Researchers in the Cava Group have demystified the reasons for instability in an inorganic perovskite that has attracted wide attention for its potential in creating highly efficient solar cells.

Gregory Scholes, the William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry, begins his three-year term as chair of the Department of Chemistry. He succeeds Tom Muir, the Van Zandt Williams Jr. Class of 1965 Professor of Chemistry, who has held the post since 2015.

Jesús Estrada’s father got his United States citizenship at a highly inopportune moment. Estrada had just turned 21. Suddenly labeled an adult in his own right, he was no longer a beneficiary of his father’s new status and the privilege it conferred on immediate family members.

Seyedsayamdost lab deploys the High-Throughput Elicitor Screening (HiTES) technology in the battle against COVID-19, enabling researchers to screen, identify, and characterize the natural products that are biosynthesized only when bacteria are under threat.