News

November 2023-Welcome Rosa to the group!

 

December 2022-Welcome Nishan to the group!

 

August 2022-Congratulations to Daniel. He successfully defended the PhD thesis and started his professional career in industry!

 

July 2022-Jing received a grant from the NSF Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry program. The group is excited to embark the project on Collaborative Research: Elucidation of the Role of Atomic Structures of CeO2(111) on the Nucleation and Growth of Metal Clusters through in situ STM and Theory in collaboration with Prof. Ye Xu of Louisiana State University.

 

February 2022-Jing received a grant from the NSF Chemistry Catalysis program. The group is excited to embark the project on Surface Science Studies of Ni-based Bimetallic Particles Supported on CeO2(111) for Dry Reforming of Methane in collaboration with Dr. Senanayake at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

 

February 2022-Congratulations to Daniel. The work on Modular Reaction Control Systems for Live Monitoring of Long-term and/or Multi-channel Reactions was followed up with a full patent application filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

December 2021-Congratulations to the group. The paper on Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy and Temperature-programmed Desorption studies of CO Adsorption on Ni/CeO2(111) Thin Films: The Role of the Ceria Support was accepted for Special Collection Commemorating the Career of Pat Thiel.

 

August 2021-Congratulations to Jintao on his poster presentation at the State Legislative Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee meeting at UW!

 

May 2021-Welcome Tasnim to the group.

 

February 2021-Congratulations to Daniel. The work on Modular reaction control systems for live monitoring of long-term and/or multi-channel reactions was filed for provisional patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

January 2021-Congratulations to the group. The paper on Growth, Sintering, and Chemical States of Co Supported on Reducible CeO2(111) Thin Films: the Effects of the Metal Coverage and the Nature of the Support was accepted for Special Collection in Honor of Women in Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Physics.

 

November 2020-Congratulations to Linze. She successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis.

 

November 2020-Congratulations to Linze. She received the Regional Award for her flash presentation at the RMRM2020.

 

July 2020-Jing received the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium Faculty Grant Award.

 

June 2020-Congratulations to Linze and Elfrida. Their paper on Morphology and chemical stats of Ni supported on Ti-modified CeOx(111) interfaces was accepted for publication in Surface Science and featured on the cover page of Volume 699.

 

March 2020-Congratulations to Daniel. He received the student travel award from International Congress on Catalysis.

 

April 2020-Congratulations to Jintao and Daniel. They successfully defended their Ph.D. preliminary exams.

 

September 2019-Congratulations to Linze. She won the 1st place student poster competition at the Rocky Mountain American Vacuum Society meeting.

 

July 2019-Congratulations to Elfrida. She successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis.

 

May 2019-Congratulations to Teneil. She successfully defended her M.S. thesis.

 

April 2019-Congratulations to Jing. She received the Excellence in Teaching Non-Honors Courses award from University of Wyoming Honors Organization.

 

January 2019- Congratulations to Jing. She received the UW Cap & Gown Chapter of Mortar Board Top Prof award.

 

November 2018-Congratulations to Linze. She successfully defended her Ph.D. preliminary exam.

 

September 2018-Welcome Jintao Miao and Qian Yang to the group.

 

June 2018-Welcome Daniel L. Braedt to the group.

 

May 2018-Congratulations to Sachin! He completed his postdoctoral work in the group.

 

March 2018-Congratulations to Caitlin. She was the 3rd-place winner at the 2018 Wyoming Science State Fair for high school students.

 

January 2018- Congratulations to Jing. She receive the UW Cap & Gown Chapter of Mortar Board Top Prof award.

 

June 2017-Welcome Caitlin Huang to the group. She is a high-school student from Laramie.

 

August 2016-The group made a trip to the Advanced Light Source at Berkeley and conducted AP-XPS experiments of ethanol reaction over Ni supported on Ti-doped CeOx(111).    

 

July 2016-Jing received a major grant on the study of multi-functional ceria-supported metal catalysts for dry reforming of methane from Wyoming Carbon Engineering Initiative in collaboration with Prof. Joseph Holles. The research is ongoing.

 

January 2016-The group received the UW Office of Academic Affairs Energy GA Fellowships for two years (2016-2018).

 

March 2015-Congratulations to Rachel. She was the 3rd-place winner at the 2015 Wyoming Science State Fair for high school students.

 

January 2015-The group worked with Dr. Sanjaya Senanayake and Dr. Jose Rodriguez in Department of Chemistry at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

 

May 2014-Welcome Rachel Huang to the group. She is a high-school student from Laramie.

 

April 2014-Congratulations to Erik. He received the 2014 Wyoming NASA EPSCoR Graduate Research Fellowships.

 

May 2013-Welcome Erik Peterson to the group.

 

June 2012-Congratulations to Elfrida! Her poster presentation titled XPS and STM Studies of Metal Dopant-Ceria Mixed Oxide Interfaces to the AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition was accepted. She received the AVS Dorothy and Hoffman Travel Award.

 

May 2012-Jing received the International Travel Grant from International Programs Office at University of Wyoming.

 

May 2012-Welcome Shanwei! He will conduct research in the group for a year as a visiting Ph. D. student from National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory at University of Science and Technology of China.

 

May 2012-Congratulations to Sakun! She received the Nielson Excellence Fellowship in Energy Studies for the academic year of 2012-2013.

 

January 2012-Jing received the NSF Career Award.

http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2012/02/uw-professor-receives-nsf-career-award.html

 

January 2012-Congratulations to Ching-Rong! She received the Wyoming NSF EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

 

August 2011-The group received a two-year School of Energy Resources Graduate Assistantship Funds.

 

May 2011-Welcome Jim to the group! He received the Wyoming NSF EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship.

 

April 2011-Jing received a starter grant from School of Energy Resources Center for Photoconversion and Catalysis at University of Wyoming.

 

August 2010-Congratulations to Yinghui! She completed her postdoctoral work and accepted a faculty position in Physics Department at Xiamen University, China.

 

May 2010-Welcome Natalee from Macalester University for the summer research experience in the group!

 

June 2009-Welcome Phillip from Gering, Nebraska! He participated in the Wyoming NSF EPSCoR Summer Research Apprentice Program for high school students.

 

May 2009-Welcome Justin from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for the summer research experience in the group!

 

March 2009-Yinghui presented a poster on the Growth and Morphology of Metal Nanoparticles on CeOx(111) Thin Films at the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.

 

November 2008-The group received the basic research grant from the Arts & Science, University of Wyoming.

 

September 2008-The group poster titled scanning tunneling microscopy studies of bimetallic gold and platinum nanoparticles on TiO2(110) won the 2nd-place poster presentation at the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Vacuum Society in Westminster.

 

May 2008-The vacuum system was arrived, installed and tested.

 

May 2008-Jing received the NASA EPSCoR course development fund.

 

March 2008-Jing was awarded the Wyoming NASA Space Faculty Award.