by Julie Pollock | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Students
And the second (and last) 2020 graduate of the Pollock lab is chemistry major Joseph McEachon. Joseph joined the research lab during his first year at UR. I like to say that he was chosen to join the lab for 2 main reasons: 1) He is a man and the rest of the lab...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog, Students
It is that time of the year again, when seniors are finishing up their coursework and preparing for the next steps in their careers. This year is a particularly strange one with COVID-19 impacting higher education (and the entire world!). Our seniors are not on campus...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 8, 2020 | Announcements, Blog, Personal
On February 4, 2020, the newest, and permanent, member of the Pollock lab entered the world: Alexander Douglas Hobart! We are so excited to see him grow up as a part of the University of Richmond, Gottwald Science Center, and Pollock lab...
by Julie Pollock | 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...
by Julie Pollock | 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...
by Julie Pollock | 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...
by Joann Chongsaritsinsuk | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog, Students
As part of my project while studying abroad to observe how science is presented to the public in other countries, I traveled to Stockholm two weekends ago. There, I visited Tekniska Museet or The Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology. Compared to the...
by Julie Pollock | 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...
by Joann Chongsaritsinsuk | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog, Students
I decided to use my scholar stipend while studying abroad to explore two different science museums to observe how science is presented to the public in other countries. Two weekends ago, I traveled to Edinburgh to visit the Dynamic Earth Museum. The museum explores...
by Julie Pollock | 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...
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