Q-Chem Developer Ka Un Lao Wins ACS COMP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award

Congratulations to Q-Chem developer Prof. Ka Un Lao, of Virginia Commonwealth University, on being awarded the prestigious ACS COMP’s OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award! He is the first-ever recipient of all three ACS COMP awards (he also received the Excellent Graduate Student Award in 2015 and the Outstanding Postdoctoral Award in 2018). You can read more about his ongoing work and his receipt of the award on VCU's website here.

The award recognizes outstanding tenure-track junior faculty, and Prof. Lao will be presented with this award at ACS Spring 2025, which will be happening in San Diego. For more information on the award, please click here.