Scott Wegner becomes a PhD Candidate!
Dec. 14, 2018
Congrats to Scott, who successfully passed his general examinations!
Avalos Lab welcomes new graduate student!
Dec. 6, 2018
We are excited to welcome MOL graduate student Jeremy Cortez as a new member of our lab!
Avalos Lab welcomes new rotation students!
Oct. 1, 2018
Welcome to CBE first year rotation students Shannon Hoffman, Alex Johnson, and Yejoon Seo!
Sarah Hammer awarded Walbridge Fund!
July 13, 2018
Each year, 2-3 Ph.D. candidates are selected to receive this award for research related to energy, climate change science, modeling, and policy, or closely related topics. Congratulations to Sarah!
Makoto Lalwani wins poster award at ME12 conference!
June 27, 2018
Congrats to Makoto, who won one of 6 Runner-Up awards in the poster competition at the Metabolic Engineering 12 conference in Munich!
Jose Avalos wins DOE award for biofuels advances!
June 26, 2018
Samantha Ip wins SABIC Senior Thesis Award!
June 4, 2018
Congratulations to Sam, who was recognized for her excellent senior thesis research!
Avalos Lab welcomes new summer students!
June 4, 2018
We extend a warm welcome to Nathan Alam (Class of 2021), Hinako Kawabe (Class of 2019; recipient of a Reiner G. Stoll Summer Fellowship), Olivia Parker (Class of 2019), and Saira Reyes (Class of 2021)!
Class of 2018 graduates!
June 4, 2018
Congratulations to Douglas Diehl, Samantha Ip (pursuing an M.D. at Johns Hopkins University in the fall), Nicole Neville (working as an analyst at Sherpa Technology Group), and Lucinda Pastora (pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in the fall).
Best of luck in your futures; we will miss you all! …
Evan Zhao named Maeder Graduate Fellow!
May 17, 2018
José Avalos receives NSF CAREER Award!
April 17, 2018
Evan's paper is highlighted by Nature Chemical Biology!
April 16, 2018
Mack Walls awarded NSF GRFP!
April 3, 2018
Congratulations to Mack, who was selected as one of 2,000 recipients of the award nationwide!
Avalos Lab welcomes new graduate student!
April 2, 2018
Welcome to Scott Wegner from the Molecular Biology department, who is joining us permanently following his rotation!