Congratulations to John Holoubek, University of California, San Diego, and Singyuk Hou, University of Maryland, College Park, the 2022 ECS Battery Division Student Research Award winners. Holoubek and Hou presented their award talks at the 242nd ECS Meeting in Atlanta, GA, where they received the awards from Y. Shirley Meng and Brett Lucht. 

Singyuk Hou
University of Maryland, College Park
A03-0211 Energy Storage with the Abundant Divalent Metal Batteries

Singyuk Hou’s academic career has focused on the research of electrolytes and interfaces for metal anodes. After completing her BS and MS in Chemistry, she started her PhD under the supervision of Professor Chunsheng Wang at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her PhD research is on the molecule-level control of the solvation structure using chelants that promote the charge transfer kinetics of magnesium and calcium metal batteries. It also extends to SEI engineering for high-energy lithium-ion and lithium metal batteries by developing novel electrolyte systems. She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and co-authored four patents.

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In 2022, ECS divisions and sections provided $106,295 in funding to assist students, postdocs, and early career researchers participate in ECS biannual meetings.

We thank the ECS divisions and sections, as well as our generous donors who supported the biannual meeting travel grant program. Congratulations to the recipients of their support.

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Topic Close-up #15

Symposium B02—Carbon Nanostructures in Medicine and Biology

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts:
December 16, 2022

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Symposium L03—Spectroelectrochemistry 6

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts:
December 16, 2022

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Symposium Z01—General Student Poster Session

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts:
December 16, 2022

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Program webinar at 1500h ET on November 30, 2022 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is accepting proposals for the 2023 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers. The program will support over 80 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions, DOE national laboratories, and Office of Science user facilities.

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Symposium B08—Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines, and Supramolecular Assemblies

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts:
December 16, 2022

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Dr. Alexander Forse
University of Cambridge, UK

Date: December 7, 2022
Time: 1300–1400h ET
Sponsor: Hiden Analytical

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Topic Close-up #11

Symposium H03—Solid State Electronics and Photonics in Biology and Medicine

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts:
December 16, 2022

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Figure 2 CD from B.J. Polk et al. JES 151(2004) C559, first mention of microfluidics in the Journal.

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Symposium L08 – Microfluidic Electrochemistry

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts:
December 16, 2022

Symposium focus: Microfluidics as a means to develop an inkjet printhead emerged in the 1980s. Soon the electrical and eventually electrochemical component of the controlled transport, where surface forces dominate volumetric forces, became apparent. The first article related to microfluidics channel restriction in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society was published in 2004 (Polk et al. 151 [2004] C559). Since then, microfluidics has been a regular topic of ECS meeting presentations.

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