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Two CCB Postdocs awarded 2024 Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowships

Two CCB Postdocs awarded 2024 Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowships

April 24, 2024

On April 23, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation announced the selection of its 2024 class of Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows, individuals who underscore the Foundation's mission of supporting basic research in chemical sciences and chemical instrumentation. Awardees include Mason Lab postdoc Dan Laorenza and Lee Lab postdoc Paul Joseph Robinson. They were selected after a three-part review led by a panel of scientific experts.

The Foundation will award more than $4.3 million in funding over the next three years for 14 exceptional research fellows from 10...

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Joonho Lee

Joonho Lee named a Laureate of the 2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists

August 9, 2023

Joonho Lee, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been named a Laureate of the 2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists in chemistry. The Blavatnik Regional Awards honors outstanding postdoctoral scientists from institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut working in life sciences, physical sciences & engineering, and chemistry.

The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists was established by the Blavatnik Family Foundation in 2007 and is administered by The New York Academy of Sciences. Laureates are awarded $30,000 each and two...

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Star-Friedman Challenge funds four CCB faculty members' projects

Star-Friedman Challenge funds four CCB faculty members' projects

May 12, 2023

As we shift towards a green economy, how can we track hydrogen leakages? What techniques can be developed to synthesize metastable quantum materials? How can we harness the interaction of light and matter to control chemical reactivity?  

The CCB winners of this year’s Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research are pursuing the answers to these questions. The CCB researchers selected for awards were Frank Keutsch, Richard Liu, Joonho Lee, and Jarad Mason. On Thursday, May 11, winners of the Star-Friedman Challenge gave short, accessible...

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