Our PI was featured in an Introducing paper published in Angewandte Chemie. This Profile provides a glimpse into Dr. Nguyen's scientific philosophy and personal life. Congratulations! (posted: 09/14/2026).
Rasika Abeysinghe and Vy Diep will be joining our group as a Master's student and an EVS PhD student, respectively. Welcome Rasika and Vy! (posted: 08/20/2026).
Congratulations to our PI on a new paper "Beyond PXRD Pattern Matching: Toward Rigorous Structure Determination in Covalent Organic Frameworks " that was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition . The very first paper of the group at TN Tech (posted: 07/29/2026).
Huge congratulations to our undergraduate researchers, Braden Greear, Steven Peyatt, and Tad Damitz, on receiving Skills Infusion Summer Experience grants . They will be working during summer 2026 on the development of MOFs for photocatalytic applications, including PFAS degradation and hydrogen production (posted: 04/16/2026).
Our internal research proposal on MOFs for photocatalytic applications has been funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development . Congratulations to our group on receiving this internal grant! (posted: 04/11/2026).
Braden Greear has been awarded the Chemistry Endowed Scholarship and the Ferris U. Foster Memorial Scholarship . Congratulations to Braden on this wonderful achievement! (posted: 04/10/2026).
Congratulations to Braden Greear on receiving a Student Research Grant Award ! Braden who is interested in making new MOFs for photocatalytic applications has been awarded a Student Research Grant totalling $2,500. Congratulations to Braden on this achievement! (posted: 04/01/2026).
Steven Peyatt and Taddum Damitz, both are 2nd -year undergrad students and interested in photocatalysis, join our lab. Welcome Steven and Tad!(posted: 02/12/2026).
Big news for reticular chemistry : Prof. Omar M. Yaghi (UC Berkeley, USA), Dr. Nguyen's postdoc PI, has been awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 , shared with Prof. Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan), and Prof. Richard Robson (University of Melbourne, Australia). Congratulations to the three Nobel Laureates! (posted: 10/08/2025).
Kayn Baker, MS student, joins the lab. Kayn is interested in photochemistry of metal-organic frameworks. Welcome Kayn! (posted: 10/01/2025).
Madysen Hawn, the 2nd -year undergrad student, joins our lab. Madyen's interest is center on water harvesting using reticular structures. Welcome Madysen!(posted: 09/20/2025).
We welcome Braden Greear, the 2nd -year undergrad student, joining the lab. Braden will focus his research on photocatalytic metal-organic frameworks for water splitting (posted: 09/15/2025).
The first undergrad student, Levi Gipson, joins the lab. Levi will work on reticular structures for atmospheric water harvesting. Welcome Levi! (posted: 09/03/2025).