Kim Lab News Archive 2023
Congratulations to Dec 2023 Kim Lab graduates Spenser Brown (PhD), Macy Birge (BS, summa cum laude), and Alexandra Avera (MS).
John Kim presents at Centre of Excellence Biopharmaceutical Technology 2023 Course Series in IIT Delhi.
Photo credit: CBTLab Christmas party at John Kim’s home.
Bella Concannon and Ava Concannon presented their research at RRS Live.
Congratulations to Alexandra Avera for receiving the AIChE 2023 Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Travel Award!
Photo credit: AIChE WICCongratulations to Spenser Brown for receiving TWO awards at the AIChE 2023 national meeting! She received the John C. Chen Young Professional Leadership Award and second place in the Division 15 FP&BE Poster Awards.
Updated group photo for Fall 2023.
Ava Concannon and Isabella Mejia join Kim Lab. Welcome, Ava and Bella!
The Kim Lab was well-represented at the annual national ACS BIOT meeting. Alex Avera presented her work, “Glioblastoma Organoids Model Extracellular Matrix Heterogeneity,” and Spenser Brown presented her work, “Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Maintaining Stemness in Breast Cancer Metastasis.” Also, John Kim was honored with The James M. Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award.
Donte Johnson presented a poster of his summer research at the UA Biotechnology REU Program.
John Kim led, along with Prof. Katie O’Harra, a chemical engineering study abroad program in Ireland.
Eli Chambers and Maggie Kapperman join Kim Lab. Welcome, Eli and Maggie!
John Kim gives a presentation at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico with invitation from Professor Norberta Pinho, Fulbright Portugal Alumni Association Board Member.
Donte Johnson joins Kim Lab as a summer REU student as a participant of the Interdisciplinary Convergence to Advance the Biotechnological and Bioscience Workforce program. Welcome, Donte!
Congratulations to Jules Bates and Yifei Sun on their graduation!
Kim Lab undergraduate researchers Bella Concannon and Yifei Sun presented at the 2023 Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference.
Alex Avera received the 2022-2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award! She is just one of two students who won this university-wide award. Congratulations, Alex!
Photo Credit: Tuscaloosa NewsJules Bates and Yifei Sun received UA’s 2022-2023 Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. In addition, Jules received the Kenneth J. Tobola Award for an outstanding project in the Randall Research Scholars Program.Congratulations, Jules and Yifei!
John Kim presented a seminar at iBET/iNOVA4Health in Oeiras, Portugal.
Photo credit: iBETSpenser Brown successfully defended her Ph.D. preliminary exam. Congratulations, Spenser!
John Kim received UA ChBE’s Outstanding Faculty Research Impact Award.
Joe Park’s collaboration project with Dr. Liz Papish (Chemistry) on ruthenium complexes with protic ligands was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations, Joe!
John Kim begins his sabbatical today at the Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (iBET), sponsored by Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award.
Last updated: 2026-09-09