2026
01/12
We welcome the new cohort of PhD students: Vincent, Roman, and Chaz!
2025
12/11
Our latest study on Pd-coordinated MOST materials is published in Chemical Science as a part of the HOT Article Collection. Congratulations!
11/12
Grace received a 2025 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
09/24
Grace is named a 2025 Moore Inventor Fellow from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Congratulations!
08/11
Our new lab at UCSB is officially set up and running now!
07/22
02/03
Grace was selected as the recipient of 2025 Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry!
01/27
Grace received a 2025 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award. Congratulations!
2024
12/18
Grace was selected as a recipient of 2025 AAAS Marion Milligan Mason Award. Congratulations!
10/30
Grace received a RCSA collaborative innovation award. Thank you, RCSA, Sloan Foundation, and Kavli Foundation for supporting our research!
10/28
Our back-to-back Chemical Science papers on cycloaddition-driven MOST energy storage are now online. Congratulations to Cijil and Han!
08/10
Grace received a 2025 ACS WCC Rising Star Award. Congratulations!
07/24
Grace has been selected to receive the 2024 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship Award! Thank you, ChemComm!
06/25
Our latest paper on self-activated heat release from MOST compounds has been accepted in Chem. Congratulations to the team!
05/17
Congratulations Karina on winning a Melvin M. Snider Prize and graduation! She will head to UC Berkeley for graduate studies.
05/07
Qianfeng defended his thesis (not in the Naruto robe!) and became PhD #4 of the group. Congratulations Dr. Qiu!
04/23
The group had a fun day hosting the annual multilingual science field trip (English, Spanish, and Portuguese) for Waltham High School students! Thanks all chemistry demonstrators, translators, and mentors!
01/29
Grace has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure! Congratulations!
2023
09/18
Our study on visible light induced energy storage in solid-state Azo-BF2 is now accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats to Qianfeng, Jun, and Karina!
07/21
Congratulations to Alejandra for defending her thesis (PhD #3 of the group)!
06/22
Our team received a SPROUT grant for the smart windows project. Congrats Subhayan and Han!
05/30
Back-to-back accepted papers in Chem on 2+2 cycloaddition MOST and phase change MOST. Congratulations to Xiang, Sungwon, Jun, Subhayan, and Josh! Amazing teamwork!
05/21
A bittersweet farewell to Xiang (PhD), Josh (BS), Sungwon (BA), and My (MA). We are proud of your achievements and look forward to your new adventures. Congratulations!
05/04
Grace has received a 2023 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Thank you for recognizing and supporting our work.
04/11
Our annual Waltham high school multilingual science field trip was a huge success, thanks to all chemistry demonstrators of the Han group, translators, and mentors!
03/22
Xiang defended her thesis and became PhD #2 of the group. Congratulations Dr. Li!
01/23
Our newest study on the photo-controlled recovery of organocatalyst is accepted to Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to Qianfeng, Danielle, Xiang, and Joshua!
01/17
Jun’s Forum Article on MOST compound designs is published in Trends in Chemistry. Congratulations!
2022
11/29
We are thrilled to receive a DoD award under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program to build a non-ambient X-ray diffractometer and study light-responsive phase transition of materials!
10/03
Dr. Junichi Usuba from Kyoto University has joined our group as a postdoc associate. Welcome!
09/28
Our latest study on the phase-transition switches, azobispyrazoles, that show exceptional light penetration depths is accepted to JACS. Congrats Ale, My, and Xiang!
08/23
Han group presented the latest research at the ACS meeting! Grace was selected as a young investigator in the Division of Organic Chemistry.
Han Group at UCSB 