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2005
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| 2008: |
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| June 20, 2008 |
Miguel Acosta passes his PhD proposal! Great work, Miguel! |
| June 13, 2008 |
 Andreia Ribeiro was selected for a Wyeth Fellowship, which will provide up to two years of stipend support as well as mentoring from Wyeth scientists. Andreia is the first student from the Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering to receive this award. Congratulations, Andreia! Way to go!
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| May 22, 2008 |
 Simon Gray is awarded UMBC Class of 2008 Valedictorian! Simon was also recently selected for a prestigious Gates-Cambridge Scholarship to pursue an M.Phil. in Advanced Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. We couldn’t be prouder, Simon! Congratulations!
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| March 1, 2008 |
Filipa Maia joins our group as an exchange student from Portugal. Welcome, Filipa! |
| 2007: |
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| November 20, 2007 |
Silviya passes her PhD proposal! Awesome job, Silviya!
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| November 7, 2007: |
Andreia Ribeiro presents her research at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (San Deigo, CA) |
| November 6, 2007: |
Silviya Petrova presents her research at the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting (Salt Lake City, NV). |
| October 15, 2007: |
Andreia Ribeiro passes her oral qualifier with flying colors! Welcome to the group, Andreia!
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| October 13, 2007: |
Bob Reeves wins a first place poster prize at the Undergraduate Research Symposium! Congratulations, Bob on the repeat performance! |
| October 12, 2007: |
Lenny Lombardo defends his M.S.! Good luck, Lenny, in your job at Aberdeen Proving Ground!
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| August 2007: |
Welcome to our new undergraduate researchers, Kant Klingenstein (Biochem), Nirvana Maharaj (Chem Eng) and Simon Gray (Chem Eng).
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| July 2007: |
Carla Guarraia and Silviya Petrova present their research projects at the Biomaterials Gordon Conference (Plymouth, NH) |
| May 24, 2007: |
Erin Voss is awarded the Class of 2007 Salutatorian. Way to go, Erin! |
| April 19, 2007: |
Miguel Acosta presents his research at the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL) |
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| February 22, 2007 |
 Lenny Lombardo passes his Master's Oral Qualifying Exam.
Congratulations, Lenny! |
| 2006: |
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| December 20, 2006 |
Momar Seck graduates with his M.S. in Chemical Engineering. Congratulations, Momar! Good luck in your new job at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratories!
Dr. Carla Guarraia joins our group as our first postdoctoral scientist. Welcome, Carla!
  
Jennie and Momar at Winter Commencement.
We'll miss you, Momar! |
Provost Art Johnson, Dr. Carla Guarraia and Dr. Phil Farabaugh (Carla's PhD mentor) after Carla's hooding. |
Jennie and Carla at Winter Commencement. Congratulations, Dr. Guarraia! |
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| December 18, 2006 |
Holiday/Commencement Celebration at Jennie's house.
 
Leach group, December 2006 |
Mikey, Carla, Momar, Matt, Silviya |
  
Renee and Mark |
Erin, Bob, Lenny and Liz |
Jennie and Miguel |
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| October 14, 2006 |
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"Drug Delivery Devices Based on
Hydrogels of Naturally-Derived Biopolymers" |
Bob Reeves wins second prize in his group for his poster presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congratulations, Bob! |
| September 2006 |
Mark Benesch and Erin Voss join our group as new undergraduate researchers. Welcome, Mark and Erin! |
| August 28, 2006 |
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| Left to right: Silviya Petrova, Miguel Acosta, Momar Seck, Jennie Leach |
Annual Departmental Picnic |
| June 2, 2006 |
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| Momar's Poster: "Development of Novel Hydrogel Crosslinkers: Purification and Characterization of Collagen Oligopeptide Fragments" Left to right: Jennie Leach, Momar Seck, Miguel Acosta, Silviya Petrova. |
Our group travels to the MABEC Conference (NC State Univ), where Momar presented a poster about his work. |
| June 2006 |
Lenny Lombardo joins our group to complete his M.S. thesis for the B.S./M.S. program. Welcome, Lenny! |
| May 2006 |
Silviya Petrova joins our group. Welcome, Silviya! |
| April 2006 |
Miguel Acosta is awarded a prestigious Carl Storm Underrepresented
Minority Fellowship to attend a Gordon Research Conference this
summer. Congratulations, Miguel! |
| April 2006 |
Jerry Flynn joins our group as our new Laboratory Manager! Welcome,
Jerry! |
| April 2006 |
Bob Reeves' hard work pays off – he is promoted as a freshman
to Undergraduate Research Assistant! Great work, Bob! |
March 31, 2006
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Left to Right: Momar Seck, Richard Boyer, Bob
Reeves,
Silviya Petrova, Jennie Leach, Miguel Acosta |
Richard Boyer's Farewell Lunch. Richard will be traveling around
Europe for a few months, back in our lab this summer, and then
off to graduate school in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
at Wisconsin. Congratulations and Bon Voyage, Richard!
Have Fun in Europe, Richard! |
| February 2006 |
Miguel Acosta joins our group. Welcome, Miguel! |
| January 26, 2006 |
Momar and Jennie join the department in the Annual
Ski Trip.
It was Momar's first trip skiing, but he proved to be a natural! |
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| 2005: |
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| December 22, 2005 |
Richard Boyer Graduates!
Left to Right:
Taryn Bayles (CBE Professor),
Richard Boyer, Jennie
Leach
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Richard Boyer graduates with his B.S. in
Chemical Engineering and is promoted to Research
Associate! Congratulations, Richard! |
| December 20, 2005 |
Andreia Ribeiro's Farewell Lunch. Andreia was an exchange student
from the University of Porto ( Portugal). She's returning to finish
her B.S. degree, but plans to come back to UMBC for graduate school
in Fall 2006. We'll miss you, Andreia! |
| December 2005 |
Leach Group, December 2005:
Say "Queso!"
Left to Right: Momar Seck,
Andreia Ribeiro,
Jennie Leach,
Richard Boyer, Bob Reeves |
We take our first group picture… |
| November 2005 |
Bob Reeves joins the group as our first Laboratory Manager! Welcome,
Bob! |
| October 28, 2005 |
Momar Seck passes his Master's Oral Qualifying Exam! Congratulations,
Momar! |
| September 2005 |
Richard Boyer and Andreia Ribeiro join the group as our first
undergraduate researchers! Welcome! |
| August 25, 2005 |
Leach 2005 Bocce Team
Left
to Right: Jennie
Leach, Mike Hanson*,
Silviya
Petrova*, Momar Seck
* honorary
members |
The Leach Group takes second place in the bocce tournament at
the Annual
Departmental Picnic ! |
| Summer 2005 |
Momar Seck joins Jennie Leach as her first graduate student!
Welcome, Momar! |
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