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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 2017 “based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.”

Prof. Wong gives an invited talk at California State University, Fullerton. 

Prof. Wong will be giving an invited presentation at California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, California. The presentation is entitled “Real-Time Density Functional Tight Binding: A New Computational Tool for Probing Electronic Properties of Large Chemical Systems” to be given in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Paper published in Advanced Optical Materials. 

Our collaborative work with the Azoulay Group at the University of Southern Mississippi and Matthew Y. Sfeir at Brookhaven National Laboratory has just been accepted in Advanced Optical Materials! The paper is entitled “Preferential Charge Generation at Aggregate Sites in Narrow Band Gap Infrared Photoresponsive Polymer Semiconductors” and can be read here. Congratulations Lihua!

Paper published in Catalysts. 

Our work has just been accepted in Catalysts! The paper is entitled “An MM and QM Study of Biomimetic Catalysis of Diels-Alder Reactions Using Cyclodextrins” and can be read here. Congratulations Zulfikhar!

Prof. Wong receives funding from the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). 

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is DoD’s environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with DOE and EPA, with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. SERDP focuses on cross-Service requirements and pursues solutions to the Department’s environmental challenges. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies will...

Prof. Wong receives funding from the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). 

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is DoD’s environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with DOE and EPA, with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. SERDP focuses on cross-Service requirements and pursues solutions to the Department’s environmental challenges. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies will...

Paper featured as the top 10 most downloaded articles in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts in 2017.

Our paper in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts has been featured as one of the “top 10 most downloaded articles” in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts in 2017. Congratulations Sangavi and Inger!

Paper published in Scientific Reports. 

Our collaborative work with the Hossain Group at Jackson State University and the Tandon group at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has just been accepted in Scientific Reports! The paper is entitled “Highly Selective and Sensitive Macrocycle-Based Dinuclear Foldamer for Fluorometric and Colorimetric Sensing of Citrate in Water” and can be read here. Congratulations...

Prof. Wong acknowledged as a reviewer for ACS Omega. 

Prof. Wong has been acknowledged by the editors of ACS Omega for his service as a reviewer for ACS Omega in 2017.

Graduate student Kuai (David) Yu joins the Wong group. 

David joins us from the University of Hong Kong. Welcome, David!

Graduate student Yue (Sarah) Zhu joins the Wong group. 

Sarah joins us from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Welcome, Sarah!

Prior News

December 2017 Postdoctoral Associate Sharma Yamijala joins the Wong group. Sharma joins us from the University of Rochester. Welcome, Sharma! Paper published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. Our work has just been accepted in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation! The paper is entitled “Halogen Bonding Interactions: Revised Benchmarks and a...