The graduate program in the Department of Chemistry is excited to welcome our 2021 entering cohort. The 25 students in the entering class are distinguished by their broad research experiences, many of which have resulted in publications and honor’s theses. They have served as tutors, teaching assistants, and peer mentors as well as leaders in a wide range of organizations. As our first class entirely recruited and onboarded during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is perhaps no surprise that the cohort also includes a former Covid testing coordinator and several graduates of summer research programs conducted virtually.
This talented group has been recognized with a range of honors and awards, including:
- Barry Goldwater Scholarship
- Centennial Scholarship
- Erasmus Exchange Scholarship
- Laney Fellowshipa monetary award provided to support a student’s education... More
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Betta Kappa
- Quayle New Student Award
- Regents Scholarship
- WINS Scholarship
They come to Emory from undergraduate institutions in 12 different states:
- California
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
Fourteen of the 25 students in our incoming cohort are international scholars from countries including:
- China
- India
- Mexico
- Pakistan
- Singapore
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
They are fluent in over a dozen languages, including:
- Bahasa Melayu
- हिन्दी
- বাংলা
- chiShona
- español
- Français
- Deutsch
- italiano
- 官话
- Ndebele
Their interests outside of the lab include:
- science communications
- public speaking
- music theory and performance
- technical writing
- volunteering
- fencing
- squash
- tennis
- soccer
- swimming
- karate
- tae kwon do
- photography
- chess
Taken together, these new graduate scholars are more than the sum of their impressive accomplishments. They are an enthusiastic and curious group well poised to benefit from and contribute to our graduate program, each other, and the world around them. We are excited to see where their Emory journey will take them.
Welcome, all!
Mohamed Husaini Bin Abdul Rahman
Nanyang Technological Univ
Taylor Blackburn
Georgia Institute of Technology
Xu Chen
Hunan University
Ziyi Chen
Wuhan University
Ricardo Cruz
Loyola University of New Orleans
Abhinaba Das
Indian Institute of Science
Benjamin Dratch
Georgia State University
Rachel Fitzgerald
Georgia Institute of Technology
Hannah Gold
Emory University
Eric Ho
Vanderbilt University
Learnmore Jeremia
Lander University
Pinyuan Li
Brandeis University
Shuhang Li
Nankai University
Joseph Mancuso
Hofstra University
Kevin Marin
College of New Jersey
Luis Martinez
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Shikufa Mousavi
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Christopher Nielson
University of Utah
San Pham
Albion College
Fangning Ren
University of Science and Technology
Kristin Shimabukuro
University of California, Davis
Kaihong Sun
University of Texas, Austin
Lidia Waidmann
Case Western Reserve University
Zhicheng Yang
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Luona Zhang
University of Florence