Polina Navotnaya Chemistry Graduate Student
Polina Navotnaya
Chemistry Graduate Student at The University of Chicago
S.M., University of Chicago, 2015
B.S., Purdue University, 2014
GCIS E028
929 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637 USA
navotnaya@engelgroup.uchicago.edu
(773)-702-6066
Papers from the Engel Group
B.S. Rolczynski, H. Zheng, V.P. Singh, P. Navotnaya, A.R. Ginzburg, J.R. Caram, K. Ashraf, A.T. Gardiner, S.-H. Yeh, S. Kais, R.J. Cogdell, and G.S. Engel, "Correlated Protein Environments Drive Quantum Coherence Lifetimes in Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes", Chem 4, 138–149 2018.
***Highlighted with a preview written by Dr. Margherita Maiuri and Prof. Greg Scholes.***
B.S. Rolczynski, Polina Navotnaya, H.R. Sussman and G.S. Engel, "Cysteine-mediated mechanism disrupts energy transfer to prevent photooxidation", PNAS 113, 8562–8564 2016.
News from the Engel Group
Girls 4 Science Event 7/21/2017
Elizabeth Bain organized a "Girls 4 Science" event for over 200 young female scientists with help from Sarah Zinn, Polina Navotnaya, and Jake Higgins
Service Award 5/2/2018
Congratulations to Polina Navotnaya on receiving the Joan Shiu Chemistry Department Student Service Award.
Paper Published 1/11/2018
Congratulations to Brian Rolczynski, Haibin Zheng, Ved Singh, Polina Navotnaya, Ruvim Ginzburg, Justin Caram, and Shu-Hao Yeh as well as our collaborators in the Kais and Cogdell Groups on having their paper published to Chem. Thanks to Margherita Maiuri and Greg Scholes for writing a nice Preview piece highlighting this work.
Paper Published 7/20/2016
Congratulations to Brian Rolczynski, Polina Navotnaya, and Hallie Sussman on their commentary piece entitled, "Cysteine-mediated mechanism disrupts energy transfer to prevent photooxidation", which published today in PNAS.
Quals Passed 4/6/2016
Congratulations to Polina Navotnaya on passing her qualifying exam.
Teaching Award 5/5/2015
Congratulations to Polina Navotnaya on winning the Chemistry Department's Nathan Sugarman Teaching Award.
New Graduate Student 12/1/2014
Polina Navotnaya has joined the group as a new graduate student!