The Rowland Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Purnati Khuntia to the Fellowship program. Purnati joins us from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Hyderabad, India, and is now setting up her lab to study the mechanobiology of pseudostratified epithelia (PSE), to investigate how biophysical properties of a tissue can support cell storage….
A new home for the Rowland Institute
At a symposium to celebrate the move to Harvard’s main campus, the Rowland Institute welcomed alumni and guests to a day of science and inspiring messages from the Dean of Science, Jeff Lichtman, and former Faculty Director, Frans Spaepen, the Harvard Gazette reports….
Introducing new Rowland Fellow, Oluwasegun Wahab
The Rowland Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Oluwasegun (Segun) Wahab to the Fellowship program….
Chris Reece named a rising star in materials chemistry research
Journal of Materials Chemistry A has published a themed collection highlighting the rising stars of materials chemistry research, and selected a recent paper from the Reece lab to feature in this collection. Each contributor was recommended by experts in their fields as carrying out work with the potential to influence future directions in materials chemistry with applications in energy and sustainability….
Rowland Fellowship Applications for 2025 Now Open
The Rowland Institute at Harvard seeks outstanding early-career experimentalists in all fields of science and engineering to establish fully independent research groups in the rich intellectual environment of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Click here to apply!…
Rowland Fellow Avalon Owens quoted in the New York Times
A recent paper from the Owens lab that reveals moths’ light-seeking behavior is changing over time has been featured in the regular “Trilobites” column in the New York Times. …
Reece Lab featured in Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights
The editors of Nature Communications selected a recent Reece lab paper to highlight in a collection of Catalysis papers of particular interest and importance. Congratulations to the team for this recognition!…
Rowland Fellow Sascha Feldmann accepts position at EPFL
Rowland Fellow Sacha Feldman has accepted a position as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry in the School of Basic Sciences (SB) at EPFL Valais Wallis. EPFL’s announcement of Sascha’s new position can be found here….
Rowland Fellow Avalon Owens interviewed in New York Times article
Rowland Fellow Avalon Owens was interviewed as a source for the New York Times article, “Why Are Insects Drawn to Light? A Perennial Question Gets a New Answer.” written by Joshua Sokol. To read the article, click here, or see the below PDF….
Lilliana Brandão (Reece Lab) Selected for ACS CATL-ChemCatBio Travel Award for her Presentation at the 2023 ACS Spring Meeting
Postbaccalaureate scholar Lilliana Brandão (Reece Lab) presented a talk and a poster at the 2023 American Chemical Society Spring Meeting in Indianapolis on her work: Validating Kinetic Models for Ethylene Epoxidation over Silver. She was also selected for the ACS Catalysis Division / ChemCatBio Graduate Student Travel Award. Congratulations to Lilliana!…