News

2024
  • The National Institutes of Health awarded us an R15 to support our work on intrinsically disordered peptides in nanoscale environments!
  • The National Science Foundation awarded us an MPS-LEAPS grant to support our work on alloys nanoparticles for plasmonics and electrocatalysis and also to support opportunities for underrepresented groups in the sciences! 
  • Our paper is out in J. Chem. Edhttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00173
  • Our paper is out in Nanoscalehttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/nr/d4nr01538j
  • Our paper is out in Chem! It is the Feature Article and on the cover! https://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(24)00064-0 https://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(24)00234-1
  • Congratulations Stephanie on being awarded a Norris-Richards Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society!
  • Congratulations to Sarah and Julianne graduating! Excited to continue your theses at UML!
  • Congratulations to Silas graduating! Good luck at Northwestern Chemistry!
  • Good luck at Georgia Tech. Chemistry, Duc!
  • The Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation are supporting two of our projects on Negative Emissions Science! https://rescorp.org/news/2024/01/scialog-negative-emissions-science-ends-with-awards-to-7-teams
2023
  • Our Perspective on was highlighted as an Editor’s Choice by Cell Reports Physical Science! https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/collections/editors-choice-2023
  • U.S. Army DEVCOM Solider Center is supporting our work on plasmonic heating and textiles!
  • Congratulations to Noah graduating! Good luck at UChicago Chemistry!
  • Our paper is out in STAR Protocols! Congrats Anthony and co-authors! https://star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/2799
  • Our perspective is out in Cell Reports Physical Science! Congrats Porvajja and Isabel! https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(23)00251-5
  • We had five student presenters (and MBR) share their latest work at the Northeast Regional ACS Meeting (NERM). Congrats Connor, Chuntao, Porvajja, Noah, and Duc on great presentations!
  • Welcome for the summer, Valerie, from the University of Versailles!
  • Our paper is out in Matter! It is the Feature Article and on the Cover! https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(23)00004-8 https://www.cell.com/issue/S2590-2385(22)X0004-0#fullCover
  • Our perspective on plasmonics for the environment is out in Chem Catalysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2667109322003359
  • MBR was named a Negative Emissions Scialog Fellow
  • MBR won the Department Teaching Award!
  • What a great and productive trip to NSLS-II at Brookhaven National Lab!
2022
  • Our perspective on plasmonics for the environment is out in Chem Catalysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2667109322003359
  • Melissa’s Minireview on plasmonic materials is out in Nanoscale! Featured in the Emerging Investigator issue https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2022/nr/d1nr06049j 
  • We were awarded an NSF MRI for an X-ray diffractometer!
  • Congratulations on the NSF NRT SWIMMER fellowship, Isabel!
  • Congratulations Noah on being awarded a Norris-Richards Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society!
  • Welcome for the summer, Maelisse, from the University of Versailles!
  • The Office of Naval Research is supporting new work on versatile hydrogen evolution catalysts!
  • Congratulations and goodbye Melissa! Good luck in your independent career at Clarkson University!
2021
  •  Our first paper is out in J Phys Chem C! This special issue celebrated 125 years of The Journal of Physical Chemistry https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c0389
  • Congratulations to Maria graduating! Good luck at UC Berkeley Chemistry!
  • We were awarded a MA Innovation Acorn grant for our work on PFAS detection
  •  We were awarded a grant from the Office of Naval Research to support our work on recycling CO2!
2020
  • Congratulations Melissa for being awarded an American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship! 
  • Congratulations Maria for winning the inaugural Rist fellowship! https://www.uml.edu/news/stories/2020/rise-2020-21-fellowships.aspx
  • Our first federal grant was awarded from the Office of Naval Research to study materials for hydrogen generation
2019
  • Ross Lab is open!