UB Rzayev Lab

We enjoyed ACS Fall 22 meeting in Chicago. Good job Xindi and Gabby! @UBChemistry

Recently visited a local Materials Recovery Facility that helps recycle plastics and other materials from three local counties. Before and after shots show the amazing job they do. But we as humans need to do better. This is a friendly reminder to recycle. ⁦@UBChemistry⁩

Congrats to Alexis, Richi, and Vihanga, the winners of CHE 522 NMR Problem Solving Competition! ⁦@UBChemistry⁩

Congratulations to KJ for defending her PhD thesis! Excellent work on nanoporous materials. KJ, we will miss your expertise and calm presence in the group.

Belated congrats to Vince who successfully defended his PhD thesis on May 4 @UBChemistry and who has been a nice bridge between our group and @cooklab_ub. Way to go Dr. Pastore!

We are excited to be part of this newly funded collaborative project on plastics recycling. @UBChemistry buffalo.edu/news/releases/…

Congratulations to Akanksha for successfully defending her PhD Thesis! Great job in these difficult circumstances.

Congratulations to Darren Smith for successfully defending his PhD Thesis on highly incompatible block copolymers! Our first ever Zoom defense! Celebration to follow once we are allowed to be near each other.

Group meeting in the era of social distancing. ⁦@UBChemistry⁩

Congratulations to KJ for completing her synopsis and independent proposal requirements for the PhD candidacy! On to making new and exciting materials (as soon as we are allowed back in the lab).

Welcome to Emily and Zina who joined our group this year!

Largest blow molding machine in the country - here in Buffalo at Confer Plastics #WNYSTEMForum ⁦

Liuyin's paper on Morphological Behavior of Compositionally Gradient Polystyrene–Polylactide Bottlebrush Copolymers was published in Macromolecules. Well done, Liuyin! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Maryam defended her PhD thesis today. Congratulations, Maryam!

Darren’s work (in collaboration with the Russell group from UMass) on highly immiscible block copolymers was published in Macromolecules. Congrats Darren! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Liz Hinterberger, a REU student working in our lab this summer, presented her research tonight. Great job, Liz!

Congrats to Ben for successfully defending his PhD thesis! Thank you for teaching us how to make polyimide bottlebrushes.

Congratulations to Liuyin for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Good job! We will miss your expert advice on all ROMP related questions. ⁦@UBChemistry⁩

Our collaborative work with the UMass team on "Morphological Evolution of Poly(solketal methacrylate)-block-polystyrene Copolymers in Thin Films" was published in Macromolecules. Congrats Darren and Jose! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

And the winners of the @UBChemistry NMR problem solving competition (CHE522): NMR Team 2 (Scott, Roy, Shadi, Larry). Congrats!

Runners-up of the @UBChemistry NMR problem solving competition (CHE522): NMR Team 4 (Raul, Xiaotong, Molly, Jillian)!