Yunlu Zhang wins a competitive CLAS Dissertation Fellowship for the Spring

We are pleased to announce that Yunlu Zhang has won a dissertation fellowship in support of her thesis work developing novel methods for the enhancement of light-matter interactions utilizing plasmonic metals that can efficiently absorb and convert sunlight to other useful forms of energy. Zhang, a member of David Wei’s research group, aims to realize better solar energy conversion with inexpensive and abundant materials to deal with societal issues like climate change and nonrenewable energy dependence. Congratulations Yunlu!