Soyu Zi
soyuzi2 [at] illinois.edu
M.S. Korea University, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
B.S. Seoul Women's University, Chemistry​
Soyu was born in Seoul, Korea and spent her childhood in Evanston, IL. She completed her MS at Korea University under the guidance of prof. Jong Seung Kim. For her master degree work, she has mainly focused on synthesis and characterization of small molecule fluorescent probe for Aβ plaque imaging in Alzheimer's disease brain. She joined Mehta's lab at the 2024 fall. Her current research is ~~~. Outside of the lab, she likes to play tennis and do figure skating.
Awards
2024 John C. Bailar Fellowship
2024 Phase 4 BK21 Scholarship - Outstanding Participating Graduate Students (Best Conference Presentation), Korea
2024 2nd KU Chem Fair Best Oral Presentation Award, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
2023 1st KU Chem Fair Grand Awards of Poster 2022–2023 Phase 4 BK21 Scholarship, Korea
2023 131st KCS Symposium BKCS Grand Award of Poster Presentation, Korea
2023 Phase 4 BK21 Scholarship - Outstanding Participating Graduate Students (Best Conference Presentation), Korea
2022 Phase 4 BK21 Scholarship, Korea
Soyu's best dog friend Yanggang Lee (He's not her dog)