News and Announcements
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CARS is proud to announce Dr. Peter Eng has been appointed the new CARS Executive Director, effective September 1, 2022. Our sincere thanks goes to Dr. Mark Rivers for his nine years of service and leadership to CARS.
Job Opportunity: Senior Research Associate
Senior Research Associate – Anomalous Small Angle Scattering (ASAXS) The University of Chicago: Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Location Chicago, Illinois Open Date Aug 15, 2022 Description The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering is seeking a full time Senior Research Associate (SRA) to become part of NSF’s ChemMatCARS....
Welcome back! 2022 FaSTRAC and GSRAC program
After a hiatus of two years due to the pandemic, we have welcomed FaSTRAC and GSRAC recipients on-site this summer. Assistant Professor Natalia Gonzalez-Pech and her student, Nicholas Figueroa, from Department of Chemistry in Hope College will be hosted by Professor Yu-Sheng Chen. We have 3 GSRAC recipients this year: Pedro Bertolini and Luis Ortuno Macias from...
Revealing Fundamental Details Surrounding Nanoparticle Self-Assembly
Nano Lett. 21(4), 1613 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04147
Small-angle Scattering Seminar Series
A monthly virtual seminar series on Small-angle Scattering (https://small-angle.aps.anl.gov/seminars) chaired by Mrinal Bera at SAXS-SIG, Advanced Photon Source.
Partnerships for Research and Education in Chemistry (PREC) with NSF’s ChemMatCARS (Click here)
CALL FOR PREPROPOSALS
NSF’s ChemMatCARS is seeking candidates to form partnerships for research and education in chemistry, in response to the solicitation for Partnerships for Research and Education in Chemistry (PREC), released on September 15, 2021, from the Division of Chemistry (CHE), NSF (https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/partnerships-research-and-education-chemistry-prec). The PREC program will fund partnerships between minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and CHE-supported research centers/facilities, such as NSF’s ChemMatCARS.
2021 Data Analysis School on X-ray Scattering from Liquid Interfaces
ChemMatCARS hosted Data Analysis School on X-ray Scattering from Liquid Interfaces on August 17 and 18, 2021.
Making Better Drugs by Controlling Membrane Mechanics
Soft Matter, 16, 983 (2020)
PME to celebrate 10th anniversary
The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago will celebrate its 10th anniversary throughout the 2021-2022 academic year with event series.
Scientists Gain Insight into Recycling Processes for Nuclear and Electronic Waste
J. Phys. Chem. C 2020
ChemMatCARS Offering a Two-Day School on Data Analysis for X-ray Studies of Liquid Interfaces
NSF’s ChemMatCARS is offering a two-day school on data analysis for X-ray studies of liquid interfaces. The school is designed primarily for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and young scientists with some expertise in liquid interface science.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS is Pleased to Welcome New Postdoc Tieyan Chang.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS is pleased to welcome new postdoc Tieyan Chang.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS is Pleased to Welcome New Postdoc Ying-Pin Chen.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS is pleased to welcome new postdoc Ying-Pin Chen.
Congratulations to Raul Hernandez for Receiving NSF CAREER Award
Our user Professor Raúl Hernández Sánchez, from the University of Pittsburgh, who has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2020). Congratulations, Raúl!
Congratulations to Ankit Kanthe for Successful Ph.D Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Ankit Kanthe (2018 Faculty and Student Team Research Award at NSF’s ChemMatCARS recipient) on his successful Ph.D thesis defense!Media Links Click here to watch his presentation View article on 2018 Faculty and Student Team Research Award
NSF’s ChemMatCARS hosts Tour for Undergrads from Hasting College
NSF’s ChemMatCARS host a tour for 13 undergraduate students and 2 faculties from Department of Physics, Hasting College. Dr. Wei Bu introduced the synchrotron research at Sector 15.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Hosts Tour for Students From The University of Chicago Lab School
NSF’s ChemMatCARS host a tour for 42 high school students from The University of Chicago Lab School. Beamline scientists Dr. SuYin Grass Wang and Dr. Mrinal Bera introduced the synchrotron research at Sector 15.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Hosts Tour at Sector 15 for First Look@Argonne Program
A group of 90 minority STEM undergraduates from 14 college and universities came to attend First Look@Argonne Program. Dr. Yu-Sheng Chen from NSF’s ChemMatCARS led a tour for attendees at Sector 15.
Confidence and Perspective: In-Depth Crystallography Training Restructures Two Young Researchers’ View of Their Work: Abhishek Ravada, University of Rennes 1 and Damola Taye Shuaib, Illinois Institute of Technology
Damola Shuaib and Abhishek Ravada were the recipients of the 2019 Graduate Student Research Award at ChemMatCARS. In six weeks of learning side by side, the two very different men—one a passionate chemist from his earliest studies, the other an equally passionate nonchemist—found challenge, and camaraderie, in their differences. Interacting with the stream of...
Faculty-student team from University of Illinois at Chicago designs lipid-based drug delivery systems
Associate Professor Ying Liu and two of her doctoral students, Tiep Pham and Paola León-Plata, had an idyllic summer. They traded their busy urban campus at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) for six weeks on the Argonne prairie, where they could focus on thinking about new science. “It’s like a mini-sabbatical,” said Liu, wistful about the rare gift of...