Congratulations to Dr. Di Wang!

Congratulations to Dr. Di Wang! He has successfully defended his thesis “Molecular and solid-state chemistry synergy in the synthesis of 2D transition metal carbide MXenes.” See an example of his outstanding work here.

Congratulations to Tanya Chen!

Tanya Chen has been awarded the Danute Nitecki Fellowship for excellence in research! The Fellowship will support her work in the synthesis, surface chemistry and stabilization of III-V semiconductor nanocrystals during the 2025-2026 academic year.

Talapin lab does its part to keep labs safe

The Joint Research Safety Initiative at UChicago works to promote worker-driven safety at labs across UChicago, performing peer walkthroughs and safety “competitions” to recognize outstanding efforts to keeping our lab workers safe. JRSI recently...

Welcome new lab member Yuan Liu!

Dr. Yuan Liu has joined our group as a postdoc and as one of UChicago MRSEC’s Kadanoff-Rice Fellows! This highly prestigious award recognizes his potential to be one of chemistry’s future leaders in research. Yuan earned his PhD working on cutting-edge...

Welcome new lab member Marley Downes!

Marley Downes has joined our group as a graduate student! She completed her undergraduate education at Drexel University and will be working to advance the frontiers of MXene chemistry with us. Marley is also supported by the prestigious NSF Graduate Research...