News | Vlaisavljevich Research Group - Department of Chemistry

Kh Mahfuzul Alam defened his MS thesis! Mahfuz left the group for a job at Entegris and we were so proud to have him back to defend. Congrats Mahfuz!
Two group members won awards from the local ACS section! Nathan won the ACS Sioux Valley's 2024 Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, and Christina won the 2024 Outstanding Senior Undergraduate Student Award. Congratulations Nathan and Christina!
Christina won the University of South Dakota (USD) Chemistry department's premier award for a graduating senior, the Pardee Prize! She also was recognized with the Outstanding Senior Organic Chemistry Award. She won the Department's Physical Chemistry award last year. Congratulations Christina!
Christina graduated with her B.S. in Biochemistry! Congratulations Christina!

Bess visited Clark Atlanta University early this month to meet faculty and students. They are working in an NSF-PREC Center for Sustainable Polymers that partners with the NSF-CSP! It was a great visit and fun to learn about all the work being done at CAU.
Later in April, Bess and Jorge traveled to MN for the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (NSF CSP) annual meeting. We celebrated 10 years of the center and enjoyed hearing talks about the impact the work has had on faculty, students, and start-ups!
Naomi got accepted to the Nuclear Chemistry Summer School (NCSS) at Brookhaven National Lab. She will spend 6-weeks there this summer prior to returning to USD for her senior year!
Nathan and Naomi participated in an Undergraduate Recruiting Event at Georgia Tech sponsored by the NNSA-supported TRUCoRE Center.
Sabyasachi, Nathan, Naomi, and Christina presented at the annual IdeaFest Symposium at USD. It was fun to share our work with the students and faculty on campus.

Check out the announcement from the Department about the NNSA-supported TRUCoRE center that both Scott Daly and I participate in! Read more here.
Bess, Sabyasachi, Nathan, and Christina headed to the Spring ACS meeting in New Orleand! We had a lot of fun sharing the work we are doing and connecting with collaborators/friends. We also went to the aquarium and ate good food!

Bess and Nathan traveled to Iowa City in February for the graduate student recruiting event. We had a lot of fun meeting with prospective students and current members of the department. We are looking forward to moving this summer!