PhD Candidate Devin Thrush has received the Department of Education Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship to advance crystal science in the NYU Chemistry department. The fellowship will provide Devin with research funding to pursue his research on ferroelectric and photoswitching materials! Congrats Devin!
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Avalos Receives NSF CAREER Award
CAREER: Directed Molecular Design of Chromophore-Radical Dyads for Optical Pumping of Doublet Ground States.
With support from the Chemical Measurement and Imaging Program in the Division of Chemistry, and partial co-funding from the Chemical Mechanism, Function, and Properties Program, Dr. Claudia E. Avalos and her group at New York University are designing and characterizing molecules intended for applications in quantum sensing and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal enhancement. The award announcement may be found here.
Nest m+ Outreach
Thiago, Devin as well as Molecular Design Institute members Lance, Ben and Zoey organized the NMR station at NYU for the Nest m+ Outreach event this week. Nest m+ is a public school located on the Lower East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.
Pride in NYU Chemistry
Trent and Thiago presented their latest work at the NYU pride symposium last week (June 2024). A day of scientific talks, posters and discussion.
Recipients of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund
Congratulations to our lab undergraduates Vasant Balamraju, James Kim and Claire McGuire recipients of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research fund! The Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund was created in 1996 to provide undergraduates with scientific lab and writing experience. Applicants receive up to $1,500 per grant for a Research Grant and will spend a few months in the lab working on their proposed projects.
Winter School on Solid-State NMR
Devin Thrush and Thiago Rubio attend the 7th U.S.-Canada Winter School on Biomolecular Solid-State NMR at Stowe, Vermont, USA where they learned some basics of solid-state NMR, multi-dimensional NMR methods and solid-state NMR techniques, among many other solid-state NMR topics. Thanks to all the faculty that participated as speakers and lecturers!
Thiago Rubio presents his work at the Material Research Society Conference
Thiago presents his poster on NMR analysis of quantum cutting materials at the Material Research Society conference!
Trent McHenry presents his work at the Rocky Mountain Conference on Electron Spin Resonance
Trent presented a research talk on pentacene-tethered nitroxide radicals at the Rocky Mountain Conference in July of 2023.
Recipients of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund
Congratulations to our lab undergraduates Sarah Zhang and Katherine Hightower, recipients of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research fund! The Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund was created in 1996 to assist students in funding their projects. Applicants receive up to $1,000 per grant for a Research Grant and will spend a few months in the lab working on their proposed projects.
400 MHz Magnet arrived this week!
Our long awaited 400 MHz NMR system has arrived this week and has been installed in our new lab space! The cooling process begins next week. The solid-state NMR system will be tested and brought up to field at the beginning of May.