violet Diller Award.

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