Congratulations to Sarah Hurst Petrosko from the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University for leading a massive effort to formulate 33 unresolved questions in nano science and nanotechnology, published in ACS Nano.

Congratulations to Nicole and Amani, whose JACS paper reporting dehydration of oxide:water interfaces by brines is now published!

Congratulations to Camille Bridgewater for being awarded the Phi Lambda Upsilon Teaching Award for 300-level teaching (winter quantum and spring stat thermo&kinetics)! Well done and keep it up, Camille!

Congratulations to Raiden for winning the 2025 International Institute for Nanotechnology Outstanding Researcher Visionary Award! The award recognizes the best 3-minute general presentation and consists of a beautiful crystal award and a major cash prize, to be presented at the IIN Rosemary Schnell Annual Symposium on 15 October. Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Lauren Martin, who was awarded the PLU L. Carroll King Award for Excellence in 100-level Teaching! All this while already on a roll with several major science projects, including one already submitted – keep it up, Lauren, well done!

Congratulations to Raiden, who has been named a Burwell Fellow! The Fellowship is named after the late Robert Burwell, an eminent physical chemist known for his pioneering work in heterogeneous catalysis who also chaired our department from 1952-7 and was the Ipatieff Professor at Northwestern University from 1970-80. Big shoes to fill, Raiden, so keep Read More…

Congratulations to Sarah Opoku, who won a Weinberg College Summer Undergraduate Research Grant to work on our joint atmospheric aerosol and cloud formation project with Regan Thomson. Congratulations, Sarah!

Congratulations to Raiden on hi Ryan Fellowship, which recognizes and “supports graduate students dedicated to the exploration of fundamental nanoscale science and to advancing this knowledge into practical applications to benefit society”.  This major two-year award comes with an additional $10k stipend and $2500 research award per year. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Ezra Marker for winning a top poster presentation prize at the Interfaces for Energy and the Environment Conference!  Their work was on operando vibrational SFG spectroscopy of nickel electrodes.  

Congratulations to recently minted Dr. Melissa Meder’s lead-author paper on employing autoxidation studies on selectively deuterated alpha-pinene to reveal the importance of multiple branching pathways.