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Pittcon 2023
Kelly, Lingjie, Cody, Yunong, Krista, Sasha, Segun and Lane got back in the saddle at Pittcon 2023, held in Philadelphia between March 18-23.
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Dr. Xiang Wang Arrives
Dr. Xiang Wang recently joined the bakergrp, having just graduated from Michael Mirkin’s group at CUNY. Dr. X is an expert in nanoscale electrochemistry and is enjoying the change of pace between NYC, NY and BCS, TX.
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Lane named honorary fellow of AAAS
Lane is named an honorary fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. TAMU press release about this here.
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Cody Leasor elected to GSAC
Cody Leasor was elected as an analytical division representative to the Graduate Student Association in Chemistry. He ran on a platform of “more chemistry less paperwork.”
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New Members Join the Baker Group!
Kelly Vernon joined the Baker group this fall as the first true Aggie. She gained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics from Shorter University, where she played collegiate soccer at the NCAA Division II level. Since joining the Baker lab, she has expressed interest in the materials side of the group and is getting…
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One-Year Anniversary
In January of 2022, after 16 great years at Indiana University, the bakergrp loaded a semi full of our gear and headed south to the Brazos Valley, relocating to Lane’s alma mater, Texas A&M University. Brian, Kristen, Sasha, Krista, Cody, Yunong and Lingjie made the trek south to Texas. Natasha and Ben stayed in Bloomington…
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NSF CCI Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design
Lane Baker
A consortium from Indiana University, Texas A&M, Temple and the University of Texas have recently been awarded a grant to establish the NSF Center for Chemical Imaging – the Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanocrystal Design. The goal of this center is to address one of the biggest challenges in nanocrystal chemistry – the inherent…
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SEAC Reilley Award
Lane was recently selected as the recipient of the 2023 Charles N. Reilley Award by the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry. More news about the award and Baker can be found at SEAC and in a press release from TAMU. The award will be conferred at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry in March of this year.
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First Christmas in Texas
bakergrp celebrated its first Christmas in Texas with a special holiday feature: Indiana University Analytical students made the 15-hour journey to surprise the group! Hoosier guests also celebrated Christmas in Texas for the first time. Everyone enjoyed a white elephant gift exchange. Sasha took home the most coveted gift: a burrito blanket. Burrito cat enjoyed…
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Group Trip to 2022 Texas Renaissance Festival
Texas Renaissance Festival https://www.texrenfest.com/
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