Past Events

Past Events

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Polymer Chemistry Lecture Series

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Four Fridays: October 9, 2025; November 6, 2026; March 5, 2027; April 9, 2027 Professor E. Bryan Coughlin Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts, Amherst Prof. E. Bryan Coughlin earned his B.A. in Chemistry from Grinnell College and completed…

Singh Galleria, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 
3205 Walnut Street

6th Annual Frontiers of Energy Research Poster Session

Singh Galleria, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 
3205 Walnut Street

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Monthly Energy Research Discussion

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Speakers: Xin Sun (Assistant Professor of Biology) and Saurabh Nath (Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy) will give presentations about their research programs. Penn faculty, graduate students and postdocs with an interest in energy research are invited to join us for…

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Polymer Chemistry Lecture Series

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Four Fridays: October 9, 2025; November 6, 2026; March 5, 2027; April 9, 2027 Professor E. Bryan Coughlin Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts, Amherst Prof. E. Bryan Coughlin earned his B.A. in Chemistry from Grinnell College and completed…

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Monthly Energy Research Discussion

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Topic: VIEST Seed Grant Program for 2026-2027 Penn faculty, graduate students and postdocs with an interest in energy research are invited to join us for the monthly VIEST energy research discussion. A light lunch will be served beginning at 11:30am, presentations and discussions…

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

From Photons to Functional Energy States in Organic and Hybrid Materials

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Host: Prof. Tim Lian

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Research Meeting: Critical Minerals Separations, Recovery and Recycling

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

The goal of this workshop is to facilitate discussion & collaboration amongst researchers who are interested in, or currently working on, critical minerals recovery. A series of flash talks will be delivered by representatives of multiple Penn research groups so attendees can…

VLEST 121

Effect of Metal ion doping on Perovskite Materials: Defect Mediated Charge Transfer, Energy Transfer and Carrier Mobility

VLEST 121

Prof. Hirendra N. Ghosh Director National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Jatni, Khurda, Ordisha, India Host: Tim Lian Abstract Metal-ion-doped halide perovskites exhibit unique optical and electronic properties, making thempromising for solar cells, light…

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Monthly Energy Research Discussion

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Speakers: VIEST Postdoctoral Fellow Kunyu Wang (Yang and Murray groups) VIEST Postdoctoral Fellow Randall Wilharm (Schelter and Trauner groups) Penn faculty, graduate students and postdocs with an interest in energy research are invited to join us for the monthly VIEST energy…

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Special Chemistry Seminar

The Power of Polarization – Controlling Bond Activation and Catalysis Using Interfacial Charge Separation

Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, Room 121
3200 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Polarization, the phenomenon of charge separation at an interface, generates strong, oriented electric fields. Models describing how interfacial polarization drives outer-sphere electron transfer are well-developed, but the influence of polarization on inner-sphere reactions…