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Hieu Hoang

I was born in Vietnam. Life is certainly harder under the oppression and discrimination of the communist regime. Fortunately, my family was allowed to leave the country through the Humanitarian Organization. In 1991, my family came to United States as a communist refugee. The long process of adaption and integration into a new face of life was tough especially when English is our native language. After high school graduation, I immediately attended junior college. This was a place where I first developed my passion for chemistry. Realizing that junior college can no longer fuel my thirst for chemistry, I transferred to University of California, San Diego as known as UCSD. During the last year of my education at UCSD, I was encouraged by professor Figueroa to join his research group, so I did. Stimulated by the chemistry that is being conducted in his lab, I quickly put myself at work on the nickel project. The goal of the project is to map out the reactivity of the three-coordinated nickel(I) complex with small molecules. Thus, small molecule activation apparently is my main interest in the field of inorganic chemistry. In order to achieve greater in this area, I came to MIT in Fall 2010 and decided to join professor Cummins group. It is a place where creative chemistry is being conducted.

Some good links:
Inorganic Syntheses / ACS Journals / ACIE

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