Category: Awards

Maher El-Kady’s “Energy to Spare” film named finalist for the Jackson Wild Media Awards in the Science & Nature – Short Form category

Dr. Maher El-Kady (Ph.D. ’13) is featured in the Chemistry Shorts film Energy to Spare: Building Better Batteries, showcasing his research on zinc-ion batteries as a safer, more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion technology. Several Kaner group graduate students (Gray Carson, Isabelle Davis, Puyuan Du, Bradley Kroes, Haemin (Joanne) Oh, and Zhiyin (Tara) Yang) also appear in the film, which blends engaging visuals with insights into next-generation energy storage for the renewable energy era.
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Spencer Hamilton and Yuto Katsuyama Recognized at the Annual Chemistry & Biochemistry Awards Ceremony

Congratulations to Spencer Hamilton for being awarded the John Staffer Excellence in Second year Research and Awards Additionally, Yuto Katsuyama was awarded 2023 Ralph and Charlene Bauer Graduate Award for his research in batteries.

Lastly, congratulations to undergraduates working in the lab (Angel and Celeste) for receiving departmental fellowships to continue their research in the summer. And lastly big congratulations to every recipient at the ceremony!

2023 Chemistry & Biochemistry Departments Awards Ceremony (left to right: Angel, Spencer, Yuto, and Celeste))

Cheng-Wei Receives the Mautner Graduate Award

In recognition of receiving the Mautner Graduate Awards, each student will receive a $5,000 prize and will attend a dinner with the 2018 Mautner Memorial Lecture Series Distinguished Guest Lecturer, Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart. The awards will be presented at the Mautner Public Lecture on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.
The Mautner Graduate Awards recognize currently enrolled meritorious graduate students who are conducting research in the areas related to the topic of the Mautner Research Lecture. Stoddart’s topic is “Engines through the Ages.”
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