1. Professor Vy Dong
Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine
Born in Big Spring, Texas, first in her Vietnamese family to attend college
B.S. Chemistry, University of California at Irvine
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral at University of California at Berkeley
Faculty positions at University of Toronto and University of California at Irvine
Elias J. Corey Award, ACS Cope Scholar Award, Assoc. Editor of Chemical Science
Check out the awesome Ted talk on Vy’s path as a
first gen student and her passion for organic chemistry.