Tenured!

by | Mar 31, 2020 | Academia, Announcements, Blog, Lab Thoughts

I am happy and honored to say that I have officially been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor! It has been a whirlwind of work, stress, fun, and every emotion over the past 6 years since I started at University of Richmond. Thank you to my colleagues...

A New Year (and a New Decade)

by | Jan 7, 2020 | Academia, Blog, Lab Thoughts

Happy New Year! I cannot believe that we are starting 2020. When I look back on the previous decade, I think about all of the changes in my life – personal and professional. On the latter side: I graduated with a Ph.D. in chemistry from Duke University in...

Holiday Party 2019

by | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Events, Research, Students

Every year, I enjoy hosting the Pollock lab research students for a short study break filled with good food and fun conversation. It typically takes place the Sunday before finals begin. Last year, we were snowed out (in Virginia?!?) but this year it went on as...

SERMACS 2019

by | Nov 12, 2019 | Blog, Conferences, Lab Thoughts, Students

This post is a little late, but in mid-October, 7 students and I traveled to Savannah, GA to attend and present at SERMACS. I was able to give two invited talks – one on Joseph and Hyejin’s boronic esters project and another on empowering undergraduate...

Seminar Series

by | Sep 6, 2019 | Academia, Blog, Department, Lab Thoughts

I have always been a believer in attending seminar talks. I think this was ingrained in me while I was undergraduate student at Hope College. Early in my time, I was encouraged by faculty members to attend the external speaker talks (sometimes bribed with extra...