Ed’s work on ultrasoft slip-mediated bending in 2D materials and heterostructures was selected as the best paper for the session (S.NMO6) at the 2020 Spring/ Fall MRS!
Ed wins best paper at the 2020 Spring / FALL MRS
Kayla receives L’Oreal Fellowship for Women in Science
Kayla wins the prestigious L’Oreal Fellowship for Women in Science. You can watch her featured video here! Congratulations!
Chia-hao named as 2020 ‘M&M Student Scholar’
Chia-hao wins student scholar award at 2020 Microscopy and Microanalysis Conference for his work on “Detecting Vacancy-Induced Strain Field Oscillations via Deep Learning”. Congratulations!
Ed wins 2020 Materials Research Society’s Graduate Student Gold Award
Ed wins Spring 2020 Materials Research Society’s Graduate Student Gold Award. Congratulations!
Jeff selected as DIGI-MAT trainee
Jeff is selected as a DIGI-MAT trainee. He receives two years of fellowship funding and the opportunity to do an internship. Congratulations!
Kayla wins Microscopy Today Innovations Award
Kayla receives Microscopy Today Innovations Award! Congratulations!
Blanka’s paper selected as ACS Editor’s Choice
Blanka’s new paper, on “Quantitative imaging of organic ligand density on anisotropic inorganic nanocrystals” was published in Nano Letters this week and was selected as an ACS Editor’s Choice paper!
Kayla selected as Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting Scholar
Kayla has been selected as Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting Scholar. Congratulations!
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