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Prof. Peidong Yang will lead Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute as the new Director

February 15, 2019

Effective January 1, 2019, our PI, Prof. Peidong Yang, assumes the role of Director of the Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute …

Prof. Peidong Yang has been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2018 in Chemistry, Materials Science, and Physics

November 27, 2018

Clarivate Analytics has released the report “Highly Cited Researchers 2018”. Scientists named Highly Cited Researchers are among an elite group recognized …

Gold nanoclusters turn bacteria into photosynthetic machines

October 3, 2018

Hao’s work on gold cluster-bacteria photosynthetic biohybrid system has been reported by Physics World. This work has also been reported …

‘Spacesuits’ protect microbes destined to live in space

October 1, 2018

Hao’s work on MOF protected bacteria-semiconductor hybrid has been reported in Berkeley News. Just as spacesuits help astronauts survive in …

Dohyung won the Kavli ENSI Thesis Prize. Congratulations!

September 24, 2018

Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute Thesis Prize Selection Committee has selected Dohyung to receive the 2017-2018 Best Thesis Prize. The prize is …

Peidong Yang’s Personal Story of Discovery

August 16, 2018

Nick’s New Career at University of Montreal

April 24, 2018

Nick Kornienko (Ph.D. 2016) will start his independent research at the University of Montreal (http://en.chimie.umontreal.ca/home/) Department of Chemistry as an …

Chinese Oversea Outstanding Graduate Student Award

April 23, 2018

Chenlu and Fan won the Chinese Oversea Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Congratulations!

MRS Graduate Student Award

April 1, 2018

Dohyung won the MRS Graduate Student Award, congratulations!

New Smart Windows Darken in the Sun

February 9, 2018

“New Smart Windows Darken in the Sun—and Generate Electricity at the Same Time“, Jia’s work published in Nature Materials has been reported …

Dohyung won the Gareth Thomas graduate student award. Congratulations!

February 6, 2018

Nigel has been named as 2018 Enrico Fermi Fellow at Argonne. Congratulations!

January 23, 2018

Cyborg Bacteria: Catching Light

December 14, 2017

Kelsey’s work reported by Harvard Science Review.

A New Direction towards Carbon Management

December 2, 2017

“A New Direction towards Carbon Management“, an interview of Dohyung by Chemical Today Magazine.

Chong is named SN 10 for 2017 

October 14, 2017

Chong is named SN 10 for 2017 – ten early- and mid-career scientists who stand out to mentors and peers as people who …

Copper Catalyst Yields High Efficiency CO2-to-Fuels Conversion

September 30, 2017

Dohyung’s paper in PNAS is reported by LBNL News Center: “Copper Catalyst Yields High Efficiency CO2-to-Fuels Conversion — Berkeley Lab …

Mike’s work in Press

September 14, 2017

Mike’s work on syngas electrosynthesis in JACS is reported by LBNL News Center: “Scientists Fine-Tune System to Create ‘Syngas’ from …

Woochul’s work reported by LBL News Center

April 28, 2017

Woochul’s work on “ultralow thermal conductivity in all-inorganic halide perovskites” has been highlighted in LBNL News Center, titled “A Semiconductor …

Kelsey’s work reported by BBC and Berkeley News

April 27, 2017

Kelsey’s work presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Washington has been reported by BBC News: “Cyborg bacteria deliver green …

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About thePeidong Yang Group

One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures are of both fundamental and technological interest. They not only exhibit interesting electronic and optical properties intrinsically associated with their low dimensionality and the quantum confinement effect…

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Yang group open house, 2018 Fall

Yang group open house will be held on Wednesday August 15, from 2-5PM in the 3rd floor lobby of Hildebrand Hall. All graduate students are welcome to join.

Group meetings are scheduled every Wednesday, 320 Hildebrand Hall, which are open to prospective students.

FeaturedTalks and Videos

Peidong Yang’s Personal Story of Discovery

 

ABC7 News: UC Berkeley glass will one day make windows into solar panels.

 

Prof. Peidong Yang’s talk for Cal Future Forum.

 

Kelsey’s work presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society.

 

Kelsey’s Grad Slam talk: Rewriting evolutionary history: cyborg bacteria for high-efficiency photosynthesis

 

Science News: Artificial photosynthesis using nanowires and bacteria

 

CCTV Voice: Prof. Peidong Yang’s talk

 

Inorganic Chemist Peidong Yang, 2015 MacArthur Fellow

Join Our TeamPositions Available

(1) All prospective new graduate students interested in our group are welcome to attend group meetings (schedule and location).

Research topics include electrochemical and photochemical CO2/N2 fixation, and halide perovskites (summary of research interests).

(2) Several postdoc positions are available in the following research directions:

– Photosynthetic biohybrid system
– Electrochemical CO2/N2/O2 reduction
– Nanophotonics
– Nanoelectronics
– TEM characterization

Candidates with interdisciplinary training at the materials and biology interface are encouraged to apply. Applicants, please contact Prof. Peidong Yang directly by email at p_yang@berkeley.edu.