Congratulations to Dr. Mingming Zhang
2017
Mingming Zhang (a former postdoc) was recently admitted into the 14th "1000 Young Talents Program" of China while holding a position of professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Congratulations to Dr. Madeline Vara
2017
Madeline Vara passed her final exam (thesis defense) and became the 25th Ph.D. from the Xia group on 11/27/2017. She accepted a position with Nano Terra, starting January 2018.
Congratulations to the Xia Group
2017
Dr. Xia was recently selected to be awarded one of two 2017 MRS Medals during the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting Awards Ceremony for exemplary contributions to shape-controlled synthesis of metal nanocrystals.
Congratulations to Dr. Sang-Il Choi
2017
Sang-Il Choi (a former postdoc) was selected as the 2018 Fellow of the 9th POSCO Science Fellowship program in Seoul, Korea.
Congratulations to Dr. Dan Li
2017
Dan Li (a former postdoc) recently moved from Monash University to the University of Melbourne (both in Australia) to take a position of Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Congratulations to The Xia Group
2017
Dr. Younan Xia was recently recognized as one of the most highly prolific authors for ACS Nano. For details, please visit: http://journalstars.acs.org/materials-science-engineering/journal/acs-nano.
Congratulations to Dr. Chunlei Zhu
2017
Chunlei Zhu (a former postdoc) was just recruited into the 14th "1000 Young Talents Program" of China and will be joining Nankai University, China, as a professor in the College of Chemistry next year.
Congratulations to Dr. Hongwen Huang
2017
Hongwen Huang (a former visiting Ph.D. student) just accepted a position of professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Hunan University, China.
Congratulations to Dr. Tung Han Yang
2017
Tung Han Yang (a visiting Ph.D. student from National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, 2015-2017) recently passed his final exam (thesis defense) on 08/31/2017.
Congratulations to Dr. Mingming Zhang
2017
Mingming Zhang (a former postdoc) recently accepted a position of professor with the School of Materials and Science Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China.
Congratulations to Dr. Ming Zhou
2017
Ming Zhou (a visiting Ph.D. student from Chongqing University, 2014-2016) recently passed his Ph.D. thesis defense and started as a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Hua Zhang at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Congratulations to Dr. Helan Wang
2017
Helan Wang (a visiting Ph.D. student from Donghua University, 2014-2016) recently passed her Ph.D. thesis defense and accepted a positon in the China National Inspection & Testing Centre for Ophthalmic Optic Glass and Enamel Products at Donghua University, Shanghai.
Congratulations to Whitney Breech
2017
Whitney Breech is the newest addition to the Xia Group, replacing business administrator Wenjuan (Jessica) Shang. Welcome, Whitney!
Congratulations to Dr. Miaoxin Yang
2017
Miaoxin Yang passed his final exam (thesis defense) and became the 24th Ph.D. from the Xia group on 05/03/2017.
Congratulations to Dr. Aleksey Ruditskiy
2017
Alex Ruditskiy passed his final exam (thesis defense) and became the 23rd Ph.D. from the Xia group on 04/27/2017.
Congratulations to Zach Hood
2017
Zach Hood, a Ph.D. student in the Xia Research Group since 2015, was awarded the "Best Second Year Seminar" by the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Graduate Research Symposium.
Congratulations to Madeline Vara
2017
Madeline Vara, a Ph.D. student in the Xia Group since 2013, recently received the First Place award for her Research Presentation at the Graduate Research Symposium organized by the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech and sponsored by BASF.
Congratulations to the Xia Group
2017
Dr. Xia was just selected as a winner of the 2017 Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award from Georgia Tech. It was made possible by the invaluable contributions from all current and former group members since arrival at Atlanta.
Congratulations to the Xia Group
2017
Our research on the development of cost-effetive platinum-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was recently featured in Science News Magazine in an article entitled “Built for Speed: More sustainable approaches could get reactions moving”, 2017, March 7, pp. 21-23.
Congratulations to Madeline Vara
2017
Madeline Vara, a Ph.D. student in the Xia Research Group since 2013, has been selected as part of the United States delegation to attend the prestigious 2017 Lindau Nobel Laureate Conference to be held in Lindau, Germany later this year. The last group member who received this great honor is Claire Cobley, which was back in 2010.