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Annalina, Carolyn, and Kaiden gave talks at the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (FURS) at UT-Austin. Carolyn's talk was recognized with the Best Presentation Award in Chemistry. Well done, everyone, and congratulations to Carolyn!

We have received a LEAPS-MPS award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the effects of native environment and external stressors on light harvesting in P. tricornutum. Thank you to the NSF for supporting our lab's research!

Kaiden was awarded funding from the Snead Institute Sustainability Fund to support her research in Fall 2025. Congratulations, Kaiden!

Congratulations to Jodi Glenn-Millhouse on graduating with her B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics!

Annalina, Kaiden, Jodi, and Carolyn presented posters and Dr. Massey gave a talk at the American Chemical Society national meeting in San Diego, CA.

Dr. Massey and Lexi (B.S. '21) published an article titled “Functional Connectivity of Red Chlorophylls in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Revealed by Fluence-Dependent Transient Absorption” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B with collaborators at Swarthmore College, NIH, the University of Chicago, and the University of Sheffield.

Jodi has decided to attend Baylor University where she will pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry.

Dr. Massey was awarded a Sam Taylor Fellowship to support our research over the next year.

Jodi gave an oral presentation at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS) hosted by Rice University.

Jodi, Carolyn, Kaiden, and Annalina presented posters at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SWRM) in Waco, TX.

Jodi gave a talk titled "Investigating the Effects of Decreased Magnesium Concentrations on Phaeodactylum tricornutum F710 Fluorescence" at the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (FURS) at UT-Austin. Her talk was recognized with the Best Presentation Award in Chemistry. Congratulations, Jodi!

Dr. Massey gave a talk on energy transfer through the red chlorophylls of Photosystem I at the 2nd North American Photosynthesis Congress in Atlanta, Georgia.

Congratulations to Sanju Nittala and Meghu Nittala on graduating with an ACS certified B.S. in Chemistry!

Meghu and Sanju have decided to attend The University of Texas at Austin where they will each pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry.

Dr. Massey was awarded a Sam Taylor Fellowship to support our research over the next year.

Meghu and Sanju presented posters at the American Chemical Society national meeting in New Orleans, LA.

Welcome to Kaiden Salaz and Carolyn Waldie who have joined the group as undergraduate researchers!

Meghu and Sanju each gave an oral presentation on their research at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS) hosted by Rice University. Both of their talks were recognized with "Outstanding Presentation in Physical Chemistry" awards. Congratulations, Meghu and Sanju!

Sanju gave a talk titled "The Emergence of the F710 State Due to Iron Stress on Diatom P. tricornutum Light-harvesting Complexes" at the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (FURS) at UT-Austin. Her talk was recognized with the Best Presentation Award in Chemistry. Congratulations, Sanju!

Welcome to Jodi Glenn-Millhouse and Annalina Slover who have joined the group as undergraduate researchers!

Dr. Massey presented a poster titled "The Light-Harvesting Response of the Diatom P. tricornutum To External Stressors Varies by Native Environment", co-authored with Yusuf, Sanju, Meghu, and Noor, (and enjoyed some beautiful hikes) at the Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conference in Newry, Maine. 

Congratulations to Yusuf Buhari on graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry and Physics!

Yusuf presented his Senior Capstone at the Research and Creative Works Symposium. Well done, Yusuf!

Yusuf, Meghu, Sanju, and Noor presented posters at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Indianapolis, IN.

Congratulations to Gabrielle Cano on graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry, and to Marcello Gonzalez on graduating with a B.S. in Biochemistry!

Gabrielle has decided to attend Arizona State University where she will pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry.

Gabrielle and Marcello presented their Senior Capstone posters at SU's Research and Creative Works Symposium.

Gabrielle, Yusuf, and Dr. Massey presented posters at the American Chemical Society national meeting in San Diego, CA.

Meghu and Sanju were accepted into the SCOPE program to conduct summer research in the lab!

Dr. Massey was awarded a Sam Taylor Fellowship to support our research over the next year.

Dr. Massey coauthored an article titled “Redox Conditions Correlated with Vibronic Coupling Modulate Quantum Beats in Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes” in PNAS with colleagues at the University of Chicago and collaborators from Washington University in St. Louis.

Yusuf presented a poster at the American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting.

Congratulations to Lexi Fantz on graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry!

Gabrielle was accepted to the REU program at the University of Oregon where she will be doing summer research in Prof. Geri Richmond's lab.

Dr. Massey presented a poster at the virtual American Chemical Society national meeting.

Dr. Massey coauthored an article titled "Photosynthesis Tunes Quantum-Mechanical Mixing of Electronic and Vibrational States to Steer Exciton Energy Transfer" in PNAS with colleagues at the University of Chicago and collaborators from Washington University in St. Louis.

Marcello and Yusuf were accepted into the SCOPE program to conduct summer research in the lab!

Dr. Massey was awarded a Sam Taylor Fellowship to support our research over the next year.

Lexi and Gabrielle were accepted into the SCOPE program to conduct summer research in the lab!

Dr. Massey joined the faculty at SU as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry.