Junwei Lucas Bao
Independent Career:
Jul. 2020 – present Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Boston College
(Tenure-track starting date (due to COVID-19): Jul. 2021)
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Education and Training:
May 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher
Princeton University (Mentor: Prof. Emily A. Carter)
Sept. 2018 Ph. D. in Chemistry
University of Minnesota (Advisor: Prof. Donald G. Truhlar)
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Selected Awards and Honors:
2024 Elected Fellow for Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials (SM3)
Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Sloan Foundation, and the Kavli Foundation
2022 ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator (DNI)
2018 ACS PHYS-Theory Graduate Award in Theoretical Chemistry
PHYS Division of the American Chemical Society
2017 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
2017 Overend Award for Physical Chemistry Research, University of Minnesota
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citationsuser=J_HJqRIAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
ORCID: 0000-0002-4967-663X Web of Science ResearcherID: T-7134-2017
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Email: lucas.bao@bc.edu
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Office: Merkert 224 Group Office: Merkert 214C