The Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology at
@uofpenn.bsky.social
is accepting applications for our 2026 cohort of postdoc fellows. Finishing PhD students & recent grads are encouraged to reach out to faculty sponsors! Apps due by Oct 13, 2025.

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Starting soon! We are thrilled to host the symposium in honor of 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry recipient, Naomi Halas of @riceuniversity.bsky.social
this morning in the Vagelos Laboratory of Energy Science and Technology at
@upenn.bsky.social

Last night was the official building dedication of our new home at @upenn.bsky.social! Thank you to Roy and Diana Vagelos, the entire Vagelos family and all the donors for your commitment to supporting energy research!

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New paper from 1st author, Vagelos Institute graduate fellow Boyang Zhang from the Schelter group and @pennchemistry.bsky.social, reports a simple, selective, and sustainable method for separating cobalt from nickel. Cobalt is a critical mineral used in lithium-ion batteries.
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The installation of a 500 MHz NMR has begun in VLEST!

To welcome @kozlowskigroup.bsky.social to Bluesky, here is one of their recent papers with the Winey group from @pennmatsci.bsky.social, reporting hydroesterification of polycyclooctene. Ultimately, the goal is to reuse polyolefin by upcycling into higher value materials. doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Penn students and postdocs, apply for the Energy Week at Penn Lightning Talks! Share your work in energy research or policy with a live audience and judges. Finalists receive $200 and compete for other cash prizes. Apply by Dec 5 at bit.ly/3Zojeo9! @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social @upenn.bsky.social

Congrats to VagelosEnergy grad fellow Jason Marmorstein on his new publication! His work with James Petersson, @ivandmochowski.bsky.social, and Kate Stebe is designing peptide sensors toward applications for separation of critical elements. @pennchemistry.bsky.social doi.org/10.1021/acs....

The Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology at @uofpenn.bsky.social is accepting applications for our 2025 cohort of postdoc fellows. Finishing PhD students & recent graduates are encouraged to reach out to faculty sponsors & apply! Applications due by Oct 14, 2024.

Applications for the 2024-25 class of @VagelosEnergy
Graduate Fellows are now being accepted! Penn graduate students in SAS and SEAS whose research has a distinct energy focus and will be entering the 3rd or 4th year of their Penn graduate enrollment in 2024-25 are eligible to apply. bit.ly/3UaErPC

Are you a @uofpenn.bsky.social student or postdoc with energy-related research you'd like to share with the Penn community? The Energy Week @ Penn Poster Session is the place to do it! Register your poster by Feb. 26, 2024 at bit.ly/3SkoGU8.

A transformative gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos includes a permanent endowment for the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology. Learn more about how this historic gift will strengthen energy research at @uofpenn.bsky.social. bit.ly/3Sdew7R

Today, the University of Pennsylvania announced that P. Roy and Diana Vagelos have made a gift of $83.9M to strengthen science research and education initiatives, including a permanent endowment for the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology.
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A postdoc fellowship is available to support collaborative sustainability and conservation science research at
@uofpenn.bsky.social and The Nature Conservancy. Potential Penn mentors Shu Yang, Deep Jariwala, Samantha McBride, @alainfplante.bsky.social
and @michaelemann.bsky.social bit.ly/3RF565Z