Linic Lab News
2024
May 22
Congratulations to Chenggong Jiang and Bill Yan on passing their Thesis Proposal Exam with excellent standing! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 15
Congratulations to our first-year students Clare Martin, Jordana Mazer, Ben Walls, and Jeanne Zhang for passing their Doctoral Candidacy Exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 8
Congratulations to Aarti Mathur for receiving the outstanding student oral presentation award in the annual MCS symposium! πŸ†πŸ™Œ
May 2
We celebrated the graduation of James Wortman at Hopcat tonight. πŸ”₯
Apr 24
Congratulations to Charles Zhao on passing his Thesis Proposal Exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
March 27
Congradulations to Aarti Mathur for receiving the prestigious Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
March 21
Our work on propane dehydrogenation by Rawan Almallahi and James Wortman is featured on Science! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
March 14
Congratulations to James Wortman for passing his thesis defense today! It was our pleasure having you in the lab, wish you the best in your future career! πŸ†πŸ™Œ
March 4
Had a great lab dinner at Hot Pot Chen. Thank you to Shawn Lu for recommending this place and making the awesome menu selection! πŸ”₯🍲
2023
November 18
Shout out to Shawn Lu for hosting the Friendsgiving dinner this year! And thank you to everyone for bringing amazing dishes, let's keep this the top-notch lab social event in the entire department! ☝
October 23
We are thrilled to welcome to our new first-year students Clare Martin, Jordana Mazer, Ben Walls and Jeanne Zhang πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
October 12
Take a look at our latest publication on membrane-reactor for oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) by James Wortman: Optimizing hierarchical membrane/catalyst systems for oxidative coupling of methane using additive manufacturing 🌠🌠
May 18
Congratulations to Ahmet Sert on passing his Thesis Proposal Exam with excellent standing! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 17
Congratulations to our first-year students Chenggong Jiang and Bill Yan for passing their Doctoral Candidacy Exam! Special congrats to Bill for passing with distinctionπŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
March 22
Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Elias for passing her PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
January 17
Congratulations to Dr. Rawan Almallahi for passing her PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
2022
November 19
Thank you to Shawn Lu for organizing the lab Friendsgiving dinner! And thanks to all the great lab chefs who cooked!
October 24
Read our latest publication on the mechanism of plasmonic catalysis by Rachel Elias: Elucidating the Roles of Local and Nonlocal Rate Enhancement Mechanisms in Plasmonic Catalysis
October 10
Welcome to our new first-year students Chenggong Jiang and Bill Yan πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
October 5
Congratulations to Rawan Almallahi on receiving first place oral presentation award πŸ₯‡ at the 43rd Annual Fall Symposium of the Michigan Catalysis Society!
September 28
Congratulations to Aarti Mathur on receiving first place πŸ₯‡ in the 2022 Chemical Engineering Department Symposium poster competition!
September 11
Congratulations to Professor Suljo Linic for receiving the 2023 Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis>! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
August 19
Congratulations to Dr. Jacques Esterhuizen for passing his PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 31
Congratulations to Shiuan-Bai Ann and Han-Ting Chen on passing their Thesis Proposal Exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 18
Congratulations to Ahmet Sert and Jianchao (Charles) Zhao on passing their Doctoral Candidacy Exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 11
Congratulations to Claire Yin on passing her Thesis Proposal Exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
April 4
Congratulations to Jacques Esterhuizen for receiving the Richard F. & Eleanor A. Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
April 4
Congratulations to Jianchao (Charles) Zhao for receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
January 13
Congratulations to Dr. Steven Chavez for passing his PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
2021
November 16
Congratulations to Dr. Sean Dix for passing his PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
October 15
Welcome to new first-year students Jianchao (Charles) Zhao and Ahmet Sert! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
August 2
Congratulations to Dr. John Hemmerling for passing his PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
June 4
Congratulations to Aarti Mathur and Shawn Lu on passing their Thesis Proposal Exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 19
Congratulations to Shiuan-Bai Ann, Han-Ting Chen, and Claire Yin on passing their Doctoral Candidacy Exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
Mar. 29
Congratulations to Aarti Mathur on receiving the National Defence Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship for 2021! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
Mar. 23
Congratulations to Aarti Mathur and Shawn Lu for receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for 2021! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
2020
Oct. 15
Welcome to new first-year students Shiuan-Bai Ann, Han-Ting Chen, and Claire Yin! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
Sept. 28
Welcome to our new postdoc Dongho Lee and new student Yi Zhang! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 27
Congratulations to James Wortman for passing his preliminary exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 20
Congratulations to Shawn Lu and Aarti Mathur for passing their Doctoral Candidacy Exam with Shawn passing with distinction! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
March 30
Congratulations to Professor Suljo Linic for his appointment to the Martin Lewis Perl Collegiate Professor in Chemical Engineering! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
March 4
Congratulations to Steven Chavez for receiving the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
January 13
Congratulations to Dr. Valentina Igenegbai for passing her PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
2019
December 11
Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Quinn for passing his PhD defense! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
October 24
Congratulations to Rachel Elias for passing her preliminary exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
October 17
We are excited to announce two new PhD students joining the group Shawn Lu and Aarti Mathur! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
September 3
Welcome to our new postdoc Jinxun Liu! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
June 23-28
The Linic Lab journeyed to Chicago to attend the 26th biennial North American Catalysis Society meeting where group members delivered 3 oral talks and 3 poster presentations. Check the highlights out on our twitter page! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
June 13
Congratulations to Rawan Almallahi for passing her preliminary exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 15
Special congratulations to James Wortman for passing his Doctoral Candidacy Exam with the top distinction for his class! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 13
Congratulations to Jacques Esterhuizen for passing his preliminary exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 7
Congratulations to our own Steven Chavez for winning best Oral Presentation and being elected Student Representative at the 40th annual Spring Meeting of the Michigan Catalysis Society! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
April 9
Congratulations to James Wortman for recieving an honorable mention from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
April 4
Valentina Igenegbai has been elected Graduate Student Director for the AIChE CRE division! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
January 21
We are happy to welcome our new postdoc, Ali Hussain Motagamwala, from Wisconsin! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
2018
October 17
Welcome to our new 1st-year lab members James Wortman! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
September 20
Congratulations to Steven Chavez for winning best Oral Presentation at the 7th annual University of Michigan Chemical Engineering Graduate Symposium! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 16
Congratulations to Rawan Almallahi, Rachel Elias, and Jacques Esterhuizen for passing the Doctoral Candidacy Exam. Special congradulations to Jacques Esterhuizen for achieving the top distiction of the 1st year class! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 4
Congratulations to Sean Dix for passing their preliminary exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 2
Congratulations to John Hemmerling for passing their preliminary exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
April 9
Congratulations to Rachel Elias for recieving an honorable mention from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
February 23
Congratulations to Valentina Igenegbai for winning the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Award! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
2017
November 10
Congratulations to Steven Chavez for placing 3rd in the poster presentation contest at the 12th Annual Engineering Graduate Symposium at U of M! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
November 3
Umar Aslam, Steven Chavez, Valentina Igenegbai, and Joe Quinn return from the annual American Institute of Chemical Engineering meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota where they all presented talks.
October 16
The Linic Lab is excited to announce three new PhD students joining the group: Rawan Almallahi, Rachel Elias, and Jacques Esterhuizen! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
August 28
Professor Suljo Linic heads to Dalian, China for The 2017 Chemical Sciences and Society Summit (CS3). The CS3 series is hosted by funding agencies and chemical societies in the US, Germany, China, Japan, and the UK. Professor Linic will be chairing the US delegation at this year's meeting focused on Solar Energy & Photonics for a Sustainable Future.
August 1
Professor Suljo Linic has been named an Associate Chair for the University of Michigan Chemical Engineering Department! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 17
Congratulations to Sean Dix and John Hemmerling for passing their Doctoral Candidacy Exams! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 15
Congratulations to Steven Chavez for passing his preliminary exam! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 11
Congratulations to Umar Aslam and Valentina Igenegbai for winning the first place prize for best oral presentation and third place prize for best poster presentation at this year's annual Chemical Engineering Graduate Symposium! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 10
John Hemmerling has been awarded the National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ Congratulations John! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
May 2
Congratulations to Umar Aslam for winning the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at this years annual Michigan Catalysis Society Symposium! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
March 21
Sean Dix has been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ Congratulations Sean! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
February 6
The Linic Lab would like to welcome Postdoctoral Research Fellow Vishal Govind Rao to the group! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
January 16
Congratulations to Umar Aslam for receiving the Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ This award is presented to the outstanding graduate student in each degree program by the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
January 20
Congratulations to Paul Hernley for successfully defending his thesis today! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰