BIG congrats to Mani Group alumni Neo Lin (Princeton) and Michael Vrionides (Northwestern) for winning NSF GRFP, and a current member, Lillian (Northwestern-bound), for receiving honorable mention!
Award
Congrats to Ashly!
Congratulations to Ashly for being awarded an Outstanding Student Poster Award at the Spring 2026 National ACS Meeting!
She was also named as a 2026 Goldwater Scholar!
Faculty Mentoring of Undergraduate Students Award
Tomo won the 2025 Faculty Mentoring of Undergraduate Students Award by CLAS!
Congrats to All Summer Fellowhships
Congratulations to Izzy for DOE SULI at BNL, Noen and Zihan for winning UConn SURF, and Lillian for winning Chemistry SURF!
Neo is in UConn Today!
Check his story on the Goldwater Scholar.
Poster Award at RT Major
Neo won 1st place in the RT Major poster session! Congrats!
From Chemistry News
Congratulations to the R.T. Major Poster Winners!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the R. T. Major poster session on Friday, April 5th. A special congratulations to our winners!
Undergraduate Students:
1st Place: Neo Lim (Adv. Mani)
2nd Place: Brandon Davis (Adv. Howell)
3rd Place: Kevon Rattigan and Angelica Velasquez (Adv. Provatas)
Graduate Students:
1st Place: Divya Divya (Adv. Rouge)
2nd Place: Caroline Donaghy (Adv. Angeles-Boza)
3rd Place: Amy Pollock (Adv. Sotzing)
Goldwater Scholar
Neo is awarded the Goldwater Scholarship! BIG Congratulations!
University Scholars!
Neo and Michael are the University Scholars! Congratulations!
NSF CAREER Award
Tomo has been awarded an NSF CAREER Award from the CHE division! Congratulations to all the lab members (past and present)!
Sam received SURF
Sam is awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) award for this summer. Congrats!