Ka Un Lao was born in Macau and received a B.S. degree with a major in chemistry and a minor in Physics, and an M.S. degree in chemistry from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan working with Chin-hui Yu. He completed his Ph.D. in physical/theoretical chemistry at The Ohio State University under the guidance of John M. Herbert. This was followed by postdoctoral work with Robert A. DiStasio Jr. at Cornell University. He joined the Department of Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University as an Assistant Professor in 2019.
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Selected Honors and Awards
2020 ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Award
2019 Macau Excellent Talents Award Scheme (Macau Foundation)
2019 Top 10 Outstanding Chinese America Youth Award
2019 PCTC Postdoctoral Fellow Award (Penn Conference in Theoretical Chemistry)
2018 ACS COMP Division Wiley Computers in Chemistry Outstanding Postdoc Award
2016 1st place oral award at The Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum (OSU)
2015 Phi Tau Phi (PTP) Mid-America Scholarship Award
2015 ACS COMP Division CCG Research Excellence Award for Graduate Students
2015 Presidential Fellowship Award (OSU)
2015 1st place award in Albert L. Henne Research Competition (OSU)
2009 The President’s Scholarship (NTHU)
2007 Dr. I-Chi Mei Memorial Medal (NTHU)
2007 Honorary member of Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society in Taiwan
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