Congratulations to Drs. Sruthi Mohan, Jesba Bas Concepción, and Sebastian Marquez on receiving their Ph.D. degrees at the 2023 UIC Fall Commencement ceremony. This is a remarkable achievement that requires years of hard work, dedication, and perseverance. You have demonstrated your commitment to excellence and have made your family, friends, and colleagues proud.

Chris graduated from Dominican University, majoring in chemistry and minoring in physics. Before joining the chemistry graduate program at UIC this fall, Chris worked at Particle Technology Labs as a Particle Characterization Chemist II. Chris will be working to develop selective inhibitors for HDAC11, the smallest and least explored member of the HDAC family