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MJA Lab undergraduate Max Korzec spent the summer doing research in the Department of Chemistry at Duke University as a participant in their prestigious NSF-sponsored REU program. Max worked under the guidance of Prof. Steve Craig, and will be presenting his results at the national meeting of the ACS in Spring, 2013. His project was impressively titled ‘Functionalization of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Titanium Plates’, and was done in collaboration with Prof. Zhenbin Niu. Well done, Max!
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MJA attended his first Gordon Research Conference, ‘Stereochemistry’, in Newport, RI. There were many excellent talks and posters given, including several by nobel laureates and other living legends of organic chemistry.
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While in Europe, MJA (and colleague Dr. Sam Thompson, University of Oxford) had the opportunity to tour the historic Charles University Department of Chemistry thanks to Prof. Martin Kotora; MJA and Prof. Kotora also bonded over their mutual love of silicon and pilsner.
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MJA returned to Oxford, UK for a symposium in honor of his post-doctoral advisor Prof. Andrew Hamilton. In addition to delivering a talk on the group’s work in silicon Lewis acids and chairing a session, he also had the privilege of meeting many of the ADH group’s esteemed previous members.
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MJA Lab undergraduate John Price took home a bunch of hardware from the 2011-2012 NIU Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry award night. John’s excellent performance in and out of the classroom netted him the ‘Outstanding Sophomore Award’, ‘Dean’s Award’, and ‘NIU Chemistry Club Edwards-Hyland Award’. We are very proud of him...congratulations, John!
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Group members Ermal Hoxha, Max Korzec, and John Price presented their ongoing work at the 3rd Annual NIU Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day. Not only did they do an excellent job of presenting the work, but they looked snazzy as well.
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The MJA Lab has been awarded a 2012 Research & Artistry grant from NIU. The grant, entitled ‘Synthesis and Investigation of Green Silicon‐Based Lewis Acid Catalysts’, will help to fund our research efforts this summer and beyond.
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Welcome to the official website of The MJA Lab. We look forward to keeping the world up-to-date with our research and other group happenings.
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