Join us in welcoming our new postdoc, Yuanzhi, and two first-year Chemical Engineering PhD students, Po-Shuan and Anna, to the Loo Lab! Head over to the people page to read more about our newest group members.

Our newest undergraduate researchers Addy and Ben presented at the CBE summer poster session last week. Addy joined us for the summer from UIUC as an REU student and Ben also started in the lab this June following his sophomore year at UW. The poster session was a great chance to celebrate all of their …

Last week Whitney and Aidiel presented at the Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics conference. Congrats to Aidiel for being recognized with second place in the poster session!

Congrats to Marissa for being recognized for as a PPG Fellow! The fellowship recognizes graduate students in the CBE and MSE departments at UW-Madison who demonstrate excellence in research, community engagement, and leadership.

Congrats to Aidiel for winning a Hilldale Fellowship! We are excited to have you continue in lab this summer with the support of this prestigious fellowship! Read more about the award here: Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship.  

Our amazing undergrads presented their work from this past semester at the CBE poster session last week. Congrats to Max, Yao, Teodor, and Aidiel on your great work in the lab this semester!  

We escaped Wisconsin winter and traveled to Anaheim in March for the APS Global Physics Summit! Jingchao, Jenny, Steph, and Marissa gave great talks and Aidiel presented his first national conference poster!

Check out the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s profile of Whitney and her cats Potato and Augustus Cesar la Salad! Read the article here.

We are excited to be among the fall 2024 recipients of the ACS PRF grant! These funds will help us further our research on block copolymer compatibilizers for mixed plastic recycling. Read more in C&EN: https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/Fall-2024-American-Chemical-Society-Petroleum-Research-Fund-grants-awarded/102/web/2024/11

Read the College of Engineering’s feature story to learn more about our polymer electrolyte research that will be funded by Prof Loo’s recent DOE Early Career Award: https://engineering.wisc.edu/news/with-doe-early-career-award-whitney-loo-is-engineering-the-heart-of-next-gen-batteries/