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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...
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Receives $14 Million Grant from the National Science Foundation
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Team, March 2019. Left to Right: Natalie Chen, SuYin Grass Wang, Wei Bu, Yu-Sheng Chen, Theodore Betley, Mati Meron, Jason Benedict, Matthew Tirrell, Mark Schlossman, Mrinal Bera, Ka Yee Lee, Binhua LinMark Schlossman of the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago [https://schloss.people.uic.edu] and Matthew Tirrell, Ka Yee...
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Hosts Tour For The University of Chicago SMART Outreach Program
8 Chicago Public School high school students from The University of Chicago SMART outreach program came to visit APS. Dr. Mrinal Bera of NSF’s ChemMatCARS introduced the synchrotron research at Sector 15.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Hosts Tour for REU Site Program Participants
50 undergraduates who are participating REU Site program from Ohio State, The University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had a tour at the NSF’s ChemMatCARS. Dr. Wei Bu and Dr. Mati Meron of NSF’s ChemMatCARS introduced the synchrotron research at Sector 15.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Hosts Tour for 2019 Neutron X-ray School Students
NSF’s ChemMatCARS beamline scientist Wei Bu introduced the synchrotron facility at sector 15 to the students from the 2019 Neutron X-ray School.
ChemMatCARS gives Tour of Synchrotron Facility
On June 25-26, 2019, NSF’s ChemMatCARS beamline scientist Wei Bu introduced the synchrotron facility at sector 15 to the students from the 2019 Neutron X-ray School.
NSF’s ChemMatCARS Hosts Tour for ANL’s 2019 Science Careers in Search of Women Conference
ANL hosted the annual Science Careers in Search of Women Conference (SCSW) and CARS was part of the tour. High-school girls from cross Chicago area came to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Dr. Mrinal Bera of NSF’s ChemMatCARS introduced the synchrotron research at Sector 15.
Teaching Outside of the Classroom: Field Trips in Crystallography Education for Chemistry Graduate Students 2019
Every year since 2014, NSF’s ChemMatCARS organizes a School for Synchrotron Crystallography outreach program for Advanced Crystallography entitled, “Teaching Outside of the Classroom: Field Trips in Crystallography Education for Chemistry Graduate Students”. This program is co-organized by Dr. Yu-Sheng Chen, Operations Manager for NSF’s ChemMatCARS, and Dr....
Dr. Mrinal Bera and Dr. SuYing Wang Participate as Judges in State Final Rube Goldberg Competition
Beamline scientists from NSF’s ChemMatCARS, Dr. Mrinal Bera and Dr. SuYin Grass Wang participated as judges in the state final for Rube Goldberg Competition hosted by Hoffman Estates High School.