The Manthiram Lab has moved to Caltech!
NEWS
Come see @chung_minju 's talk at AIChE on Thursday at 9am!
Learn about amazing work on designing catalysts for olefin epoxidation!
Congratulations to @chung_minju and the awardees!
Small correction: Minju is at MIT
The Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division is proud to announce the 2022 cohort of graduate students honored with the AIChE CRE travel award for their excellence in research.
Congratulations to our 2022 graduate student researcher awardees!🎉
Did I mention I'm transforming oxygen? See it live today in room N-127B at 3:48 PM!
A must-see poster at AIChE: our awesome postdoc Jason Adams.
Come hear about the amazing work the future Adams Lab will undertake!
Check out my poster today at AICHE (North Hall E, Poster #241 from 1:00-3:00 PM). I'm ready to electrify and decarbonize the crap out of chemical manufacturing!
Stop by and check out my two talks and poster at #AIChE! One talk will be on electrochemical fuel ionic liquids, and the other will be on previous research with @ManthiramLab at the Echem Faculty Session. The poster will be on future ideas in the Faculty Poster Session.
So excited to join the faculty next year! https://twitter.com/QueensEngineer/status/1591163147003592714
Rachel Baker (@racheljbaker17), Sc’17, will begin her term next year as Robins Family Professor of Engineering Chemistry, a professorship endowed by DavosPharma founder and Kingston native Barry Robins, Sc’64, and his family.
https://engineering.queensu.ca/news/2022/10/Rachel-Baker-to-commence-inaugural-Robins-Family-Professorship-of-Engineering-Chemistry-in-2023.html
Hi everyone! I will be presenting two talks at #AIChE. One talk will be on modeling BPM structure-property relationships, and the second is on their application in carbon capture! My mentee, Kaitlin Corpus, will also give a poster on our Tafel analysis work with @ManthiramLab!
Be on the lookout for our very own Dr. Jason Adams at the AIChE postdoc candidates poster session!
@ChEnected
We know you'll be very impressed!
Come check out my poster at AIChE 2022. I'm excited to chat about Mediators, Mechanisms, and Machines of science!
Amazing news for our postdoc Rachel 🙌🥳
Congratulations on your return to Queens University as the Robins Family Professor!
I am so incredibly thrilled to be returning to the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen's University in 2023, now as an Assistant Professor! I look forward to being involved with the Engineering Chemistry program once again @queensu @QueensEngineer https://engineering.queensu.ca/news/2022/10/Rachel-Baker-to-commence-inaugural-Robins-Family-Professorship-of-Engineering-Chemistry-in-2023.html
October in Pasadena is perfect weather for group hikes!
We had a great time diving into Eaton Canyon Falls over the weekend (and diving into great Thai food after😊).
Virtual info session for @MemDrexel MS and PhD programs on Nov 19. Grad app fees waived for registered attendees. See ad for info https://www.linkedin.com/posts/drexel-university-mechanical-engineering-mechanics_drexeluniversity-mechanicalengineering-graduateprograms-activity-6988929658402566144-qbPc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Fantastic talk @KManthiram at the 100th Solvay conference: love how he’s going after hard problems in catalysis.
Incredibly excited to announce the publication of my latest co-first author MS, an exciting collaboration with Kosta Petrov from @EFSlab in @SusEnergyRSC on using internal microchannels in anion exchange membranes to manage water transport in CO2R! https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/se/d2se00858k (1/n)
Thanks everyone! This is a recognition of contributions of researchers and collaborators. Thanks to @UNDResearch @NDscience @NDCBE @NotreDameEnergy @NDnano and @doescience for their continued support https://twitter.com/ejmaginn/status/1580197129728839681
Wow! It is great to have a @NotreDame colleague like @KamatlabND who is having such a major impact on chemistry! Prashant Kamat Ranked in Top 50 World Chemists https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/prashant-kamat-ranked-in-top-50-world-chemists/
Li-mediated nitrogen reduction has seen enormous leaps in efficiency and current densities. @radicalchem's paper in @Joule_CP summarizes insights from Chorkendorff, Nørskov and co-workers @DTUtweet on how to control interfaces for N2 reduction.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435122004196
Manthiram Lab postdoc power 💪
Thanks to @JasonSAdams for leading our #FundamentalsFriday today.
@racheljbaker17 @wesleykchang @Chenically @dubose_jeff
Progressing towards sustainable olefin epoxidation! Making electrophilic oxygen species while avoiding clusters or hydroxides that are active toward competing OER was the key to success. https://twitter.com/ManthiramLab/status/1576935108111609856
Galvanic replacement for mild oxidation of MnOx! Our latest paper by @chung_minju and @ksjinerg et al. in @J_A_C_S demonstrates how electrochemical alkene epoxidation can be improved by tuning single atoms on MnOx nanoparticles.
#electrocatalysis
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c04711
Galvanic replacement for mild oxidation of MnOx! Our latest paper by @chung_minju and @ksjinerg et al. in @J_A_C_S demonstrates how electrochemical alkene epoxidation can be improved by tuning single atoms on MnOx nanoparticles.
#electrocatalysis
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c04711
Meet Haochen (@Chenically)! He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University, developing efficient electrocatalysts for CO2/CO reduction and alkane activation employing kinetics, DFT calculations, and spectroscopy under the supervision of Professor Qi Lu
Very honored to have written a preview for the Chorkendorff lab's excellent work on sustainable ammonia synthesis in the most recent issue of @Joule_CP, now online! Thanks to @KManthiram and @Joule_CP for the opportunity.
Read here: https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(22)00419-6
Check out our newest paper in @ACSEnergyLett! @ZJSchiffer et al. report on the use of ammonium formate as a safe, solid energy carrier, achieving excellent faradaic efficiencies at both the anode and cathode.
#ionicliquid
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01826
That’s a wrap for the Echem GRC! Such an amazing experience representing the @ManthiramLab with @js_zeng and of course the wonderful @KManthiram! Looking forward to 2024 already! @GordonConf
Introducing… Jeff DuBose! Our newest postdoc did his PhD with @KamatlabND, where he utilized spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques to probe photocatalytic and photovoltaic materials.
@dubose_jeff
Members of @KManthiram lab demonstrate an electrochemical cell that decomposes ammonium formate at 105 °C, where it is an ionic liquid. Here, hydrogen evolves at the cathode and formate oxidizes at the anode, both with ca. 100% Faradaic efficiency. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01826#.YxefaDzXOtA.twitter
New and super-exciting series of the Electrochemical Colloquium is upcoming!
No registration. Free attendance. Pure science. Focus on education. Outstanding experts. Enjoy!
Schedule is 👇
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxmfY6yoJvcLVDh959agSqQ?sub_confirmation=1
Normally we put the *fun* in #fundamentalsfriday by discussing basic science, but last week we went for fun in the sun instead☀️
We're very proud of our CamSURF summer undergrad Erin McMurchie for doing so well at Caltech Summer Seminar Day! She knocked it out of the park and enthralled her audience. Her hard work this summer has been inspiring and we're all excited to see what her future has in store!
Hi everyone! I’ll be giving two oral talks at #ACSChicago tomorrow!! Really excited to share this work in collaboration with @ManthiramLab and some other work I’ve been pursuing as part of @LiSA_Hub_DOE. Would love to see you there!
Finishing up introducing our current research group, we want to highlight our summer undergrad, Erin McMurchie! Erin is a 4th year undergraduate at the University of Cambridge with interests in renewable energy generation and sustainable fuels.
This is a very late welcome, but we’re thrilled to have James Wang @jamesbwang1 join our group! James is a rising second-year in chemical engineering @CaltechCCE and comes to us with experience in both industry and academia.
We’re so excited to welcome Jason Adams @JasonSAdams to the group as a postdoc! During his PhD, Jason performed thorough studies on the rate and selectivity of oxygen reduction to H2O2 over noble metal nanoparticles under different conditions.
The group has been growing at a rapid pace, so many intros coming over the next week! First off, we're thrilled to welcome Wesley Chang @wesleykchang to the group. Wes comes from the @steingart lab, where he worked on lithium metal batteries for his PhD.
Looking forward to being a part of this excellent department, and to doing science together! I'll be looking for a few PhD students and a Postdoc to help startup my battery research lab. Join us 🙂 https://lnkd.in/gqbP9maJ
We surprised our amazing PI @KManthiram with some presents for his incoming little one! Best of luck to you and @AmritaSaigal, Karthish - you'll be fantastic parents ⚡️
We are so excited to welcome the two newest members of our group, MS student Florian Grass @florian_grass and postdoc Rachel Baker @racheljbaker17!!
Huge congrats to Aditya Limaye @adityal on successfully defending his thesis, “Physical Models and Statistical Methods for Understanding Electrochemical Kinetics"! We were incredibly fortunate to have him in the group and are excited to follow what is sure to be a stellar career.
Thrilled to have you here!
Unreal first few days as a postdoc @Caltech 😊 @ManthiramLab @CaltechCCE
Highlighting a very important member of our lab today: Dr. Pikachu (accompanied by Thu @thu_ton_2, a shining first-year star in our lab)
Just 1 week to go for our upcoming CRE webinar organized jointly with @aicheypc! Register NOW to learn more about @KManthiram's work in #electrification and #decarbonization of chemical synthesis! @ManthiramLab @CaltechCCE @Caltech
https://aiche.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c-uA7JqGSGeMXLu8oLXCrw
New preprint up at @ChemRxiv! @kjsteinb et al. (in collab w/ amazing group of @YuzhangLi at @UclaCBE) used a variety of surface techniques - most notably cryo-EM - to probe the mechanism of electrochemical nitrogen reduction to ammonia using lithium.
Pictured: our group all smiles after meeting so many fantastic prospective students! We’d say recruitment day round 2 with @CaltechCCE was a rousing success 🔥
We're rocking the first in-person recruitment day since 2019 at @CaltechCCE! Fantastic to meet so many talented prospective students🤩 #ComeForTheWeatherStayForTheScience
A hearty congratulations to Dr. Kindle Williams @ReadMeLikeANook on her successful thesis defense! Her work is titled “Overcoming challenges of fundamental electrochemical kinetic studies under dilute-reagent conditions.” #KineticsAreCool #PhDone ⚡️
The pre-prints keep coming! @ZJSchiffer et al. have a new work on @ChemRxiv demonstrating inner-sphere electrochemical reductive amination of benzaldehyde to benzyl amine. Check it out!
https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/620e9c9f0aec1a0d6a2143b2
We want to officially welcome our new G1's in Chemistry at Caltech: Channing (@radicalchem), Thu (@thu_ton_2), and Chenyu (@ChenyuJ98)! It's great to have you all on the team! Here's to fulfilling and productive PhD journeys! 😀⚡⚗️
We have a new paper up on @ChemRxiv! @ReadMeLikeANook et al. demonstrate a method for measuring species activity using headspace-GC and find that the water dependence of HER changes rather drastically as a result. #ItsHERTime #WaterYouUpTo
https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/620c2c75a6fb4d0896573463
Belated congratulations to Dr. Nathan Corbin on his successful thesis defense! His work is titled "Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to value-added chemicals." ⚡#Electrocarboxylation #PhDone
Our new preprint (@ManthiramLab), with co-authors @adityal, Trent, @chung_minju, & @KManthiram, is now up on @ChemRxiv!
https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/620c2c75a6fb4d0896573463
We show the importance of accounting for thermodynamic nonidealities in electrochemical kinetic studies!
A tweetorial 🧵... 1/16
New Publication in @ACSCentSci from Scott Affiliated Faculty Venkat Viswanathan(@venkvis) and @ManthiramLab
on designing electrolytes for Li-mediated NH3.
Read it here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscentsci.1c01151
Check out our latest paper! Nathan et al. show how to perform electrocarboxylation without sacrificial anodes by rational electrolyte design, a key milestone toward making the process sustainable and practical.
#MyFirstChemSci #OrganicElectrosynthesis
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/sc/d1sc02413b
NEW in @ChemicalScience 📣 Suppressing carboxylate nucleophilicity with inorganic salts enables selective electrocarboxylation without sacrificial anodes by Karthish Manthiram et al. at @ManthiramLab 😍
Read it here ➡️ http://ow.ly/j6l550FURJ4
We had a fun time this weekend hiking Mount Monadnock! Here we are at the very peak of the thermodynamic landscape of southern New Hampshire. #AllDownhillFromHere #HighEnergy #TransitionState #InsertWittyJokeAboutVolcanoPlots
.@manthiramlab’s @chung_minju & @Kmanthiram take inspiration from the use of operando x-ray spectroscopy to understand active sites in #MOFs for #electrocatalysis!
#MatterIssue26 Preview: https://bit.ly/3yJFsAT
@NatureEnergyJnl Research Article: https://go.nature.com/3lXTwTT
A huge congratulations to Zack Schiffer, the Manthiram Lab’s newly minted PhD! 🎓 Dr. Schiffer defended his thesis titled “Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of Voltage as a Driving Force for Ammonia Activation” on Thursday.
Congratulations to Dr. Zack Schiffer on his thesis defense! Zack was a member of our 1st cohort of students - he established a clear vision for electrification of synthesis with a thermodynamic basis and new methods of generating C-N bonds, always blending theory and experiment.
Recently we had our fourth annual Manthiram Lab Candlepin Bowling Championship 🎳. @KManthiram had the high score - clearly he had been practicing at home during the pandemic! Wonderful to be able to restart this tradition in 2021!
Prof Karthish Manthiram named a 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar: http://ow.ly/z44c50Fa56G @KManthiram
It is a momentous occasion in the Manthiram Lab! We have minted our first-ever PhD! Congratulations to Dr. Nik Lazouski on successfully defending his thesis, "Development of a Lithium-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction Process."
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Karthish (PI): 626-395-3140 / karthish@caltech.edu / Spalding 225
Martha (Admin): 626-395-2423 / martha@cheme.caltech.edu / Spalding 208
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