On Wednesday, March 24th , Brian Shoemaker passed his area exam.
On Monday, May 10th, Tiago dos Santos Dominguess passed his Area Exam.
In spring 2021, new lab member Fernanda Sulantay Vargas was awarded the 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and the 2021 GEM fellowship.
This fall 2021, Omar Khalifa, Oion Akif, and Arlind Kacirani joined the Haji-Akbari research lab.