Advisor Tom Linz standing next to PhD Candidate Jessica Halter inside Schaap Lecture Hall

#NextStopPhD! Jessica Halter, of the Linz Lab, gave her 4th year talk on: "Protein Structure Characterization Using Microfluidic Thermal Gel Electrophoresis." Brava, Jessica! #wsuchemistry #AnaChem #ChemSky #phdlife

PhD candidate Kjersti Oberle standing next to advisor James Bour in Schaap Lecture Hall

Kjersti, of the Bour Lab, is one step closer to her PhD after giving her 4th year talk on: "Catalytic Synthesis of Highly Microporous Polymers via Olefin Metathesis" at #wsuchemistry. Congratulations, Kjersti! #ChemSky #NextStopPhD #chembio

PhD candidate Folake Amoo in the atrium of the chemistry building with advisor Stephanie Brock

PhD candidate Folake Amoo on the stage in Schaap Hall

PhD candidate Folake Amoo standing next to advisor Stephanie Brock

Congratulations to Folake Amoo, of the Brock Group, on her successful fourth year talk: “Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Nanoscale Transition- Metal Pnictides!” #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #materialschemistry #NextStopPhD

Advisor Wen Li standing next to PhD candidate Sulaiman Abubakar in Schaap Hall

Fantastic fourth year talk from Sulaiman Abubakar, of the Li Lab, on: Phase-Resolved Attoclock" at #wsuchemistry this afternoon. #NextStopPhD #ChemSky #pchem

PhD candidate Caleb Aboagye standing next to advisor Charlie Fehl in front of Schaap Hall

Go! Go! Glycotime! Caleb Aboagye, of the Fehl Lab, gave his 4th year talk today at #wsuchemistry on: “Developing inhibitors for O-GlcNAc: synthesis of inhibitors and assay development of OGT/TET1 interaction inhibitors.” Great research, Caleb! #wsuchemistry #NextStopPhD #ChemSky

Sachini Sivirathne in Schaap Hall to deliver her fourth year talk

#NextStopPhD! Sachini Sivirathne gave a fantastic fourth year talk on: Pressure-Sensitive Luminescence of Lanthanide Fluoroacetates: The Role of Weak Interactions" today at #wsuchemistry. #ChemSky #materialschemistry

PhD candidate Tolulope Oyewumi standing with advisor Mary Kay Pflum in Schaap Hall

Tolulope Oyewumi, of the Pflum Lab, delivered an insightful 4th year talk on: “Developing ATP analogs to study multispecific kinases.” Fantastic research, Tolulope! #wsuchemistry #chembio #NextStopPhD #ChemSky

Nishani Manamperi in Schaap Lecture Hall

Nishani Manamperi is one step closer to her PhD after giving her fourth talk on “Photochemistry of Samarium-Doped Mixed-Halide Nanocrystals.” Brava, Nishani! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #NextStopPhD

PhD candidate Mfon Victoria Sunday speaking in Schaap Hall

PhD candidate Mfon Victoria Sunday with advisor Alice Walker

Congratulations to Mfon Victoria Sunday, of the Walker Lab, on her successful 4th year talk: “Mechanistic Understanding of Protein Function Through Classical and Quantum Simulations” at #wsuchemistry today! #ChemSky #compchem #NextStopPhD

Advisor Charlie Fehl with PhD candidate Oseni Kadiri in Schaap Hall

Oseni Kadiri giving a talk in Schaap Hall

Oseni Kadiri with his celebration cake

It’s #NextStopPhD for Oseni Kadiri, of the Fehl Lab! Oseni gave his 4th year talk: "Development and the Application of GlycoID2  Proximity Labeling Tools for the Study of O-GlcNAcylation Events in Live Cells" at #wsuchemistry this afternoon. #glycotime #ChemSky

Joseph Gyesi standing next to his advisor Ed Chekmenev in Schaap Hall

Joseph Gyesi delivering his fourth year talk in Schaap Hall

Congrats to Joseph Gyesi, of the Chekmenev Lab, on his successful 4th year talk on “Advancing High-Throughput Dynamic 13C Metabolic Profiling via SABRE-Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Pyruvate.” #wsuchemistry #NextStopPhD #ChemSky #NMR

PhD candidate Rachael Tiamiyu standing next to her advisor Mary Kay Plum in front of Schaap Lecture Hall

Congrats to Rachael Tiamiyu, of the Pflum Lab, on her 4th year talk: "Investigating Protein Methylation in Colorectal Cancer and Protein Acetylation in Cellular Processes.” #wsuchemistry #chembio #NextStopPhD #ChemSky

A PhD candidate standing next to their advisor in a lecture hall

8 members of the Brock Lab in Schaap Lecture Hall

Himanshu Yadav, gave his fourth year talk today with the support of the entire Brock Lab! His research focus is on the topic: "Design of Metal Chalcogenide Aerogels for Photocatalytic Water Splitting.” #NextStopPhD #wsuchemistry #Chemsky

Advisor James Bour standing next to PhD candidate John Izang in front of Schaap Hall

#NextStopPhD for the Bour Lab’s John Izang! John delivered an insightful seminar on “Development of High-throughput Platforms for Supramolecular MOF Catalysis" at #wsuchemistry yesterday. #ChemSky #phdlife #chembio

PhD candidate Amos Afugu standing next to advisor Zhenfei Liu in Schaap Hall

PhD candidate Amos Afugu speaking in Schaap Hall

The fourth year talk is a milestone in a PhD candidate’s research focus and today, Amos Afugu, of the Liu Lab, gave his on: “Quasiparticle Electronic Structure of Molecular Systems and Their Interfaces.” Good job, Amos! #wsuchemistry #pchem #ChemSky #NextStopPhD

Advisor Stas Groysman standing next to PhD candidate Buddhika Abeysekara in front of Schaap Hall

Buddhika Abeysekara in Schaap Hall

Buddhika Abeysekara, of the Groysman Lab, gave her 4th year talk on: “Synthesis and Reactions of Mo(VI)-Cu(I) Complexes Supported by Heterodinucleating Xanthene based and Dibenzobarrelene Ligands as Models of Mononuclear and Dinuclear Molybdoenzymes” at #wsuchemistry. Congrats! #ChemSky #NextStopPhD

2 people standing in front of Schaap Lecture Hall

Elle Lewandowski, of the Allen Research Group is one step closer to her PhD after giving her 4th year talk on: "Synthesis and Characterization of Divalent Europium Complexes" at #wsuchemistry. Great talk, Elle! #ChemSky #NextStopPhD #graduateresearch

Prof Hien Nguyen with student Leila Almounajed inside Schaap Hall

Leila Almounajed, of the Nguyen Lab, gave her 4th year talk at #wsuchemistry today. Congratulations on this milestone moment, Leila! #ChemSky #chembio #NextStopPhD

Blake Stringer standing next to his advisor Judy Westrick in front of Schaap Hall

#NextStopPhD! Blake Stringer gave his 4th year talk on, “My Journey from Differentiating Chiral Amino Acids to Analyzing Cyanopeptides.” Bravo, Blake! #wsuchemistry #fourthyeartalk #ChemSky

Advisor Hien Nguyen standing next to PhD candidate Livia Philip in Schaap Hall

Livia Philip, of the Nguyen Lab, closed out the fall seminar season with her 4th Year Talk. Congratulations on this milestone, Livia! #NextStopPhD #wsuchemistry #chembio #ChemSky

Valentine Nwanelo standing next to advisor Mary Kay Pflum in front of Schaap Hall

Valentine Nwanelo giving his fourth year talk in Schaap Hall

Valentine Nwanelo, of the Pflum Lab, is one step closer to his PhD after giving his 4th year talk on: "Unveiling novel molecular mechanisms of histone deacetylase proteins in Breast Cancer Progression" at #wsuchemistry today. Congratulations, Valentine! #NextStopPhD #chembio #ChemSky

April Sweet Tapayan standing next to advisor, Hien Nguyen in Schaap Hall

Congrats to April Sweet Tapayan, of the Nguyen Lab, on her 4th year talk: "Leveraging Cell-Surface Sugar Mimicry to Target and Understand the Behavior of Proteins Implicated in Diseases” at #wsuchemistry. #NextStopPhD #graduateresearch #ChemSky #chembio

Advisor Hien Nguyen standing next to student Felix Chukwu in the chemistry atrium

#NextStopPhD! Felix Chukwu, Nguyen Lab, gave his his 4th year talk on: “Rhodium-Catalyzed Allylic Amination of Tertiary Trichloroacetimidates: Stereoselective Access to Tertiary Allylic Amines.” today at #wsuchemistry. Bravo, Felix! #chemistryindetroit #chembio #ChemBio

Michael Hotor standing next to advisor Hien Nguyen by Schaal Lecture Hall

Michael Hotor on the stage in Schaal Lecture Hall

#NextStopPhD! Michael Hotor, of the Nguyen Lab, gave his his 4th year talk on: “Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Heparin Binding Proteins to Understand Their Interactions with Aminoglycoside-based Oligosaccharides” today at #wsuchemistry. Great talk, Michael! #chembio #ChemSky

Blessed Oguh standing next to advisor Wen Li in Schaap Hall

#NextStopPhD for Blessed Oguh, of the Li Group at #wsuchemistry. Blessed gave his fourth year talk on: "Advancing Ultrafast Science with Camera-Based Time Resolved Imaging Techniques.” Congratulations on this milestone! #pchem #attosecond #ChemSky

Elliot Furr standing next to advisor Jeremy Kodanko in front of Schaap Hall

Elliot Furr, of the Kodanko Lab, is one step closer to his PhD after giving his 4th year talk on: “Protein Ligand Conjugates and their use in Rare Earth Element Extraction and Separation" at #wsuchemistry today. Congratulations, Elliot! #NextStopPhD #ChemSky #chemistryindetroit

Advisor Stephanie Brock with student Faria Sultana in front of Schaap Hall

Faria Sultana giving her 4th year talk in Schaap Hall

Faria Sultana, of the Brock Group, is one step closer to her PhD after giving her 4th year talk on: "Ternary and Quaternary Phosphide Nanocrystals Synthesis: Exploring Potential Electrocatalysts For Water Splitting" at #wsuchemistry. Congratulations, Faria! #NextStopPhD #chemistryindetroit #ChemSky

Prof Matt Allen standing with student Sydul Islam in front of Schaap Hall

Congratulations to Sydul Islam, of the @mattallen12345.bsky.social Research Group, on his 4th year talk: "Exploring Lanthanide Complexes: From Macrocycles to Metal-Organic Frameworks.” #wsuchemistry #NextStopPhD #chemistryindetroit #ChemSky

Advisor Matt Allen with student Sethma Wijesinghe in front of Schaap Hall

Sethma Wijesinghe, of the Allen Group, gave her 4th year talk on: "Analytical Techniques for Gadolinium Recovery from Wastewater.” Congratulations on reaching this milestone, Sethma! @mattallen12345.bsky.social
#wsuchemistry #NextStopPhD #chemistryindetroit #ChemSky

Prof Hien Nguyen with student Suendues Noori in front of Schaap Hall

Today’s seminar was given by Suendues Noori, of the Nguyen Lab. Her research is focused on: “Highly β – Selective Glycosylation via Protonated Phenanthrolinium Catalysis.” Fantastic talk, Suendues! #wsuchemistry #glycotime #chembio #chemistryindetroit #NextStopPhD #ChemSky