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Graduate Student Gina Pedro Selected for DOE SCGSR award

May 14, 2026

Fourth-year Ph.D. candidate Gina Pedro has been selected for the prestigious Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award, supporting her proposed research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Prof. Adam Veige wins Gator Angel Wing Award

April 27, 2026

Through the generous support of Dr. Nicholas Conti and Amy Fox Conti, this award supports bringing innovative research from the lab to the market. Read more here about Prof. Veige’s work on conductive polymers.

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Breakthrough research reveals atomic precision in complex chemical reactions

June 6, 2023

Chenjie Zeng and lab demonstrate the first atomically precise chemical transformation of semiconductor nanoclusters. Click to read the CLAS News article.

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Cao group publishes in Science

August 18, 2022

Interconnected nanocrystal networks allow “the construction of functional materials with new design opportunities, ranging from semiconductors and catalysts to super-hard materials and quantum materials.” Click to read the CLAS News article.