News

May 2024

Tianying received the ALS Doctoral Fellowship and will move to the Advanced Light Source in Berkeley to conduct synchrotron experiments this fall. Congratulations!

Hongyan successfully defended his doctoral thesis is now officially Dr. Wang. Congratulations!

April 2024

Yu's paper on electrochemical oxygen atom transfer for Baeyer-Villiger reaction is accepted for publication by JACS. Congratulations, Yu!

March 2024

We are grateful to the National Science Foundation for providing a new grant to support our battery recycling project!

Our joint review paper on ligin utilization with the Niu group is accepted for publication by Chem. Phy. Rev. Congratulations!

January 2024

Muchun's paper on photocatalytic methane coupling is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!

December 2023

Hongna and Boqiang's paper on IR study of water oxidation mechanisms is accepted for publication by JACS. Congratulations!

The group welcomes two new members, Rabiya and Damith, as first year graduate students!

October 2023

The group says goodbye to Dr. Hongna Zhang as she finished her training with us. Good luck with your future endeavors!

September 2023

Tongtong and Yang's review paper is accepted by Adv. Mater. Congratulations!

The group welcomes Dr. Pengpeng Wang as the newest postdoctoral scholar. Welcome!

August 18, 2023

We mourn the passing of our dear friend, colleague, and collaborator, Prof. Jeff Byers. We will miss you forever. May you rest in peace.

June 2023

Tianying's paper on water splitting is accepted by Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations! 

Dr. Ben Williams just finished his training with us and will join University of North Florida as a faculty member. Congratulations, Ben, and good luck!

Dr. Qi Dong, an alumnus of the group ('19 PhD), has accepted an offer as an assistant professor in Purdue. Congrats, Qi!

May 2023

Hongna's paper on water splitting is accepted by Chem. Sci. Congratulations! We also have a collaborative paper from the CIC accepted by ACS AMI. Congratulations!

Yucheng's paper on methane carbonylation by electrochemically activated CO2 is accepted by Angewandte Chemie; congratulations!

April 2023

It has been a busy time. We have a number of papers recently accepted for publication, including a couple from our Center for Integrated Catalysis, our collaboration with Profs. Lucas Bao and Udayan Mohanty groups, as well as Haoyi's photocatalytic methane oxidation project. Way to go, group!

January 2023

Our collaborative paper with Prof. Cherevko group is accepted for publication by ChemSusChem. Congratulations!