Jason has defended last week and (of course) passed, making him Dr. Jason Cox! He already has a job lined up with Align Technology, the company behind Invisalign, and will be starting almost right away. He will very much be missed in the lab, but we wish him the best of luck in his new job and in everything else.
A quick post to give a shoutout to Stephanie, who has been at NC State for 15 years! She is an integral part to our lab’s success and we don’t know what we’d do without her. To celebrate we had cupcakes outside on a beautiful day and got Steph a sparkly purple hat – the next best thing to a bejeweled crown.
OML is very proud to have had two of our amazing undergrads graduate last weekend.
Vince will be heading to Madison, Wisconsin, to be a technical solutions engineer at Epic Systems. He will be be working with clients to implement changes to improve Epic’s healthcare database software.
Jennifer is will be working as a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) in the Raleigh area during her gap year and applying to medical schools for fall 2023. This summer she’s going to stick around the lab to help us out, so we’re relieved to not be losing her quite yet!
Congratulations to Jason for doing such an amazing job.
Sandra got an unconditional pass on her prelims and proposal defense. Next step: dissertation!
Sandra and Stephanie recently completed a year-long training offered through UNC’s Morehead Planetarium. The Inspiring Meaningful Programs and Communication Through Science (IMPACTS) Program is a state-wide public science communication training and outreach initiative. IMPACTS is designed to train scientists in public communication using a nationally acclaimed curriculum along with enabling them to practice and hone their science communication skills. Applicants are selected from scientists across the state.
There was a virtual graduation ceremony, and both received a signature tie-dyed lab coat.
Yes, the title of this post is in all caps because we’re YELLING FROM EXCITEMENT!
Jacque will be promoted to Associate Professor beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year. We’re so proud!
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We’ve had a couple new papers published recently that we’re excited to share with you:
Head to our publications page to see more of our work.
Nicholas recently defended his dissertation and was hooded at graduation. Congrats!
Congratulations are in order to Hui who successfully defended on February 2. Her thesis, entitled “Studies of barbed surgical sutures associated with materials, anchoring, performance and histology” was accepted by her committee.
We’re so proud of you, Dr. Cong!
