Month: November 2024

PhD Dissertation Defense by Bai Qu

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Congratulations to Bai Qu on successfully and proudly defending her Doctoral Dissertation today (Nov. 21, 2024)! This is a great achievement in her graduate education at UConn and a significant milestone in her life!

Bai earned Master of Science degrees from both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining my lab in Fall 2019. As of today, she has authored 9 first-author peer-reviewed journal articles with over 500 citations, with more papers to come, soon. Bai is passionate about developing sustainable, science-driven solutions for the food and beverage industry. Bai has recently accepted a position as a Senior Food Scientist at Balchem Human Nutrition & Health. We wish Bai the very best of success in her future endeavors!

Bai Defense

Dr. Luo Named to the World’s Highly Cited Researcher List, 2024

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Dr. Luo has been recognized by the Web of Science as one of the most Highly Cited Researchers worldwide in 2024, ranked among the top 1% by citations! This year, only three University of Connecticut professors have received this recognition.

https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/

Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers™ which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science™ over the past decade. However, citation activity is not the sole selection indicator. This list, based on citation activity is then refined using qualitative analysis and expert judgment as we observe for evidence of community-wide recognition from an international and wide-ranging network of citing authors.

Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000.

Dr. Luo has been named to the World's Most Highly Cited Researcher List five times in the past six years: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.