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Prof. Wong receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The Chemical Theory, Models, and Computational Methods (CTMC) Program within the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports the discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods or models to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research. The CTMC Program encourages the integration of innovative software development with methodological and...

Prof. Wong receives funding from the Department of Energy (DOE)

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected the Wong group to receive funding for a project that advances fossil fuel technologies and also provides educational and research training opportunities. This project was selected through the University Coal Research (UCR) Program and the Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Other Minority...

Prof. Wong acknowledged as an Outstanding Reviewer for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Prof. Wong has been acknowledged by the editors of the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics as an Outstanding Reviewer for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics in 2019 “based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.”

Prof. Wong acknowledged as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 

Prof. Wong has been acknowledged by the editors of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C in 2019 “based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.”

Prof. Wong acknowledged as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 

Prof. Wong has been acknowledged by the editors of the Journal of Physics Condensed Matter as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Physics Condensed Matter in 2019 “in recognition of the high quality and timeliness of reviews during the year.”

Summer Bridge to Research Program undergraduate student Ayah Seirafi joins the Wong group.

Summer Bridge to Research Program undergraduate student Ayah Seirafi joins the Wong group. Welcome Ayah!

Prof. Wong receives funding from the Department of Energy (DOE).

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected the Wong group to receive funding for a project that advances fossil fuel technologies and also provides educational and research training opportunities. This project was selected through the University Coal Research (UCR) Program and the Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Other Minority...

Prof. Wong acknowledged as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Prof. Wong has been acknowledged by the editors of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C in 2018 “based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.”

Wong group gives 4 presentations at the 2019 ACS Spring National Meeting & Exposition.

The Wong group will be giving 4 presentations at the 2019 ACS Spring National Meeting & Exposition in Orlando, Florida. The 1st presentation is entitled “Real-Time Density Functional Tight Binding: A New Computational Approach for Probing Plasmonic Properties of Large Material Systems” to be given in COMP: Material Science. The 2nd presentation is entitled “Halogen-Bonding...

Prof. Wong gives a presentation at the 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

Prof. Wong will be giving a presentation at the 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas. The presentation is an invited talk entitled “GPU-Enabled Algorithms for Ground-State and Excited-State Density Functional Tight Binding Simulations” to be given in Algorithm Development in Materials Science and Engineering.

Prof. Wong gives an invited talk at New York University. 

Prof. Wong will be giving an invited presentation at New York University in New York, New York. The presentation is entitled “Energy-Transfer Mechanisms in Complex Chemical Systems: A Real-Time Dynamics Perspective” to be given in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Prof. Wong gives an invited talk at the University of California, Davis. 

Prof. Wong will be giving an invited presentation at the University of California, Davis in Davis, California. The presentation is entitled “Energy-Transfer Mechanisms in Complex Materials: A Real-Time Dynamics Perspective” to be given in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

Prof. Wong gives an invited talk at Dartmouth College. 

Prof. Wong will be giving an invited presentation at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The presentation is entitled “Energy-Transfer Mechanisms in Complex Chemical Systems: A Real-Time Dynamics Perspective” to be given in the Department of Chemistry.

Prof. Wong gives an invited talk at the University of Florida.

Prof. Wong will be giving an invited presentation at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The presentation is entitled “Energy-Transfer Mechanisms in Complex Chemical Systems: A Real Time Dynamics Perspective” to be given in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Paper published in ACS Nano. 

Our work has just been accepted in ACS Nano! The paper is entitled “Confined Lithium–Sulfur Reactions in Narrow-Diameter Carbon Nanotubes Reveal Enhanced Electrochemical Reactivity” and can be read here. Congratulations Belén!

Wong group gives 3 presentations at the 2018 AIChE Meeting.

The Wong group will be giving 3 presentations at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 1st presentation is an invited talk entitled “Invited: Exploring Electrochemical Reaction Dynamics of Li +-Solvation Structures with Large-Scale Quantum Mechanical Simulations” to be given in Electrochemical Storage Materials and Devices. The 2nd presentation is entitled “Unusual Electronic...

Prof. Wong receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 

The goal of the Catalysis program within the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to advance research in catalytic engineering science and promote fundamental understanding and the development of catalytic materials and reactions that are of benefit to society. Target applications include fuels, specialty and bulk chemicals, environmental catalysis, biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals, conversion...

Paper published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

Our collaborative work with the Scholes group at Princeton University has just been accepted in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters! The paper is entitled “High Magnetic Field Detunes Vibronic Resonances in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting” and can be read here. Congratulations Belén!

Prof. Wong receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) program within the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports experimental and computational research on the fundamental chemistry of processes in the environment. Recognizing the intrinsic complexity and heterogeneity of environmental systems, projects develop and utilize advanced experimental, modeling and simulation approaches to discover, explain, and predict environmental phenomena. Our proposal is...

Prof. Wong gives 2 presentations at the 2018 ACS Fall National Meeting & Exposition. 

Prof. Wong will be giving 2 presentations at the 2018 ACS Fall National Meeting & Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts. The 1st presentation is an invited talk entitled “Real-Time Density Functional Tight Binding: A New Computational Approach for Probing Plasmonic Properties of Large Material Systems” to be given in COMP: Recent Advances in DFT & TDDFT...