The Loo Lab is honored to be selected for the Department of Energy Early Career award! We look forward to expanding our research on polymer-based battery electrolytes using these funds.   Full DOE press release available here.

Congratulations to Marissa for winning the Roland A. Ragatz Teacher’s Assistant Award! We are so proud of her hard work this semester!

Congrats to Nidhi and Akshith for presenting their work from this past semester at the department-wide poster session!

In December, Nidhi and Akshish presented at the Fall 2023 Undergraduate Research Poster Session! Thanks to members of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department who came to hear them share the work they’ve been doing with Marissa this past semester!

Steph Brown and Jingchao Qin have joined the Loo Lab as PhD students in Chemical Engineering at UW—Madison! Steph will be developing reactive block copolymer compatibilizers for recycling waste plastics and Jingchao will be studying polypeptoid based polymers for directed self-assembly and nanolithography. Welcome Steph and Jingchao! Head over to the people page to learn …

Professor Loo was named a Conway Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at UW—Madison! Last week we celebrated this achievement with an Investiture Ceremony. Congrats Professor Loo! Whitney receiving her certificate from Department Chair Eric Shusta. Whitney and her graduate students, Jenny and Marissa, speaking with UW—Madison alums.

Renovations are finally complete and our lab is officially open! We celebrated with balloons and lab tours led by Jenny and Marissa. We thank the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department for the great turnout!

Cole presented at the REU Poster Session in August where he talked about his work on polymer blend electrolytes. Over the course of the summer he learned to make blends, synthesize polymers and more! We enjoyed having him with us this summer and wish him the best of luck as he starts his Junior year …

Jenny and Marissa showcased our current and future research during our Visiting Weekend for prospective graduate students this past spring semester. The first group poster presentation was a huge success!