The author of the paper, Dr. Jo got noticed at the age of 18 when he was awarded the bronze medal at the music contest, established to cherish Jaeha Yoo, who was a great musician and died young. His band "Miseoni," one of typical girl's names in Korea,...

Greg Scholes is in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, and works on understanding light-initiated processes in nanoscale systems. 1. What made you want to be a chemist? I remember when my dad came to my grade two class...

Posted on behalf of Materials Girl Fellowship applications are almost done! To quote a confident labmate, in regards to his proposed research, “If doesn’t accept me, they’re jerks*!” (He probably meant to say “sorely misguided”, but...

Donna Blackmond is currently in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London and will join the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, in February 2010. She works on kinetic aspects of asymmetric...

Posted on behalf of Ros - as I'm sure you noticed the previous 2 were A major theme of the conference this year is, unsurprisingly, the application of materials science in the search for new sustainable energy solutions. This year, Gerbrand Ceder...