The Cyran lab investigates photochemical processes in the atmosphere and environment. We utilize novel spectroscopic techniques to elucidate the role of the surface in these reactions.
August 2025 - Congratulations Lila, Simon and Hawa on your publication in JPC Letters! Go team!
July 2025 - Our collaborative work with Ryan Pensack is published in JPC B! Congratulations Andrew, Logan and Beckett on your first publication! We are excited to continue this collaboration.
May 2025 - The Cyran group's first TWO PhD students graduate! Congratulations Dr. Lila Towers and Dr. Tiara Sivells!
Lindsey, Beckett, Luca and Erykah graduate with Bachelor degrees in Chemistry! Congratulations Wizards!
Luca heads to Bochum, Germany for the RESOLV Solvation Challenge for the summer! Lauren Gold, Tucker Gratton and Yuxuan Cheng (ACS SEED Student) join the group!
April 2025 - Jenée received the Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Award! Thank you to the wonderful researchers for the nomination and all of your work!
Luca is selected for a lightning talk at Undergraduate Research Showcase and rocks it!
The Cyran Lab wins the 2025 Safety Madness Challenge! Congrats Lila, Simon and Hawa for leading this effort!
Jan. 2025 - Hawa Hajab joins the group as a MSE PhD Student. Welcome to the group!
Luca receives a Boise State Sustainability Challenge Grant and the Cyran lab is highlighted in the Sustainability Newsletter!
Haley receives an IFITS scholarship to complete research in Spring 2025!
Dec. 2024 - Reddy and Luca's paper is accepted to Faraday Discussion!
Nov. 2024 - Simon Langlois joins the group as a MSE PhD Student. Welcome to the group!
Sept. 2024 - Congratulations Tiara on her collaborative work with the Pack group published in Langmuir.
Yay! Erykah is awarded an IFITS scholarship to complete research during Fall 2024.
June 2024 - Chad Cooper, through the INSPIRE program, and Hayden Barry, through collaboration with CRREL, join the group for the summer. Welcome to the group!
May 2024 - Hat trick for the Cyran lab undergraduates! Erykah received an INBRE fellowship, Lindsey received a COBRE fellowship, and Luca received a NASA fellowship to conduct research this summer. Excited for a fun and productive summer!
April 2024 - Lindsey was selected for a Lightning Talk Presentation at the Undergraduate Research Showcase! Nice work!
Jan. 2024 - Lila and Owen's work on the surface pKa is published in JPCC! Congratulations Team!
Sept. 2023 - Lindsey is awarded a HERC scholarship to complete research during Fall 2023. Lila is awarded a poster prize at the Pacific Northwest AVS conference!
May 2023 - Many congratulations are in order! Tiara passed her Ph.D. qualifying exam! Pranav received the Outstanding Senior Award at Baylor! Jenée received a NASA Faculty Fellowship. Best of luck to Pranav and Joshua as they begin medical school this Fall!
Mar. 2023 - Tiara and Pranav's work on quantifying ion uptake in Ice Ih crystals is published in JCP! Congratulations Team!
Congratulations to Lindsey on receiving a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
Feb. 2023 - Our collaborative work with Lauren Webb and Chad Drexler is published in JPC B! We are excited to continue this collaboration.
Jan. 2023 - Our cover art and editorial are published in JACS Au! https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacsau.2c00707
Dec. 2022 - The team is moving to Boise State University!
May 2022 - Congratulations to Lila on passing her qualifying exam!
April 2022 - Pranav and Arun receive an "Outstanding Presentation" Award at URSA! Congrats!
March 2022 - Reddy Yettapu joins the team as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome to the group!
May 2021 - Christian Escritt, a McNair Scholar from Southern Nazarene University, joins the team for the summer. Welcome to the group!