News and Events
Group Meeting Schedule
Group meetings are usually every Wednesday from 7 pm to 9 pm in Room 2404. Visitors are welcome to attend!
News Archive
2022 News
January 2022
New Year! New PhDs!
Congrats Robert Vasquez and Nathanael Downes for successfully defending their thesis!
January 2022
New members!
We welcome new rotator Jake O'Hara to the group this winter!
2021 News
September 2021
New members
We welcome new rotators Benjamin Farris and Ryan Van Daele as well as new ungraduate Elizabeth!
April 2021
Dr. Cheek
Quintin successfully defends his thesis. Congrats Quintin!
2019 news
April 2019
The group enters the 21st century and launches a new twitter account.
April 2019
Dr. Hylnchuk!
Sofia successfully defends her thesis.
March 2019
Pittcon
Mitch presents an invited talk at Pittcon 2019.
Jan 2019
New Rotators
Cheng Yang and Cristian (Chris) Alvarez start their lab rotations.
2018 news
Dec 2018
Michigan Basketball
Profs. Maldonado, Mapp, and Montgomery were recognized on the Crisler floor before a Michigan men's basketball game for excellence in teaching.
September 2018
New Undergrads
Kathryn Beeman and Cole Rechsteiner join the lab.
June 2018
Fischer Symposium
Quintin presents the group's latest work on ec-LLS at the Fischer Symposium in Germany.
May 2018
New Member
Nathanael officially joins the group.
May 2018
Teaching Awards
Prof. Maldonado is the recipient of the 2018 John Dewey Award and a 2018 Individual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.
May 2018
NREL
Desi starts her summer internship at NREL through the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Program.
April 2018
NREL
Mitch completes a semester long stay at NREL through his U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award.
March 2018
Short Talk Award
Molly has been awarded the short talk award at the 3rd Molecules & Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis Conference in Cancun.
January 2018
New Faces
Brad and Nathanael started their rotations with the group.
2017 news
November 2017
Poster Award
Desi has been awarded first place for her poster at the Ohio Inorganic Weekend. Congratulations!
November 2017
Dr. DeMuth!
Josh successfully defends his dissertation.
September 2017
New Face
Tieyi started his rotation with the group.
April 2017
PhD Defense
Susu successfully defended her dissertation work. Congratulations Dr. Lee!
March 2017
NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
Molly and Robert have been awarded the NSF Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations!
March 2017
Intel Research Fellowship
Berrant is awarded the Intel Semiconductor Research Fellowship. Congratulations Berrant!
March 2017
PhD Defense
Luyao successfully defended his dissertation work. Congratulations Dr. Ma!
February 2017
Candidacy
Molly and Mitch advanced to candidacy. Congratulations!
January 2017
PhD Defense
Tim successfully defended his dissertation work. Congratulations Dr. Zhang!
January 2017
New Faces
Quentin and Robert started their rotations with the group.
2016 news
September 2016
New Faces
Quentin and William started their rotations with the group.
July 2016
Karle Symposium Poster Award
Molly and Sofiya are awarded the Dow Travel Award by presenting posters in Karle Symposium. Congratulations!
July 2016
Karle Symposium Poster Award
Luyao is awarded the PPG Travel Award by presenting posters in Karle Symposium. Congratulations!
May 2016
PhD Defense
Eli successfully defended his dissertation work and is going on an adventure in Asia. Congratulations Dr. Fahrenkrug!
April 2016
New Additions
Molly, Mitch and Saurabh officially joined the lab!
April 2016
PhD Defense
Betsy successfully defended her dissertation work and is going to work at PPG. Congratulations Dr. Brown!
February 2016
Candidacy
Sofiya advanced to candidacy. Congratulations Sofiya!
Janurary 2016
New Faces
Molly and April started their rotations with the group.
Janurary 2016
New Faces
Molly and April started their rotations with the group.
January 2016
Winter Term Fellowship
Luyao is awarded the Department of Chemistry Winter Term Fellowship. Congratulations to Luyao!
2015 news
September 2015
New Faces
Mitchell and Josh started their rotations with the group.
September 2015
New Faces
Samee joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant.
August 2015
Dow Travel Award
Eli is awarded the Dow Travel Award by presenting a poster in Karle symposium. Congratulations to Eli!
June 2015
Dow Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellowship
Titi is awarded the Dow Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations to Titi!
June 2015
NSF Graduate Fellowship
Sofiya is awarded the NSF Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations to Sofiya!
April 2015
New Faces
Sofiya officially joined our group!
April 2015
New Faces
Titi and Dillip joined our group as postdoc research fellows!
April 2015
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Eli has been awarded the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Eli!
February 2015
Susan Lipschutz Award
Betsy is awarded the Susan Lipschutz Award for the Spring/Summer term. Congratulations to Betsy!
January 2015
New Faces
Sofiya and Chengcheng started their rotations with the group.
January 2015
Candidacy
Josh advanced to candidacy. Congratulations Josh!
January 2015
Winter Term Fellowship
Susu is awarded the Department of Chemistry Winter Term Fellowship. Congratulations to Susu!
2014 news
December 2014
New Paper
Besty and Sabrina's paper on functionalization of GaP(111)B through a Williamson ether-type reaction is published on The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
July 2014
Poster Award
Tim is awarded a poster prize at the 2014 Vaughn Symposium. Congratulations Tim!
July 2014
UM Energy Institute Grant
Profs. Maldonado and Bartlett are awarded a UM Energy Institute Grant to support a new collaborative postdoctoral fellow.
June 2014
New Faces
Josh officially joined the group.
June 2014
Milton Tamres Outstanding Teaching Award
Susu is awarded the Milton Tamres Outstanding Teaching Award. Congratulations to Susu!
June 2014
New Faces
Janelle starts her REU program with the group.
9 May 2014
New Paper
Besty's manuscript on functionalization of p-Type GaP(111)A is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
May 2014
New Faces
Justin joins the group as an undergraduate researcher.
May 2014
New Faces
Josh starts his rotation with the group.
April 2014
Candidacy
Susu, Luyao and Tim all advance to candidacy. Congratulations candidates!
April 2014
Ph.D Defense
Junsi successfully defends his dissertation work and is going to work at Analytical Sciences Department of Dow as a Sr. Chemist. Congratulations Dr. Gu!
April 2014
Ph.D Defense
Wen successfully defends her dissertation work and is going to give birth to her baby soon. Congratulations Dr. Wen!
April 2014
Ph.D Defense
Sabrina successfully defends her dissertation work and is going to work at Ford as a surface chemist. Congratulations Dr. Peczonczyk!
April 2014
Graduation
Shichen graduates with his B.S and is going to pursue his Ph.D degree at Northwestern University. Congratulations!
16 April 2014
New Paper
Luyao's manuscript on templated electrodeposition of Ge nanowires is published in Journal of the Electrochemical Society..
13 January 2014
New Paper
Eli and Junsi's work on electrodeposition of epitaxy Ge nanowires is published in Nano Letters.
8 January 2014
New Faces
Rosina and Frances started their rotations with the group.
2013 news
18 December 2013
Rackham One Term Dissertation Fellowship
Junsi is awarded Rackham One Term Dissertation Fellowship.
24 October 2013
Green Chemistry
The group's work is recognized with a Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award.
15 September 2013
New Faces
Jialiu started his rotation with the group.
9 August 2013
Poster Award
Junsi is awarded a poster prize at the 2013 Vaughn Symposium.
August 2013
New Faces
Nik joined our group as a volunteer.
11 June 2013
New Faces
Chris started his summer intern with the group.
30 May 2013
New Faces
Jessica started her REU program with the group.
29 May 2013
Graduate Summer Research Fellowship Award
Eli is awarded Margaret & Herman Sokol Graduate Summer Research Fellowship.
1 May 2013
NEW ADDITIONS
Susu, Tim and Luyao officially joined the group.
28 March 2013
ECS Award
Junsi is awarded a prestigious 2013 Summer Fellowship from the Electrochemical Society.
18 February 2013
SURP
Shichen is awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research fellowship.
14 February 2013
Sloan Fellow
The group's work is recognized by the Sloan Research Fellows program. More information can be found here.
23 January 2013
New Paper
Junsi's work on electrodeposition of crystalline Si is published in JACS. A write up of this work is here.
9 January 2013
New Faces
Luyao and Tim start their rotations with the group.
2012 news
24 December 2012
New Paper
Eli's work on electrodeposition of crystalline GaAs is published in JACS.
15 December 2012
Graduation
Jesse graduates with his M.S.E.
14 December 2012
Holiday Party
The group celebrates the end of the term out on the town.
12 December 2012
Outreach
The group chaperones visiting middle school students from Greenhills Schools.
20 October 2012
ACS Midland
Stephen presents at the Fall ACS Midland meeting.
8-12 October 2012
Fall ECS 2012
Wen and Junsi present their results in Honolulu.
22 August 2012
Ph.D Defense
Michelle successfully defends her dissertation work.
17 August 2012
New Paper
Junsi's work on nanowires devices made through ec-LLS is published in Nano Letters.
2 August 2012
Poster Award
Junsi is awarded a poster prize at the 2012 Vaughn Symposium.
24 April 2012
GOLDSTEIN PRIZE
Sean is awarded the Jerome and Isabella Karle Award in Physical Sciences. Link
23 April 2012
ENERGY FELLOWSHIP
Lucas is awarded a 2012 Energy Institute Summer Fellowship.
16 April 2012
NEW ADDITIONS
Eli, Jason, and Betsy officially join the group.
10 April 2012
MRS SPRING
Sean and Stephen present at the 2012 MRS Spring meeting in San Francisco.
28 February 2012
APS
Michelle presents at the American Physical Society Meeting in Boston.
26 February 2012
FUEL WORKSHOP ENDS
The FUEL workshop series for 8th grade students interested in learning photoelectrochemistry finishes up.
22 February 2012
SURP
Elizabeth is awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research fellowship.
30 January 2012
HERTZ FINALIST
Sean is selected as a finalist for a Hertz Graduate Fellowship.
21 January 2012
FUEL WORKSHOP STARTS
The FUEL workshop series for 8th grade students interested in learning photoelectrochemistry begins.
23 January 2012
NEW PAPER
Jeremy and Elizbeth's work on the photoresponsivity of MOFs is published in JPCC [link]
08 January 2012
GORDON CONFERENCE ON ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Sabrina, Junsi, and Stephen present their work in Ventura, CA at the GRS and GRC.
04 January 2012
NEW FACES
Eli, Anisha, and Jason start their Winter rotations.
2011 news
15 December 2011
HOLIDAY PARTY
The group heads over to Stephen's for dinner and white elephants.
24 November 2011
NEW PAPER
Michelle's latest work on nanostructured semiconductor photoelectrodes is published in Energy and Environmental Science. [link]
7 October 2011
SEAN RECOGNIZED
Sean has been nominated by the University of Michgan for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. Congratulations!
20 September 2011
NEW FACES
Betsy and Meagan start Fall rotations.
20 August 2011
SUMMER REU
Lingbo finishes a successful China Exchange REU program. We wish her well!
28 July 2011
POSTER AWARD
Junsi wins a poster award at the Vaughan Symposium.
10 June 2011
POSTER AWARD
Sabrina wins a poster award at the ACS 42nd Central Regional Conference.
9 June 2011
SUMMER ROTATION
Jason Koch joins the lab as a summer rotation student.
6 June 2011
SUMMER FELLOWSHIP
Junsi is awarded the Peter A.S. Smith Summer Fellowship.
June 2011
ZHIJIE JOINS THE TEAM
Zhejie Wang begins work as a postdoctoral associate. He will be studying nanostructured photoelectrodes and sensitized charge injection at semiconductor electrodes.
April 2011
SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
Jesse is awarded an SRC Summer Fellowship. Elizabeth is awarded the Seyhan Ege Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
April 2011
SEAN RECOGNIZED
Sean is awarded the Goldwater Scholarship and a research fellowship from the Microscope Society of America.
28 February 2011
NEW PAPER
Azhar and Junsi's work is published in ACS Nano.
5 January 2011
NEW FACES
Molly and Jeanne start Winter rotations.
2010 news
9 December 2010
CAREER AWARD
Stephen receives a NSF CAREER Award.
5 November 2010
JUNSI PRESENTATION
Junsi gives his second year materials seminar.
1 November 2010
MOVING ON
Kevin starts his new position at IMRA America.
28 October 2010
POSTER AWARD
Jeremy wins a poster award at the 34th Annual Macromolecular Science and Engineering Symposium.
15 October 2010
WEN PRESENATION
Wen gives her second year materials seminar.
11 October 2010
FALL ECS
Stephen gives a talk and co-chairs a session at the Fall ECS meeting.
29 September 2010
NEW PAPER
Kevin and Sean's work is published in JES.
24 September 2010
THESIS DEFENSE
Kevin defends his dissertation.
15 September 2010
FALL ROTATION
Laura starts her Fall research rotation with the group.
23 August 2010
NEW PAPER
Michelle and Justin's work on inorganic/organic heterojunctions is published in APL.
22 August 2010
Boston acs
Stephen and Kevin talk at the ACS meeting.
18 August 2010
POSTER AWARD
Wen wins a poster award at the Vaughan Symposium.
17 June 2010
New paper
Kevin and Colin's work on nanowire photoelectrodes is published in JPCC.
June 2010
elizabeth joins
Elizabeth begins working with Jeremy on preparing functionalized electrode surfaces.
10 April 2010
saturday morning physics lecture
Stephen gives a lecture in the Winter 2010 Saturday Morning Physics Lecture series.
6 April 2010
sabrina, michelle and jeremy are recognized
Sabrina receives an Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation. Jeremy is awarded an NSF graduate fellowship. Michelle is awarded an NSF and a DOE graduate fellowship.
31 March 2010
AZHAR Awarded fellowship
Azhar is selected as Michigan Honors Fellow.
12 March 2010
jhindan's new paper
Jhindan's manuscript on the wet-etching of GaP surfaces is published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
1 March 2010
pittcon 2010
Stephen organizes and chairs the session "New Frontiers in Electrochemistry" at the 2010 Pittcon conference in Orlando, FL.
16 February 2010
Azhar awarded scholarship
Azhar receives a James E. Harris Scholarship.
16 February 2010
Detroit ecs section
Stephen gives an invited talk on photoelectrochemical energy conversion/storage to the local ECS chapter.
January 2010
Wen joins the team
Wen begins work on preparing and studying semiconductor nanowire photoelectrodes.
January 2010
MJ Price is awarded a Graham Fellowship
Michelle is selected as a fellow by the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute.
2009 news
19 November 2009
Educational Outreach
Michelle, Sabrina and Jeremy give demonstrations on energy science to local middle school students.
29 October 2009
Azhar chosen as finalist
Azhar is chosen as a finalist to compete in the annual Florida State University research competition.
23 October 2009
2009 MWRM
Stephen gives a talk on photoelectrochemical energy conversion at the 44th ACS MidWest Regional Meeting.
September 2009
Jeremy joins the team
Jeremy begins work on designing novel organic/inorganic optoelectronic materials.
July 2009
MJ Price gets first publication
Michelle demonstrates improved quantum yields at macroporous n-GaP photoelectrodes.
22 April 2009
Azhar Carim recognized
Azhar Carim is awarded the 2009 ACS Analytical Chemistry Award.
12 February 2009
Azhar awarded fellowship
Azhar is a awarded a summer fellowship for his research on electrocatalysis!
January 2009
Kevin Joins the Team
Kevin begins work on photoelectrochemical fuel generation.
2008 news
15 October 2008
Dr. Jhindan Mukherjee JOINS US
Dr. Jhindan Mukherjee joins the lab to work on surface passivation strategies and chemically modified electrodes.
1 July 2008
Maldonado group opens shop
Maldondo group opens shop at the University of Michigan.
