2017 Student Engagement (Service) Award
A chemistry major and Japanese minor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Science and Humanities Scholars (SHS) program, Josh Zak (CMU 2017) is an active member of Fringe, an independent social and service organization, and Carnegie Mellon’s UNICEF and Mortar Board chapters. Zak also served as head orientation counselor during First-Year Orientation and led Spring Carnival’s booth committee.
Working as an undergraduate researcher in Professor of Chemistry Stefan Bernhard’s lab, Zak’s research focuses on various projects related to synthesizing molecules and characterizing their photophysics for use in various photoredox catalysis processes