Jekyll2023-11-24T20:00:31-05:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/feed.xmlHutchison GroupMaterials Chemistry Research at PittGeoff Hutchisongeoffh@pitt.eduhttp://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/Congrats to Danielle for Successfully Defending Her PhD Thesis!2023-03-23T15:12:15-04:002023-03-23T15:12:15-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2022/03/congrats-danielle-graduation<p>Congratulations to Danielle Elsey for successfully defending her PhD thesis! We are all proud of you!</p>Geoff HutchisonCongratulations to Danielle Elsey for successfully defending her PhD thesis! We are all proud of you!Congrats to Brianna for winning the PQI Graduate Fellowship!2022-12-12T14:12:15-05:002022-12-12T14:12:15-05:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2022/03/congrats-brianna-pqi-fellowship<p>Congratulations to Brianna Greenstein for winning the PQI Graduate Fellowship “based on her exceptional ability and promise in the field of Quantum Science and Engineering”. The fellowship will support Brianna’s research on solar cells for the 2023 Spring semester.</p>
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Brianna won the PQI graduate fellowship
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<p>Congrats, Brianna!</p>Geoff HutchisonCongratulations to Brianna Greenstein for winning the PQI Graduate Fellowship “based on her exceptional ability and promise in the field of Quantum Science and Engineering”. The fellowship will support Brianna’s research on solar cells for the 2023 Spring semester.Congrats to Brett on his Master’s thesis defense2022-12-06T14:12:15-05:002022-12-06T14:12:15-05:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2022/012/congrats-brett-defense<p>Congratulations to Captain Brett Ondich on his successful Master’s thesis defense on predicting solubility of organic molecules using graph neural networks.</p>
<p>Brett is continuing his air force career in Texas, and we hope he will come back to get his PhD with us in the future!</p>Geoff HutchisonCongratulations to Captain Brett Ondich on his successful Master’s thesis defense on predicting solubility of organic molecules using graph neural networks.Congrats to Brianna for RSCDigital Runner-Up2022-03-11T14:12:15-05:002022-03-11T14:12:15-05:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2022/03/congrats-brianna-rsc-poster<p>Congratulations to Brianna Greenstein for <a href="https://twitter.com/RoySocChem/status/1502257379156676612?s=20">Runner Up in the #RSCDigital category</a> of the worldwide #RSCPoster session on Twitter.</p>
<p>Not long after synthesizing nanoparticles, Brianna has two papers in review and a #compchem poster award!</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chemical Space: The Final Frontier. Join me and go where no one has gone before... to find organic solar cell materials!<br />📝<a href="https://t.co/0jtmxCqQZK">https://t.co/0jtmxCqQZK</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RSCPoster">#RSCPoster</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RSCDigital">#RSCDigital</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RSCEnergy">#RSCEnergy</a> <a href="https://t.co/WQspdJkdJN">pic.twitter.com/WQspdJkdJN</a></p>— Brianna Greenstein (@greensteinbri) <a href="https://twitter.com/greensteinbri/status/1498629120699293703">March 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Geoff HutchisonCongratulations to Brianna Greenstein for Runner Up in the #RSCDigital category of the worldwide #RSCPoster session on Twitter.Congrats to Dr. Dakota Folmsbee2022-02-11T14:12:15-05:002022-02-11T14:12:15-05:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2022/02/congrats-dakota-defense<p>Congratulations to Dr. Dakota Folmsbee for a successful <em>hybrid</em> Ph.D. defense - well attended both in-person and online!</p>
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Hybrid defense for Dakota Folmsbee.
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<p>Dakota will be starting an NIH postdoctoral fellowship with our collaborators the <a href="http://bits.csb.pitt.edu">Koes group</a> focusing on the use of ML methods in drug discovery.</p>Geoff HutchisonCongratulations to Dr. Dakota Folmsbee for a successful hybrid Ph.D. defense - well attended both in-person and online!Welcome to Brett Ondich2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:002021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/news/welcome-to-brett<p>Welcome to Brett Ondich, a first year Masters student at Pitt. Brett is a Lieutenant at the US Air Force who joined the Hutchison group in 2021.</p>Geoff HutchisonWelcome to Brett Ondich, a first year Masters student at Pitt. Brett is a Lieutenant at the US Air Force who joined the Hutchison group in 2021.Welcome to Maya Hayden2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:002021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/news/welcome-to-maya<p>Welcome to Maya, a third year PhD student at Pitt who joined us from the Brummond group.</p>
<p>Maya brings to the group her great experience in organic synthesis, and will put that experience by synthesizing and characterizing novel piezoelectric molecules.</p>
<p>Welcome, Maya!</p>Geoff HutchisonWelcome to Maya, a third year PhD student at Pitt who joined us from the Brummond group.Congrats to Dr. Nate Miller2021-07-19T15:12:15-04:002021-07-19T15:12:15-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2020/04/congrats-nate-defense<p>Congratulations to Dr. Nate Miller for a successful online Ph.D. defense! (Nate was the first online-only defense in Pitt history.)</p>
<p>Nate will be starting a postdoc position with the <a href="https://www.engineering.pitt.edu/JacobsLab/">Jacobs Lab</a> in Pitt Engineering, working to connect surface features and microscopy with friction and adhesion.</p>Geoff HutchisonCongratulations to Dr. Nate Miller for a successful online Ph.D. defense! (Nate was the first online-only defense in Pitt history.)Congrats to Dr. Christopher Petroff2021-07-19T15:12:15-04:002021-07-19T15:12:15-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2021/07/congrats-chris-defense<figure class="">
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Zoom PhD defense of Chris Petroff.
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<p>Congratulations to Dr. Chris Petroff for a successful online Ph.D. defense!</p>
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PhD defense and celebration of Chris Petroff.
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<p>(Incidentally, Chris made his own tie based off a figure from his dissertation!)</p>
<p>Chris is now at a postdoctoral position at Cornell studying perovskite photovoltaic materials, working on measurement automation.</p>Geoff HutchisonZoom PhD defense of Chris Petroff.Congrats to Ryan Wheat, MS2021-03-30T15:12:15-04:002021-03-30T15:12:15-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2021/03/congrats-ryan<p>Congratulations to Ryan Wheat for his successful M.S. defense!</p>
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MS defense for Ryan Wheat.
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<p>Ryan is heading back to Florida for scientific programming positions.</p>Geoff HutchisonCongratulations to Ryan Wheat for his successful M.S. defense!