Amgen Scholar alumni, Jonathan Kuo, is featured in the news at Penn State for joining the Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor starting August 2021.
Michael Erb was feature in the Scripps Research website for being awarded the highly competitive Breakthrough Science Initiative Award from Ono Pharma Foundation.
Dr. Thoi has been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award, a DOE Early Career Award, and named as a Scialog Fellow in Advanced Energy Storage. The Thoi research group will integrate elements of synthetic chemistry and materials science for applications in both homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis.
Dr. Sara Thoi has also received a grant for research through the Cohen translational engineering fund.
Dr. Aaron Meyer is interviews for the Cancer Systems Biology Consortium (CSBC) Highlight feature for recent cancer research advancement using systems approaches.
Luke was featured in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s News article titled, “2020 Undergraduate Students Departmental Awards.” The article congratulates Luke for receiving the Susan Elizabeth Baumgarten Chemistry Endowed Student Award.
Luke Elissiry was featured in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry News article titled, “Chemistry & Biochemistry scholars receive awards at UC LEADS Symposium.” The article recognizes Luke for receiving top honors in Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the UC LEADS Symposium, as well as being awarded the Campus Leadership Award at UCLA.
Robert Lamm was featured in the Amgen Scholars News article titled, “From Puzzles and Gadgets to Biotech Startups: Charting a Course for Success.” Bob speaks about his time in the Amgen program in 2012 and how his journey from PhD to Biotech Start-up.
Jingwen Zhou and Tatsuya Araki were featured in Amgen Scholar News winter 2021 article titled, “Five Years Later: Romance and Research Bud from Amgen Scholars.” The article describe how the Amgen Program brought Jingwen Zhou and Tatsuya Araki together and enabled them to pursue their career goals.
Douglas Yao was featured in UCLA’s College Magazine in winter 2018 in the article titled “Undergraduate research inspires alum’s future career” on pages 14-15. The article describes how being involved in undergraduate research at UCLA inspired Douglas to pursue a doctorate degree, which he is now completing at Harvard.
Hanover College highlights Karlie Miller’s participation in the Amgen Scholars Program at UCLA. Karlie did research in Dr. Steven Clarke’s lab in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
