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The Graduate School is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award:
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Dr. Chengwei Liu
Dr. Liu received his PhD in Chemistry in October 2020. That same year, he was awarded the 2020 IPMI Student Award, a prestigious recognition bestowed annually by the International Precious Metals Institute to a graduate student researcher working with precious metals. Chengwei's accomplishments and discoveries were also recognized with a Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad by the Consulate General of China in New York.
Dr. Liu currently holds a Postdoctoral Associate position at the University of Oxford, researching asymmetric catalysis and total synthesis.
Congratulations again, Chengwei!