Minjung Son Awarded DOE Early Career Research Award

Recently, Assistant Professor Minjung Son (CHEM) and team received a major grant from the Department of Energy: the Early Career Research Award. The award promises $875,000 over five years, which, in the DOE’s words, allows recipients “to pursue new ideas and harness the resources of the user facilities to increase the potential for breakthrough new […]

A Summer Experience Like No Other: Life as an REU at Boston University

If you went to summer camp, you’ll remember the feeling well: leaving home, sometimes for weeks at a time, learning new things and meeting new people. You might think of archery, rowing, campfires and fireworks as the dog days of summer stretch on. What might not come to mind is cardiology, lithography, single-molecule force spectroscopy, […]