This award, which recognizes contributions to education, research, sectional service or community service, comes with a plaque, which will be awarded during the ACS-GHS Fall Awards Banquet.
Lubchenko, a faculty member at the University of Houston since 2005, researches the mechanism of the formation of inorganic solids with a particular focus on amorphous solids that are called glasses.
“Glass is a type of solid in which the atoms are arranged in an irregular fashion,” Lubchenko said.