2017
May 23: The synergistic integration of undergraduate and graduate research in our group is featured by the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
March 16: Our work is featured by the Dartmouth's News Office.
February 25: Our collaborative work with Prof. Douglas Van Citters from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth is now published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations to the team!
January 17: Congratulations to Robert Stolz on passing his 2nd year qualifying examination!
January 14: The group celebrates winter with the second Annual Winter Party!
January 4: We start the New Year by welcoming three new researchers to the group: Dr. Lukasz Mendecki and two WISP interns Louisa Greenburg and Carly Tymm.
2016
December 9: Prof. Mirica is featured on the Nature Chemistry's blog.
September 17: The Group enjoys 2nd annual Oktoberfest at Dr. Mirica's home.
July 14: Congratulations to Merry Smith, Kennedy Jensen, and Polina Pivak on having their paper accepted to Chem. Mater. Well done!
July 1: The group welcomes Roisin O'Brian as a visiting undergraduate researcher from the University of San Diego through the "Bridges to Doctoral Institutions" program. We are also delighted to welcome back Nicholas Blelloch as an incoming PhD student and Polina Pivak as Summer II ACS SEED high school student!
June 3: Congratulations to Alice Hsu '19 for being awarded Barbara E. Crute Memorial Internship for her research in the group! Also, congratulations to Daphnie Martin '19 and Benjamin Lee '19 for receiving Sophomore Science Scholarships!
May 28: Four group members present at Dartmouth's Fluorine Symposium organized by the Department of Chemistry to honor careers of Prof. Russell Hughes and Prof. David Lemal.
May 26: Five of the Mirica Group undergraduates present at the Dartmouth's annual Karen Wetterhahn Symposium!
May 24: Congratulations to Kennedy Jensen '18 being selected as a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar Research Assistant for 2016-2017 by the Undergraduate Advising and Research Office at Dartmouth. We are very grateful for the generous support of Kennedy's research from this program!
April 5: The group welcomes a first year graduate student Robert Stolz!
March 10: Congratulations to Samwel Bahebe '18 on being awarded a Sophomore Science Scholarship to sponsor his work in the group during the Spring Term 2016!
March 3: Congratulations to Kennedy Jensen '18 on being selected as a Neukom Scholar for the Spring Term 2016!
Jan. 23: The group celebrates Winter with the First Annual Winter Party.
Jan. 4: We are delighted to welcome three freshman undergraduate interns to the group sponsored by the Women in Science Project (WISP). Welcome Sharon Bian, Alice Hsu, and Daphnie Martin!
2015
Dec. 22: We are grateful for the support of our research from the Walter and Constance Burke Research Initiation Award.
Dec. 1: Samwel Bahebe '18 joins the group.
Nov. 19: Dr. Mirica's course assignment on editing Wikipedia is featured on Dartmouth EdTech blog!
Nov. 9: The Mirica Group hosts an outreach event with the Upward Bound high school students from Vermont.
Nov. 1: The group welcomes Dr. Xiaoping Zhang as a Postdoctoral Scholar.
Sept. 29: We are excited to welcome Melvin King '16, a Dartmouth College Senior, to the group!
Sept. 15: Dartmouth undergraduate student Kennedy Jensen '18 joins the group. Congratulations to Kennedy on winning the Sophomore Science Scholarship that will sponsor her research in the group during the fall term!
Sept. 1: We are delighted to welcome Dr. Merry Smith as a Postdoctoral Scholar and Haydn Mitchell as a Research Scientist.
Aug. 28: The group bids farewell to Nicholas Blelloch and Polina Pivak. Thank you for your contributions to launching our research program this summer!
Aug. 6-8: Dr. Mirica attends the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative New Faculty Workshop and learns about some fantastic active learning strategies to implement in her classroom.
July 17: We celebrate our first week of experiments in the lab with a group dinner at the Simon Pearce Restaurant in Quechee, VT.
Mirica Team Summer 2015 (left to right): Polina Pivak, Aylin Aykanat, Nicholas Blelloch, Michael Ko, Katherine Mirica
July 16: Experiments begin! N2 filled balloon in "Dartmouth Green" color for extra school spirit!
July 1: Mirica Group welcomes its first members! We are delighted to welcome two incoming PhD students Michael Ko and Aylin Aykanat, summer undergraduate researcher Nicholas Blelloch, and ACS SEED sponsored high school student Polina Pivak. Welcome to the team everyone!
May 19: Mirica Group launches a website!
