Cristian passed his qualifying exam with flying colors! Well done and congratulations, Cristian!

Sam defended her dissertation and earned her Ph.D. today! Sam became the lab's 3rd Ph.D. alum. Congratulations, Dr. Bidwell!

Hassan defended his dissertation and earned his Ph.D. Hassan became the lab's 2nd Ph.D. alum. Congratulations, Dr. Harb!

Hassan Harb has been awarded a dissertation fellowship by the Chemistry & Chemical Biology Graduate Group. Congratulations, Hassan!

Xiaghai Sheng's paper on using the approximate projection (AP) model for calculating exchange coupling constants and spin crossover gaps using density functional theory has appeared in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. This work also involved former postdoc, and current University of Louisville assistant professor, Lee Thompson. The paper is online at 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00387. Congrats. Xianghai!