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Ya Zhuo: Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipient Spring 2021
Ya Zhou’s dissertation was “Developing Rare-Earth Substituted Inorganic Phosphors Through Machine Learning.” Her research combined state-of-the-art machine learning methods with advanced computational modeling and experimental material chemistry techniques, with the goal of facilitating the development of new luminescent material to be used in solid-state light, LED bulbs. Her advisor was Jakoah Brgoch, associate professor of chemistry. Zhou accepted a postdoctoral position at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Video: YouTuber and CS Alum: Estefannie
This proud University of Houston computer science alumna has amassed more than 75K subscribers on YouTube and 65.6K followers on Instagram. She brings videos about electronic projects, coding, programming and skits to a diverse following. Hear how she got started, why she chose computer science and what she is doing now. Related Article
NSM Fulbrighters Heading Overseas
Half of all the UH graduates that were awarded a 2021 Fulbright grant are NSM grads! These five graduates will be either teaching English or conducting research abroad over the next year. Congratulations to Carl Suerte (research in Japan), Shailee Modi (Czech Republic), Ashley Cruz (Mexico), Olivia Lee (Germany), and Ana Belén Gutiérrez (Spain).
Arvand Asghari: UH Outstanding Dissertation Award
In the inaugural year of the award, Arvand Asghari was one of two students recognized. The award categories for 2021 were biological sciences, and humanities and fine art. Asghari’s dissertation was “An Investigation into the Role of 27-Hydroxycholesterol and Estrogen Receptors in Adipose Tissue, Obesity, and Breast Cancer.” His research probed the roles both estrogen and estrogen receptors play in obesity and breast cancer. Asghari is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Iowa’s Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology.
Video: Spring 2021 Commencement Highlights
In May, the University of Houston hosted an in-person, socially distanced commencement ceremony for Spring 2021 bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degree candidates from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Watch this two-minute highlight reel of our graduates; a little rain and a pandemic can’t stop them! NSM started commencement in TDECU Stadium and finished it in Fertitta Center.