Lab spotlights…
- 2026
- AJA received the 2026 New Investigator Award from the American Society for Photobiology. Congratulations! https://today.uic.edu/uic-chemist-earns-national-early-career-research-award-in-photobiology/
- PhD candidate, Ms. Sarita Rawool, received the “Best Poster Award” Prize at the 2026 H. C. Brown Symposium at Purdue University. Poster title: Synergistic Excitonic and Plexcitonic Processes in Organic-Quantum Dot and Plasmonic Hybrids: New Nanomaterials for Rethinking Triplet Photophysics. Congratulations, Sarita, on representing our lab… and keep up the good work!
- Second-year PhD student (Roy Liu) has successfully passed his PhD Prelim/Qualifying Exam. Congratulations, Roy… now roll up your sleeves and keep up the good work!
- Our collaborative (with Profs. Liu & Xu @ University of Georgia) work on dual-mode molecular (QDM) junction has been published on Angewandte Chemie [Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2026, e3716518], https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.3716518. (link)
- Former lab member (Dr. Guang Yang)’s paper on the aromaticity-modulating triplet photophysics of heterocyclic thioamides is now published in ChemPhysChem [ChemPhysChem, 2026, 27, e202500743]. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202500743]. Congrats, Guang! (link)
- Sarita’s paper on photo-theranostic agents (in collaboration with the Hu and Snee Labs @ UIC) is now published in ACS Applied Nano Materials [ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2026, 9(15) 6631–6643]. Congrats, Sarita!(link)
2025
- June
- Our preprint on the triplet photochemistry of hybrid organic-quantum dots is now available on Research Square (link)…
- Article on the photochemistry of hypervalent iodoazides (led by the Glusac Lab @ UIC)… we collaborated on time-resolved TA to decipher reactive intermediates. The paper is now published in JPC A (link)…
- A great collaborative work on photochemical HER using quantum dots with Prof. Preston Snee and Prof. Claudia Turro has now been published in Nanoscale (link)…
- March-April
- Interesting collaborative work on the photochemistry of azidostyrenes; the work was led by Prof. Gudmundsdottir and her team at U. Cincinnati…the paper is now published in JPPA (link)…
- Interesting collaborative work on the photochemistry of azidostyrenes; the work was led by Prof. Gudmundsdottir and her team at U. Cincinnati…the paper is now published in JPPA (link)…
- January 2025
- A great collaborative work on photochemical HER using quantum dots with Prof. Preston Snee and Prof. Claudia Turro has now been published in Nanoscale (link)…
- A great collaborative work on photochemical HER using quantum dots with Prof. Preston Snee and Prof. Claudia Turro has now been published in Nanoscale (link)…
2024
- December
- Joe’s research work on doublet-sensitized photon upconversion is now published in JACS (link)…Congrats!
Dr. Guang Yang successfully defended his thesis…Congratulations to our new Doctor! Guang’s doctoral dissertation focused on triplet photochemistry and aromaticity–How the photo-excited state of an organic chromophore can be modulated through molecular aromaticity!
- Joe’s research work on doublet-sensitized photon upconversion is now published in JACS (link)…Congrats!
- November
- 2nd-year graduate student Balaka has successfully passed her PhD candidacy exam. Congratulations!
- 2nd-year graduate student Balaka has successfully passed her PhD candidacy exam. Congratulations!
- October
- Sam’s recent work on organo-photo-auxiliaries is published in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (link)…Congrats!
- Sam’s recent work on organo-photo-auxiliaries is published in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (link)…Congrats!
- September
- Student Roy Liu, who recently graduated with a B.Sc. from UIC, has joined our lab as a 1st year Ph.D. student.
- Student Roy Liu, who recently graduated with a B.Sc. from UIC, has joined our lab as a 1st year Ph.D. student.
- June
- Visiting student Victor from the Université Le Havre Normandie will spend 18 months in our lab on a collaboration/thesis work!
- AJA led a team of UIC students to attend a NOBCChE regional meeting in Detroit!
