Pragati Rout from our group have been selected to receive the Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. Fellowship for Summer 2024. The Boehringer-Ingelheim fellowship recognizes early academic and research accomplishments in a Chemistry student’s graduate studies. It is awarded during a student’s third summer and supports them as they focus on their dissertation research.

Congratulations!! Amy Pollock for passing your written general exams. We are proud of you!!!

Pritish Aklujkar got his first article published in Nature Materials, titled: Chromogenic identification of breakdown, which is about: early detection of electrical degradation can be identified by colour change due to the chromogenic response of blended molecules in dielectric polymers.

Link to Journal: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-023-01786-9

Entrepreneur John Toribio got selected for CCEI’s 2024 Summer Fellowship. In “Toribio Labs” he is developing a wearable continuous health-monitoring system that provides actionable insights for athletics and health care, based on smart clothing and AI.

We are proud of you. All the best for your future.

 

John Toribio founder of  “Toribio Labs, inc.”  from our group is the winner of UConn’s 2024 Innovation Quest (iQ) entrepreneurship competition and has received a $15,000 award.

Link for details : https://today.uconn.edu/2024/04/innovation-quests-three-winning-teams-all-passionate-about-human-health//

Congratulation!! Amy Pollock for securing the third position in the R.T Major symposium Poster session held on April 5th, 2024.

Congratulations to the group for getting NSF23-550 Future manufacturing-grant for “FMRG: Eco: Circular manufacturing of sustainable bioplastics from Hemp-Derived building blocks” in collaboration with Purdue University and RPI University.

Internal grant for  PolyCannabinoids, nonphenolic antioxidant and naturally biodegradable coatings for corrosion protection.

https://ovpr.uconn.edu/services/research-development/rep-storrs/

Congratulations Dr. Ryan Gentile for completing his Doctoral Dissertation Defense! The title was “Enhanced Dielectric Materials for use as Thin Films in Capacitor Applications via Computational Properties Prediction and Experimental Methods.“