{"id":926,"date":"2023-05-04T02:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T02:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/?page_id=926"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:55:22","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#003b71;font-size:clamp(1.743rem, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.285), 3rem);\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-11bfe43e71ca7d62a98f8827e9f57816 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1024x968.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6232\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1024x968.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-768x726.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1536x1451.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-2048x1935.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 13, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Daniela Going to ACS School <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Daniela has been selected to participate in the 2026 ACS GCI Green and Sustainable Chemistry Summer School, taking place in Vermont in July 2026. Congratulations, Daniela!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-34e25a712b3c99b85d3ad72eb420d627 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1024x968.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6232\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1024x968.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-768x726.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1536x1451.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-2048x1935.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 13, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Daniela Got UR Fellowship<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Daniela has been selected as the recipient of the University of Rochester Elon Huntington Hooker Dissertation Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year! Congratulations, Daniela!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-63b70ad45945a8d58f1812f271abb5fb is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11642\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 13, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Sydney Recognized by NSF<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Sydney received an Honorable Mention on her 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship application! Congratulations, Sydney!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b6007592754c88e686e1f0607a6cc4e3 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1017\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vartika_poster_grad-fair2026-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12282\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vartika_poster_grad-fair2026-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vartika_poster_grad-fair2026-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vartika_poster_grad-fair2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vartika_poster_grad-fair2026-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vartika_poster_grad-fair2026-1525x1536.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vartika_poster_grad-fair2026-2034x2048.jpg 2034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 3, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Vartika Presented at GEPA Fair <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Vartika presented a poster on her research at the Graduate Student Research Fair yesterday. She did a great job sharing her work on MOFs with students and faculty across U of R&#8217;s campus!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7b7fb55ccc152e6194d21e1ebc566a8b is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1248\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TOC-Cu-paper-for-website.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12212\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TOC-Cu-paper-for-website.png 1248w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TOC-Cu-paper-for-website-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TOC-Cu-paper-for-website-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TOC-Cu-paper-for-website-768x414.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1248px) 100vw, 1248px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 31, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>New Paper Out in JACS <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Check out our new paper in JACS at (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/jacs.5c21444\">link<\/a>) Congratulations to Daniela and the whole team on this great work! We look forward to the follow-up work on this project!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5ba8f14114992015ca29aca594a5f2e9 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1024x970.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12252\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1024x970.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-768x728.png 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 31, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Agnes Presented at ACS <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Agnes was at ACS this past week. She presented in a symposium on interfacial electrochemistry and catalysis and caught up with some old friends and made some new ones!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-28b97c989580637885651de1a4a77a18 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2419\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6232\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1024x968.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-768x726.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-1536x1451.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1-2048x1935.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Daniela&#8217;s 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-Year Talk Done <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Daniela did an excellent job delivering her 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-year talk to the Department, sharing her work on several projects within variable-temperature electrochemistry. Keep up the great work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-946cc8515f56179f807fe66f4d4431d7 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pitcon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9222\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pitcon.png 400w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pitcon-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 11, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Agnes Presented at Pittcon <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Agnes hosted a symposium on MOFs for applications in energy at the Pittcon conference held in San Antonio, TX. We thank the awesome speakers and attendees that came!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-03534a7f9abc2b47f766f348a25bf707 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"1121\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11232\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited.png 1120w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-768x769.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 2, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Agnes Presented at BRIC-62 <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Agnes presented the group&#8217;s work at the Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium held at Boston University. Thank you to the organizers for the invitation! Great meeting and discussions!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5a1d9f1c8fa5057672a9563b2a541406 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luke-QE-celebration-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12122\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luke-QE-celebration-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luke-QE-celebration-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luke-QE-celebration-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luke-QE-celebration-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luke-QE-celebration-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>February 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Luke Is a PhD Candidate! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We have another PhD candidate! Luke passed his PhD candidacy exam today! We look forward to see the outcome of all his exciting electrochemistry projects! Keep up the hard work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4b7451a40889e28fefb9ae21ef133a3b is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1566\" height=\"2086\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3914.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12082\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3914.jpg 1566w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3914-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3914-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3914-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3914-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3914-1537x2048.jpg 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1566px) 100vw, 1566px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>February 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Anyesh Is a PhD Candidate! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Anyesh passed his PhD candidacy exam today! We look forward to see his research progress on variable-temperature electrochemistry projects. Keep it up!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b8c31b42457df0d75d66d81d212ef0cc is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12072\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png 586w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>February 5, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Teaching Science Educators <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Agnes joined the Warner School of Education in the Regional Science Leadership Cadre. She observed participants make voltaic cells and taught them about electrochemistry and research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-3e177decdb397c12999b68d66b1f3881 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11992\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.png 612w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>December 12, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Christophe &amp; Sydney!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">The group is growing! We are thrilled to welcome two new graduate students, Christophe and Sydney, who will be joining the VT-echem team! We look forward to all your great work! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b6afa634bed46d9f6f26050c2bd2451a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11982\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png 612w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>December 12, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>We Won a Safety Award! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Our group was recognized for doing an excellent job in maintaining a safe working environment in a chemical laboratory at the recent Department of Chemistry Fall Award Ceremony! Keep it up!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-bbfe31223cc0833b7a026749a021bf0c is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_7688-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11452\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_7688-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_7688-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_7688-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_7688-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_7688-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>October 27, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>We Did Outreach at RMSC!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Yesterday, we were at the Rochester Museum &amp; Science Center to help with a science outreach event celebrating National Chemistry Week and Halloween. We had a blast!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9e5388d085d6393624b1cf6ef6925ddc is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8582\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1517x1536.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana.jpg 2023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>August 29, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Sameeha Wins a Scholarship!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Congratulations to Sameeha for being selected as a recipient of the ACS Scholarship for Undergraduates in Chemistry! Keep up the great work you are doing in the lab and beyond!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f1b69e5dcf1976ff30159b1bd6f9ead7 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Daniela-ACS-award-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11392\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Daniela-ACS-award-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Daniela-ACS-award-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Daniela-ACS-award-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Daniela-ACS-award-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Daniela-ACS-award-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Daniela-ACS-award.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>August 27, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Congratulations Daniela! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Congratulations to Daniela, who has been awarded an leadership award from ACS for her efforts in promoting research safety at UR Chemistry through a student-led group!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-90e060827e959dd468283f7622fe47ce is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11382\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>August 27, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Department Awards!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Congratulations to Daniela and Vartika for being awarded department fellowships for their work in the academic year 2024-2025. Keep up the great work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f61240ae5b4badd8d5d8ec675690eff8 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"1121\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11232\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited.png 1120w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-edited-768x769.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>August 15, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Great Time at WNYIS!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">The group had a lot of fun at Western NY Inorganic Symposium today. Daniela gave a great talk and won a &#8220;Best Oral Talk&#8221; award! Azina and Vartika presented a nice poster! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-918881b6370ed6c0b5acd7c550dc054f is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Anjali-presentation_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11032\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Anjali-presentation_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Anjali-presentation_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Anjali-presentation_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Anjali-presentation_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Anjali-presentation_2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>August 1, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Anjali Presented Research  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Today is Anjali&#8217;s last day at UR and she presented her summer research project as part of the i-Scholar program. Great job Anjali! We enjoyed having you in the lab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ebd05362469914af060143cc37fc1e7a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11022\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-outing-bubble-tea-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>July 31, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Group Outing for Bubble Tea  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">The group celebrated the end of summer research for our undergraduate and visiting students with some bubble tea. It was great to cool off in the heat!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a51e758b51d75fdac69acfb78f5cedc6 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jonathan_McNair-presentation_1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11012\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jonathan_McNair-presentation_1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jonathan_McNair-presentation_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jonathan_McNair-presentation_1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jonathan_McNair-presentation_1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jonathan_McNair-presentation_1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>July 31, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Jonathan Presented Research!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Jonathan gave both a poster and an oral presentation on his summer research as part of the McNair program. Great job Jonathan! We look forward to having you back in the fall!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-28ddc16ce7d5b9e7cc917feb8b0055f7 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Genius-olympiad-2025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10972\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Genius-olympiad-2025-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Genius-olympiad-2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Genius-olympiad-2025-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Genius-olympiad-2025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Genius-olympiad-2025-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Genius-olympiad-2025-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>June 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>We Were at Genius Olympiad  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Daniela and Agnes volunteered as poster referees at the Genius Olympiad hosted at RIT for high school students across the globe. It was fascinating to see the ideas of these young minds!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e60234e6c4add36dc3fbeb412f619c11 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iScholar2025-Everyone-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10962\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iScholar2025-Everyone-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iScholar2025-Everyone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iScholar2025-Everyone-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iScholar2025-Everyone-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iScholar2025-Everyone-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>June 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Anjali!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Last week, Anjali joined our group for the summer as an i-Scholar student. Anjali is a master&#8217;s student from India. We look forward to the great science that you produce this summer!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-66818d10be1cc3910923543df15ea42f is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9712\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7375_use-edited-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>May 19, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Daniela is a PhD Candidate!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Daniela passed her PhD candidacy exam today with flying colors! Way to go Daniela! Keep up the hard work and we look forward to seeing more papers out on your research projects!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8a8b9a4ae7e7953100bc506f6a9f07d8 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9752\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8612-edited-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>May 17, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Congratulations Graduates!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Three of our undergraduates graduated with their BS\/BA degree in chemistry today! We are so proud of you, Bryce, James, and Steven! We look forward to following all your great achievements!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4f5cc605a9299e3c9bdc8877a19e2949 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bryce_poster-session-May2025_poster-hidden.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9522\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bryce_poster-session-May2025_poster-hidden.png 4032w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bryce_poster-session-May2025_poster-hidden-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bryce_poster-session-May2025_poster-hidden-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bryce_poster-session-May2025_poster-hidden-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bryce_poster-session-May2025_poster-hidden-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bryce_poster-session-May2025_poster-hidden-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>May 5, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Bryce Presented His Thesis!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Bryce presented a poster on his senior year research at the University of Rochester Department of Chemistry Senior Thesis Poster Session. Great job Bryce!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2639d85e530305288d7fb2be4277db09 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1928\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bowling-team-photo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9532\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bowling-team-photo-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bowling-team-photo-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bowling-team-photo-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bowling-team-photo-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bowling-team-photo-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bowling-team-photo-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>May 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>The Group Went Bowling!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We had a joint holiday\/graduation party at Radio Social. We had a lot of fun bowling and the food was pretty good too. The company was the best though \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7030c75765fa13fb193e5d61db639be3 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Thorarinsdottir-Group-Logo_for-news_trimmed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4486\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Thorarinsdottir-Group-Logo_for-news_trimmed.png 353w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Thorarinsdottir-Group-Logo_for-news_trimmed-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Agnes Visited UB!  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Agnes was invited to give a talk in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Buffalo. Fun visit with great conversations with students and faculty!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-0cc406e57a5fe9afebd944155bb8bab9 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steven-poster-presentation.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9542\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steven-poster-presentation.png 4032w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steven-poster-presentation-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steven-poster-presentation-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steven-poster-presentation-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steven-poster-presentation-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steven-poster-presentation-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Steven Presented at UR Fair!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Steven presented a poster on his senior year research at the University of Rochester Undergraduate Research Symposium. Great job Steven! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f08706b8fb18bd6bae12cf88097ce30a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9312\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 9, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Daniela Presented at ISO Fair! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Daniela also presented a poster on her recent paper in ACS Electrochemistry at the International Graduate Student Research Fair. Great job presenting your work. Keep it up!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-95ababc23c6f6f8e069e817407dd4aee is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LEAP-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9362\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 9, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Agnes Presented for LEAP<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Agnes participated in the LEAP career day, where kindergarten through 5th grade Rochester City school students learnt about different career paths. Thanks to Steven for organizing!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-14b5f297b775869fb8cb00137ddaeff7 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9312\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000040152-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 28, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Daniela Presented at GEPA Fair! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Daniela presented a poster on her recent paper in ACS Electrochemistry at the Graduate Student Research Fair organized by GEPA at UR. Great job presenting your work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1663847ff05a7b8d424995fa5dd715bd is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2023\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8652\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1.jpg 2023w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sameeha-Sultana-1-1517x1536.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2023px) 100vw, 2023px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 28, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Congratulations Sameeha!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Sameeha was named an inaugural Chemical Sustainability Scholar! This scholarship will support her doing research with us for 2 summers and her sophomore year! We are so happy to have you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-72ded217ba1954a943035c64c9a6c48c is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Slide2-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9252\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Slide2-edited.png 1440w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Slide2-edited-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Slide2-edited-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Slide2-edited-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 7, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>New Paper Alert! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Our tutorial review paper on variable-temperature electrochemistry, led by Anyesh, is now published in ACS Energy Letters! Congratulations Anyesh, Mamta, and team!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1d0a702a9e9c8daa4858d93dcc0bedc9 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pitcon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9222\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pitcon.png 400w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pitcon-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>March 4, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Agnes Gave a Talk at Pittcon <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Agnes gave an invited talk at the Pittcon conference in Boston about our efforts in interfacing framework materials with solid electrocatalysts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-eafcf864220d22248d5ffd4260fe7aa1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dinuclear-Electronic-Coupling-with-Thermal-Gradient-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9092\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dinuclear-Electronic-Coupling-with-Thermal-Gradient-edited.png 1440w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dinuclear-Electronic-Coupling-with-Thermal-Gradient-edited-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dinuclear-Electronic-Coupling-with-Thermal-Gradient-edited-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dinuclear-Electronic-Coupling-with-Thermal-Gradient-edited-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>February 18, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>New Paper Alert! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Our paper, lead by Daniela, is now published in ACS Electrochemistry! We study factors that impact the redox potentials in iron complexes. Congratulations Daniela and team!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1337a2575b3aa72846093036913a9ad8 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"2162\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jonathan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8752\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jonathan.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jonathan-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jonathan-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jonathan-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jonathan-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jonathan-1449x2048.jpg 1449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1530px) 100vw, 1530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>February 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Congratulations Jonathan! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Congratulations to our undergraduate student Jonathan for being awarded Ronald E. McNair Program Fellowship which will support this undergraduate research. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-decb059feac808b98882abdaf7a8f644 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8042\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6.png 650w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>February 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Sameeha and Sam! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We welcome undergraduate students Sameeha and Samuel to our group! We look forward to the cool science you will produce in our lab!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-907a20cf7e917e052818451b99c713b6 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2505\" height=\"2502\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8742\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed.jpg 2505w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Lab-trimmed-2048x2046.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2505px) 100vw, 2505px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>February 2, 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>We Moved to Our New Lab! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We finally moved to our permanent lab space next door to where our temporary space was located! Please come and check out our beautiful space in B09 and B12. We will add more photos shortly!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-40260707128b51cdac01afeac1dd36a6 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8042\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6.png 650w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>December 4, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Vartika and Yuanxi! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">The group keeps growing! We welcome first-year graduate student Vartika and undergraduate student Yuanxi to our group! We look forward to the awesome science you will produce in our lab! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6309340f593f3072b969ca6bab9ba465 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8382\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image.png 225w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>November 22, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>We won a safety award! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We were recognized with a safety award at the Fall award event! We strive to keep doing good work in keeping our lab a safe space for everyone. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-86002a4e289204ba3bb31d1a25f427ff is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8042\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6.png 650w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Electricity_nr6-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>October 8, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Luke and Jonathan! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We welcome new members to our group. Luke is joining us as a graduate student and Jonathan as an undergraduate student. We look forward to the great science you will produce in our lab!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-cfc374bfa1eb2cf6cea8ba880b665bab is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bryce-Schwartz-Symposium-BlurPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8052\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bryce-Schwartz-Symposium-BlurPoster.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bryce-Schwartz-Symposium-BlurPoster-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bryce-Schwartz-Symposium-BlurPoster-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bryce-Schwartz-Symposium-BlurPoster-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bryce-Schwartz-Symposium-BlurPoster-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>October 4, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Bryce Presented His Research! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Bryce presented his summer research at the annual Schwartz Discover Grant Symposium. He did a great job and we are very proud of him. Keep up the hard work, Bryce!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9a85a745f78fba43d8f780a47ed32b5b is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2419\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6202\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1024x968.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-768x726.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-1536x1451.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223206152-2048x1935.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>August 14, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Congrats Daniela! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Congratulations to rising 2nd-year graduate student Daniela for being awarded Sherman-Clarke Graduate Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year! Keep up the hard work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b293784bf16d95dff1e36a6956969588 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1928\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Group_tea_and_cookies_1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7502\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Group_tea_and_cookies_1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Group_tea_and_cookies_1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Group_tea_and_cookies_1-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Group_tea_and_cookies_1-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Group_tea_and_cookies_1-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Group_tea_and_cookies_1-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>August 2, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Good Bye Summer Students! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We are sad saying &#8220;good bye&#8221; to our REU student Sam Andes and recent UR graduate Meiqin Gao. We really enjoyed having them in the group this summer. We hope to see Sam back for graduate school and wish Meiqin all the best!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-82d806c87ef9ff272e5c19a71885fb09 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_9187-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7452\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_9187-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_9187-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_9187-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_9187-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_9187-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_9187-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>July 17, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Fun with Upward Bound! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">This week, Agnes taught a course on energy and electrochemistry to pre-college students participating in the Upward Bound program. James helped us with some cool experiments!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c15a7447db3c2e68c80f174fcb3b7dae is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Azina_Rahmani.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7172\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Azina_Rahmani.png 818w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Azina_Rahmani-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Azina_Rahmani-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Azina_Rahmani-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>July 2, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Azina! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We welcome Azina Rahmani to the Thorarinsdottir Group as a Postdoctoral Associate. We are very excited to have you join our efforts in making novel framework-based systems! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ab5968413d8efa93bc8fced41b35b6aa is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Samantha-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7052\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Samantha-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Samantha-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Samantha-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Samantha-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Samantha.png 1236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>May 29, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Sam! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We welcome Samantha Andes to our group this summer. Sam is participating in our 10-week REU program and comes from Wilkes University. We are very excited to have you on board!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5cd4c344637b1d75732172d6b94d14aa is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3080-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6952\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3080-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3080-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3080-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3080-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3080-2048x1539.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>May 19, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Meiqin Graduated! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Congratulations to Meiqin Gao who graduated with BA in Chemistry as a part of the U of R 2024 class! We are very proud of her and wish her all the best preparing for medical school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a99429ce329ba0209c328c7dd59d2c58 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"994\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_222247208.MP_-1024x994.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6142\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_222247208.MP_-1024x994.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_222247208.MP_-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_222247208.MP_-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_222247208.MP_-1536x1491.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_222247208.MP_-2048x1988.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>April 21, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Bryce Awarded Discover Grant <\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Congratulations to Bryce Kneer who has been awarded the 2024 Schwartz Discover Grant from the University! This competitive award provides financial support for conducting summer research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-db93d97d6271b6231b463b2b52dc2b4a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6572\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PXL_20231208_223857872-1-edited-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>December 12, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Graduate Students<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We welcome our first cohort of graduate students: Anyesh, Daniela, and Phil! We are so excited to have you join us and can&#8217;t wait to see all the awesome science that you will produce!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-61a24d81726187ced3ded489658b1786 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2017-10-12_meliora_letters_039_small-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5772\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2017-10-12_meliora_letters_039_small-edited.jpg 288w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2017-10-12_meliora_letters_039_small-edited-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>September 5, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome New Undergrads<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We welcome three new U of R undergraduate students to the team! James Kim (junior), Meiqin Gao (senior), and Steven Riera (junior) will be working with us this academic year. We are so excited to have you join us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7cd54a8da8c6bd3de965d89ae69e9ec2 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/07242023_Duong_Summer-Symposium.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/07242023_Duong_Summer-Symposium.png 250w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/07242023_Duong_Summer-Symposium-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>July 24, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Duong presented his work<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">Duong presented his summer research project at the Summer Research Symposium for REU and i-Scholar Students, thereby being the first student to represent the group. Great job, Duong!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-239b3e47 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-472e76ab23aa426014c255b0cc355015 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bryce-and-Duong-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5056\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bryce-and-Duong-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bryce-and-Duong-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bryce-and-Duong-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bryce-and-Duong-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bryce-and-Duong-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bryce-and-Duong-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>July 7, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Welcome Duong and Bryce!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">We welcome undergraduate students Duong Minh Truong and Bryce Kneer to the group! Duong is part of the i-Scholar program and Bryce is a rising junior at U of R. We are so excited to have you join the team!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-589b681409575edbe38535ebfffd9468 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:75px;background-color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Thorarinsdottir-Group-Logo_for-news_trimmed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4486\" style=\"width:265px;height:269px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Thorarinsdottir-Group-Logo_for-news_trimmed.png 353w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/thorarinsdottir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Thorarinsdottir-Group-Logo_for-news_trimmed-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);line-height:1.5\"><strong>July 7, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.147), 28px);\"><strong>Group website launched<\/strong>!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-contrast-color has-text-color\">The Thorarinsdottir Group website is live! The lab also just opened its doors in rooms B05 and B07 in the basement of Hutchison Hall. Swing by the lab to check us out!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News April 13, 2026 Daniela Going to ACS School Daniela has been selected to participate in the 2026 ACS GCI Green and Sustainable Chemistry Summer School, taking place in Vermont in July 2026. Congratulations, Daniela!!! 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