2019
April 2019 - Back (l-r): Aaditya Deshpande, Dr. Tulashi Luitel, Cindy Jiang, Megan Carhart
Front (l-r): Ali Othman, Wajdan Jamali, Brenna Kokosenski, Farideh Narouei, Abraham Finny, Kevin Kirk, Mohamed Hassan, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Jeremy Secora, Eduard Dumitrescu, Fatima Mustafa, and Austin Marshall
March 2 - Students from BIOsem group attend the 10th Annual ACS Northern New York Research Symposium at SUNY Plattsburgh
... presenting few posters,
.... and winning the best oral presentation by Megan
Congratulation Megan!
March 26 - Silvana presents the project: "Advanced materials design for preventing water eutrophication", at the Clarkson Ignite Research Fellowship Competition
... the BIOsem group supported it,
... and the committee awarded it.
Congratulations to all !
April 13 - Awards day (Fatima - Phalanx leadership and service awards, Megan - Best oral presentation at RAPS and Edy - The outstanding graduate student).
March - 2019 President Challenge Competition. Abraham and Aswin (Chem. Eng.) presenting their ChemoSense prototipe to Prof. Anthony Collins, the President of CU, and the prize (right)
April 10 - Ali Ph.D defense
Congratulation Dr. Othman !
April 19 - Eduard Ph.D defense
Congratulation Dr. Dumitrescu !
May 13 - Visit to BNL as part of the new advance course CM587 (Brookhaven Advanced Synchrotron lecture) facilitated by Dr. Silvana Andreescu
April 13 - BIOsem group at the Spring Research and Project Showcase (RAPS), CU
May 21 - BIOsem group at the 32nd Annual CAMP Technical Meeting, Syracuse, NY
June 29 - Group picnic, Norwood beach
November 17-19 - The 7th National Academy of Science (NAS) - Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium, Cairo, Egypt (including a visit to the pyramids)
Right Photo - Visiting the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities with Dr. Rabeay Hassan (former Lab visitor) and active collaborator with our group.
Thank you Rabeay for a wonderful visit!
December 11 - The 7th International Symposium on Biomedical Materials, Lahore, Pakistan
Visiting Badshahi Mosque with Prof. Akhtar Hayat (former Research Associate of the Lab), and active collaborator with our group, now professor at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus
... a late dinner with Prof. Hayat's research group.
Thank you Akhtar !
2018
Spring 2018 (l-r): Fatima Mustafa, Lily Norton, Ali Othman, Farideh Narouei, Eduard Dumitrescu, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Peter Vargo, Kevin Kirk, and Abraham Finny
Summer 2018 (l-r): Marissa, Fatima, Mohamed (new graduate student), Crystal, Eduard, Tulashi (new postdoc), Morgan, Silvana, Ali, Megan, Farideh, Kevin, Chelsea, and Abraham
February - Students from BIOsem group attending the PITTCON conference, Orlando, FL
April 14 - The BIOsem group attending the 2nd annual spring research and project showcase (RAPS) at CU
May 18 - The BIOsem table at the 31st Annual CAMP meeting and the people presenting it
June 15 - Fatima, Marissa, Chelsea, Abraham and Megan attending the 8th ECS student chapter symposium, UQAM - Montreal, Canada
December - Holiday season
2017
April 2017 (l-r): Lily Norton, Kevin Kirk, Peter Vargo, Ali Othman, Eduard Dumitrescu, Zackary Venne, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Fatima Mustafa, Xinyi Zou, Xiaobo Liu, and Desmond Horowitz
Ana Karimi thesis defense: January 13, 2017
Congratulation Dr. Karimi !
Xiaobo Liu thesis defense: April 12, 2017
Congratulation Dr. Liu !
April 24 - The R&D Student Competition project (2nd Place), NYS Pollution Prevention Institute, University at Buffalo
Commencement day: May 10 - The celebration day for the newest group Ph.Ds: Gonca and Xiaobo
May - BIOsem Group lunch
August 24 - Summer picnic
August 25 (l-r) - My friends Hussein Kanso and former groupmates Carole Calas-Blanchard and Thierry Noguer from Univeriste de Perpignan visiting Clarkson
... and Whiteface Mountain (Adirondacks) before heading to the 68th Annual International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) Symposium, Aug 27 - Sept 1, 2017, Providence, RI, US
August 31 - Kevin Kirk: “Best Poster Prize”, International Society of Electrochemistry, the 68th Annual International Society of Electrochemistry Symposium, 27 Aug - 1 Sep 2017, Providence, RI, US
2016
April 2016 (l-r): Eduard Dumitrescu, Ali Othman, Maya Duncan-White, Daniel Austin, Kevin Kirk, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Kyle Messier, Ryan Rauhut, Jessica Cunningham, Anahita Karimi, Gonca Bulbul, and Xiaobo Liu
Dinusha and Silvana
CAMP Annual Meeting, Canandaigua, May, 2016
The 90th Petr Zuman Birthday Anniversary Symposium (Clarkson Distinguished Professor and World-renowned Electrochemist) , Lake Placid, June 30, 2016
Group - Spring 2016
Gonca Bulbul thesis defense: September 26, 2016
Congratulation Dr. Bulbul !
BIOsem group supporting Gonca on her thesis defense. Good job Gonca.
2015
September 2015 (l-r): Jessica Cunningham, Anahita Karimi, Dr. Dinusha Karunaratne, Kristen Bear, Kyle Messier, Gonca Bulbul, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Dr. Akhtar Hayat, Xiaobo Liu, Ryan Rauhut, Ali Othman, Eduard Dumitrescu, and Kevin Kirk
March - BIOsem group at PITTCON, New Orleans
March - BIOsem group at PITTCON, New Orleans
March - New Orleans, lunch in jazz environment
March - PITTCON, checking presentations time
Group dinner - downtown New Orleans
and some free time
April - Ali (new grad student) and Ramiz (few weeks before his graduation)
With Prof. Alan Rossner, BIOsem group collaborator -Institute for a Sustainable Environment
Thanksgiving group dinner
2014
March 2014 - Back (l-r): Dr. Naimish Sardesai, Gonca Bulbul, Erica Sharpe, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Dr. Mouna Marrakchi, Ramiz Alkasir, Front (l-r): Thalia Frasco, Nora Houlihan, Jessica Cunningham, Xiaobo Liu, Emrah Ozel
October 2014 - Jessica Cunningham, Ai Lian Lin, Ramiz Alkasir, Ali Othman, Gonca Bulbul, Nora Houlihan, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Kyle Messier, Anahita Karimi, Xiaobo Liu, and Eduard Dumitrescu
April 7 - Emrah Ozel thesis defense
Congratulation Dr. Ozel !
April 11 - Erica Sharpe thesis defense
Congratulation Dr. Sharpe !
April 13 - A small party for the newest Ph.Ds.
God job Erica and Emrah !
with some fun outside
... and inside
May 10 - Commencement day Celebration day for Erica and Emrah
November - with Prof. Ada Yonath a chemistry Nobel Laureate during her visit at Clarkson
Thanksgiving
2013
August 2013 - Back (l-r): Dr. Naimish Sardesai, Dr. Akhtar Hayat, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Emrah Ozel, Jessica Cunningham, Ramiz Alkasir, Front (l-r): Erica Sharpe, Lauren Smales, Thalia Frasco, Xiaobo Liu
Friday afternoon group talk
Research and sweets
Happy birthday Silvana!
2012
eJune 2012 - Amanda Marsh, Kyla Ray, Emrah Ozel, Ramiz Alkasir, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Malli Ganesana, Erica Sharpe, Dilhani Jayathilake, Kelsey Casale
Thanksgiving
2011
February 2011 - Ramiz Alkasir, Michael Ball, Anastasia Scangas, Zachary Marchese, Emrah Ozel, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Malli Ganesana, Erica Sharpe, and George Apau
2010
September 2010 -Erica Sharpe, Ramiz Alkasir, Dr. Mayna Ornatska, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Michael Ball, Anastasia Scangas, Zachary Marchese, Malli Ganesana, and Emrah Ozel
February - Poster presentation (Jessica Carothers) at REU Symposium
November - group dinner