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Mission Unstoppable


 

Mission Unstoppable


Watch chemistry professor and mixed martial artist, Dr. Janis Louie, on CBC television's Mission Unstoppable. Dr. Louie uses exercise to show how science solutions play an important role in our bodies.

Born and raised in San Francisco.– Dr. Louie earned degrees and honed her chemistry skills at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Yale University, and the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) before settling in Salt Lake City and joining the faculty in the University of Utah Department of Chemistry. Her research is centered on the discovery, development, and utilization of transition metal catalyzed reactions to overcome obstacles in traditional synthetic approaches.  Dr Louie's honors include the Cope Scholar Award, the Camille-Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award, and the inaugural AAAS If/Then Ambassadorship.

Student Spotlights


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Jessica Venegas

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Ty Mellor

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Tiffany Do: Undergrad Research Scholar

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Phi Beta Kappa

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Fulbright Scholar

Rose Godfrey named 2022 Fulbright Scholar.

Research Scholar

Tyler Ball has been named the 2022 College of Science Research Scholar.

Outstanding Post-Doc

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NSF Fellowship

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NSF Fellowship

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Outstanding Undergraduate

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Student Researcher

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Goldwater Scholar

Alison Wang awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for 2022-23.

Savannah Romney

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Audrey Brown

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Eliza Diggins

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Sarmishta Kannan

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Sahar Kanishka

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2021 Churchill Scholar

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2021 Research Scholar

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Kyle Kazemini

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Brennan Mahoney

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Sonia Sehgal

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Women in Mathematics

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2020 Research Scholar

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Dominique Pablito

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2020 Churchill Scholar

Michael Xiao brings home the U's fifth straight Churchill Scholarship

Goldwater Winner

Isaac Martin awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for 2020.

Goldwater Winner

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Rachel Cantrell

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2019 Churchill Scholar

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2018 Churchill Scholar

Scott Neville receives Utah's third straight Churchill Scholarship.

2017 Churchill Scholar

Michael Zhao receives Utah's second Churchill Scholarship.

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