2024
05/06
We thank the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for supporting our research!
05/03
Writam, a Ph.D. student, has officially joined us. Welcome to the group!
04/23
The group had a fun day hosting the annual multilingual science field trip (English, Spanish, and Portuguese) for Waltham High School students! Thanks all chemistry demonstrators, translators, and mentors!
01/29
Grace has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure! Congratulations!
2023
12/01
We welcome the new members of the group: Dr. Cijil Raju, Dr. Anurag Mukherjee, and Navneet Kaur!
09/22
Linked double azobenzene study is now accepted to ACS Materials Au! Congrats to Ale, Qianfeng, Jun, and Josh!
09/18
Our study on visible light induced energy storage in solid-state Azo-BF2 is now accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats to Qianfeng, Jun, and Karina!
07/21
Congratulations to Alejandra for defending her thesis (PhD #3 of the group)!
06/22
Our team received a SPROUT grant for the smart windows project. Congrats Subhayan and Han!
05/30
Back-to-back accepted papers in Chem on 2+2 cycloaddition MOST and phase change MOST. Congratulations to Xiang, Sungwon, Jun, Subhayan, and Josh! Amazing teamwork!
05/21
A bittersweet farewell to Xiang (PhD), Josh (BS), Sungwon (BA), and My (MA). We are proud of your achievements and look forward to your new adventures. Congratulations!
05/04
Grace has received a 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Thank you for recognizing and supporting our work.
04/11
Our annual Waltham high school bilingual science field trip was a huge success, thanks to all chemistry demonstrators of the Han group, translators, and mentors!
04/05
We welcome new undergraduate researchers, Gwen and Gustavo, to the group!
03/22
Xiang defended her thesis and became PhD #2 of the group. Congratulations Dr. Li!
01/23
Our newest study on the photo-controlled recovery of organocatalyst is accepted to Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to Qianfeng, Danielle, Xiang, and Joshua!
01/17
Jun’s Forum Article on MOST compound designs is published in Trends in Chemistry. Congratulations!
01/12
We welcome a new graduate student, Han Nguyen, to the group!
2022
11/29
We are thrilled to receive a DoD award under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program to build a non-ambient X-ray diffractometer and study light-responsive phase transition of materials!
10/03
Dr. Junichi Usuba from Kyoto University has joined our group as a postdoc associate. Welcome!
09/28
Our latest study on the phase-transition switches, azobispyrazoles, that show exceptional light penetration depths is accepted to JACS. Congrats Ale, My, and Xiang!
09/28
Xiang and Sungwon’s work on solid-solid phase transition photoswitches is now accepted to ACS Materials Au. Congratulations!
08/26
We welcome Karina, a rising junior undergraduate researcher, to the group!
08/23
Han group presented the latest research at the ACS meeting! Grace was selected as a young investigator in the Division of Organic Chemistry.
08/11
Sungwon, Danielle, and Joshua presented their summer research at the Brandeis SciFest. Great job!
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