April 2021
Congrats to Lee, who successfully defended his dissertation. He is off to Pax River.
May 2021
Congrats to our 2020 and 2021 Ph.D. graduates. We were finally able to celebrate their achievements.
October 2021
Alex gave a fantastic 7th semester talk.
April 2022
Congratulations to Maddie Shore, Lulio Sanz, Morgan McDonald, and Anamar Blanes who are now all qualified as PhD candidates!
July 2022
The group received an NSF award to support the development of PL bismuth-based materials.
January 2023
Congratulations to our four third-years for successfully passing their original research proposals!
April 2023
Congratulations to our second year Tom for successfully passing his candidacy exam.
April 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Knope for receiving the Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award.
May 2022
Congratulations to Alex Marwitz for receiving the Pope award for excellence in inorganic chemistry!
December 2022
We welcome Sabrina Jackson as the newest member of the Knope group!
April 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Alex Marwitz for successfully defending his PhD thesis! You will do great work in the future.
April 2023
Sabrina Jackson presented at the Graduate Student Literature Seminar. Way to go, Sabrina!
May 2023
Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher Anuj Dutta for successfully defending his honors thesis! Good luck in med School!
May 2023
What a special day! Congratulations to Alex, our most newly minted PhD. Alex recently started a position at Inpria as a Senior Staff Chemist
October 2023
Our fourth years (Maddie Shore, Lulio Sans, Anamar Blanes-Dias, and Morgan McDonald) all gave wonderful 7th semester talks. Nice job, team!
December 2023
Tom McCusker passed his original research proposal. Way to go, Tom!
April 2024
The group went to Fort Hunt Elementary School and volunteered at their science night. Demos included luminescence, liquid nitrogen, and making bouncy balls. What fun!
December 2023
Alice Lulich, Meiling Spelic, and Gunjan Gupta all joined the lab. Welcome to the Knope Group!
December 2024
Sabrina Jackson passed her qualifying exam and is now a PhD candidate. Congratulations!
May 2024
Alice Lulich presented at the Graduate Student Literature Seminar. Her topic was on scintillation compounds, their design and limitations.
May 2024
Meiling Spelic presented at the Graduate School Literature Seminar, discussing the complexities of actinide molten flux.
July 2024
Maddie Shore won a Poster Award for her poster presentation at the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry. Nice work, Maddie!
July 2024
Alice Lulich, Anamar Blanes-Dias, Sabrina Jackson, Maddie Shore, and Sara Auffant all presented posters at the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry. This is by far the biggest group that we've brought to a conference and everyone did a fantastic job!