Gaurav just won a Graduate Student Grant of the Mark Diamond Research Fund of the UB Graduate Student Association (GSA). The MDRF grant covers research expenses related to thesis or dissertation work, and Gaurav was awarded $3,000 for data storage. Congrats, Gaurav, good job!
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Gaurav has been selected as one of 10–15 graduate student fellows for the 2020 Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Summer Institute at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory! Dr. Tadashi Ogitsu will be his mentor during the program. Very nice recognition and opportunity for us to collaborate with LLNL!
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Mojtaba was awarded a 2018 Phase-I MolSSI Software Fellowship yesterday. These prestigious awards by the Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) recognize advanced graduate students and postdocs pursuing the development of software infrastructure, middleware, and frameworks that will benefit the broader field of computational molecular sciences, including biomolecular and macromolecular simulation, quantum chemistry, and materials science. In addition to a generous stipend, fellows receive specialized training in state-of-the-art software design principles and tools, and they engage in outreach and educational efforts organized by the MolSSI.
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Johannes received the 2018 UB AIChE Professor of the Year Award during today’s annual banquet of the AIChE UB Chapter.
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Johannes was awarded the 2018 President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring today. The Meyerson Award was established to recognize exceptional teaching and mentoring at UB, and it the highest university award given specifically for undergraduate mentoring. Only one member of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has received this award before and awards to junior faculty are very rare.
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