January 2026 News

Chris Johnson, Sean Eddington, and Anne McCoy joined up with Hyun and Erica at the Vibrational Spectroscopy GRC in New Hampshire
August 10, 2026
Sean, Chris and Anne all gave invited talks and Hyun walked away with a best poster prize…quite a haul!
Congratulations to Hyun Wook Choi for getting one of the best poster awards at the Vibrational Spectroscopy GRC!
August 10, 2026
Hyun presented his excellent work on boron clusters from his work with Lai-Sheng. He was also a co-author of our poster (along with Erica, Anne McCoy, Yarra Hassan, and Abhi...
June 4, 2026
Andrew DeBlase, Helen Zeng and Liv Moss joined Fabian Menges along with Payten Harville, who just happened to arrive in town to start her postdoc at UCSD.
June 4, 2026
We were joined by visitors Burak Tufekci from Kit Bowen’s lab and Alexandra Tsoukala from Radboud University in The Netherlands, who both shared their work with back-to...
May 26, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Abhijit Rana on quite the amazing thesis defense! He was joined by many friends and family members in person and over zoom. The group will certainly...
May 26, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Payten Harville on a very successful defense!  She was joined by many friends and her parents (pictured on the right). Payten has held the group...
May 18, 2026
Congratulations Abhi, on this well-deserved recognition. And let’s not forget that the 4-ABA journey was a team effort and so this award also goes to acknowledge the...