Professor Vy Dong Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine Born in Big Spring, Texas, first in her Vietnamese family to attend college B.S. Chemistry, University of California at Irvine Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Postdoctoral at University of California at Berkeley Faculty positions at University of Toronto and University of California at Irvine Elias J. Corey Award, ACS Cope Scholar Award, Assoc. Editor of Chemical Science Check out the awesome Ted talk on Vy’s path as a first gen student and her passion for organic chemistry.