Global Undergraduate Awards- Glen Loo
Recently, Glen Loo from the Lumb Group received an award from the (GUA) for the work he did during a 5-month research internship. Glen had come to 91社区 from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and worked with graduate mentor Carlos Azpilcueta-Nicolas on the photoinduced dearomatization of biaryl compounds. Glen鈥檚 work was ranked within the top 10% of all entries in the Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences category, receiving an award of 鈥淗ighly Commended鈥� by the GUA committee. In November, Glen attended the Global Undergraduate Awards Summit in Dublin, Ireland, where he had the opportunity to share about his research and network with a diverse cohort of awardees, celebrating their achievements. The event featured workshops and speeches from renowned public figures and academics, and participants were treated to a tour of the Teeling Whiskey Distillery and a black-tie Gala Dinner for the award ceremony.
Glen joined the Lumb Group in August 2023 to begin work as a PhD student, focusing on photocatalysis and its application to the synthesis of biologically active nature products.