Congrats to Danielle for Successfully Defending Her PhD Thesis!
Congratulations to Danielle Elsey for successfully defending her PhD thesis! We are all proud of you!
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2023
2022
Congrats to Brianna for winning the PQI Graduate Fellowship!
Congratulations to Brianna Greenstein for winning the PQI Graduate Fellowship “based on her exceptional ability and promise in the field of Quantum Science a...
Congrats to Brett on his Master’s thesis defense
Congratulations 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-Up
Congratulations to Brianna Greenstein for Runner Up in the #RSCDigital category of the worldwide #RSCPoster session on Twitter.
Congrats to Dr. Dakota Folmsbee
Congratulations to Dr. Dakota Folmsbee for a successful hybrid Ph.D. defense - well attended both in-person and online!
2021
Welcome to Maya Hayden
Welcome to Maya, a third year PhD student at Pitt who joined us from the Brummond group.
Welcome to Brett Ondich
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.
Congrats to Dr. Christopher Petroff
Zoom PhD defense of Chris Petroff.
Congrats to Dr. Nate Miller
Congratulations to Dr. Nate Miller for a successful online Ph.D. defense! (Nate was the first online-only defense in Pitt history.)
Congrats to Ryan Wheat, MS
Congratulations to Ryan Wheat for his successful M.S. defense!
2020
Congrats to Dakota and Danielle for PQI 2020 Poster Awards
Congratulations to Dakota and Danielle for outstanding posters at the PQI 2020 poster session.
Welcome to Brianna Greenstein
Welcome to Brianna Greenstein, a second year graduate student joining the Hutchison group after gaining experimental experience at the Millstone lab at Pitt.
RSC Twitter Poster Session - Bayesian Optimization
Geoff participated in the Royal Society of Chemistry #RSCPoster international Twitter poster session, showcasing our collaborative work with the Oxford.
Welcome to Omri Abarbanel
Welcome to Omri Abarbanel, a third year graduate student joining the Hutchison group after gaining experimental experience at the Hernandez-Sanchez lab at Pi...
Welcome to Caroline Chun
Welcome to Caroline Chun, a first year grad student joining the group. She’ll start with experiments, but hopes to combine both in her projects.
2017
Congrats to Dakota for Stafford Graduate Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dakota for winning a 2017 Stafford Award for excellence in grad student teaching!
Congrats to Chris Petroff @NYC Marathon
Congrats to Chris Petroff for a fast time at the NYC Marathon, finishing in 2:36:57, a new group record. Now on to your comp exam!
Congrats to Dr. Ilana Kanal
Congratulations to Dr. Ilana Kanal for a successful Ph.D. defense on “Rapid Computational Discovery of Pi-Conjugated Materials.”
Congrats to Dr. Chris Marvin
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Marvin for a successful Ph.D. defense on “Computational and Experimental Insight into Single-Molecule Piezoelectric Materi...
2014
Chris awarded the Braskem America Predoctoral Fellowship
Chris awarded the Braskem America Predoctoral Fellowship for exemplary work in field of chemistry! Congrats!
Chris wins a 2013 Safford Award
Congratulations to Chris for winning a Safford Award for excellence in teaching. He has demonstrated outstanding teaching capability and a willingnes...
Paula wins a 2013 Safford Award
Congratulations to Paula for winning a Safford Award for excellence in teaching. She has demonstrated outstanding teaching capability and a willingne...
2013
MRS Materials 360: News Feature
This month, Materials 360 featured a discussion on our recent publication in J. Phys. Chem. Lett. on the computational design of organic solar cells.
Xinfeng runs the Pittsburgh Marathon
Congratulations to graduate student, Xinfeng Quan, who ran the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 12, 2013. He completed the race in 3 hours and 34 minutes, for an a...
Dr. Andrey Sharapov Defends
Many congratulations to Dr. Andrey Sharapov! Andrey defended his dissertation “Fast Treatment Of Pi-Stacking Using Density Functional Theory” in physics on A...
Conjugated Sequenced Oligomers Paper Featured on Cover of Macromolecules
Our recent paper is currently featured on the cover of Macromolecules.
Ten Hundred Words
For Ten Hundred Words of Science: Explaining Complex Science in Plain English.
2012
PPG Poster Session
Today, PPG held a session titled “Young Innovator’s Showcase” where Steve, Xinfeng, and Paula presented postsers on their recent work.
Adam wins Kaufman Fellowship
Congratulations to Adam for winning a Kaufman Predoctoral Fellowship for this school year for excellence in physical chemistry.
Ilana wins a 2012 Safford Award
Congratulations to Ilana for winning a Safford Award for excellence in teaching. As the fourth member of the group to be recognized, she has demonstrated out...
Best Poster Prize at Gordon Conference on Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions
Last week, Prof. Hutchison presented a postser on our molecular piezoelectric research, “Donor-Acceptor Molecule Piezoelectrics: Electromechanical Materials ...
Paula presents a postser at the GRC: Electronic Processes in Organic Materials
Last week, Paula presented a postser titled “Investigation of Charge Transport Dynamics via Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy” at the Gordon Research Conference ...
Group Members Accepted to Speak at ACS Meeting
Group members Steve Owens, Andrey Sharapov, Xinfeng Quan, and Xialing Chen have been accepted to give talks while attending the fall meeting of the American ...
Five Posters at COPE-Solvay Organic Electronics Symposium
The 6th Annual COPE-Solvay Symposium on Organic Electronics is in Pittsburgh, and the group is presenting 5 postsers, covering a range of our research, from ...
Seminars at Williams and Bryn Mawr Colleges
Earlier this semester, Prof. Hutchison gave talks at Williams College (his alma mater) and Bryn Mawr on work in the group. At Williams, he was named a Class ...
Xinfeng Runs the Pittsburgh Half-Marathon
Congratulations to Xinfeng Quan for completing his first race, the Pittsburgh Half-Marathon in 1:41, at 7:41 minutes per mile pace! That was good enough to f...
Prof. Hutchison wins Cottrell Scholar Award
Congratulations to Dr. Hutchison for being awarded a 2012 Cottrell Scholar Award by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) for his proposal ...
Paula wins an Honorable Mention for the NSF GRF
This Spring, Paula was awarded and Honorable Mention for her application to the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. This program reco...
Terry Wins the American Institue of Chemists Award
This Spring, undergraduate researcher Terry Paske was awarded the American Institute of Chemists Award. Nominated and chosen by faculty members, the AIC seek...
Chris Marvin and Ilana Kanal Join
This February, graduate students Christopher Marvin and Ilana Kanal joined the Hutchison group.
2011
Valerie Lentz and Terry Paske Join
This fall, undergraduate students Valerie Lentz and Terry Paske have joined the group. Terry will work on the single-molecule piezoelectric project focusing ...
Solar Cell Research Featured in Chemistry Views
ChemViews magazine, published by 16 European chemical societies featured a blurb on Reverse Engineering Organic Solar Cells, published recently by the Hutchi...
Steve Owens wins 2011 Safford Award
Congratulations to Steve Owens, for winning one of the 2011 Safford Awards for Excellence as a Graduate Student Teacher! Steve is now the third member of the...
Prof. Hutchison on the Radio
Yesterday, Prof. Hutchison was a guest on The American Entrepeneur radio show, hosted by Ron Morris. He was discussing the group’s recent research on finding...
Optimal Photovoltaic Paper on Cover of J. Phys. Chem. C
Our recent paper is currently featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Demos at the Carnegie Museum
The Hutchison group gave demos of solar cells and piezoelectric electric generation during the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s “Polar Weekend,” focusing...
CRDF Seed Fund Awarded
The Hutchison Research Group has been awarded a Central Research Development Fund (CRDF) Seed Grant.
Adam Talks at Regional Simulator’s Meeting
Graduate student Adam Gagorik gave a talk at PA-OH-WV Simulator’s Meeting about his work on simulations of charge transport in organic semiconductors.
Leah, Evan, and Bryan Graduate
Congratulations to undergraduate researchers Leah Seebald, Evan Richards, and Bryan Siegfried for graduating this spring!
Dr. Tamika Madison Defends
Congrats to Dr. Tamika Madison, the group’s first Ph.D. recipient! Tamika defended her dissertation “Electron and Molecular Dynamics: Penning Ionization and ...
Paula wins Mary E Warga Fellowship
Congratulations to Paula Hoffmann for being offered the Mary E. Warga Predoctoral Fellowship. This award is given to incoming female graduate students who sh...
Adam Wins Bayer Materials Science Fellowship
Congratulations to Adam Gagorik for winning a 2011-2012 Bayer MaterialsScience Fellowship!
Paula Hoffmann and Steven Owens Join
This Spring, graduate students Paula Hoffmann and Steven Owens joined the group.
2010
Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Workshop
On November 14th-16th, Dr. Hutchison spoke at the fall Simulation Workshop at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF).
Seminar at the University of Buffalo
On October 20th, Dr. Hutchison gave a departmental seminar at the University of Buffalo.
Science 2010
Science 2010 was the tenth annual celebration of science and technology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Talk at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
This week, Dr. Hutchison gave a talk in the Department of Physics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Gordon Conference Posters
This past week, the group presented two postsers at the Gordon Research Conference. The topic was Electron Donor Acceptor Interactions.
Bryan Siegfried Joins
Undergraduate Bryan Siegfried has joined the group to work on phthalocyanine synthesis and characterization for the designer defects project.
Tamika Wins Safford Fellowship
Congratulations to Tamika Madison on winning a Safford Award for Excellence as a Graduate Student Teacher!
Arthur, Alexandra, and Casey Graduate
Congratulations to Casey Campbell, Arthur Davis, and Alexandra McSorley, on their undergraduate graduation from Pitt today. Casey will be attending chemistry...
Alexandra McSorley Wins Undergrad Award
Alexandra McSorley ’10, received a Mary Louise Theodore award from the University of Pittsburgh chemistry department. The award is given in memory of Mary Th...
Undergrad Evan Richards Joins
Evan Richards ’11, will be joining the group to do synthetic research on soluble metal phthalocyanines for field effect transistors. He will be working with ...
Seed Funding from Pitt’s Center for Energy
Pitt’s new multi-disciplinary Center for Energy has awarded the group $40,000 in seed funding for computational screening of novel organic polymer solar cell...
ACS Meeting
Dr. Hutchison and Tamika Madison just returned from attending the spring American Chemical Society Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
2009
Science 2009
At Science 2009 (Unplugged), Dr. Hutchison was asked to give a talk about the rational design of electronic materials from the ground up. During the talk, he...
Lectures at 2009 Telluride School in Theoretical Chemistry
Prof. Hutchison was invited to the first “Telluride School in Theoretical Chemistry” (TSTC) to talk about both theory and experiment in nanomaterials and mol...
Tamika Madison Joins Group
Graduate student Tamika Madison will be joining the group this summer, to focus on computational simulation of “designer defect” field-effect transistors. Sh...
APS Meeting
Dr. Hutchison just attended the Spring American Physical Society Meeting, during which, he was the chair of a focus session on nanomaterials for energy appli...
Xinfeng Quan Joins Group
First-year graduate student Xinfeng Quan will be joining the group. He plans to study single-molecule piezoelectric materials and will be combining computati...
2008
ACS PRF Grant Awarded
The American Chemical Society has awarded the Hutchison research group a grant through the Petroleum Research Fund.
Undergrad Alexandra McSorley Joins
Pitt undergrad Alexandra McSorley ’10 joins us for research starting in the Spring 2009 semester. Alexandra is interested in quantum chemistry and theoretica...
Lecture at CalU
Today, Prof. Hutchison was invited to give a chemistry seminar at California University of Pennsylvania on “Conjugated Electronic Materials: From Organic Pol...
Undergrads Casey Campbell and Arthur Davis Join
University of Pittsburgh undergraduate chemistry majors Casey Campbell ‘10 and Arthur Davis ’10 join us for research this Fall 2008 semester. Casey is intere...
Lecture at ACS National Meeting, New Orleans
Prof. Hutchison was invited to give a lecture at the ACS National Meeting in the Inorganic Division, entitled “Conjugated Materials: Phthalocyanines to Thiop...
Lecture at Pitt ECE
Today, Prof. Hutchison was invited to give a seminar in the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Pitt, entitled “Conjugated Molecular Mater...
Grad Students Aaron Crandall and Xialing Chen Join Group
Graduate students Aaron Crandall and Xialing Chen have joined the Hutchison Group. Aaron will be focusing on synthetic chemistry, and Xialing will be focusin...
2007
Lecture at IUP
Today, Prof. Hutchison was invited to give a chemistry seminar at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on “Conjugated Electronic Materials: From Organic Polyme...