NEWS

NEWS

April 15th, 2026

December 1st, 2025

May 1st, 2025

September 18th, 2024

2nd Year Graduate Student Ryan Arnold wins the 2025 Outstanding TA Award. Congrats Ryan!

Rising senior in chemistry Marissa Kuruce joins the McNicholas Group. Welcome Marissa!

May 30th, 2024

Our new glove box arrived from VAC-ATM!

March 11th, 2024

We are so excited to welcome Emma, Haleigh, Kelsie, and Ryan to the group! We are excited to start research on Rocky Top!

December 1st, 2023

September 2023

Welcome to our rotating students!

The McNicholas Lab begins at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville!

August 1st, 2023

Congratulations to Neil for winning an Achievement Award for his poster presentation at the 30th Eurēca Undergraduate Symposium!

1st year graduate student Sam Chasen joins the group. Welcome!

Our EasyXAFS300+ arrives from Washington!

The McNicholas Lab receives a Doctoral New Investigator grant through the ACS Petroleum Research Fund for our work on electrocatalytic transformations of petroleum feedstocks.

November 7th, 2024

1st year graduate students Dyson and Alex join the group. Welcome!

December 1st, 2024

January 21st, 2025

Sophomores Neil Parek and Emmy Cameron join the group. Welcome!

September 1st, 2025

Junior Aiden Sparkman joins the group. Welcome!

Marissa graduates from UTK with her BS in Chemistry!

May 2025

March 5th, 2026

Congratulations to Dyson and Alex on passing their candidacy exams!

April 11th, 2026

Congratulations to Emmy for winning best poster presentation and Neil for winning the Dr. Lucy E. Scroggie Scholarship! We are very proud of our undergraduates!

April 30th, 2026

Congratulations to Kelsie for winning the Keenan Teaching Award and Alex for winning the Outstanding PhD Candidate Award at our 2026 Chemistry Honors Day!