Virgil Andrei
@virgilandrei.bsky.social
Nanyang Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore. #solarfuels, artificial leaves, #scalability ☀️
Let science be fun! 🎵
Very grateful to the graduate clubs at NTU for the opportunity to DJ at their Halloween party! What started at small College events in Cambridge, now turned into my first official gig! 🎧
Next, I will need to headline Marquee SG within 5 years for my #PartyProf tenure! 😂
Very grateful to the graduate clubs at NTU for the opportunity to DJ at their Halloween party! What started at small College events in Cambridge, now turned into my first official gig! 🎧
Next, I will need to headline Marquee SG within 5 years for my #PartyProf tenure! 😂
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Let science be fun! 🎵
Very grateful to the graduate clubs at NTU for the opportunity to DJ at their Halloween party! What started at small College events in Cambridge, now turned into my first official gig! 🎧
Next, I will need to headline Marquee SG within 5 years for my #PartyProf tenure! 😂
Very grateful to the graduate clubs at NTU for the opportunity to DJ at their Halloween party! What started at small College events in Cambridge, now turned into my first official gig! 🎧
Next, I will need to headline Marquee SG within 5 years for my #PartyProf tenure! 😂
Now that the @nanoge.org #MATSUS25 Fall Meeting concluded, join our symposium on #photocatalysis for #solar fuel and chemical #synthesis next March in Barcelona!
#MATSUSSpring26 #PhotoSynth
Oral abstract deadline: 24 Nov 2025
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSSpring...
#MATSUSSpring26 #PhotoSynth
Oral abstract deadline: 24 Nov 2025
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSSpring...
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Now that the @nanoge.org #MATSUS25 Fall Meeting concluded, join our symposium on #photocatalysis for #solar fuel and chemical #synthesis next March in Barcelona!
#MATSUSSpring26 #PhotoSynth
Oral abstract deadline: 24 Nov 2025
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSSpring...
#MATSUSSpring26 #PhotoSynth
Oral abstract deadline: 24 Nov 2025
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSSpring...
Delighted to be back at the @nanoge.org #MATSUS25 Fall Meeting in Valencia! Join my talk on Thursday 10am in the #PecVal symposium to learn more about our research on #perovskite driven #solar #chemistry and opportunities available at #NTU Singapore! ☀️⚡
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSFall25...
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSFall25...
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Delighted to be back at the @nanoge.org #MATSUS25 Fall Meeting in Valencia! Join my talk on Thursday 10am in the #PecVal symposium to learn more about our research on #perovskite driven #solar #chemistry and opportunities available at #NTU Singapore! ☀️⚡
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSFall25...
www.nanoge.org/MATSUSFall25...
Five Wallenberg-NTU #Presidential #Postdoctoral #Fellowships are available between NTU Singapore and WASP Sweden for research with an #AI flavour! Feel free to contact us for potential projects!
www.ntu.edu.sg/research/res...
www.ntu.edu.sg/research/res...
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPF)
The PPF at NTU Singapore offers early-career researchers from around the world the chance to pursue independent research. This prestigious fellowship is designed to prepare fellows for academic appoin...
www.ntu.edu.sg
October 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Five Wallenberg-NTU #Presidential #Postdoctoral #Fellowships are available between NTU Singapore and WASP Sweden for research with an #AI flavour! Feel free to contact us for potential projects!
www.ntu.edu.sg/research/res...
www.ntu.edu.sg/research/res...
Singapore side quests: our University of #Cambridge alumni team beat University of #Oxford in the Row for Hope 2025 boat race! 🚣 #Nanyang Technological University Singapore team also won against National University of Singapore - overall great day for #rowing! 😁
(videos below)
(videos below)
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Singapore side quests: our University of #Cambridge alumni team beat University of #Oxford in the Row for Hope 2025 boat race! 🚣 #Nanyang Technological University Singapore team also won against National University of Singapore - overall great day for #rowing! 😁
(videos below)
(videos below)
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Our recent alumnus @virgilandrei.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore, presenting an overview of his work on #PEC devices developed through years of PhD and postdoctoral research in our lab 💪💪☀️⚡️
@rsc.org #ISF2025
@rsc.org #ISF2025
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Our recent alumnus @virgilandrei.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore, presenting an overview of his work on #PEC devices developed through years of PhD and postdoctoral research in our lab 💪💪☀️⚡️
@rsc.org #ISF2025
@rsc.org #ISF2025
I look forward to catching up with the #solar #fuels community at #ISF in Newcastle! I will present a talk on Wednesday 11:50am and an ECR poster on Monday evening. Pass by if you wish to learn more about research opportunities at NTU Singapore!
dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
August 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I look forward to catching up with the #solar #fuels community at #ISF in Newcastle! I will present a talk on Wednesday 11:50am and an ECR poster on Monday evening. Pass by if you wish to learn more about research opportunities at NTU Singapore!
dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
Scalability meets biophotoelectrocatalysis with spray coated carbon nitride – PSII photoanodes! ☀️ Grateful to contribute to this paper in Advanced Materials; great team effort, and very well deserved by Huayang Zhang and Wenjie Tian!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Photosystem II‐Carbon Nitride Photoanodes for Scalable Biophotoelectrochemistry
A spray-freeze method is developed to fabricate large-area (up to 33 cm2) macroporous carbon nitride photoanodes integrated with photosystem II enzymes for biophotoelectrochemical systems. The photoa...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Scalability meets biophotoelectrocatalysis with spray coated carbon nitride – PSII photoanodes! ☀️ Grateful to contribute to this paper in Advanced Materials; great team effort, and very well deserved by Huayang Zhang and Wenjie Tian!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Join our team for a #postdoc #fellowship at NTU Singapore! ☀️ Multiple opportunities available: 👇
1) Research Fellowship in Photo(electro)catalysis
www.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/sciences...
Apply here: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
1) Research Fellowship in Photo(electro)catalysis
www.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/sciences...
Apply here: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
Research Fellow (Photo(electro)catalysis)
The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) provides a vibrant and nurturing environment for staff and students to carry out inter-disciplinary research in key areas such as Computational Ma...
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Join our team for a #postdoc #fellowship at NTU Singapore! ☀️ Multiple opportunities available: 👇
1) Research Fellowship in Photo(electro)catalysis
www.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/sciences...
Apply here: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
1) Research Fellowship in Photo(electro)catalysis
www.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/sciences...
Apply here: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
We have 2 fully-funded PhD studentships available at NTU Singapore from Jan '26. Do you wish to explore disruptive solar fuel technologies? Email your CV to virgil.andrei@ntu.edu.sg! ☀️
1) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362024
2) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362032
More info: dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
1) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362024
2) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362032
More info: dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
August 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We have 2 fully-funded PhD studentships available at NTU Singapore from Jan '26. Do you wish to explore disruptive solar fuel technologies? Email your CV to virgil.andrei@ntu.edu.sg! ☀️
1) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362024
2) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362032
More info: dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
1) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362024
2) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362032
More info: dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
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Congratulations to one of the most affectionate members of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social 🥳
You'll be missed @virgilandrei.bsky.social! Best of luck for your new start as an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore ☀️🔥
You'll be missed @virgilandrei.bsky.social! Best of luck for your new start as an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore ☀️🔥
July 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Congratulations to one of the most affectionate members of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social 🥳
You'll be missed @virgilandrei.bsky.social! Best of luck for your new start as an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore ☀️🔥
You'll be missed @virgilandrei.bsky.social! Best of luck for your new start as an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore ☀️🔥
Farewell for now Cambridge. I tried my best. You'll never know how much I loved you.
Thank you @stjohnscollege.bsky.social for all support, friendships and advices! I could not wish for a better place to develop. I knew you were great, but you surpassed all expectations! ❤️
Thank you @stjohnscollege.bsky.social for all support, friendships and advices! I could not wish for a better place to develop. I knew you were great, but you surpassed all expectations! ❤️
July 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Farewell for now Cambridge. I tried my best. You'll never know how much I loved you.
Thank you @stjohnscollege.bsky.social for all support, friendships and advices! I could not wish for a better place to develop. I knew you were great, but you surpassed all expectations! ❤️
Thank you @stjohnscollege.bsky.social for all support, friendships and advices! I could not wish for a better place to develop. I knew you were great, but you surpassed all expectations! ❤️
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Congratulations to the award recipients at the Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(@rsc-cnn.bsky.social) Early Career Symposium in London, UK. These awards were supported by our Nanoscale journals and you can read more about our the winners below🏆 🎉 blogs.rsc.org/nr/2025/05/0...
May 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Congratulations to the award recipients at the Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(@rsc-cnn.bsky.social) Early Career Symposium in London, UK. These awards were supported by our Nanoscale journals and you can read more about our the winners below🏆 🎉 blogs.rsc.org/nr/2025/05/0...
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🌿 What if a leaf could do more than photosynthesize? This artificial leaf uses copper nanoflowers + perovskite crystals to turn CO₂ into C₂—used in plastics, jet fuel & more.
Built on 20+ yrs of collaboration science!
@molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @caltech.edu
Built on 20+ yrs of collaboration science!
@molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @caltech.edu
Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals
Researchers built a device made of perovskite and copper that mimics a green leaf.
newscenter.lbl.gov
April 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🌿 What if a leaf could do more than photosynthesize? This artificial leaf uses copper nanoflowers + perovskite crystals to turn CO₂ into C₂—used in plastics, jet fuel & more.
Built on 20+ yrs of collaboration science!
@molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @caltech.edu
Built on 20+ yrs of collaboration science!
@molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @caltech.edu
Reposted by Virgil Andrei
All finished at our Nanoscience Early Career Symposium after 28 great talks and some harmonica playing (thats what happens if you go over the time limit). Congrats to Dr Andrei of
@reisnerlab.bsky.social for their best talk award, sponsored by @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#Nanosky #Chemsky
@reisnerlab.bsky.social for their best talk award, sponsored by @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#Nanosky #Chemsky
April 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
All finished at our Nanoscience Early Career Symposium after 28 great talks and some harmonica playing (thats what happens if you go over the time limit). Congrats to Dr Andrei of
@reisnerlab.bsky.social for their best talk award, sponsored by @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#Nanosky #Chemsky
@reisnerlab.bsky.social for their best talk award, sponsored by @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#Nanosky #Chemsky
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A deep dive into #perovskites and #OPV-powered #photoelectrochemical cells by Virgil and Celine presenting at the @rsc-cnn.bsky.social Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Symposium at @ucl.ac.uk ☀️⚡️
Congrats to Virgil for winning the best oral talk prize🗣️👏👏
Congrats to Virgil for winning the best oral talk prize🗣️👏👏
April 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A deep dive into #perovskites and #OPV-powered #photoelectrochemical cells by Virgil and Celine presenting at the @rsc-cnn.bsky.social Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Symposium at @ucl.ac.uk ☀️⚡️
Congrats to Virgil for winning the best oral talk prize🗣️👏👏
Congrats to Virgil for winning the best oral talk prize🗣️👏👏
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First author Virgil Andrei has a blog post on @springernature.com describing the story behind the science -- and his research visit to collaborate with KavliENSI.
communities.springernature.com/posts/copper...
communities.springernature.com/posts/copper...
Copper nanoflowers bloom on perovskite artificial leaves for solar hydrocarbon synthesis
Photoelectrochemical hydrocarbon synthesis is challenging due to high catalytic overpotentials and insufficient semiconductor photovoltage. Here, we obtain ethane and ethylene by interfacing lead hali...
communities.springernature.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
First author Virgil Andrei has a blog post on @springernature.com describing the story behind the science -- and his research visit to collaborate with KavliENSI.
communities.springernature.com/posts/copper...
communities.springernature.com/posts/copper...
Reposted by Virgil Andrei
New from Kavli ENSI Director Peidong Yang and colleagues: Copper nano-flowers can produce valuable materials from sunlight and waste. #perovskite #Sustainability #GreenChemistry #KavliNano
New online! Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
Nature Catalysis, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41929-025-01292-yHydrocarbon selectivity in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction has been limited due to a lack of low-overpotential catalysts and high-photovoltage semiconductors. Here Cu…
bit.ly
February 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New from Kavli ENSI Director Peidong Yang and colleagues: Copper nano-flowers can produce valuable materials from sunlight and waste. #perovskite #Sustainability #GreenChemistry #KavliNano
Reposted by Virgil Andrei
What we’re reading today: Tiny copper “nano-flowers” that transform CO₂ into useful chemical “building blocks” for fuels and plastics using sunlight. 🌼
Read the open-access article at doi.org/10.1038/s419...
#SustainableChemistry #SolarFuels #Perovskite #Hydrocarbon #OpenAccess #HorizonEU #EUeic
Read the open-access article at doi.org/10.1038/s419...
#SustainableChemistry #SolarFuels #Perovskite #Hydrocarbon #OpenAccess #HorizonEU #EUeic
Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2 - Nature Catalysis
Hydrocarbon selectivity in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction has been limited due to a lack of low-overpotential catalysts and high-photovoltage semiconductors. Here Cu nanoflowers are interfaced wit...
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
What we’re reading today: Tiny copper “nano-flowers” that transform CO₂ into useful chemical “building blocks” for fuels and plastics using sunlight. 🌼
Read the open-access article at doi.org/10.1038/s419...
#SustainableChemistry #SolarFuels #Perovskite #Hydrocarbon #OpenAccess #HorizonEU #EUeic
Read the open-access article at doi.org/10.1038/s419...
#SustainableChemistry #SolarFuels #Perovskite #Hydrocarbon #OpenAccess #HorizonEU #EUeic
Reposted by Virgil Andrei
New online! Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
Nature Catalysis, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41929-025-01292-yHydrocarbon selectivity in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction has been limited due to a lack of low-overpotential catalysts and high-photovoltage semiconductors. Here Cu…
bit.ly
February 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
New online! Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
Reposted by Virgil Andrei
Scaling up🪜perovskite-BiVO4 to the m2 scale. Our new work demonstrates the real-world potential of artificial photosynthesis ☀️🌱
Bringing research out of the lab 🥼🌍
Check it out at: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Congrats to Virgil Andrei, Motiar Rahaman, and all the co-authors👏👏👏
pubs.rsc.org/en/
Bringing research out of the lab 🥼🌍
Check it out at: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Congrats to Virgil Andrei, Motiar Rahaman, and all the co-authors👏👏👏
pubs.rsc.org/en/
Modular perovskite-BiVO4 artificial leaves towards syngas synthesis on a m2 scale
Metal halide perovskite-based artificial leaves have emerged in recent years as a promising design towards direct solar fuel synthesis. However, the complexity of these layered devices and reliance on...
pubs.rsc.org
January 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Scaling up🪜perovskite-BiVO4 to the m2 scale. Our new work demonstrates the real-world potential of artificial photosynthesis ☀️🌱
Bringing research out of the lab 🥼🌍
Check it out at: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Congrats to Virgil Andrei, Motiar Rahaman, and all the co-authors👏👏👏
pubs.rsc.org/en/
Bringing research out of the lab 🥼🌍
Check it out at: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Congrats to Virgil Andrei, Motiar Rahaman, and all the co-authors👏👏👏
pubs.rsc.org/en/