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Our group wins the NASA CO2 Conversion Challenge!

May 19, 2019

NASA awarded a total of $250,000 to five teams in the initial phase of the CO2 Conversion Challenge. Our team …

Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells

March 28, 2019

Yuhong’s work on delivery of macromolecules into cells has been reported by Berkeley News. This work is published online this week …

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 …

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!

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