Congrats to Dr. Abdul Zamani, who walked at the December commencement and was hooded by Hrant!

Abdul defended his dissertation and earned his Ph.D. today! Abdul is the lab's 5th Ph.D. alum. Congratulations, Dr. Zamani!

Congrats to Abigail for passing her qualifying exam today!

Congrats to Emma Brass, who walked at the December Commencement and earned her Bachelor's degree! Emma is heading to Brookhaven National Laboratory as a SULI Fellow and will begin as a chemistry graduate student at UC Irvine in the fall.

Congrats to Madison Martin, who walked and earned her Master's degree at UC Merced's December Commencement!

Hrant has been appointed Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate Division. As UC Merced's Graduate Dean, will oversee the university's graduate education and postdoctoral training portfolio, and serve on the Chancellor's Extended Cabinet and Deans' Council. He will be responsible for leading collaborative graduate education policy development and implementation, graduate student admissions, graduate program development and assessment, graduate student and postdoctoral professional development and support services, Graduate Division's budget planning and management, and leadership of Graduate Division's administrative units. Hrant will also serve as an ex officio member of the Faculty Senate's Graduate Council and as a member of the University of California's Council of Graduate Deans. The campus news story is online here.

Congrats to Ali, Jorge, and Jonathan, who all walked at this weekend's commencement!

Ali defended his dissertation and earned his Ph.D. today! Ali is the lab's 4th Ph.D. alum. Congratulations, Dr. AbouTaka!

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

Sam defended her dissertation and earned her Ph.D. today! Sam is 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!