Zach VanOrman
@zacharyvanorman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hope College. Working on halide perovskites and nanocrystals of all shapes and flavors. Chemist, lover of sports, #glowythings, and dogs. #ChemSky
I hope you have as much fun reading this review in ChemRev as I had writing it. It was lots of fun teaming up with Lea and Colette again!
Also pretty awesome to see a Hope College affiliation next to my name at last 🥲
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Also pretty awesome to see a Hope College affiliation next to my name at last 🥲
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Lead the Way: Halide Perovskites as Next-Generation Triplet Sensitizers for Photon Upconversion
Photon upconversion, the process of converting low-energy photons to higher energy ones, shows promise for applications in solar energy, photocatalysis, biomedicine, and additive manufacturing. In tri...
pubs.acs.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I hope you have as much fun reading this review in ChemRev as I had writing it. It was lots of fun teaming up with Lea and Colette again!
Also pretty awesome to see a Hope College affiliation next to my name at last 🥲
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Also pretty awesome to see a Hope College affiliation next to my name at last 🥲
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Big time lab milestone today, as the VanOrman Lab made their first nanocrystals! Very excited to see how many Caroline will make this semester! 🧪⚗️ #ChemSky
September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Big time lab milestone today, as the VanOrman Lab made their first nanocrystals! Very excited to see how many Caroline will make this semester! 🧪⚗️ #ChemSky
Come be my colleague! Hope College Chemistry is hiring a tenure-track prof in General & Inorganic Chem starting Fall 2026. Great undergrad research culture, strong support, and a fantastic community. Apply by Sept 20: hope.edu/jobs #ChemJobs #facultyjobs #academicsky
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July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Come be my colleague! Hope College Chemistry is hiring a tenure-track prof in General & Inorganic Chem starting Fall 2026. Great undergrad research culture, strong support, and a fantastic community. Apply by Sept 20: hope.edu/jobs #ChemJobs #facultyjobs #academicsky
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Celebrating Zach‘s Future PI news release with a little BBQ! 😎🎉☀️ #workhardplayhard #team @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Celebrating Zach‘s Future PI news release with a little BBQ! 😎🎉☀️ #workhardplayhard #team @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to share that this fall, I’ll be joining Hope College in beautiful Holland, MI, as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry! Continuing Hope’s strong undergrad research tradition, my lab will make, tune, and measure semiconductor nanocrystals for many applications. #ChemSky 🧪 #AcademicSky
May 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I’m thrilled to share that this fall, I’ll be joining Hope College in beautiful Holland, MI, as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry! Continuing Hope’s strong undergrad research tradition, my lab will make, tune, and measure semiconductor nanocrystals for many applications. #ChemSky 🧪 #AcademicSky
I’m very excited to share our latest work, published today un JACS. Together with some amazing scientists, we explore a new method for metal doping in perovskite nanocrystals, resulting in the ability to make very small and tunable NCs on the benchtop! #ChemSky ⚗️🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Metal Doping of Strongly Confined Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals under Ambient Conditions
Halide perovskite nanocrystals are promising materials for optoelectronic applications. Metal doping provides an avenue to boost their performance further, e.g., by enhancing light emission, or to pro...
pubs.acs.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m very excited to share our latest work, published today un JACS. Together with some amazing scientists, we explore a new method for metal doping in perovskite nanocrystals, resulting in the ability to make very small and tunable NCs on the benchtop! #ChemSky ⚗️🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Excited to share our latest on exciton-phonon coupling in amazing Ge-based 2D metal halide semiconductors from the Sargent & Kanatzidis labs—narrow emission & great low-temp properties! Thanks to all these incredible coauthors! doi.org/10.1002/adma...
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Narrow‐Linewidth Emission and Weak Exciton‐Phonon Coupling in 2D Layered Germanium Halide Perovskites
The structural and photophysical properties of the 2D layered metal halides (4F-PMA)2GeI4 and (4F-PMA)2PbI4 are reported. For the Ge composition, reduced exciton-phonon coupling is found and the abse....
doi.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Excited to share our latest on exciton-phonon coupling in amazing Ge-based 2D metal halide semiconductors from the Sargent & Kanatzidis labs—narrow emission & great low-temp properties! Thanks to all these incredible coauthors! doi.org/10.1002/adma...
#ChemSky 🧪⚗️
#ChemSky 🧪⚗️
Happy to finally share our review on the broad (and quickly progressing!) field of chiral solution processable semiconductors! #ChemSky ⚗️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chiral light–matter interactions in solution-processable semiconductors - Nature Reviews Chemistry
Endowing chirality onto solution-processable semiconductors unlocks new bounds for their spin and optoelectronic properties. This Review discusses the synthesis, properties, characterization methods, ...
www.nature.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Happy to finally share our review on the broad (and quickly progressing!) field of chiral solution processable semiconductors! #ChemSky ⚗️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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just your friendly neighborhood #nanocrystal magician tinkering happily in the lab🔦💡🌈🔮 @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
just your friendly neighborhood #nanocrystal magician tinkering happily in the lab🔦💡🌈🔮 @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social
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Life goal unlocked: being the 1st in line as Flour Bakery opens its doors! Look at those treats🤤 getting caffeinated and sugared up for @materials-mrs.bsky.social #F24MRS with @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Life goal unlocked: being the 1st in line as Flour Bakery opens its doors! Look at those treats🤤 getting caffeinated and sugared up for @materials-mrs.bsky.social #F24MRS with @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social
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our first #Thanksgiving2024 in Switzerland was a huge success! not least thanks to teaming up with the Queen (of deep-fried turkey) Lab! ! :)
November 29, 2024 at 8:54 AM
our first #Thanksgiving2024 in Switzerland was a huge success! not least thanks to teaming up with the Queen (of deep-fried turkey) Lab! ! :)
It’s always more fun to make nanocrystals on #FluorescenceFriday! 🧪⚗️ #ChemSky
November 29, 2024 at 10:26 AM
It’s always more fun to make nanocrystals on #FluorescenceFriday! 🧪⚗️ #ChemSky
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We’re no experts but this sounds like it might be suboptimal for disseminating research.
Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
November 25, 2024 at 5:55 AM
We’re no experts but this sounds like it might be suboptimal for disseminating research.
I am very happy to see many new and many more familiar names and faces on #ChemSky! Very excited to start sharing pictures of #glowythings again very soon!
November 22, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I am very happy to see many new and many more familiar names and faces on #ChemSky! Very excited to start sharing pictures of #glowythings again very soon!
It was a good day to make some Quantum Dots today! #ChemSky 🧪⚗️
October 4, 2023 at 8:35 PM
It was a good day to make some Quantum Dots today! #ChemSky 🧪⚗️
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Hi all!
I am Sascha, a researcher at Harvard working on #sustainable #energy #materials!
Thanks to my brilliant team mate @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social I now see the light/blue sky, and look forward to checking out this place!😊
#AcademicSky #ChemSky #SciSky
I am Sascha, a researcher at Harvard working on #sustainable #energy #materials!
Thanks to my brilliant team mate @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social I now see the light/blue sky, and look forward to checking out this place!😊
#AcademicSky #ChemSky #SciSky
October 2, 2023 at 9:53 PM
Hi all!
I am Sascha, a researcher at Harvard working on #sustainable #energy #materials!
Thanks to my brilliant team mate @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social I now see the light/blue sky, and look forward to checking out this place!😊
#AcademicSky #ChemSky #SciSky
I am Sascha, a researcher at Harvard working on #sustainable #energy #materials!
Thanks to my brilliant team mate @zacharyvanorman.bsky.social I now see the light/blue sky, and look forward to checking out this place!😊
#AcademicSky #ChemSky #SciSky
Hi all!
I’m Zach, I am currently a Chemistry postdoc at the Rowland Institute at Harvard. I work with semiconductor nanocrystals and perovskite materials. I liked posting pictures of my luminescent materials (glowy things) on the bird app, but 🤷🏻♂️
#AcademicSky #SciSky #ChemSky #HiSciSky
I’m Zach, I am currently a Chemistry postdoc at the Rowland Institute at Harvard. I work with semiconductor nanocrystals and perovskite materials. I liked posting pictures of my luminescent materials (glowy things) on the bird app, but 🤷🏻♂️
#AcademicSky #SciSky #ChemSky #HiSciSky
September 19, 2023 at 4:16 AM
Hi all!
I’m Zach, I am currently a Chemistry postdoc at the Rowland Institute at Harvard. I work with semiconductor nanocrystals and perovskite materials. I liked posting pictures of my luminescent materials (glowy things) on the bird app, but 🤷🏻♂️
#AcademicSky #SciSky #ChemSky #HiSciSky
I’m Zach, I am currently a Chemistry postdoc at the Rowland Institute at Harvard. I work with semiconductor nanocrystals and perovskite materials. I liked posting pictures of my luminescent materials (glowy things) on the bird app, but 🤷🏻♂️
#AcademicSky #SciSky #ChemSky #HiSciSky