Check out Prof. Elizabeth Elacqua (Penn State University), Prof. Vincent Crespi (Penn State University), Prof. Steven Lopez (Northeastern University), and Prof. Thomas Mallouk (University of Pennsylvania) in the NSF Center for Nanothread Chemistry Youtube series "CNC Panel" as they provide insight into forging a career in academia. The Panel was hosted as a live Q&A event over Zoom available to graduate students a post-docs both inside and outside the CNC. Panelists were asked questions from the audience and their responses were recorded for distribution to the greater public.

Check out Prof. Roald Hoffmann in the NSF Center for Nanothread Chemistry Youtube series "CNC Speaks" as he provides his insight as a theoretical chemist in the Center for Nanothread Chemistry on benzene reactivity.

Check out Prof. Roald Hoffmann in the NSF Center for Nanothread Chemistry Youtube series "CNC Speaks" as he relates his journey in chemistry, academia, teaching, and art to CNC graduate students/post-docs.

Check out Prof. Malika Jeffries-EL at Boston University, one of our Phase II PIs, discuss processing properties of plastics in “Plastics: Durable, Diverse, and Indestructible” featured on Nova.

Each week, the Department of Chemistry at The Pennsylvania State University highlights graduate students who are doing great work around the department. In this installment of the highlight series, the chemistry department features Arani Biswas, a graduate student in the NSF Center for Nanothread Chemistry. Check out the highlight here.

The NSF CNC Postdoc/Graduate Advisory Committee is hosting a panel discussion & open Q&A about applying for academic positions on Thursday, March 4th at 2:30 PM EST. The panel includes faculty spanning a wide variety of both experimental and theoretical chemistry from three different institutions. The panel will discuss application packages, proposal preparation, teaching statements, hiring committees, and more!

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Congratulations to Prof. Elizabeth Elacqua and Prof. Robert Gilliard on being awarded the 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships. The 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships encompasses 128 early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada.

Nanothreads generated from furan were featured in C&EN this week, highlighting a step towards reducing reactivity pressures down to 10 GPa for scaled-up syntheses. The article, titled "Milder synthesis takes the pressure off carbon-based nanothreads," describes the exciting work of our Nanothread team and features excerpts from authors Steven Huss and Professor Elizabeth Elacqua.

Check out the recent highlights from HPCAT titled "Exploration of the formation of diamond nanothread derivatives under high pressure."

Each week, the Department of Chemistry at The Pennsylvania State University highlights graduate students who are doing great work around the department. In this installment of the highlight series, the chemistry department features Margaret Gerthoffer, a graduate student in the NSF Center for Nanothread Chemistry. Check out the highlight here.