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2026
April 2026 (l-r): Francis Tambo, Abd-ur Rehman, Dr. Daniel Andreescu, Nishi Gondhiya, Dillon Rooney, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Ulfet Erdogan, Maryam Awan, Emily DeVoe, Jehad Abdelnabi, Batuhan Uzunoglu, Aqsa Khan, Saja Alrosan
Commencement day: May 9 - The group celebrates the newest PhD, Emily
May 20 - 4th Annual CoE meeting , Syracuse, NY
July - Mentors and Mentees (REU students)
July - Group picture
August - ACS Meeting Chicago
2025
March 3 - PITTCON, Boston, MA
March - Group dinner, PITTCON
March 24 - ACS Meeting San Diego
April - The group is welcoming Safoora
Congratulation Sana and Abd ur!
April 25, Abd ur Rehman PhD defense. Congratulation Dr. Rahman!
April - Awards day (Nishi - Phalanx leadership and service awards, Jehad - The outstanding graduate student).
June 26 - Ulfet at the 29th Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference with Dr. Dorothy Phillips the ACS President, as a recipient of Ciba travel award
November - Thanksgiving group dinner
December 16, Tosin PhD defense. Congratulation Dr. Popoola
2024
February - BIOsem group (l-r): Ulfet Erdogan-Uzunoglu, Oluwatosin Popoola, Abd-ur Rehman, Emily DeVoe, Dr. Daniel Andreescu, Reem Khan, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Nishi Gondhiya, Jehad Abdelnabi, Maryam Awan, Aqsa Khan.
February 23, Reem Ph.D defense. Congratulation Dr. Khan!
Reem's Ph.D defense celebration
March - ACS Spring meeting, New Orleans, LA
March - Group dinner, at the ACS meeting, New Orleans
March 19 - Happy to see my former graduate student Ali (PhD '19) at ACS meeting
April 8 - Total solar eclipse with Clarkson in its meddle path
April 18 - Ulfet at RAPS
April 18 - Spring Research and Projects Showcase (RAPS)
April 20 - BIOsem group at ACS-NNY the 14th annual undergraduate and graduate meeting, St. Lawrence University.
May 10 - The BIOsem group picnic at the end of the academic year
May 9 Commencement day
May 9 - The BIOsem group celebrates, the newest PhDs of the group: Reem and Mohamed
Sept. - Visitors from Babeș-Bolyai University as part of Erasmus program
Oct. 28 - NNY Innovative Summit, Syracuse
Friday's busy / fun time after group meeting
Thanksgiving group dinner
2023
February 2023 - BIOsem group (l-r): Halyna Smutok, Oluwatosin Popoola, Dr. Swapnil Tiwari, Dominic Grinnell, Ivy Dong, Emily DeVoe, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Tyler Bechard, Nishi Gondhiya, Navit Isaac, Aqsa Khan, Jehad Abdelnabi, Maryam Awan, Gloria Popoola, Abd-ur Rehman, Reem Khan, Aaditya Deshpande, Mohamed Hassan, Dr. Zihni Onur Uygun, Nafees Iqbal.
Feb 14, 2023 - STARTScience@Clarkson Symposium (15 High Schools from Upstate NY, and ~ 150 participants)
Aaditya thesis defense: February 15
Congratulation Dr. Deshpande !
BIOsem group supporting Aaditya on his thesis defense. Good job Aaditya
March 26 - Dinner with my former graduate student Fatima (PhD '21) at ACS meeting in Indianapolis
April 8 - 13th Annual ACS-NNY Research Symposium, CU
April 14 - Spring Research and Projects Showcase (RAPS)
Apr 15 - Ivy -2nd place in Health Sci. poster competition at CSTEP meeting, Lake George
April 15 The group's awardees at Clarkson Recognition day
(l-r): Mohamed, Ethan and Dominic
Commencement day: May 11 - The BIOsem group celebrates, the newest PhDs of the group: Abraham and Aaditya
May 30 - CAMP meeting, Corning, NY
May 11 - BIOsem group picture
May 12 - The traditional BIOsem group picnic at the end of the academic year
Summer - Lunch with faculty colleagues
June ECS Meeting, Boston (Session dedicated to Prof Zuman)
June 2 Mohamed Ph.D defense. Congratulation Dr. Hassan!
Mohamed's Ph.D defense celebration - Lake Placid
June 3 - Group hiking to Mt. Arab
September - The group is welcoming Zion.
Congratulation Gloria and Tosin!
Thanksgiving group dinner
2022
June 2022 - BIOsem group (l-r): Oluwatosin Popoola, Aaditya Deshpande, Nafees Iqbal, Aqsa Khan, Abd-ur Rehman, Joan Nyakaana - Blair, Sidney Jarvis, Tyler Bechard, Jehad Abdelnabi, Ethan Locke, Reem Khan, Emily DeVoe, Ivy Dong, Mohamed Hassan, and Dr. Silvana Andreescu
ACS - Northern New York Local Section, Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry and Biology Research Symposium, SUNY Potsdam, April 1
Mohamed Hassan(G) and Rachel Harder (UG) - middle, are the Grand Prize Award Winner of the President's Challenge Competition - University Recognition Day, April 23
Mohamed (Phalanx Commendable Leadership Award), Daniel (Prof. Katz group - Outstanding Teaching Award) and Reem (Phalanx Commendable Leadership and Service Awards) - University Recognition Day, April 23
Commencement day: May 12 - Family, friends and BIOsem group mates together to celebrate Fatima's achievement, the newest PhD of the group
May 23 - Attending the CAMP annual meeting, Clayton, NY
June - Group picture, Clarkson Student Center
July - Norwood Beach picnic
Abraham Ph.D defense - Committee: Profs: Devon Shipp, Philip Yuya, Xiaocun Lu, Shantanu Sur, and Silvana Andreescu. Congratulation Dr. Finny !
August - ACS Fall meeting, Chicago, IL
August - Group dinner, at the ACS Fall meeting, Chicago
August - With Ethan and Ivy at RAPS conference - CU
November - The SNO Conference, Austin , TX
December - Santa is coming to lab!
2021
January 2021 (l-r): Abraham Finny, Aaditya Deshpande, Abd-ur Rehman, Mohamed Hassan, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Reem Khan, Aqsa Khan, Oluwatosin Popoola, Fatima Mustafa
Silvana won the Jake's restaurant 2020 Holyday Prize (a dinner up to 8 persons) and the group shared the prize (February)
June - Group hiking - Silver Lake trail (Adirondacks)
Summer Undergraduate Students (l-r):
Tyler Bechard, Maximilian Card, Jafar Sannie, Kadija Legagneur, Alexis Alexander.
Fatima Ph.D defense - Committee: Profs: Evgeny Katz, Susan Powers, Ka Ho Leung, Silvana Andreescu, Ryan Brown. Congratulation Dr. Mustafa !
July 16- Group celebrates Fatima PhD defense.
November 15 - Students from BIOsem group at the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS), Plainsboro, NJ
2021 The wedding's year in the lab: May 22: Sana and Abd ur (left), June 4: Fatima and Al (middle), December 29: Tosin and Gloria (right)
Happy and long life for all of you!
2020
January 2020 (l-r): Austin Marshall, Aaditya Deshpande, Abd-ur Rehman, Abraham Finny, Kevin Kirk, Farideh Narouei, Dr. Silvana Andreescu, Reem Khan, Fatima Mustafa, Megan Carhart, (missing Mohamed Hassan)
March - The COVID-19 pandemic strikes, and all Clarkson activities were moved remotely till ...
... September, when the group lab activity slowly resumed, and the teaching was adapted (photo below)
April 7 - Kevin Ph.D defense (virtual), Committee: Profs: Evgeny Katz, Devon Shipp, Ryan Brown, Sumona Mondal, and Silvana Andreescu, Congratulation Dr. Kirk !
Aug. 14 - Farideh Ph.D defense (virtual), Committee: Profs: Silvana Andreescu, Ryan Brown, Devon Shipp, Evgeny Katz, Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy, Congratulation Dr. Narouei!
June The Student Chapter of Clarkson University’s Electrochemical Society (CU-ECS) has been named a 2020 Chapter of Excellence recipient by the ECS Board of Directors (link1, link2).
Congratulations to all members (photo left) !
Starting with August 2020, Mohamed Hassan is the new President of CU-ECS student chapter.
Good luck Mohamed !
July 4 - Independence Day group picnic in pandemic year, less than 15 people, outside and ......
social distancing.
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