Jekyll2025-03-26T17:47:35-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/feed.xmlHutchison GroupMaterials Chemistry Research at PittGeoff Hutchisongeoffh@pitt.eduhttp://hutchisonlab.org/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-graduationCongratulations to Danielle Elsey for successfully defending her PhD thesis! We are all proud of you!

]]>Geoff HutchisonCongrats 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-fellowshipCongratulations 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.

Brianna won the PQI graduate fellowship
Brianna won the PQI graduate fellowship

Congrats, Brianna!

]]>Geoff HutchisonCongrats 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-defenseCongratulations to Captain Brett Ondich on his successful Master’s thesis defense on predicting solubility of organic molecules using graph neural networks.

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!

]]>Geoff HutchisonCongrats 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-posterCongratulations to Brianna Greenstein for Runner Up in the #RSCDigital category of the worldwide #RSCPoster session on Twitter.

Not long after synthesizing nanoparticles, Brianna has two papers in review and a #compchem poster award!

]]>Geoff HutchisonCongrats to Dr. Dakota Folmsbee2022-02-11T14:12:15-05:002022-02-11T14:12:15-05:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2022/02/congrats-dakota-defenseCongratulations to Dr. Dakota Folmsbee for a successful hybrid Ph.D. defense - well attended both in-person and online!

PhD defense of Dakota Folmsbee
Hybrid defense for Dakota Folmsbee.

Dakota will be starting an NIH postdoctoral fellowship with our collaborators the Koes group focusing on the use of ML methods in drug discovery.

]]>Geoff HutchisonWelcome to Brett Ondich2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:002021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/news/welcome-to-brettWelcome 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.

]]>Geoff HutchisonWelcome to Maya Hayden2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:002021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/news/welcome-to-mayaWelcome to Maya, a third year PhD student at Pitt who joined us from the Brummond group.

Maya brings to the group her great experience in organic synthesis, and will put that experience by synthesizing and characterizing novel piezoelectric molecules.

Welcome, Maya!

]]>Geoff HutchisonCongrats to Dr. Nate Miller2021-07-19T15:12:15-04:002021-07-19T15:12:15-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2020/04/congrats-nate-defenseCongratulations to Dr. Nate Miller for a successful online Ph.D. defense! (Nate was the first online-only defense in Pitt history.)

Nate will be starting a postdoc position with the Jacobs Lab in Pitt Engineering, working to connect surface features and microscopy with friction and adhesion.

]]>Geoff HutchisonCongrats to Dr. Christopher Petroff2021-07-19T15:12:15-04:002021-07-19T15:12:15-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2021/07/congrats-chris-defensePhD defense of Chris Petroff
Zoom PhD defense of Chris Petroff.

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Petroff for a successful online Ph.D. defense!

PhD defense of Chris Petroff
PhD defense and celebration of Chris Petroff.

(Incidentally, Chris made his own tie based off a figure from his dissertation!)

Chris is now at a postdoctoral position at Cornell studying perovskite photovoltaic materials, working on measurement automation.

]]>Geoff HutchisonCongrats to Ryan Wheat, MS2021-03-30T15:12:15-04:002021-03-30T15:12:15-04:00https://hutchisonlab.github.io/2021/03/congrats-ryanCongratulations to Ryan Wheat for his successful M.S. defense!

Ryan Wheat
MS defense for Ryan Wheat.

Ryan is heading back to Florida for scientific programming positions.

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