{"id":3,"date":"2016-06-29T15:48:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T22:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:44:25","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Group News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Group News<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

August 6, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Tori for receiving the prestigious Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) Fellowship! We are incredibly proud of Tori\u2019s achievement and can\u2019t wait to see the impact of her work. Way to go, Tori!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 16, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Hannah,  Mycah and Sebastian, our work \u201cUnifying the pts and sql Isomers of the Lanthanide-pETTC Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks\u201d has been accepted by Energy &Fuels<\/a>. Good Job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 23, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Hannah,  Matt, Fidelia, Lauren, Dylan, and Jiahong, our work “Probing Ligand Conformation and Net Dimensionality in a Series of Tetraphenylethene-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks” has been accepted by Frontiers in Chemistry<\/a>. Good Job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 18, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Hannah,  our collaborative work “Cationic Radical Metal\u2013Organic Framework Enabling Low Water Evaporation Enthalpy and High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Solar-Driven Water Purification” with the Liu group has been published by Journal of Materials Chemistry A<\/a>. Good Job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 22, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Hannah,  our collaborative work “Uranyl uptake into metal\u2013organic frameworks: a detailed X-ray structural analysis” with the Moreau group has been published by Dalton Transactions<\/a>. Good Job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 27, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Sheng (Jason),  our collaborative work “NiFe Nanoparticle Nest Supported on Graphene as Electrocatalyst for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction” with the Lin group<\/a> has been published by Small<\/a>. Good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 11, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Jiahong,  our collaborative work “Synergetic catalytic effect in functionalized HP-MOF system for boosted catalytic performances” with the Guo group<\/a> has been published by Chemical Engineering Journal<\/a>. Good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 5, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Sheng for being selected to receive the Philip H. Adelson Graduate Fellowship for the second year! Good Job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 28, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to Hannah on successfully defending her proposal today! Now an ABD \u2013 well done, Hannah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Sheng for being selected to receive the William and Mary Lynn Graber Endowment in Sciences Scholarship! Excellent work! Sheng will work on Uranium extraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 10, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Anika for being awarded the GPSA Dissertation Grant! Excellent work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 4, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Jiahong, she successfully defended her dissertation. Another Dr. Li from the Zhang lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sepember 13, 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Jiahong,  our collaborative work “Energetic Systematics of Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks: A Case Study of Al(III)-Trimesate MOF Isomers” with the Guo group has been published by Inorganic Chemistry<\/a> Good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 10, 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Lauren, she has been recognized as one of the 2022 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Seniors.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 6, 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Lauren for winning the Crimson award of Applied Sciences in SURCA 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 18, 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Lauren, she has been selected to receive the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity Support<\/a>. This award will support her to conduct carbon dioxide related research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 15, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Matt and Xiaoyu, our collaborative work with the Zhong group at MME on applications of MOFs in Lithium battery has been published in Small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMOF-Enabled Ion-Regulating Gel Electrolyte for Long-Cycling Lithium Metal Batteries Under High Voltage\u201d Fu, Xuewei, Hurlock, Matthew J. , Ding, Chenfeng, Li, Xiaoyu, Zhang, Qiang,* Zhong, Wei-Hong*, Small<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, (Early View) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/smll.202106225.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 11, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Group photo indoor-style:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 5, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brandon Bunch joined the group as an undergraduate researcher, welcome Brandon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September 17, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three of our graduate students are selected to receive graduate fellowships!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Matt, he has been selected to receive the Donald S. Matteson Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Anika, she has been selected to receive the Frank A. Fowler Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Jiahong, she has been selected to receive the Julian Culbertson Fellowship<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 14, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Leiduan, Anika, Guodong and Xiaoyu, our collaborative work “Selective hydroxylation of aryl iodides to produce phenols under mild conditions using a supported copper catalyst” (Invited contribution) has been published by RSC Advances<\/a>, Good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 14, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Matt and Leiduan, our collaborative work with the Guo group and O’Keeffe group “Evolution of 14-Connected Zr6<\/sub> Secondary Building Units through Postsynthetic Linker Incorporation” (Invited contribution) has been published by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces<\/a>, Good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 18, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Lydia, she has been recognized as one of the 2021 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Seniors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March 12, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Jiahong, Matt and Xiaoyu, their collaborative work “Solvent-Free and Phase-Selective Synthesis of Aluminum Trimesate Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks” has been published by Inorganic Chemistry<\/a> Good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 4, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Matt and Fidelia , their work “Two Cd-Based Luminescent Coordination Polymers Constructed from a Truncated Linker” has been published by Inorganic Chemistry<\/a> Good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September 7, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Leiduan and Lydia, their work “Zr-based MOFs for oxidative desulfurization: What matters?” has been published by Green Chem. <\/a> Good job! This is a collaborative work with Prof. Sebastian Stoian<\/a> at University of Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 9, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Xiaoyu, her work “Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Zirconium Phosphate Nanoplatelets Supported Ru-Anadem Nano-structures and Their Catalytic Study for the Hydrogenation of Acetophenone” has been published by ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 3rd, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Guodong, his work “Atomically dispersed palladium catalyses Suzuki\u2013Miyaura reactions under phosphine-free conditions” has been accepted and published online by one of the new Nature journals, Communications Chemistry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 26, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our collaborative paper “Molten NaCl-induced MOF-derived Carbon-polyhedron Decorated Carbon-nanosheet with High Defects and High N-doping for Boosting the Removal of Carbamazepine from Water” has been accepted and published online by Environmental Science: Nano<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 10, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our review paper has been accepted for publication by European Journal of Organic Chemistry<\/a>. Congratulations to Leiduan, Guodong and Derek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August 23, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Matt, he has been selected to receive the James P & Lee Ella Ruck Grad Fellowship in Chemistry for the 2019-20 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 12, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Derek, he has been accepted into the WSU-PNNL Distinguished Graduate Research Program. He will spend his last two years of graduate research at PNNL working with Dr. Praveen Thallapally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 9, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Leiduan, Our work “Efficient oxidative desulfurization using a mesoporous Zr-based MOF” has been accepted by Catalysis Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 4, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our collaborative work with Dr. Mazur has been accepted by Langmuir<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 25, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zhang has been selected as one of the 22 Emerging Investigators in Crystal Growth & Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 25, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We helped the Dr. Universe to answer chemistry questions from kids. See the article What are molecules? <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 17, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our collaborative work with Dr. Lin from MME has been accepted by ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 11, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Leiduan, the collaborative work has been accepted by New Journal of Chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September 25, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Leiduan, her work has been accepted by Chem. Comm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August 31, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Matt, his work has been accepted by Crystal Growth & Design, good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 6, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Zhang group has received the WSU SEED Grant<\/a>. We thank WSU for the support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 16, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chris graduated with a Master degree in Chemistry, congratulations! We wish you all the best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 13, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zhang has been recognized as one of the outstanding reviewers for for Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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December 15, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zhang is one of the 2018 ALASKA AIRLINES TRAVEL AWARD Winners. Thank you Alaska Airlines for the support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 28, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We hosted the Campus Adventures kids camp in our new labs. It’s in the The Daily Evergreen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out the news story about Campus Adventures kids camp in our lab in The Daily Evergreen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 5, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We had a group party to celebrate the successful lab move!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August 2, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have moved to the new labs in Troy. Take a look at the new labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 1, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Matt has been awarded the Frank A. Fowler Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry! It is an honorable award for a first year graduate student. Congratulations Matt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 1, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Xiaoyu Li joined the group as a graduate student through the MSEP program. Welcome Xiaoyu!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 1, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Leiduan Hao joined the group as a postdoctoral associate. Welcome Leiduan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 6, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zhang walked with the 2017 Chemistry graduating class. Congratulations and wish you all a good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 1, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ji from Oregon State University visited WSU. We learned more about batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 1, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The gas adsorption analyzer ASAP2020Plus from Micromeritics has been installed and up running. We are fully equipped.<\/p>\n\n\n

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December 18, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have our brand new Glovebox Vigor SciLab and Solvent Purification System installed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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September 27, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Matt Hurlock joins the group as a graduate student. Welcome Matt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 16, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Nick Elms joins the group as a undergraduate researcher. Welcome Nick!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 1, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tiffany Zhao joins the group as a undergraduate researcher. Welcome Tiffany!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have received more equipment today. Yeah, we have ovens, Rotorvaps, and Schlenk lines now!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 21, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have received more equipment and consumables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 19, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our iS 10 FTIR with Praying Mantis DRIFT accessory is installed and fully functional!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 18, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Chris, she is the recipient of the Graduate School Recruitment Scholarship <\/a>for STEM disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 18, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have received more equipment. The lab is almost ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 1st, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Chris and Yuwei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 1, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zhang started working at WSU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Group News August 6, 2025 Congratulations to Tori for receiving the prestigious Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) Fellowship! We are incredibly proud of Tori\u2019s achievement and can\u2019t wait to see the impact of her work. Way to go, Tori! April 16, 2025 Congratulations to Hannah,  Mycah and Sebastian, our work \u201cUnifying the pts and sql […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2540,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2540"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/zhang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}