A huge congratulations to Eileen—sorry, Dr. Hoang—for becoming our lab’s very first Ph.D. graduate! One of the first people to join the lab, Eileen is a star chemist and connoisseur of iced coffee. After graduating, she plans to enter the real world as a process chemist at Sanofi.
This is what it looks like to achieve escape velocity from grad school.
Zooming on the big screen! Our newly initiated G1s sit in the front row in rapturous awe, or possibly abject terror upon realizing what the next 5 years have in store.
The group gathers virtually after the defense. Sadly this screenshot missed the boss by just a few seconds!
We’re sad to see Eileen go, but we know she has a bright future ahead of her. We’ll conclude with a quote from Dr. Hoang herself, an oldie but a goodie from the era of the #evening_shift:
Well said, well said.