Lots of great posters and talks were presented this Spring (April, really) by our undergrads:
Arjun presented his work at the R.T. Major Chemistry Symposium Poster session.

Sahiti and Carrie presented their work at the UConn’s Frontiers in Undergraduate Research symposium.

Michael V. presented his work at the Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society’s Undergraduate Research Symposium.

And last but not Least, Carrie presented at both the PNB and all Biology research presentations and was awarded the Biology Director’s Award!

Some more undergrad success to celebrate: Arjun was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), and Michael V. received an Idea Grant Award!

A hearty welcome and big congrats to Michael Vrionides, who joins us to expand his studies in the Mani Lab as a University Scholar!

The Kienzler lab has a bumper crop of new members this fall! A warm welcome to new graduate students Claire Nieder, Emmanuel Adjei, Himanshu Sharma, and Yucheng Zhang. We are also fortunate to welcome a new technician to the lab, Thumali Lavanaga!

The Kienzler lab is pleased to welcome two new undergraduate researchers, Arjun Ahuja and Hansuja Chaurasia, into the lab! They wasted no time getting into the lab and running reactions.

Today was UConn Chemistry May ECE Lab Day (MELD); it was the culmination of much planning and work to bring ~125 Connecticut high school students (from six different schools) to campus for a day of learning and hands on chemistry experimentation!  Many thanks to the faculty, staff, and students that helped make it a success.  A special thank you to Sahiti and Carrie for supervising a lab and troubleshooting experiments!

Theo presented the research progress from his first year of graduate school in a poster at the ACS Frontiers in Organic Synthesis: Chemical Biology meeting in New London, CT.

Thank you Sahiti for presenting a poster on your work at both UConn’s Frontiers in Undergraduate Research symposium, and the Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society’s Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Congratulations to Ameya and all of our collaborators on this multidisciplinary paper!  Please have a look at the open access paper at Nature Communications.

Annalena has successfully defended her masters thesis.