FALL 2024
10/12/2024 - A new paper has been published - Maximizing the hydrogen content for methanol steam reforming processes by using the novel pareto-based multi-objective evolutionary algorithms
08/31/2024 - A new paper has been published - Quantitative determination of olefins in pyrolysis oils from waste plastics and tires using selective adsorption by Ag-SiO2 followed by GC×GC-FID!
08/18/2024 - Congratulations to Genesis, Jyotika, and Marilyn for presenting their results at the ACS Fall 2024 in Denver!
SUMMER 2024
08/15/2024 - A new paper has been published - Low-pressure hydrothermal processing for conversion of polystyrene into oils
08/08/2024 - Congratulations to Emily, Adamaris, & Hao and for presenting their research at the 2024 SoCal Undergraduate Chemistry Research at UC Irvine!
08/02/2024 - Congratulations to Adamaris and Emily for winning 1st place at the poster competition at the CSULA 2024 Summer Research Symposium.
07/16/2024 - Genesis was featured in LECO news.
07/15/2024 - Dr. Vozka was interviewed by The Dallas Morning News regarding Dr. Schug's recent paper.
SPRING 2024
05/16/2024 - Congratulations to Rayana for defending her Honors thesis!
05/16/2024 - Congratulations to Alec for defending his Honors thesis!
05/15/2024 - Congratulations to Khoa for defending his Prospectus!
04/20/2024 - A new paper has been published - A comparative study of aromatic content in pyrolysis oils from waste plastics and tires: Assessing common refinery methods
04/02/2024 - Congratulations to Nathan for winning the Cal State LA COAST Undergraduate Student Research Grant Program proposal!
03/15/2024 - Congratulations to Masah, Nathan, and Genesis for being honored at the NSS Honors Convocation! Masah and Nathan were placed on the Dean’s List, and Genesis received Special Recognition in Graduate Studies!
03/08/2024 - Elena, Rayana, and Marilyn's photograph has been featured in this month's edition of Vortex magazine.
03/07/2024 - Dr. Vozka was invited to the “Analytically Speaking” podcast from LCGC International and Spectroscopy to discuss The Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop.
03/07/2024 - Genesis, Hung, Ananya, Jyotika, Rayana, Marilyn, and Elena presented their research results at the 32nd Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA) symposium. Congratulations to Genesis for being awarded Outstanding Oral Presentation!
03/07/2024 - Genesis, Hung, and Khoa competed in the 3-minute graduate student research presentation competition. Congratulations to Genesis for winning 3rd place!
03/05/2024 - Masah and Marilyn competed in the 3-minute undergraduate student research presentation competition. Congratulations to Marilyn for winning 1st place!
02/29/2024 - Congratulations to Elena, Rayana, and Marilyn on their poster being accepted for presentation at the 138th California Association of Criminalists!
02/14/2024 - Congratulations to Genesis, Hung, Rayana, Elena, Marilyn, Ananya, and Jyotika on their research results being accepted to the 32nd Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA) conference!
02/6/2024 - News about the recent MDCW 2024 has been published on the NSS website.
FALL 2023
01/12/2024 - Congratulations to Elena on winning the ACS SCSC poster awards at the 15th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop!
01/10/2024 - Congratulations to Elena, Genesis, and Hung for presenting their results at the 15th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop in Los Angeles!
12/20/2023 - Dr. Vozka was invited to LECO's Measure Science Podcast together with the MDCW committee.
11/21/2023 - Dr. Vozka was invited to LECO's Measured Science Podcast.
11/09/2023 - Congratulations to Rayana (Anthony J. Andreoli Endowed Scholarship), Lady (Grifols Scholarship & Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship), Donis (Richard Keys Scholarship in Chemistry), and Dominique (Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship) for receiving all these amazing awards this year!
10/26/2023 - Our latest paper was selected as a Cover Story in Processes (Volume 11, Issue 10).
10/23/2023 - Cal State LA and LECO Corporation collaborate to launch cutting-edge chemical analysis lab.
10/20/2023 - LECO Launches New Laboratory in Partnership with California State University, Los Angeles.
09/29/2023 - Our lab appeared in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) magazine.
09/24/2023 - Congratulations to Alec, Nathan, and Sebastian on presenting their posters at the MORE Programs' 12th Annual Research Retreat at UCLA Lake Arrowhead.
09/23/2023 - A new paper has been published - Low-Pressure Hydrothermal Processing of Disposable Face Masks into Oils!
SUMMER 2023
08/15/2023 - Dr. Vozka wrote an LCGC Blog post called "Are You Sick of Hearing About ChatGPT?"
08/14/2023 - Congratulations to Genesis and Hung for presenting their results at the ACS Fall 2023 in San Francisco!
08/11/2023 - Congratulations to Brandon on presenting his summer research at the 2023 CSULA REU Urban Hydrology Conference!
08/04/2023 - Congratulations to Sebastian and Kevin on presenting the summer research at the Bridges and REU Summer Poster Presentation!
08/04/2023 - Congratulations to Sandra on presenting her summer research at the ASSURE Summer Research Presentation Forum!
07/24/2023 - Congratulations to Hung for obtaining a Travel Grant from the Office of Graduate Studies to present at the ACS Fall 2023 in San Francisco!
05/30/2023 - Congratulations to Hung and Genesis on their Abstracts being accepted for ACS Fall 2023 in San Francisco!
SPRING 2023
05/01/2023 - Congratulations to Kelly on defending her Department Honors Thesis!
05/16/2023 - Congratulations to Alec for being accepted to Department Honors Program!
05/04/2023 - Congratulations to Hung on defending his Prospectus with flying colors!
05/02/2023 - Congratulations to Genesis on defending her Prospectus with flying colors!
04/2023 - Congratulations to Genesis for being selected as the 2023 AC/DC Rising Star in Analytical Chemistry!
04/18/2023 - Congratulations to Elena, Genesis, and Hung for being recognized during the 2022-2023 Graduate Student Recognition Reception!
04/2023 - Congratulations to Alec for presenting his results at the 2023 Materials Research Society in San Francisco, CA!
03/24/2023 - Congratulations to Elena for receiving the College Women’s Club of Pasadena Scholarship!
03/16/2023 - Dr. Vozka was interviewed by LCGC (chromatographyonline.com) in the Rising Stars of Separation Science.
03/03/2023 - Congratulations to Genesis for presenting her results at the Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA) at Cal State LA!
03/03/2023 - Congratulations to Elena, Kelly, Cathy, Masah, Anthony, and Jacky for presenting posters at the RSCA at Cal State LA!
02/28/2023 - Cathy, Anthony, Alec, and Kelly competed in the 3-Minute Research competition hosted by NSF CREST CATSUS! Congratulations to Alec for winning 3rd place!
02/17/2023 - Congratulations to Cathy and Kelly on receiving the Cal State LA COAST Undergraduate Student Research Grant Program award!
02/15/2023 - Congratulations to Genesis, Elena, Kelly, Cathy, Anthony, Masah, and Jacky on their research results being accepted to the 31st Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA) conference!
02/2023 - A new paper has been published - Production of transportation fuels via hydrotreating of scrap tires pyrolysis oil!
01/31/2023 - Genesis presented a poster at 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop, Liege, Belgium
01/31/2023 - Dr. Vozka delivered a Keynote Lecture at 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop, Liege, Belgium
01/25/2023 - Dr. Vozka presented at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
FALL 2022
12/2022 - Congratulations to Cynthia on passing her Honors Thesis defense!
12/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis for obtaining a Travel Grant from the Office of Graduate Studies to present at the 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop in Liege, Belgium!
11/2022 - Congratulations to Kelly for being accepted to the USC PharmD program!
11/2022 - Congratulations to Cynthia for being accepted to the CSULA MS Engineering program!
11/2022 - Congratulations to Cathy for being accepted to the USC PharmD program!
11/07/2022 - New paper has been published! Comparison of gas and kerosene oils chemical composition before and after hydrotreating using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography
10/05/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis and Hung on presenting their poster, “Quantitative Analysis of Alkenes in Alternative Fuels via Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography,” at the SCALACS Research Symposium, Caltech, CA.
10/05/2022 - Congratulations to Elena and Kelly on presenting their poster “Analyzing Sand for Hydrocarbon Presence after Huntington Beach Oil Spill using Soling-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS)” at the SCALACS Research Symposium, Caltech, CA.
10/28/2022 - Congratulations to Elena on presenting a talk, "Detecting Hydrocarbons in Sand after Huntington Beach Oil Spill using Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry," at the CSU COAST 2022 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA!
10/27/2022 - Congratulations to Rayana (Phoebe K. Dea Scholarship in Analytical Chemistry & Rashad E. Razouk Chemistry Scholarship), Cathy (Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship), Kelly (Sigmund Jaffe Endowed Scholarship), Hung (Vicki Kubo-Anderson Endowed Scholarship), and Estella (Raymond E. Garcia Memorial Scholarship) for receiving all these amazing awards this year!
10/13/2022 - Congratulations to Alec on presenting his poster “Use of Sr(B,B’)O3 Perovskites for transparent semiconductors” at the Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools in Columbus, OH.
08/25/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis on presenting a talk, "Quantitative analysis of Aliphatic Olefins in alternative and petroleum-based fuels by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography," at the ACS Fall 2022 in Chicago, IL!
SUMMER 2022
08/12/2022 - Congratulations to Ticia on completing the 2022 CSULA REU Urban Hydrology in our lab and presenting her poster “Accumulation of Organic Compounds by Polypropylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastic Samples”
08/10/2022 - Congratulations to Alec on completing the NSF REU at Penn State University and presenting his poster “Use of Sr(B,B’)O3 Perovskites for transparent semiconductors”
08/08/2022 - Congratulations to Cathy on completing the DIA JumpStar program at USC Graduate School and presenting her poster “Effect of Oral Dihydromyricetin (DHM) on EtOH-Induced Lipid Accumulation in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (ALD).”
07/25/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis on winning the ACS Bridge Travel and Professional Development Awards for the Fall 2022 cycle!
07/13/2022 - Dr. Vozka presented at 2022 Virtual Research Café 10.0.
SPRING 2022
05/14/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis, Hung, and Estella for being accepted to the CSULA Master's program in Chemistry!
05/12/2022 - Congratulations to Kelly for being accepted to the Department of Chemistry Honors program!
05/03/2022 - Genesis defended her thesis with flying colors. Congratulations!
04/29/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis, Hung, and Estella for presenting their results at the 36th Annual CSU Systemwide Student Research Competition hosted by San Francisco State University!
04/25/2022 - Congratulations to Dominique for being accepted to the CSULA REU summer program!
04/28/2022 - Congratulations to Cathy for being accepted to the DIA JumpStart program at USC!
04/07/2022 - Congratulations to Joselyn, Genesis, Jacky, Hung, Cathy, Estella, Cynthia, Elena, Kelly, Rayana, and Anthony for getting on the Dean's list 2021!
04/07/2022 - Congratulations to Cynthia for presenting at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)!
04/04/2022 - Congratulations to Elena for being accepted to CSULA MS in Criminalistics program!
03/23/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis, Hung, and Estella for being the 3rd best Overall Oral Presentation at the 30th Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA) conference!
03/19/2022 - Our lab was mentioned in the NewsChannel 5 news - First-of-its-kind strategic plan looks to reduce, prevent microplastic pollution
03/18/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis, Hung, and Estella on being selected for this year’s Cal State LA Delegates to the 36th Annual CSU Systemwide Student Research Competition hosted by San Francisco State University!
03/18/2022 - Congratulations to Alec for being accepted to the REU program at Penn State this summer!
03/18/2022 - Congratulations to Genesis, Hung, Estella, Alec, Cynthia, Rayana, and Jacky for their research results being accepted to the 30th Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA) conference!
02/23/2022 - Congratulations to Kelly for receiving the Cal State LA COAST Undergraduate Student Research Grant Program award!
02/16/2022 - Dr. Vozka was invited to talk about Complex Chemical Mixtures - What is Inside of Them? at California State University, Long Beach
02/09/2022 - Dr. Vozka was invited to talk about Complex Chemical Mixtures - What is Inside of Them? at Chapman University
01/31/2022 - Elena was featured in the Chancellor's Office news in response to the October 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill