Zhou was selected as the recipient of the 2026 Nick Besley Award from Q-Chem, Inc., to recognize our pioneering contributions at the intersection of machine learning and quantum chemistry, and our work developing models that inform density functional parameters and …
Zhou received the Nick Besley Award from Q-Chem, Inc. Read more »
Our Chemical Engineering graduate student, Siqi Chen, was awarded the PPG fellowship for her proposal “From Spectrum to Structure: Generative Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Material Synthesis and Degradation”. Congratulations to Siqi!
Zhou was selected as one of the 24 Cottrell Scholar Awardees by Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA)! The award recognizes our contributions in artificial intelligence, molecular spectroscopy, heterogeneous catalysis, astrophysical chemistry, and chemical education. RCSA also issues $120,000 to …
Zhou received a 2026 Flygare Award from the International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (ISMS). Awarded biennially to early-career scientists within 10 years of their PhD, the honor recognizes outstanding contributions to molecular spectroscopy. Zhou was recognized for independent work in computational spectroscopy, combining …
Zhou received the Flygare Award from International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy! Read more »
Our proposed project, titled “ACED: Revolutionizing Instrumental Analysis Using Foundation Models“, has received an award of $500,000 from National Science Foundation (NSF), Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery (ACED) Program! In this study, we designed a novel method to perform a reverse …
We received our first major grant from National Science Foundation! Read more »
Our undergraduate student Chase Presz was recognized by ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry, Mr. Tompkins Award, and ACS Membership Award! Another undergraduate student Ella Bilge was selected to attend the William Lee Science Impact Program (Lee SIP). Two other …
Chase, Ella, Matthew, and Alexander received awards! Read more »
Siqi’s co-first-authored paper, titled “Visible Light-Driven E-Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes and Their Application in the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme“, has been published in European Journal of Organic Chemistry! Please check out the decoded reaction mechanisms there! Read the paper online.
Our collaborative proposal in collaboration with Prof. Xin Xu from Arizona State University and Prof. Shuya Wei from University of New Mexico, entitled “Precise Methane Oxidation on a Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite Membrane“, was selected as the Phase I Finalist for …
Siqi’s first-authored paper, “Integrating Graph Neural Networks and Many-Body Expansion Theory for Potential Energy Surfaces”, has been accepted by NeurIPS’2024 AI4Mat Workshop as a Spotlight Talk! In this paper, Siqi and coworkers from our team presented a new version of …
Hongshan’s first-authored paper, “Nickel-Doped Indium Oxide Ultrafine Nanoparticles for ppb-Level Nitrogen Dioxide Detection“, has been accepted by Applied Surface Science! In this paper, Hongshan explained the mechanism for NO2 adsorption and sensing on the surface of In2O3 and Ni:In2O3 nanomaterials. You are …
Hongshan’s first-authored paper was published in Applied Surface Science! Read more »