Assistant Prof @uclaCBE | Arnold O. Beckman Fellow @cargnellogroup | PhD @liniclab | BS @UCBerkeley | Plasmonics, Catalysis, and Solar Energy Conversion
Joined November 2018
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24 Feb 2025
🚨 New paper alert 🚨
We examine frequently overlooked concepts when attempting to disentangle thermal and non-thermal effects in multicomponent plasmon-driven, gas-phase heterogeneous photocatalysts. 📊 Key insights:
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✅ Catalyst-restructuring. Adsorbates and photons can restructure the catalyst surface, influencing the reaction even without non-thermal effects.
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🚀 Implications for plasmonic catalysis:
Distinguishing thermal from non-thermal effects is crucial to realizing the full potential of this field. We urge the field to consider these concepts when conducting and reviewing research in order to accurately guide future efforts.
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Celebrating the end of the quarter at the annual ChemE holiday party! #festivevibes @UCLAengineering
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We’re hiring! #apply
13 Dec 2024
Join us at UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering!! We are hiring four assistant professors! @UclaCBE
@YuzhangLi @morales_guio
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13 Dec 2024
Having a blast at the UCLA cheme holiday party! @UclaCBE
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13 Dec 2024
Big things coming soon if you’re working in the field of gas-phase plasmonic photocatalysis. Stay tuned.
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26 Nov 2024
Demirer Lab @Caltech is looking for passionate graduate students to join us! Explore our exciting research for a sustainable future: demirerlab.com🌏🌱
Apply here to CCE or BBE applyweb.com/caltgapp/index.… & mention your interest in our lab in your statement. Deadline: Dec 1
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25 Nov 2024
Please share broadly. My group @UclaCBE will be recruiting graduate students to begin in Fall 2025. Research topics include heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering. Deadline to apply Dec 31. See our website (stchavez2.wixsite.com) and attached document for details.
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19 Nov 2024
We are happy to share that FEWLS is receiving an NSF EPSCoR research grant to support our research on catalytic conversion of polyolefins.
A big thank you to NSF EPSCoR!
#NSF #recycling #EPSCoR
Check out for more: wix.to/1ZuF8ly
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27 Oct 2024
Come see how precise materials synthesis, advanced theory, and operando spectroscopy work together to understand dynamics in catalysis. This work was performed with @cargnellogroup in collaboration with @SUNCAT_Center.
27 Oct 2024
@stchavez from @UCLA @ 5pm presenting on "Identifying and Mitigating Deactivation Pathways in Bimetallic Pt Alloy Oxidation Catalysts." (4/4)
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8 Oct 2024
Gen 5 will be a game changer. Congrats @morales_guio
8 Oct 2024
4 generations of electrochemical cell design. Stay tuned for generation 5 as we we take CO2 electrolyzers up in scales. @UCLAengineering @UclaCBE
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Yuzhang doing Yuzhang things. Congrats! @YuzhangLi @UclaCBE
8 Oct 2024
Thrilled to receive the @NIH Director’s New Innovator Award!🚀 This launches a new research area for us to study dynamic processes at electrified interfaces in biology (e.g., ⚡️🧠 during an action potential) using our novel cryo-EM tools developed for #batteries. #NIHHighRisk
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