News​

• 7/22/25 Robert passes his candidacy exam. Congratulations!

• 6/23/25 Welcome Keila Oreti, who comes from Texas Southern University as a visiting summer undergraduate researcher!

• 6/20/25 It's the DCB Award Ceremony and we have lots to celebrate! Chae receives the Phillip Joshua Chase Mabe Memorial Fellowship. Senior undergraduate Aidan and graduate student Jessica are Phi Lambda Upsilon honorees. Robert receives the DeWolfe Teaching Fellowship. AJ receives the Outstanding Service Award. Congratulations to all!

• 5/29/25 AJ passes his candidacy exam. Congratulations!

• 3/25/25 The group attends ACS in San Diego. Congrats to AJ, Robert, and Chae for giving excellent poster presentations!

• 1/31/25 First years Jessica and Joel officially join the group. Welcome!​

• 11/16/24 UCSB hosts the 2024 SoCal Bioinorganic Meeting.

• 9/12/24 Graduate student AJ joins the group, co-advised with Prof. Mahdi Abu-Omar. Welcome!

• 8/8/24 Ariel and Edward present posters at the SoCal Undergraduate Research Symposium held at UCI. Well done! We stopped for Sidecar Donuts on the way.

• 8/2/24 Our summer rotators, Jessica and Joel, have arrived. Welcome!

• 6/17/24 Undergraduate student Ariel receives a FLAM internship to conduct summer research in the lab. Welcome!

• 6/14/24 Chae receives the Yzurdiaga Fellowship. Congratulations!

• 4/8/24 Nadia is selected as a Scialog Fellow for Sustainable Minerals, Metals and Materials (SM3) through the Research Corporation. Check out the list of fellows here.

• 12/21/23 Robert officially joins the group. Welcome!

• 12/12/23 Chae passes her candidacy exam. Congratulations!​

• 10/18/23 Undergraduate students Esther and Lars join the lab. Welcome!

• 8/7/23 Graduate student Chae joins the group. Welcome!

• 8/10/23 Rafael receives the Edison STEM Scholarship. Congratulations!

• 8/1/23 Undergraduate students Jack, Rafael, Aidan, and Edward join the lab. Welcome!

• 7/1/23 The Léonard Lab opens its doors at UCSB!