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M.S. in Applied Chemical Science and Technology (MSACST)
MSACST Program News
Congratulations to Qusai Alsabia who successfully defended his thesis for the Master of Science in Applied Chemical Science and Technology. His thesis work with Assistant Professor Shijing Sun (Mechanical Engineering) was titled "Controlling MOF Crystallization Using High Throughput and Computer Vision." Qusai is applying for Ph.D. programs for autumn 2025 in materials science and engineering. He plans to spend the next year working in a professional setting prior to beginning his Ph.D.… Read more
A year in review of honors and achievements by UW Chemistry graduate students.
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Excellence in Chemistry Graduate Awards
These fellowships were awarded in autumn 2023 and… Read more
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
Summer 2023, Autumn 2023, Winter 2024, and Spring 2024
Alex Bard, PhD Chemistry
Probing the Interplay Between Chemical Mechanisms and Crystal Growth in Synthesis using Sodium Yttrium Fluoride
(Professor Peter Pauzauskie, Materials Science & Engineering)… Read more
Congratulations to Christian Phillips who successfully defended his MS thesis, "Towards Molecular Dynamics as a Tool for Assessing Protein Designs for Stability and Function," on June 5, 2024. Christian collaborated with Professors Jim Pfaendtner and Dave Beck on many interdisciplinary computational studies, including protein-protein… Read more
As a bright student growing up in Ukraine, Vlada Olkhovych was driven to succeed by her mother, Alla.
“She was a single mother, and she didn’t have a college degree,” Vlada said. “Growing up, she always pushed me to get a good education, a good job, to have a better life than she had. She was a big inspiration for me.”
When it came time to pick an undergraduate major at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Vlada chose chemistry. A curious person, she loved how broad… Read more
Congratulations to Mashroor Raiyan, who defended his Master's work on "Direct Solution Synthesis of Transition Metal Borides" on August 2, 2023. Mashroor Raiyan was a student in Dr. Cossairt's research group for the last two years where he worked on top-down, and bottom-up synthesis of metal borides to research their use in hydrogenation and hydrogen storage.
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
Summer 2022, Autumn 2022, Winter 2023, and Spring 2023
Mark Boyer, PhD ChemistryMethodologies for Solving the Vibrational Schroedinger Equation(Professor Anne McCoy)
Emily Cliff, PhD ChemistryCRISPR-Cas Tools for Engineering Genome Structure and Gene Expression(… Read more
Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Best Thesis & Prize for Excellence in Research
These awards recognize master’s program research and carry a $500 prize. They were funded by the Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Fellowship in Chemistry which Dr. West and his wife Florence endowed to give back to the university where Dr. West cultivated the necessary tools for his distinguished career and rewarding life. Dr. West completed his Ph.D. in 1939 under the direction of Professor Rex… Read more
Congratulations to Yimin Lang! She defended her thesis “Cross-Nucleophile Coupling: synthesis of a New C-C Bond between Alkylboranes and Boronates” on June 2nd, 2023. While in the ACST program Yimin was a student in Gojko Lalic’s research group. Yimin plans to continue her education and pursue her Ph.D. in the field of organic chemistry.
Congratulations to Vlada Olkhovych! She defended her thesis “Application of HS-SPME-GC for Sample Classification” on May 22nd, 2023. While in the ACST program, Vlada was a student in Rob Synovec's research group. She will be starting a new job in the pharmacokinetics lab at Fred Hutch. Vlada is from Kharkiv, Ukraine -- a place that became commonplace in the news since the Russian invasion of Ukraine -- and she is looking forward to a time she… Read more