Dear
everyone:
I am about to retire, and
would like to say thank you to everyone before I leave!
I have really enjoyed the university environment. This
is a place to gain
knowledge and cultivate talents. I obtained my master’s
degree in China, and worked
at a Chinese university. After I came to the United
States, I began working at
Purdue, and have been here for 24 years. I leave full of
nostalgia- This has
been the most precious chapter of my life.
When I arrived in LORRE, I was fortunate to meet the
best and most outstanding
professor Prof. Michael Ladisch. His keen insight and
long-term vision led
everyone to meet scientific research challenges, and
inspired all of us to work
hard. He is my biggest influence, and has always been a
model from which to
learn. He has taught me the spirit of research and
excellent leadership methods.
He has created opportunities for everyone on our team to
develop, because of
his full trust and support. Because of him, I was able
to work on the Cell
Concentration and Pathogen Recovery project, and played
a lead role in lab
management and safety. His guidance has a lot to do with
my successes, and the
advancement of my career. I am grateful for everything
he has done for me.
Prof. Nathan Mosier is
a professor that I
respect greatly. He uses his expertise, experience, and
wisdom to patiently
guide students through the toughest problems in his
research projects. Everyone
who has worked with Dr. Mosier has learned great deal
from him. He has been
especially helpful with the high-performance liquid
chromatography machines.
This has allowed the LORRE Recharge Center play an
important role in
fermentation experiments, enzyme reactions and
bio-separations research across
campus.
I am also very
appreciative of Carla Carie. I
have been working with her since I came to LORRE. I
admire her conscientious
devotion to LORRE. She has given me a lot of help, I’ll
always remember her.
Prof. Abigail
Engelberth, Prof. Gozdem Kilaz are
very caring, and their support is very dear to me. Prof.
Kilaz included me as a
participant writing in her biofuels research project
group. My heart is full of
gratitude.
Dr. Eduardo Ximenes,
thank you for being
accommodating, and for helping in our work. We overcame
difficulties and worked
hard while developing the hollow-fiber pathogen
detection technology. This has
honed my strength and determination to succeed. Our
experiments for E. coli
detection have been an important opportunity for me.
Dr. Studie, Samira, and
Antonio, thank you for
working as part of the safety committee. I attach a
great importance to the
friendships we have built during this work. Working with
you has always been a
pleasure. Your dedication and hard work has made LORRE a
safe environment for
the studies, work, and lives of everyone.
Petr, Pablo, Robert,
Emma, Jessica, Elena,
Jonathan, Abhijit and Honggu: I will have left LORRE by
the time you receive
your Ph.D, but I am proud and happy for you, and know
that you will succeed in
the years to come.
Justin,
Casey, Fabricio, Nate, Melody, Jiwon
and Sophia: I enjoy you. You are so eager to learn, so
passionate, so pure, so
ideal and ambitious. Whenever I see you grow and
progress, see you get an A, or
get an award, I am very happy. Thank you for the joy
you’ve given me- to work
and study with you has kept my heart young. I am
reluctant to leave you, I will
miss you.
Mariane Molina and Dr.
Renata
Almeida,
as visiting scholars who have just arrived at LORRE, it
has been a
pleasure to get to know you. I wish you all the best for
you research in LORRE.
Thank you Dr. Daehwan
Kim, we helped each
other a lot in the lab and worked together very well.
Thank you to Professor
Kevin Solomon. Thank you,Casey Hooker.
There
are so many people I want to thank.
Especially Prof. George Tsao, Founding Director of
LORRE. He devoted his
efforts to the creation and development of LORRE, and
was the first to give me
the opportunity to work at LORRE. I will never forget
his selfless leadership, encouragement,
and help. You are truly a life-long teacher, and I will
always be grateful of
you. Thank you so much Dr. Nancy Ho, I trained and
improved immensely during my
work with her lead group.
I love this laboratory,
and all you, for
making every day fun, impactful, and rewarding. I am so
fortunate and proud to
call myself a member of LORRE. I wish you happiness and
success in your future
endeavors.
Sincerely
Xingya (Linda) Liu