News

• 01.05.2024 Our research team receives an NSF CAREER Award. This grant will allow us to study materials chemistry for spin-based electronics while engaging students in quantum STEM disciplines. Many thanks to the NSF-DMR for the generous support!
• 12.20.2023 Athira Babu and Keegan Hommerding joined our team as graduate students! Welcome aboard!
• 08.29.2023 Kayla Lea and Pavel Herman joined our research team as undergraduate researchers. Welcome aboard!
• 08.05.2023 Thao attends the 2023 Beckman Symposium in Irvine CA. Many thanks to the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation!
• 07.31.2023 – 08.04.2023 Keegan attends the 2023 North American Solid State Chemistry Workshop and Conference in Calgary,  Canada.
• 06.22.2023 Thao attends the Quantum Materials Workshop at Oak Ridge National Lab and shares the research we have fun doing. Thanks, Stuart and Adam, for the kind invitation!
• 06.14.2023 Our research team receives a Beckman Young Investigator Award. This recognition/grant will enable us to further explore chemistry for quantum technologies. Many thanks to the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for the generous support!
• 06.05.2023 – 06.08.2023 Xudong attends and presents a poster at the User Meeting at ORNL.
• 06.05.2023 Thao attends the NSF MPS workshop in DC.
• 04.10.2023 Congratulations, Ebube, on his PhD defense! It’s wonderful to have you in our team. We’re excited for your next journey as a postdoc with Prof. Alison Altman (Texas A&M).
• 04.10.2023 Annie, Keegan, and Xudong are recipients of the 2023 Chemistry Department Student Awards. Congratulations! We’re so proud of you!
• 04.06.2023 Ethan, our former REU student, has been awarded the 2023 Goldwater Scholarship. Congratulations, Ethan! Well-deserved!
• 04.03.2023 Thao gives an invited talk at Huazhong University of Science & Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China. Thanks, Hongcheng, for the kind invitation!
• 03.10.2023 Xudong presents a talk at the APS March Meeting. Wonderful job, Xudong!
• 02.25.2023 Our team gives a poster presentation at the Chemistry Research Symposium.
• 01.15.2023 Collin and Zoe joined the team as part of the Creative Inquiry Project. Welcome aboard!
• 01.05.2023 Thao gives an invited talk at Georgia Tech. Thanks, Martin, for the kind invitation!
• 12.21.2022 Our group has been awarded a CU-MRI grant in partnership with Prof. Hugo Sanabria (Co-PI, Physics). This grant will allow us to advance the optical spectroscopy capabilities with white light lasers and detection cameras, propelling research activities across disciplines such as innovative materials, nanotechnology, and biophysics.  Many thanks to the VPR office and CU for the huge support!
• 12.15.2022 Our research team receives an NSF EPSCOR award! This grant will fund our collaborative work with Oak Ridge National Lab on coupling magnetism and photoluminescence in new materials. Many thanks to the NSF for the generous support!
• 10.4.2022 Xudong’s brief review has been accepted in Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. Congrats, Xudong! Thanks, Ram, for the kind invitation for submission!
• 10.4.2022 Ebube’s work on new multifunctional lanthanide materials has been accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congrats! Thanks, everyone on the paper, for making it possible!
• 9.22.2022 Uchenna joined the team as a first-year graduate student. Welcome aboard!
• 08.24.2022 Jared, Keegan, and Annie joined the team as part of the Creative Inquiry Project. Welcome aboard!
• 08.24.2022 We launched a Creative Inquiry Undergraduate Research Project “Converging Education and Research in Materials Design and Development”. Thanks, CU, for the continued support!
• 08.17.2022 Ebube’s work on new Gd(III) materials has been accepted and featured in ACS Inorganic & Organic Au. Congrats, Ebube!
• 08.15.2022 Our collaborative work with Michal has been published in J. Phys. Chem. C. It is always fun working with you and your team, Michal!
• 08.04.2022 Thao gives an invited talk at the 5th International Union of Materials Research Societies International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Thanks, Huiwen, for the kind invitation!
• 7.20.2022 Thao serves on the Early Career Editorial Board of Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. Thanks, Craig, for the support and nomination!
• 5.23.2022 Ethan joined the team as a REU student. Welcome aboard!
• 4.7.2022 Thao gives a seminar at UMass Amherst. Thanks, James, for the kind invitation!
• 3.25.2022 Erich has been awarded the Senior Undergraduate Research Award. Well-deserved, Erich! We wish you all the best for your next chapter!
• 3.25.2022 Xudong was a trailblazer for many creative ideas and heavy lifts, in partnership with the other team members, that enable us to venture into Wien2k, Python, new synthetic capabilities. Xudong, we’re indeed fortunate to have you in the team and genuinely appreciate you and all the work you do.
• 3.24.2022 Ebube presents a talk at the 2022 Spring ACS.
• 3.15.2022 Ebube is a recipient of the Graduate Research Award in Chemistry. Congratulations, Ebube!  Special thanks to the other students in the team for the collective effort.
• 3.9.2022 Thao gives an invited talk at Capstone Symposium, Clemson University. Tania, we appreciate you organizing this conversation!
• 2.15.2022 Thao presents an invited seminar at University at Albany, SUNY. Thanks, Michael, for the kind invitation!
• 10.7.2021 Thao gives an invited talk at the College of Charleston. Thanks, Marcello, for the kind invitation!
• 9.28.2021 Ebube’s second paper has been accepted in Inorg. Chem. Keep up the momentum, Ebube! This would have been impossible without the contribution of our wonderful collaborators – Michal, Allen, Maurice and Keith. Thank you!
• 8.26.2021 Thao gives a talk at the 2021 Fall ACS.
• 8.25.2021 Thao gives a faculty seminar to first-year graduate students in the Department of Chemistry, CU.
• 8.23.2021 Hanka joined the team as an exchange graduate student from Gdansk University of Technology. Welcome, Hanka!
• 8.5.2021 Thao presents an invited seminar at the 2021 ACA. Thanks, Ben and Jared for the kind invitation!
• 7.28.2021 Thao gives an invited talk at the 2021 NASSCC. Thanks, Brent, for the kind invitation!
• 5.24.2021 Emmanuel joined the team. Welcome, Emmanuel!
• 5.18.2021 Ebube’s first paper has been accepted in Chem. Mater. Keep up the great work, Ebube! We thank our wonderful collaborators from Gdansk University of Technology,  Pedagogical University- Institute of Physics, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
• 5.4.2021 Ebube has been awarded the best oral speaker at the 2021 Spring MRS meeting, Symposium CT04—Predictive Synthesis and Decisive Characterization of Emerging Quantum Materials. Congratulations, Ebube!
• 5.3.2021 Dasuni joined the team. Welcome aboard!
• 4.14.2021 Ebube presents at the 2021 Spring ACS and MRS Meetings.
• 3.26.2021 Thao gives an invited remote seminar at Duquesne University. Thanks, Jen, for the kind invitation!
• 2.3.2021 Thao gives an invited Capstone talk. Thanks, Tania, for the kind invitation!
• 1.8.2021 Thao has been awarded the 2021 Clemson University Support for Early Exploration and Development (CU SEED) Grant. Thanks, CU, for the continued support!
• 1.6.2021 Erich joined the team. Welcome aboard!
• 12.29.2020 Ebube has been awarded the 2021 Spring Mandel Fellowship. Congratulations to Ebube!
• 12.14.2020 Thao gives an invited remote lecture at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Thanks, Michal, for the kind invitation!
• 12.12.2020 Updated publications!
• 11.6.2020 Updated publications!
• 2.3.2020 Annika and Wyatt joined the team. Welcome!
• 11.27.2019 Xudong joined the team. Welcome, Xudong!
• 11.04.2019 Ebube has been awarded the COSSAB GIAR grant for the 2019-2020 academic year.  Congratulations to Ebube!
• 9.2019 Ebube joined the team. Welcome, Ebube!
• 7.31.2019 Thao presents a talk titled ” Superconducting-like Phase Transition in an Insulating S = 1/2 1D Chain” at NASSCC 2019, Golden CO.
• 7.15.2019 We start our journey at CU.