Author: pinshane

Bending research featured in the NSF’s MRSEC Science Slam

Edmund Han was selected to represent the Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the National Science Foundation’s Science Slam!  Watch Ed explain why graphene’s bending properties are so unusual here:

Blanka’s paper selected as ACS Editor’s Choice

Kayla Nguyen gives talk at TEDx

Dr. Kayla Nguyen joined our group in Jan 2019!   During her PhD, Kayla developed a new electron detector for scanning transmission electron microscopy, and she was awarded the Lemeson-MIT Inventor’s prize.  Kayla recently delivered a TEDx talk on the EMPAD detector in Vienna.…

Themis Inauguration

The Materials Research Lab is holding an inaugural event on Dec 11 for our new aberration-corrected Themis Z scanning transmission electron microscope. More info at: https://mrl.illinois.edu/events/themis-inauguration…

Pinshane Huang named as a ‘Highly Cited Researcher”

Pinshane is named a “highly cited researcher” by Clarivate Analytics for 2018.  This list recognizes researchers who are authors on multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.…

Boron Arsenide research published in 2 Science articles

Student Yinchuan Lv’s research on cubic boron arsenide was published in two articles in Science, which can be accessed here and here. The papers demonstrate a new class of materials with unconventionally high thermal conductivity.…

Pinshane Wins Packard Fellowship

Prof.  Pinshane Huang wins the prestigious Packard Fellowship, a distinction awarded to 18 of the most promising early career scientists in the nation.…

Yinchuan Lv passes his qualifying exam

Physics Graduate Student Yinchuan Lv passes his qualifying exam.  Congratulations!…

Graduate students Chia-Hao Lee and Edmund Han join the lab

Graduate students Chia-Hao Lee and Edmund Han join the lab in Fall 2017. Welcome!…

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