Paper Accepted!
04-24-2024
Gavin and Hongyan's lignin review paper has been accepted by Chemical Physics Reviews as a collaboration between our group and Prof. Dunwei Wang's group. Congratulations!
Paper accepted by JACS
03-12-2024
Lianqian and Arjun's paper has been accepted by JACS. Congratulations!
New graduate student
03-01-2024
The group welcomes graduate student William Thompson. Bill was a graduate student with Professor Byers. Welcome, Bill!
Ph.D. defense
02-29-2024
Qiwen passed her Ph.D. defense with flying colors. Congratulations, Dr. Su-Tobon!
Paper accepted
02-12-2024
Na-Chuan and Zefeng's paper has been accepted by JACS. Congratulations!
Thanks, Dr. Mi Zhou!
12-31-2023
The group thanks Dr. Mi Zhou for his contributions as a postdoc fellow and wish him great success in future endeavors.
New first-year graduate students
12-01-2023
The group welcomes first-year graduate students Poom Ungolan and Drew Michaud. Welcome, Poom and Drew!
Farewell Dr. Wu!
09-04-2023
The group thanks Dr. Lianqian Wu for his contributions and wish him great success in the next position at ETH!
Paper accepted
08-30-2023
Chao and Xueyi's paper was accepted by JACS. Congratulations!
Successful defense
07-07-2023
PhD #2: Wenqi successfully defended. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
NSF support
07-01-2023
We appreciate the support from NSF to develop molecularly confined catalysts.
Dreyfus Foundation award
05-08-2023
We thank the Dreyfus Foundation for the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Great job, everyone!
Group's first Ph.D.
05-01-2023
Chao successfully defended and became the first PhD from the group. Congratulations, Chao!
Paper published in Nature Chemistry
04-27-2023
Lianqian's paper has been published by Nature Chemistry. Congratulations, Lianqian!
Honorable Mention
03-29-2023
Kyrsten has reiceved an Honorable Mention for her NSF GRFP application. Great job and keep it up, Kyrsten!
Paper accepted by Chemical Science
03-05-2023
Cangjie and Yu's paper has been accepted by Chemical Science. Congratulations to you both!
New members
01-16-2023
The group welcomes new members: Postdoc Dr. Xiaonan Li, graduate students Jiayi Fan and Kuiru Chen, and undergraduates Keely McClellan and Chloe Fields.
Paper accepted by Macromolecules
01-10-2023
Wenqi and Brayan's paper has been accepted by Macromolecules and will be featured on the Front Cover. Congratulations, Wenqi and Brayan!
Paper accepted by ACS Central Science
12-06-2022
Hongyan and Gavin's paper has been accepted by ACS Central Science as a collaboration between our group and Prof. Dunwei Wang's group. Congratulations!
Good luck, Dr. Yuan!
10-31-2022
The group thanks Dr. Jingsong Yuan for his contributions and wish him great success in his new postdoc position at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab!
Paper accepted by Chemical Science
05-16-2022
Kevin's paper has been accepted by Chemical Science. Congratulations, Kevin!
Good luck to Drs. Yang and Zhao
01-31-2022
The group thanks Dr. Cangjie Yang and Dr. Zhensheng Zhao for their contributions and wish them great success in their future endeavors!
Paper published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
12-10-2021
Congratulations to Wenqi and Zefeng on publishing their paper in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Welcome first-year graduate students
12-01-2021
Welcome first-year gradraduate students Kyrsten, Shoshana, and Brayan! Look forward to the exciting research we will do with you!
VIP paper
08-31-2021
Congratulations to Jingsong and Gavin on publishing their paper in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. as a VIP paper.
Oral exam passed
08-31-2021
Congratulations to Gavin, Yu, and Cristina on passing the oral exam and becoming PhD candidates!
Another oral exam passed
06-01-2021
Congratulations to Zefeng on passing the oral exam and becoming a PhD candidate!
Honorable mention
03-23-2021
Congratulations to Gavin for receiving the Honorable Mention for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Well done, Gavin!
Paper accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
01-16-2021
Our collaborative work with Prof. Dunwei Wang's group is accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations to Rong (Wang group) and Cangjie (Niu group)!
DARPA SERDP grant
01-16-2021
Our group has received DARPA SERDP grant for the collaboration led by Prof. Mei Sun at UNC Charlotte. We will be working on the synthesis of fluoropolymers as PFAS absorbents.