THE GROUP
Visiting Scholars
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
The Hoover Group will be looking to welcome new undergraduate researchers to the group in 2024!
Please reach out to Jessica at jmhoover[at]umn.edu if you're interested.
Principal Investigator
Jessica M. Hoover
Professional Positions
2023-Present.
Merck Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2018-2023. Associate Professor of Chemistry, West Virginia University
2012-2018. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, West Virginia University
Education
2009-2012. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison
with Professor Shannon Stahl
2004-2009. Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle
with Professors Jim Mayer and Forrest Michael
200-2004. B.S. in Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College
with Professor Adam Johnson
Recent Awards
- 2022 WVU Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award
- 2021 Eberly College Outstanding Public Service Award
- 2020 Kavli Fellow
- 2020 Faculty Award for Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research
- 2020 Eberly College Outstanding Researcher Award
- 2020 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
- 2019 NIH Outstanding Investigator Award (MIRA)
- 2016 C. Eugene Bennet Department of Chemistry Outstanding Faculty Award
- 2015 NSF CAREER Award