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Peter Thuy-Boun Wins EPA Fellowship

Peter Thuy-Boun, graduate student in the Yu lab, has been awarded an Environmental Protection Agency “Science to Achieve Results” (STAR) Fellowship.

The STAR Fellowship program aims to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in an environmental field and boost excellent research and development that advance the protection of human health and the environment through education. Established in 1995, the STAR program has awarded 105 fellowships for 2012.

Thuy-Boun’s STAR fellowship was granted in the category: "Science & Technology for Sustainability: Green Engineering/Building/Chemical Products & Processes/Materials Development." His research focuses on the study of first-row transition metal C–H functionalization chemistry, with an emphasis on developing nickel chemistry in search of complementary reactivity. The work aims to produce practical, economical, and environmentally friendly tools to enable the construction of more complex molecules.

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Science Striders Step Out for Diabetes Cause

The Science Striders, a group of scientists from the Jameson lab, participated in the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes fundraising event Sunday, October 23 at De Anza Cove in Mission Bay. To kick off its efforts, the group staged a baked goods fundraiser last week on the California campus. Shown here are (l-r) Jameson, Kitty Cheung, Crista Park, and Anne Costanzo. The Jameson lab focuses on researching obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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