Jinho Park Won the Best Poster Award
2014
Jinho Park (Ph.D. candidate) won the "Best Poster Award" at the Materials Research Society 2014 Fall Meeting.
Congratulations to Xia Group
2014
The Xia group received the Lab Safety Excellence Award from Georgia Tech for achieving a perfect score on the Lab and Chemical Safety Office’s (LCSO) Inspection!
World's Most Influential Scientific Minds
2014
Dr. Younan Xia was featured as one of the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds in the areas of both chemistry and materials science by Thomson Reuters, based on the number of citations per paper. Five former group members were also in the list: Dr. Yadong Yin (Ph.D. 2011), Dr. Yugang Sun (a former postdoctor), Dr. Dan Li (a former postdoctoral fellow), Dr. Jingyi Chen (Ph.D. 2006), and Dr. Benjamin Wiley (Ph.D. 2007).
Dr. Younan Xia Became an ACS Fellow
2014
Dr. Younan Xia was selected as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Dr. Suk Ho Bhang Became an Assistant Professor
2014
Suk Ho Bhang (a former postdoc) accepted a position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Polymer Sciences at Sung Kyun Kwan University, Republic of Korea.
Dr. Xiaohu Xia Became an Assistant Professor
2014
Xiaohu Xia (a former postdoc) accepted a position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Michigan Technological University.
Dr. Sara Skrabalak Won ACS National Award
2014
Sara Skrabalak (a former postdoctoral fellow and a faculty member at Indiana University) was selected to receive the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Award in Pure Chemistry. There was a symposium organized in her honor at the ACS Spring Meeting in March, Dallas, TX.
Congratulations to Dr. Wenying Liu
2014
Wenying Liu passed her final exam (thesis defense) and became the 20th Ph.D. (first in chemical engineering) from the Xia group on 8/25/2014.
Congratulations to Dr. Shuifen Xie
2014
Yi Wang (a former visiting graduate student from Southwest University) received his Ph.D. degree and accepted a position of Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Chongqing Normal University, China.
Congratulations to Dr. Yi Wang
2014
Yi Wang (a former visiting graduate student from Southwest University) received his Ph.D. degree and accepted a position of Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Chongqing Normal University, China.
Congratulations to Dr. Maochang Liu
2014
Maochang Liu (a former visiting graduate student from Xi'an Jiaotong University) received his Ph.D. degree and accepted a position of Assistant Professor in the School of Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
Congratulations to Dr. Sara Skrabalak
2014
Sara Skrabalak (a former postdoctoral fellow and a faculty member at Indiana University) was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Chemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Congratulations to Dr. Yadong Yin
2014
Yadong Yin (a former Ph.D. 2001) was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Riverside.
Dr. Jingwei Xie Became an Assistant Professor
2014
Jingwei Xie (a former postdoc) accepted a position of Assistant Professor in the Mary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.