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UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair of Advanced and Nanostructured Materials Rigoerto Advincula discussed recent accomplishments around quantum dots and how they affect daily lives.


Art Ragauskas and team have demonstrated that high-quality polyurethane (PU) foams are readily prepared from lignin extracted from biomass.


Two researchers from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering appeared on Clarivate’s 2023 High Cited Researchers list.


Charlotte Farmer says learning from failure, finding trusted advisers, and knowing when to “pivot” have been keys to her success. […]


TCE alum Tyrone Wells Jr. is part of an outreach that introduces grade-school students in the area to STEM ideas and projects through lessons including using household items to show how filtration works.


One year into a $1.4 million NSF grant, Belinda Akpa and Jennifer Richards are proving that transdisciplinary research and impactful outreach are a perfect pair.


Professor Trinh has helped develop a yeast strain that can upcycle polyolefin plastic, a major pollutant, into useful biochemicals and biodegradable plastics.


Arthur Ragauskas’ research publication addressing one of the most urgent challenges in biorefining, has been selected as a 2023 Green Chemistry Hot Article.


UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Rigoberto Advincula has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.