Bhavana Pavuluri, from Handa's research group, receives "Ciba Travel Award" from American Chemical Society
"Ciba Travel Award" from American Chemical Society is provided to only one high school student (nationwide).
Bhavana Pavuluri is a junior at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky and a high school researcher in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Louisville. At the university lab under Prof. Sachin Handa, Pavuluri has contributed to various projects including research published in J. Org. Chem., "Micelle-Enabled Photoassisted Selective Oxyhalogenation of Alkynes in Water Under Mild Conditions." Enthusiastic about pursuing green chemistry research, Pavuluri will us the award to travel to the ACS National Meeting in San Diego, California held August 25-29, 2019.