Five Chemistry Faculty Awarded NSF CAREER Awards since 2017
These awards are a testament to the five faculty members’ excellence in research as well as the culture of support within the department.
NSF CAREER Award Winner: Thomas Teets, Ph.D.
Thomas Teets, assistant professor of chemistry, received a five-year, $589,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research in luminescence. His work focuses on synthetic strategies for producing photoactive organometallic compounds.
NSF CAREER Award Winner: Jakoah Brgoch
Jakoah Brgoch, assistant professor of chemistry, received a five-year, $656,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to boost his work on materials for LED lighting.
NSF CAREER Award Winner: Judy Wu
Judy Wu, assistant professor of chemistry, received a five-year, $585,012 NSF CAREER Award for hydrogen bond research.
NSF CAREER Award Winner: Loi Do
Loi Do, assistant professor of chemistry, received a five-year, $626,300 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop environmentally friendly plastics. Do will focus on new methods of producing polyolefins in an economical and sustainable way that also can be scaled up for industrial use.
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