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Chemistry research group at Johns Hopkins University interested in inorganic chemistry and materials discovery for energy storage and conversion.

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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Come get an icy treat and talk with the Division of Inorganic Chemistry at the #ACSFall2026 “Division Chill Out” on Wed 8/26, 1-2 PM at the Member Lounge! #INOR
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Thoi lab goes crabbing🦀! Eight crabs, a ton of Old Bay, and 5 hours later, we can now all say we are Marylanders! #labretreat #OldBay
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We are giving away DIC pins and stickers at our two #INOR Poster sessions on Wed 8/26 at 12 pm and 6 pm in McCormick Place West Building, Hall F2. While supplies last! #ACSFall2026
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Come see the #INOR symposium for Prof. Mary Andorfer as the Jonathan L. Sessler Fellow for Emerging Leaders in Bioinorganic and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry on Wed 8/26 from 8-12 CT in S103D! More info here: www.acs.org/funding/scho... #ACSFall2026
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Talks for #INOR Qnity Electronics Solid State Award in honor of Prof. Kirill Kovnir are on Wed 8/26 from 8-12 CT in S104B at the Convention Center! More info here: acsdic.org/qnity-electr... #ACSFall2026
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Qnity™ Electronics Solid State Chemistry Award
Qnity Electronics Solid State Chemistry Award This award is meant to recognize sustained excellence, dedication, and perseverance in research in the area of inorganic solid-state chemistry. The award ...
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The #INOR and #ORGN Organometallics Distinguished Author Symposium is happening on Tues 8/25 in S103A from 8-12:30! More info here: www.organicdivision.org/ompaper/ #ACSFall2026
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Organometallics Distinguished Author Award | ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
This page describes the Organometallics Distinguished Author Lectureship Award.
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Division of Inorganic Chemistry is representing at #ACSFall2026!!! Chat with us and get these awesome DIC pins and stickers at the SciMix Poster Session on Mon 8/24, 8-10 PM at McCormick Place West Building, Hall F2
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Prof. Brandi Cossairt is being honored in the Smalley-Curl Nanoscience Award Symposium on Wed 8/26 from 2-6 CT in S104A at the Convention Center! More info here: acsdic.org/the-inorgani... #ACSFall2026
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The Inorganic Nanoscience Award
Smalley-Curl Nanoscience Award This award is meant to recognize sustained excellence, dedication, and perseverance in research in the area of inorganic nanoscience. The award consists of a cash prize ...
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Kyle Grice @gricechemistry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Pumped for #ACSFall2026 in Chicago! The Division of Inorganic Chemistry is having social events during the meeting: Chat with DIC and get pins and stickers at the SciMix Poster Session on Mon 8/24, 8-10 PM at McCormick Place West Building, Hall F2, and also “Division Chill-Out" ... (1/2)
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Check out this INOR session on the chemistry of circular refrigerant economy!! Too cool to miss on Mon, Aug 24 from 2-6 in W183B! #ACSFall2026
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship is happening on Mon 8/24 from 2-6 CT in S104A at the Convention Center! More info here: acsdic.org/inorganic-ch... #ACSChicago #ACSFall2026
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Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Award
Events & Meetings This lectureship is awarded in partnership with Inorganic Chemistry and the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry. This award recognizes an early career researcher who has demonstrated...
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Check out the DIC Young Investigator Awards on Mon 8/24 from 2-5:30 CT in S104B at the Convention Center! More info here: acsdic.org/acs-dic-youn... #ACSChicago
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ACS Young Investigator Symposium Awards
Young Investigator Symposium The ACS DIC solicits nominations for the Young Investigator Symposium to be held on Sunday afternoon of the Fall ACS meeting. The deadline for nomination is February…
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Congrats to ROSEI and ChemBE's Brandon Bukowski on recently being named a recipient for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Program! Early Career Awards recognize early-stage scholars with high levels of promise. #HopkinsEnergy Story: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/brandon-buko...
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Brandon Bukowski Receives DOE Early Career Research Program Award - Johns Hopkins - Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
Brandon Bukowski, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and an associate researcher with the Ralph O’Connor...
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy🌎Day! ROSEI celebrated its fifth birthday with #EarthDay events that highlighted its progress in two key areas; fostering partnerships within and beyond JHU and serving as a hub for JHU sustainability-related student initiatives. #HopkinsEnergy Story: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/rosei-celebr...
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
ROSEI is excited to welcome @ivehermans.bsky.social, who has joined JHU as the BDP of Sustainable Chemical Transformations! Hermans participated in an introductory Q&A where he discussed why he chose to join JHU, among many other topics. #HopkinsEnergy Q&A: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/rosei-resear...
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ROSEI Researcher Q&A: Ive Hermans - Johns Hopkins - Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
This article is part of a series featuring Q&As with Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI)-affiliated researchers. Next up is Ive...
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Congratulations to ROSEI's Yuting Luo on recently being named a recipient for the NSF CAREER Award! Career Awards recognize early-stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence. #HopkinsEnergy Story: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/yuting-luo-r...
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Yuting Luo Receives NSF CAREER Award - Johns Hopkins - Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Yuting Luo has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National...
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Super excited for the #ACSChicago! Come see the Division of Inorganic (DIC) John C. Bailar, Jr. Coordination Chemistry Award, honoring Prof. Pete La Pierre @stormslapierre.bsky.social, with talks on Mon 8/24 from 8-12 in S104b at the Convention Center! Check out acsdic.org/john-c-baila...! @acs.org
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John C. Bailar, Jr. Award in Coordination Chemistry
John C. Bailar, Jr. Award in Coordination Chemistry Sponsored by the John C. Bailar, Jr. and Florence C. Bailar Lectureship Fund in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Excellent talk, Thomas! Thomas is our @energyathopkins.bsky.social NSF ROSETAS REU student visiting from @reed.edu! Thanks for your hard work on Kolbe electrolysis and come visit us again! #REUresearch #ScienceTraining
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Congratulations to our newest doctor, Dr. Foley! Dr. Foley developed techniques to track Cu speciation during electrocatalytic CO2 conversion and new #electrosynthesis of C-N compounds! We are so proud of you and know you will do great things! #PhDONE @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Jacob Wade, a joint student between the Thoi and Goldberg groups @jhuartssciences.bsky.social ! Jacob worked on Fe nitrosyl compounds and applied them to electrocatalysis. #bioinorganicMEETSelecteochem #tinyhats
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We celebrate Shiqi's time with us and her next chapter in mahjong style! ROSETAS REU researcher Thomas, visiting from Reed College, didn't know what he was signing up for! @energyathopkins.bsky.social
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Finally, congrats to HS student Khalil, who has spent his afternoons in the last year doing great science in our lab with Arleth! He wowed his audience at his poster session! #STEMeducation #CollegeBound
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Also meet our newest PhD candidate, Sagnik! He works on engineering electrified interfaces for catalytic transformation.
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We are capping the semester with some awesome JHU graduates, Dr. Ian Dillingham and Phoebe Williams in Chemistry @jhuartssciences.bsky.social ! Ian is off to making batteries for a better world, and Phoebe will be staying on in our lab for a masters in Materials Science! Congratulations!
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Belatedly, we said our farewells to Dr. Ian Dillingham, who graced us with his undying positivity and love of puns! We send you off with top golf marks! #PhDone
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Another ARPA-E Innovation Summit in the books! It was great seeing so many different ROSEI booths at this year's summit in San Diego, with Chao Wang, Yayuan Liu and Corey Oses all having at least one this year. Looking forward to seeing everyone at next year's summit in MD! #HopkinsEnergy
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It has been a long time coming, but so excited to share the research journey of our former @jhuartssciences.bsky.social ugrad, Becky. She's now a PhD student at Princeton! Check out #MeetTheChemist insta edition! www.instagram.com/reel/DWrbeLB...
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Sara T on Instagram: "Starting off with our first reel on our series Meet The Chemist - Ever wonder what it's like to be an undergraduate student researcher at Johns Hopkins University? Becky gives us...
13 likes, 1 comments - thoilab on April 3, 2026: "Starting off with our first reel on our series Meet The Chemist - Ever wonder what it's like to be an undergraduate student researcher at Johns Hopkin...
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Osumi, Nathan, Greg, and former ugrad, Juan, on their publication in @pubs.acs.org ACS AMI! Check out our newest work on using gel #MOFs as a battery electrolyte! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Gel Metal–Organic Frameworks in Highly Concentrated Electrolyte Promote Stable Solid-Electrolyte Interface on Lithium Metal Anodes
Highly concentrated electrolytes (HCEs) have been shown to hinder dendrite formation and improve cyclability in Li-based batteries. Herein, we developed a novel strategy to use an electrolyte matrix c...
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Today, we say goodbye to Dr. Jill Cleveland! Thank you for your hardwork and expertise for the last 2 years! So glad to be a part of your postdoctoral journey (joint with @susannamthon.bsky.social)! #Postdoc #Boba
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Congratulations to Arleth, Kyle, Becky (former ugrad), Alexis (visiting ugrad), and Khalil (HS student!) on their publication in ACS AMI! Come learn about the importance of external surface area and porosity of #MOFs for Li-S #batteries! Cheers to the #newyear! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Pore Choices: The Delicate Balance of Porosity and External Surface Area in Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Lithium–sulfur batteries are a promising energy storage system with a high theoretical energy density. A significant challenge in realizing this energy density is the polysulfide shuttle effect, where...
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
JHU is part of the new Learning Accelerated Domain Sciences (LEADS) Institute! DOE-funded, LEADS focuses on reshaping how AI supports scientific discovery. ROSEI's @drgona.bsky.social and Enrique Mallada, as well as Mahyar Fazlyab are involved. #HopkinsEnergy energyinstitute.jhu.edu/johns-hopkin...
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Johns Hopkins Joins DOE’s New AI-Powered Scientific Discovery Institute - Johns Hopkins - Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
Johns Hopkins is part of the new multi-institution Learning Accelerated Domain Sciences (LEADS) Institute, a Department of Energy-funded collaborative initiative focused...
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Happy Holidays from the Thoi lab!
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We were supposed to be ghosts... but alas, thwarted by the blue labcoat! Happy Halloween from the Thoi lab! #SafetyFirst
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Going to ACS in DC next week? Check out these talks on electrified interfaces (George at 9:40 am on Tuesday, Hall E, Rm 19), ion-conducting MOFs (Ian at 11:30 am on Wed, Hall E, Rm 18), and electrochemical ammonia generation (Greg at 6 pm, Hall C)!!
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Yuki Osumi! We couldn't be prouder of Yuki's accomplishments and will miss him dearly!
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Check out our latest review on charge transfer in MOF/quantum dot systems with @susannamthon.bsky.social! Congrats, Kyle, Jill, Dhanvini, and Kevin! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Charge transfer in hybrid quantum dot / metal-organic framework systems: Current understanding and future challenges
Hybrid materials combining the optoelectronic absorption and tunability of quantum dots (QDs) with the high surface area, chemical functionality, and …
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Excited to announce our newest PhD, Dr. Bennett! Way to go!
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
So excited to share Dr. Anayah and Ian's publication in ACS Applied Energy Materials @pubs.acs.org! We show that lesson learned in #MOFs can be applied to other materials system for Li-S batteries! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Thiophosphate-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as a Multifunctional Cathode Additive for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are synthetically versatile and conductively tunable materials, making them attractive for energy storage applications. Building on our previous studies on phosphate-functional...
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Our director Ben Schafer (@coldformed.bsky.social) recently participated in a Q&A discussing how support from NSF helps civil engineers improve building codes and develop more resilient, cost-effective building materials. See below to check it out! #HopkinsEnergy hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/06/e...
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How federally funded research helps save lives during an earthquake
Support from the National Science Foundation helps civil engineers like Ben Schafer improve building codes and develop more resilient, cost-effective building materials
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Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) @energyathopkins.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Our #EWeek2025 series continues! Up next is Jill Cleveland, a ROSEI postdoctoral fellow who works with @susannamthon.bsky.social and @thoilab.bsky.social. She was asked "What role do you see innovation playing in the development of sustainable energy solutions?" #HopkinsEnergy
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Thoi Lab @thoilab.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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