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RSC Horizon Prize, John Jeyes Award
June 2021, Dr. Siahrostami and her international collaborators were named winners of 2021 Environment, Sustainability, and Energy Division Horizon Prize: John Jeyes Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The "RSC Horizon Prize" highlights the most exciting, contemporary chemical science at the cutting edge of research. These prizes are for teams or collaborations that are opening up new directions and possibilities in their field.
Welcome to Oshadhi Weerawardhena!
Oshi joined our group initially as an undergraduate student in January 2021, and then as a M.Sc student in May 2021. She received her B.Sc in Chemistry and B.Sc in Archaeology in 2021 from the University of Calgary.
Welcome to Qiu Jin!
April 2021 Qiu Jin joined our team as a postdoctoral fellow. Qiu received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2020.
Congradulations to Tiago on his publications in Joule
The role of Pt in α-MoC on the water-gas shift reaction at low temperatures
2020 Highlights
Our Nature series collection in 2020.
Welcome to Jian Xiang Lian
February 2021 Lian joined our team as a postdoctoral fellow. Prior to joining our group, Lian was a postdoctoral fellow at the CICenergiGUNE, Spain . He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Université de Mons, Belgium in 2017.
Welcome to Tiago Gonçalves
January 2021 Tiago joined our team as a postdoctoral fellow. Tiago received his Ph.D. from Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Welcome to Hatef Shahmohamadi
January 2021, Hatef Shahmohamadi joined our team as a P.hD. student. Hatef received his B.Sc and M.Sc. in physical chemistry from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
IUPAC/CCCE 2021, Chemistry for Energy
Dr. Siahrostami is organizing a symposium in “Computational Design of Materials and Systems for Energy Applications” at IUPAC/CCCE World Congress of Chemistry. The Conference will take place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on August 13-20, 2021.
Congratulations to Claude for his Accepted Paper in Nature Nanotechnology!
Our recent work in collaboration with Professor Baek from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has been accepted in Nature Nanotechnology. The work is focused on an innovative process for ammonia synthesis at low temperature and pressure.
Featured Story in Chemical & Engineering News
Our research on CO2 reduction reaction research using carbon-based materials was featured by the Chemical & Engineering (c&en) News.
Welcome to Morteza Roostaei Nia
July first, 2020, "Morteza Roostaei Nia" joined our lab as a PhD student. Morteza received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
Congratulations to Amir on His Publication in Nature Communications
Our recent Nature Communications paper is focused on the electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide via O2 reduction reaction. The study presents a novel catalytic material made of Pd clusters embeded in carbon-based materials that produces hydrogen peroxide in an acidic environment. This work was in collaboration with Prof. Zheng Chen from UC San Diego and Prof. Jinguang Chen from Colombia University.
Our Recent Publication in Nature Catalysis is Online
Our Nature Catalysis paper applies a novel approach in engineering electrode interfacial, whereby coating the carbon catalyst with hydrophobic polymers allows in situ confinement of produced O2 gas and thereby successfully tune the water oxidation reaction pathway.
Featured Story in UToday and CLS
Our publication in Nature Communcations is highlited in UToday. Together with our experimental collaborator from Rice University, Dr. Hotian Wang, we designed and identified a low-cost effective catalyst made of single atoms of Fe embedded in carbon nanotube that drives 95% selectivity for production of hydrogen peroxide. The designed catalyst proved to be outstanding for treating E-coli bacteria.
Welcome to Our New Members, Claude and Nikhil
September first, 2019, Claude Coppex and Nikhil Aravindakshan joined our lab. Claude is our first PhD student. He has received his MSc. from Chemistry and Molecular Science, University of Bern (Switzerland). Nikhil is a PDF who has received his PhD degree from the University of Regina, Regina, Canada.
Welcome to Our New Members, Amir, Santiago and Xue
July 11, 2019 group gathered for lunch in Jamesons Pub to celebrate joining our new members, Amir Mostaghimi, Xue Yong and Santiago Jimenez Villegas.