News
August 17th, 2026
The Hill Lab attends and presents at the MSE Innovation Symposium at CU Boulder. Megan, Macioe, Liz and Alex present posters!
August 12-15th, 2026
The Hill Lab enjoys a camping trip at Medicine Bow National Forest. We went for hikes, played in the hot springs, cooked good food, observed the Perseids meteor shower and group bonded. Camper van broke down 🙁 Can’t wait for next year!
August 2nd, 2026
Dr. Sirilak(Nook) Mekcham’s paper in Macro Molecular Rapid Communications comes out! Congratulations Nook and co-authors! Feel free to read it here.
July 29th, 2026
REU poster showcase. Jacob Berg, Elayna King, and Camille Prefountain present posters. Nice work team! We also say goodbye to Jacob and Camille ;(
July 23rd, 2026
The Hill Lab celebrates the 4th annual polymer day at CSU!
July 13-17, 2026
Adelle and Liz go to Biopacific MIP!
May 28th, 2026
Liz Thompson wins the “CSU Chemistry Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Award”! Congratulations Liz!
May 9th, 2026
Hill lab visits Morning Fresh Farms (Noosa Yogurt)!
April 22nd, 2026
Hill Lab group hang at Prost!
April 22nd, 2026
Owen took 2nd place in the 3-minute lightning talk competition at the postdoc symposium!
April 14th, 2026
Alex presents at CSU Demo Day and wins best innovation in the Natural Sciences and Environment!
April 13th, 2026
Adelle wins an honorable mention from the NSF-GRFP! Congratulations Adelle!
March 18th, 2026
Alex and Owen present at APS global physics summit 2026!
March 1st, 2026
We welcome Dr. Lance P. Go as a Research Scientist in the Hill Lab! Lance is working with our startup collaboration with LA Bionsciences (LABS). Welcome, Lance!
February 17th, 2026
Alex, Nook and Owen have a new paper out in ACS Central Science! Check it out here!
February 11th, 2026
Megan R. presents in the finals for the CSU 3MT challenge. Congratulations Megan!
December 31st, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Owen Lee and co-authors for their recent publication in ACS-Macro letters! The paper shows that orthogonal thiol-allyl coupling (a highly underrated coupling reaction) can be an efficient means of connecting macromers with tunable dynamic boronic ester crosslinks. Please read the full paper here
December 1st, 2025
We welcome Adelle Kirshner as a first year graduate student in the Hill Lab! Welcome, Adelle. We are so excited to have you in the group!
November 19th, 2025
The Hill Lab participates at the grad show!
November 10th, 2025
Congratulations to Ally Cunningham, Gwen Wilusz, Owen Lee, and John Estock on their new publication in JACS! This work shows plausible recycling of PMMA and PS, two commonly used polymers, through the capture of reactive species formed under mechanical force. A step in the right direction for better, more sustainable plastics recycling. Please read the paper here
October 10th, 2025
Professor Hill wins an Early Career (pre-tenure) Faculty Excellence in Teaching and/or Mentoring Award. Congratulations!
July 20th, 2025
The Hill Lab enjoys a camping trip at guernsey state park! We went tubing, people cooked good food, we walked the Oregon Trail!
May 28th, 2025
Macioe Firsching wins the “CSU Chemistry Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Award”! Congratulations Macioe!
March 11th, 2025
Dr. Sirilak (Nook) Mekcham and Dr. Owen Lee represented our group at the Postdoctoral Research Symposium. Nook received a Thermo Fisher–sponsored poster award, while Owen earned fourth place in the poster competition. Congratulations to both on their excellent work!
