July 28, 2021 Michael Groves, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry For his innovation and promising advances in the chemical sciences, Cal State Fullerton chemist Michael Groves has received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award. The award, granted through NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, supports his research in using computational modeling to investigate alternative mechanisms for the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Groves, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received $185,149 in first-year funding for his research project, with the award expected to total $422,198 over five years. He is the sixth CSUF faculty member to receive the award since 2002. Groves joined the university in 2016 after earning his doctorate in chemical and material engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada.