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MEM·C Faculty Alexandra Velian Named 2021 Cottrell Scholar
Alexandra Velian has been named as one of 25 Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement for the quality and innovation of her research program and her academic leadership skills. She will receive a $100,000 award to foster advancements in her research and educational accomplishments. Read more
MEM·C Faculty Ashleigh Theberge Named 2021 Sloan Fellow
Ashleigh Theberge has been selected as a 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry. These two-year, $75,000 fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. Featured in UW News
MEM·C Faculty Xu and Cobden Named 2020 Highly Cited Researchers
MEM·C faculty Xiaodong Xu and David Cobden are named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list from Clarivate. MEM·C research contributes to their high citation numbers. Read more
MEM·C Faculty Xiaodong Xu Elected Fellow by the American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) has elected MEM·C faculty, professor of physics, Xiaodong Xu as fellow of the society. Professor Xu was honored “for pioneering contributions to the discovery and understanding of emergent physics in two dimensional materials, including 2D magnets, spin/valley-pseudospin effects in 2D semiconductors and heterostructures, and monolayer quantum spin Hall insulator.” Read… Read more
Experiments with twisted 2D materials catch electrons behaving collectively
MEM·C faculty Matthew Yankowitz and Xiaodong Xu discover that carefully constructed stacks of graphene can exhibit highly correlated electron properties. The team also found evidence that this type of collective behavior likely relates to the emergence of exotic magnetic states. Read the UW News.
MEM·C Faculty James De Yoreo Receives U.S. Department of Energy Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award
MEM·C faculty James (Jim) De Yoreo was named a 2020 “Distinguished Scientist Fellow” by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC). De Yoreo is an affiliate professor in both Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering at UW, and is recognized as a UW-PNNL Distinguished Faculty Fellow. De Yoreo is co-director of the… Read more
MEM·C Faculty Co-Founds Optics Startup
University of Washington (UW) electrical and computer engineering professors Karl Böhringer and Arka Majumdar, a MEMC faculty, co-found an optics startup Tunoptix to develop metasurface lenses (or metalenses) for imaging in satellites at the UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF). Optics startup Tunoptix wins federal grant to develop metalenses for imaging satellites at WNF
MEM·C Faculty Receives Highly Regarded Office of Naval Research Award
MEM·C faculty member Arka Majumdar recently received the 2020 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program award that will help further his research. Two UW ECE faculty members receive highly regarded ONR YIP award
MEM·C Faculty Receives UW Distinguished Teaching Award
MEM·C faculty Prof. Xiaosong Li is a recipient of the 2020 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award! Read the UW News article about 2020 Awards of Excellence
MEM·C Students Make Diamonds
Read the UW News article about diamond making in the MEM·C labs. http://www.washington.edu/news/2019/05/03/nanodiamond-synthesis-pauzauskie/