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Zoua Pa Vang headshot
Postdoctoral Associates Honors & Awards

Dr. Zoua Pa Vang receives National Institutes of Health postdoctoral research award

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Dr. Zoua Pa Vang, a postdoctoral researcher in the Tonks Group, was recently awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award by the NIH.

Headshot photograph of Safia Jilani
News, Postdoctoral Associates Honors & Awards

Safia Jilani awarded Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Dr. Safia Jilani, a postdoctoral associate in Professor Christy Haynes’ lab, has been awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The fellowship – which provides support for scholars and future professors to use inclusion and diversity to improve the student experience in higher education – will support Safia and her research for one year.

Evan Beaumier
Postdoctoral Associates Honors & Awards, Student Honors/Awards

Dr. Evan Beaumier has been awarded the Department of Chemistry’s 2020 Best Thesis Award

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Dr. Evan Beaumier has been awarded the Department of Chemistry’s 2020 Best Thesis Award

Jennifer Kimbrough
Postdoctoral Associates Honors & Awards

Jennifer Kimbrough awarded a National Cancer Institute Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award

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Jennifer Kimbrough, PhD, is a postdoc in the lab of Prof Will Pomerantz and has been recently awarded a National Cancer Institute Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award.

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ChemNews, Postdoctoral Associates Honors & Awards

Collaborative research featured on journal covers

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities graduate students and postdoctoral associates carried out collaborative research on fluid phase and adsorption equilibria that is highlighted on three ACS journal covers in early 2021.

Daniel Huh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associates Honors & Awards

Daniel Huh, Ph.D., receives NIH Fellowship

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Daniel Huh, Ph.D., a post-doctoral associate working with Professor Ian Tonks, has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. His research involves, "Designing Ligand Platforms of Titanium Imido Catalysts and Statistically Screening Alkyne Substrates for [2+2+1] Regioselective Pyrrole Synthesis."