Congratulations to graduate students听Patrick Coan,听Benjamin Coscia,听Rebecca Falatach, and听Mike McGrath听for being awarded听2016 NSF Honorable Mentions.
Advised by Professors Rich Noble, Doug Gin, and Michael Shirts,听Coscia听currently models transport through nanoporous liquid crystal polymer membranes.
A fellow member of the Noble and Gin groups,听McGrath听is investigating nanoporous lyotropic liquid crystal polymer membrane modification for the separation of low-molecular-weight organic solutes in aqueous mixtures.
Coan听currently works in the Medlin group designing catalysts for multi-site cascades, while听Falatach听is pursuing single-molecule characterization of protein structure, function and dynamics on materials surfaces under the guidance of Professors Joel Kaar and Dan Schwartz.
(pictured: Patrick Coan, Benjamin Coscia, Rebecca Falatach, and Mike McGrath)