Dr. Jakub Hyvl will be joining our department as our newest faculty member starting Fall 2017. He earned his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, with Dr. Jiri Srogl as his advisor. Prior to becoming a faculty member, Dr. Hyvl has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in Prague, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Congratulations are in order for all of our Spring 2017 Chemistry Department Award Winners!

Our top graduating senior Chemistry and Biochemistry students. Congratulations to:

Diana Holden, B.S., Biochemistry
Kimberly Teehera, B.S., Biochemistry
Nguyen Nu, B.A., Biochemistry
Amy Chinen, B.S., Chemistry (Magistad Award)

Congratulations to our Fujimoto Scholars:

Katelyn Saiki
Kayzel Rose Tabangcura
Brett Cain

Congratulations to our Iwamoto-Scheuer Scholars:

Casie Kubota

Congratulations to our top new graduate students, both winners of the Young Fellowship:

Duk Hwan Kim
Timothy O’Donnell

And finally, congratulations to our top Teaching Assistants for AY2017!

Emily Taylor
Josh Velasco
Maryssa Shigesato
Stephen Kim
Jonathon Congmon
Hope Sartian
Julie Cramer

Nice job everyone!  Keep up your hard work!