The Sun Research Group

Chemical Engineering Department at UMass Amherst


Positions for graduate students and postdocs are available.
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Sun won an NSF CAREER award.

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News

February 1, 2008

Sun received an NSF CAREER award.


May 21, 2007

Jason Lajoie finished his independent study.


April 02, 2007

Dawn Eriksen has been named as a 2007 Goldwater scholar.


January 16, 2007

Daniel Sayut won the DuPont Industrial Biotechnology Poster Award on the ICBE.


January 5, 2007

Daniel Sayut won a travel award, and he is going to present his research on the ICBE at San Diego.


December 1, 2006

Daniel Sayut published the first paper from our lab in ACS Chemical Biology.


November 28, 2006

Dawn Eriksen won the first place in the ISPE undergraduate student poster competition!


December 27, 2005

Dawn Eriksen won a Commonwealth College research assistant fellowship. She is going to work with Daniel during the Spring semester. Congratulations, Dawn!


December 23, 2005

On Yi Wong finished her thesis defence. Congratulations, On Yi!


Cheng-yuk Lee finished his independent study. Congratulations, Cheng!


December 1, 2005

Graduate student Pavan Kambam joined the lab. Pavan is a first year graduate student in chemical engineering, will be co-advised by Professor Mike Henson and me. Welcome, Pavan!

 

November 6, 2005

Ms. Yan Niu joined the lab as a postdoc. Welcome, Yan!

 

November 3, 2005

Daniel Sayut presented his research at the annual AIChE meeting (Cincinnati, OH).

 

September 1, 2005

Dawn Eriksen won a Commonwealth College research assistant fellowship. She is going to work with Daniel during the Fall semester.

 

August 15, 2005

Undergraduate student On Yi Wong from the chemistry department will perform research in our lab for her thesis.

Undergraduate student Cheng-Yuk Lee (Chemical Engineering) will perform research in our lab during the Fall semester.

 

December 8, 2004

Undergraduate student Dawn Eriksen joined the lab. Dawn is a sophomore at the chemical engineering department. Welcome, Dawn!

 

November 8, 2004

Graduate student Daniel Sayut joined the lab. Daniel graduated from Syracuse University, the chemical engineering department. He is a first year graduate student at the chemical engineering department, UMass. Welcome, Daniel!

 

September 17, 2004:

Rebecca Hemenway joined the lab for her independent study. Rebecca is a senior undergraduate from the department of biology, and she is also taking mathematics as a minor. Welcome, Rebecca!

Positions

Positions for graduate students and postdocs are available! Postdoctoral candidates with backgrounds in molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology and biochemical engineering are encouraged to apply. Please send your CV and names and contact information of three references to Professor Sun. Undergraduate students are welcome to inquire research opportunities.


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