Prof. Nikolla was selected as one of the Cell Press 50 Scientists that Inspire for her contributions to sustainability through her work in catalysis. Her research interests focus on the development of heterogeneous catalysts for chemical and electrochemical energy...

A $10M European Research Council (ERC) grant was awarded to study complex biological systems of chiral nanoparticles to disrupt the formation of the networks of amyloid peptides formed and biofilms of antibiotic resistant bacteria.  The ERC Synergy grants are the...

Congratulations to Professor Eranda Nikolla whom the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York awarded the 2024 Excellence in Catalysis Award for her pioneering works in developing catalysts for energy conversion and storage, particularly in designing materials that...

Congratulations to Dr. Ahyoung Kim, former member of our center, awarding the Inaugural Caltech-Kavli Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow! Her research aims to develop nanomaterials as wireless acoustic nanorobots for applications in bioelectric medicine and...

Kody Whisnant and Alain Kadar have been awarded from 2024 BI Research Day! Congratulations!

Assistant Professor Prashant Kumar, a part of COMPASS last year, has been recognized as a winner of the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35) Asia-Pacific 2024 award. This prestigious honour celebrates the top 35 innovators under age 35 making a significant...

Polymer filtration films are used in water purification to separate impurities from drinking water. My research investigates how the films’ irregular architecture (i.e., structure and thickness) affects how well they work. Here, 3D renderings of polymer films resemble...

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Join us in congratulating our fearless leader on being named the prestigious ACS 2025 Peter Debye Award recipient! Prof. Sharon Glotzer is recognized for her innovative contributions to the theory, modeling, and simulation of colloidal particles for self-assembly.

The Foundations of Molecular Modeling & Simulation Conference recently awarded Prof. Sharon Glotzer the FOMMS Medal for her fundamental contributions to the development of computational methods for particle assembly. The FOMMS Medal is presented triannually to...

Congratulations! E. Sumeyra Turali-Emre is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Kotov Lab, Chemical Engineering. Her research focuses on engineering nanoparticles for biomedical applications, including antibacterial activity and capturing extracellular vesicles for...