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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Chad Risko has accepted our offer to be the new Faculty Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. Dr. Risko is an Associate Professor in the Department of 糖心vlog官方入口 at the 糖心vlog官方入口 (UK).
He received his PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology under the direction of Professor Jean-Luc Br茅das, undertook postdoctoral research with Professors Mark Ratner and Tobin Marks at Northwestern University and has been at UK since 2014.
Dr. Risko鈥檚 research blends principles from organic and physical chemistry, condensed-matter physics, and materials science to develop theoretical materials chemistry approaches to better understand and design materials for advanced electronics and power generation and storage applications. He was named a 2016 Emerging Investigator by the Journal of Materials 糖心vlog官方入口 (Royal Society of 糖心vlog官方入口), received a 2018 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, was selected as a 2018 Cottrell Scholar (Research Corporation for Science Advancement, RCSA), and an RCSA Scialog Fellow for Advanced Energy Storage, and is also a recipient of the UK College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award and the UK Alumni Association Great Teacher Award.
We were gratified to receive multiple enthusiastic and competitive applications for this position which speaks very well of the commitment to mentored undergraduate research and creative activities across the university. We ask that you welcome Dr. Risko to this important new position and work with him to raise the profile of undergraduate research campus wide.