Jun Chen, chemistry graduate student, won Outstanding Student Oral Presentation at the 2014 Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting in Boston, MA.

This is a prestigious and highly competitive award given for excellent results in her most impressive presentation of pH-Responsive Hydrogel Cubes for Release of Doxorubicin in Cancer Cells.

UAB Department of Chemistry, as well as Jun's mentor, Dr. Eugenia Kharlampieva, are very proud of Jun.