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New grant aims to broaden participation in cutting-edge materials research
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University of Puerto Rico’s Edgardo Sánchez (left) and Penn graduate Zhiwei Liao working in the lab of Daeyeon Lee. Via the Advancing Device Innovation through Inclusive Research and Education program, researchers from Penn and the University of Puerto Rico will continue their materials science collaboration while supporting STEM career pathways for underrepresented groups. (Image credit: Felice Macera).

New grant aims to broaden participation in cutting-edge materials research

As one of eight teams to be awarded National Science Foundation funding, a partnership between Penn and the University of Puerto Rico will continue its long-running collaboration focused on innovative research and STEM career pathway support.

Erica K. Brockmeier

The alternative fuel life of everyday items
Karen Goldberg, left, and Drew Newman, right.

Karen Goldberg, Vagelos Professor in Energy Research, and Drew Newman, doctoral candidate in chemistry. (Image: OMNIA)

The alternative fuel life of everyday items

Researchers in the Goldberg Group, including Karen Goldberg, Vagelos Professor in Energy Research, and Drew Newman, doctoral candidate in chemistry, focus on alternative fuel sources for items that are part of everyday life.

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A blueprint for designing and synthesizing new, multifunctional materials
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A blueprint for designing and synthesizing new, multifunctional materials

By combining theory, computational simulations, chemical synthesis, and assembly, researchers demonstrate how an “inverse design” strategy can create unique materials using difficult-to-mix nanocrystals.

Erica K. Brockmeier

An updated understanding of how to synthesize value-added chemicals
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An updated understanding of how to synthesize value-added chemicals

New research provides key insights on how to add functional groups onto simple hydrocarbons including methane, a crucial first step towards designing the next generation of catalysts.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Penn seniors target eating disorder risk at Philadelphia public high schools
Portraits of Penn seniors Christina Miranda (left) and Amanda Moreno in the College of Arts and Sciences

Penn seniors target eating disorder risk at Philadelphia public high schools

President’s Engagement Prize-winning project Be Body Positive Philly, led by seniors Christina Miranda and Amanda Moreno, is designed to address eating disorder risk among Philadelphia high school students.

Louisa Shepard

Three Goldwater Scholars for Penn
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Three undergraduates in the School of Arts & Sciences have received 2021 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to sophomores or juniors planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. Penn’s newest Goldwater Scholars are (from left) sophomore Emma Keeler from Rochester, Massachusetts; junior Michele Meline from Philadelphia; and junior Max Wragan from Washington, D.C.

Three Goldwater Scholars for Penn

Penn’s newest Goldwater Scholars, awarded to sophomores or juniors planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering are sophomore Emma Keeler, junior Michele Meline and junior Max Wragan.

Louisa Shepard

Unlocking the power of a molecule’s spin
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Unlocking the power of a molecule’s spin

New research provides a theoretical framework that could help experimentalists better control chemical reactions, with possible implications for recycling rare earth metals.

Erica K. Brockmeier

New strategies for designing electroluminescent materials
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New strategies for designing electroluminescent materials

A collaborative team of materials scientists and theoretical chemists provide hybrid perovskite nanoparticles that are high-efficiency light emitters by using a comprehensive defect-suppression strategy.

Erica K. Brockmeier

On-campus chemistry
Calais Cronin wears a face mask in a chemistry lab.

Calais Cronin is one of the few students allowed access to a chemistry lab on campus. (Image: Omnia)

On-campus chemistry

After waiting almost two years to join a chemistry lab, Calais Cronin is one of the few students allowed on campus this fall to do research.

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Two Penn faculty named 2020 AAAS Fellows
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Qi Long (left), a professor of biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and E. Michael Ostap, a professor of physiology, both of the Perelman School of Medicine, have been named 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows. (Images: Courtesy of Penn Medicine)

Two Penn faculty named 2020 AAAS Fellows

Qi Long and E. Michael Ostap of the Perelman School of Medicine are among a cohort of 489 distinguished scientists recognized with the honor from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Melissa Moody , Michele W. Berger