UK Chemistry graduate student Elizabeth Pillar has been selected as a recipient of the 2016 University of Kentucky Woman’s Club Fellowship. This fellowship provides $2000 from the University of Kentucky Woman’s Club and recognizes both current achievements as a doctoral student as well as future potential. Pillar is a graduate student in the Guzman group at UK. Her publications focus on reactions to better understand atmospheric chemistry, including the oxidation of cathechol at the air/water interface and reactions of iodide in microdroplets exposed to ozone.

Heterogeneous Oxidation of Catechol. E.A. Pillar, R. Zhou, and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2015), 10349-10359, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07914.

Catechol oxidation by ozone and hydroxyl radicals at the air-water interface. E.A. Pillar, R.C. Camm, and M.I. Guzman*. Environmental Science & Technology (2014), 48, 14352-14360, DOI: 10.1021/es504094x.

Conversion of iodide to hypoiodous acid and iodine in aqueous microdroplets exposed to ozone. E.A. Pillar, M.I. Guzman*, and J.M. Rodriguez. Environmental Science & Technology (2013),47, 10971-10979, DOI: 10.1021/es401700h.