Maham Liaqat was selected for the Ruhr Fellowship in Germany. This fellowship supports international research and professional development opportunities. It also provides an opportunity to write research proposals, develop grant applications, and continue postdoctoral research in Germany. Congrats to Maham!

84 high school students joined us on May 15. We learned the surface chemistry of nanoparticles!

Team Azyme, represented by Riddhi Viradiya and Maham Liaqat, was selected for NSF I-Corps Cohort 33 in September 2025 and Cohort 34 in November 2025. This program supports innovation, entrepreneurship, and customer discovery for translating research ideas toward real-world applications. Congrats to Riddhi and Maham!

Maham Liaqat received the Clean Energy & Sustainability Innovation Program Award at the University of Connecticut. This award recognizes her contribution to sustainability-focused research and innovation in clean energy solutions through the CESIP 2025 program. Congrats to Maham!

Maham Liaqat received the Bobbitt-Chou Fellowship at the University of Connecticut. This fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students for their academic and research excellence. Congrats to Maham!

Lei Jin presented his poster on Au catalysts for CO2 reduction in 2019 spring meeting of New England Catalysis Society. He wined the student poster award, the 1st place prize with $100. Congrats!!

Srini just had two of his papers published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and Langmuir. Terrific job!!

Congrats to Dr. Thanneeru who also defended his PhD thesis recently!!

Lei was awarded the Bobbitt-Chou fellowship this summer. This fellowship supports third-year graduate student to continue excellence in research! Great job, Lei!!

Ben’s paper on “Ultrafine and Ligand-Free Precious Metal (Ru, Ag, Au, Rh and Pd) Nanoclusters Supported on Phosphorus-Doped Carbon” was accepted to be published in Chemistry – A European Journal.  Congrats to Ben and all co-authors!

Gengsheng’s paper on “Dynamic coordination of Eu-iminodiacetate to control fluorochromic response of polymer hydrogels to multistimuli” has just been accepted by Advanced Materials! Congrats to Gengsheng and Srini! Excellent job!