2025
– Anica receives The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Dissertation Quarter Fellowship! Congratulations! January 30, 2025
– Angel Maqueda Alvarado joins our lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome! January 2025
2024
– Yat is one of the Highly Cited Researchers for 2024 (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics). Congratulations! Nov 20, 2024
– Marisa Hertzog, our former ACCESS summer intern, presented her summer research work on Zn batteries in the NDiSTEM Conference! Great Job! Nov, 2024
– Yeison is recognized for his outstanding research and presentation skills at the 2024 SACNAS Conference (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) in Phoenix. Great job! Congratulations on this awesome accomplishment! November 5, 2024
– Happy Halloween!!! October 31, 2024
– I am grateful for the amazing birthday party you threw for me. Thank you! September 25, 2024
– Our article “Perspective on High-Rate Alkaline Water Splitting” 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00536, published in ACS Materials Letters in 2021, was one of the top-cited publications that contributed to the 2023 Journal Impact Factor. September 25, 2024
– Isaac Loke, Malia Parra and Samuel Avalos join our lab as new undergraduate researchers. Welcome to the lab! September 2024
– Qiu gave an excellent research talk at annual departmental conference. Great job! Congratulations! September 13, 2024
– Samuel Avalos did a great job presenting his summer research work on interpenetrated Zn-MnO2 batteries in the SLI Internship program at Foothill College. Congratulations! September 4, 2024
– Marisa Hertzog presented her summer research work on Zn batteries in the ACCESS symposium! Great Job! August 16, 2024
– Qiu is selected as a recipient of the John and Grace Wang Award in Physical Chemistry. Warm Congratulations! August 7, 2024
– Xinzhe is honored by the ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholars Recognition Program for his leadership in promoting mentoring, research safety, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. Congratulations! Well deserved. July 31, 2024
– A warm welcome to our summer students! June 2024
SIP students: Alex Wang, Gnanendra Santosh, Tiffiny Sarfowaah Tsatsu (mentor: Xinzhe Xue); Calixte De Belloy De Saint Lienard, Riana Kuçi, Victoria Reyes Holguin (mentor: Qiu Ren); Meera Mishra, Meital Zayats, Iyla Parikh (mentor: Nathan Delaney); Leah Zheng, Lily Jiang, Tadiswa Mutisi (mentor: Ella Davidi)
ACCESS student: Marisa Hertzog (mentor: Xinzhe Xue)
FootHill SLI intern: Samuel Avalos (mentor: Xinzhe Xue)
– Ashley and Cathleen: Congratulations on your graduation! We are so proud of your incredible achievements and the hard work you both have put in to reach this significant milestone. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors and adventures! June 14, 2024
– Xinzhe is selected as our department’s nominee for the ACS leadership in mentoring award! Congratulations! June 10, 2024
– Qiu, Xinzhe and Yat gave oral presentations in the 245th ECS Meeting, San Francisco. Everyone enjoyed the meeting and have fun! May 2024
– Ashley is selected as the recipient of the 2024 ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry. Congratulations!! May 29, 2024
– Nathan passed the second year exam. Great job. Congratulations! May 6, 2024
– Yat receives the 2023 Best Reviewer Award of Science China Chemistry. Congratulations! April 3, 2024
– Yeison attended and presented a poster in the 23rd Annual Koret UC LEADS Research and Leadership Symposium. Yeison received honorable mention (4th place) for physical sciences. Great job! Congratulations! March 2, 2024
– Yat serves as Editorial Advisory Board member for ACS Journals: Nano Letters, and Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C. Congratulations! Jan. 2024
2023
– Congratulations to Sam, Xinzhe, Qiu and Ella passing their PhD candidacy exams! Dec. 2023
– Cassidy Tran joins our lab as a new graduate student. Welcome!! Dec. 2023
– Yat is one of the Highly Cited Researchers for 2023 (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics). Congratulations!
– Cathleen Hsieh joins our lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome! November 11, 2023
– Yeison Samayoa joins our lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome! November 6, 2023
– Happy Halloween! October, 2023
– Ashley presented a poster in Crews Symposium. Great job! October 20, 2023
– Logan Valdovinos joins our lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome! September 2023
– Yat serves as an Associate Editor for a Wiley journal: Battery Energy. Congratulations! Sept. 2023
– Cassidy Tran joins our lab as a rotation student. Welcome! September 22, 2023
– Xinzhe gave a 15-mins talk, Anica, Ella and Qiu presented posters in the annual departmental conference. Everyone did a great job! September 19, 2023
– Nice hot pot dinner! August 15, 2023
– Everyone have fun in the joint group (Zhang, Wang and Li labs) BBQ gathering! Thanks Jin for organizing the event! August 11, 2023
– Welcome Summer Interns! June 2023
– 2023 Commencement Ceremony. Congratulations to Drs. Yao and Lin!
– Ella, Sam, Qiu and Xinzhe all passed 2nd year seminar. Great job! June 2023
– Emma is selected as the recipient of the 2023 ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry. Congratulations! May 2023
– Dun passed his dissertation defense. Warm congratulations to Dr. Lin!!! May 9, 2023
– Xinzhe is selected as a recipient of the John and Grace Wang Award in Physical Chemistry. Congratulations! April 28, 2023
– Nathan receives a DOE internship to conduct onsite research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in summer 2023. Congratulations! March 18, 2023
– Ashley is selected as an CE Research Scholar! She will participate in the first cohort of CE Research Scholar Program in Spring 2023. Congratulations! March, 2023
– Ashley Middling joins our lab as undergraduate researcher. Welcome! Jan. 2023
2022
– Yat is elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Congratulations!
– Yat is one of the Highly Cited Researchers for 2022 (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics). Congratulations!
– Nathan Delaney joins our lab. Welcome! Sept. 2022
– Megan passed her dissertation defense. Big congratulations to Dr. Freyman! Megan also received a postdoc offer from Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Thank you Megan, for your great contribution to the lab, and look forward to continuing working with you in the future! August 19, 2022
– Anica received an internship to do onsite research at AFRL in Ohio for six months. Congratulations! August 2022
– Colin Chu, Leventi Ecsedi, and Ishan Roy join our lab as high school summer interns via the UCSC SIP program. Welcome! June 2022
– Chloe Cornejo joins our lab as an ACCESS summer intern. Welcome! June 20, 2022
– Congratulations to Dr. Wang and Dr. Chen! June 2022
– Shanwen and Mingpeng passed their dissertation defense. Big congratulations to Dr. Wang and Dr. Chen! It has been a pleasure working with you both. Thank you for your great contribution to the lab and wishing you all the best in your future endeavors! May 19, 2022
– Warmest congratulations on the birth of Ella’s baby (Rona)! Welcome the newest member to our lab! : ) April 26, 2022
– Dun receives 1 quarter Dissertation Fellowship for the 2022-23 academic year. Congratulations! April 25, 2022
– Dun and Anica are finalists in the Grad Slam sponsored by the MACES center. Congratulations. April 15, 2022
– Wow, we have five new graduate students this year: Qiu Ren, Xinzhe Xue, Ella Davidi, Sam Eisenberg and Riley Ball. Welcome to the lab!!! April 2022
– Emma Coester join our lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome! March 2022
– Sam Eisenberg and Ella Davidi join our lab as rotation students. Welcome! Jan. 3, 2022
2021
– Yat is one of the Highly Cited Researchers for 2021 (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics). Congratulations!
– Riley Ball joins our lab as a rotation student. Welcome! Sept. 23 2021
– Dun receives the 2020-21 John & Grace Wang Award. Congratulations! July 20, 2021
– Eric Po Ching Hsu joins our lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome! June 28, 2021
– Kristina and Nathan graduated from UCSC. Kristina will attend graduate school in Materials Science and Engineering at Columbia University. Congratulations! June 2021
– High school students, Anika Pandey, Aimee Wang and Donggeon (Steve) Kim, join our lab as summer interns through UCSC Science Internship Program. Welcome! June 2021
– Andrew Martinez joins our lab as a summer intern through the ACCESS program. Welcome! June 21, 2021
– Nathan received senior thesis honors! Great job. Congratulations! June 11, 2021
– Adam starts a new position at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. June 7, 2021
– Frances received a summer fellowship to work onsite at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Congratulations! June 2021
– Shanwen receives 1 quarter Dissertation Fellowship for the 2021-22 academic year. Congratulations! April 26, 2021
– Former group member, Martina Morelli (undergraduate researcher), will attend graduate school at Cornell University in the Fall. Congratulations! March 2021
– Bin’s paper “Printing Porous Carbon Aerogels for Low Temperature Supercapacitors” is highlighted by ACS, UCSC News, Physics World, The Academic Times, and a number of educational and scientific websites. Congratulations! March 10, 2021
– Bin’s paper “Printing Porous Carbon Aerogels for Low Temperature Supercapacitors” is featured as a supplementary cover in Nano Letters. March 9, 2021
– Anica Pinongcos joins our lab as a new graduate student. Welcome! March 4, 2021