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Virgil Andrei

@virgilandrei.bsky.social
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Nanyang Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore. #solarfuels, artificial leaves, #scalability ☀️

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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 21h
Do you want to explore #light harvesting and #photocatalysis with an #AI flavour? ☀️⚡🤖 Multiple #postdoc positions are available at #NTU #Singapore! Get in touch at virgil.andrei@ntu.edu.sg for potential projects! 1) Research Assistant (Perovskite PV) Apply: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Short break for #rowing during the annual Row for Hope fundraiser. "Not too rusty!" is all I could have hoped for! 😅 University of #Cambridge alumni won against #Oxford, and the #NTU #Singapore team won against the official #NUS club. Business as usual! ☺️ Now, back to academic "rowing"! 💪
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Skills on display at the #NTU #Singapore Mid-Autumn Festival. Now with the video to prove it! 🥢 Is it a result of practicing twice per day (lunch & dinner), or just from years of making #perovskite devices? Tweezer control is on point 😏
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm thrilled to be included on the 2026 MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific List! 🎉 Very timely, with only 6 months to spare! 😅 Full list: www.mittrchina.com/news/detail/... #MITTR35 #MITTechnologyReview
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Join our symposium #E2 on inorganic materials for #photovoltaics, #energy harvesting and solar #chemicals at the 2027 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies in #Singapore! ☀️ Symposium details: icmat2027.mrs.org.sg/e2-emerging-... #ICMAT2027 #NTU #Singapore #MSE
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Congratulations to Tiberiu Sprincean for receiving the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship (NPGS) Award! A pleasure to attend the ceremony, with some great #PhD tips from Prof. Teck Hua Ho. Looking forward to the next four years! 🤩 #NTU #Singapore #mse #NPGS
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🔊 Front (album) cover is OUT! 😎 DJs blend audio tracks into seamless mixes, the same way scientists distill knowledge into a review paper. Here, I discuss the prospects of lead halide #perovskite #photoelectrocatalysis for #solar chemical synthesis. Full text: doi.org/10.1002/adma... #advmater
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Treating our guests with fresh #durian and #laksa, the Singaporean way! 😁 We were delighted to host Prof. Xiaodi Zhu and Yunxuan Liang from University of Science and Technology of China. Great to learn about advanced spectroscopy techniques in Hefei, and looking forward to exploring these further!
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Join our symposium #EN02 on #hybrid (in)organic #materials for #solar harvesting at the 2027 @materials-mrs.bsky.social Spring Meeting in #Seattle! ☀️ Abstract submissions will open on Sep 16, 2026: www.mrs.org/meetings-eve...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Just like rowing, teamwork is key in getting a new research group up to speed! Our #NTU boat has an 8+1 crew, but this cox can scull! 😉 📢 “Andrei Lab: draw 1, draw 2…“ Find all Easter eggs in our new @rsc.org J. Mater. Chem. A front cover! doi.org/10.1039/D6TA... Full text: doi.org/10.1039/d6ta...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We thoroughly enjoyed the #IPS25 meeting in Korea! Excellent talks covering the progress in #light harvesting, and overall a great opportunity to discuss science. We also had fun poster sessions with contributions from our own #URECA students, Russell Tham and Eason Tan! #NTU #Singapore #MSE
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
We arrived in Seoul for the #IPS-25 Conference! Join us today for my talk at 17:15 (517), and on Thursday for Russell and Eason’s posters at 14:50 (B101)! Looking forward for all the #solar #fuels and #perovskite symposia! 🤩
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations Class of ’25: our first experimental paper at #NTU Singapore is out in @rsc.org J. Mater. Chem. A! 🎉 Who says undergrads can’t do great science? 😏 Here, we develop an #automated shutter to simulate intermittent light for metal halide #perovskite photoanodes. doi.org/10.1039/D6TA...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Are you interested in #solar #fuels and #artificial #leaves? Join our group at #NTU Singapore for a fully-funded PhD studentship starting Jan ‘27. Email your CV to virgil.andrei@ntu.edu.sg! ☀️⚡ Deadlines 31 Jul 2026: Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship 31 Jul 2026: 2x NTU Research Scholarships
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Legendary DJs stood out through their mix album series. Tiësto had In Search of Sunrise. Armin: A State of Trance. More recently, KREAM started LIQUID:LAB. Introducing: #Perovskite mixtape vol. 1: #Photoelectrocatalysis 😁 Our group’s first paper at #NTU Singapore! 🎉 doi.org/10.1002/adma...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Arrived in Seattle for the 249th ECS Meeting. See you tomorrow for my talk at 14:05 in Symposium #I02, and many thanks to Profs. Nianqiang Wu and Tsutomu Minegishi for the kind invitation! ecs.confex.com/ecs/249/meet... #ECS #ECS249 #electrochemistry
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Are you interested in #solar #fuels and #artificial #leaves? Apply below for one of our 2 #postdoc positions at #NTU Singapore! ☀️⚡ Research Associate (Photocatalysis): ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/... Research Assistant (Perovskite Photovoltaics): ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It was a pleasure to attend the 3rd International Workshop on Solar Fuels last week in Wuhan! I really enjoyed the fast paced format: very helpful to catch up with the latest research in photocatalysis. Many thanks to Profs. Jiaguo Yu and Hermenegildo Garcia for the invitation! 😊
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A pleasure to catch up with the #photocatalysis community during our #PhotoSynth symposium! Also, lovely to see a strong representation from #NTU Singapore at the @nanoge.org #MATSUS26 Meeting in Barcelona, including 3 contributions from our group! #MATSUS26Day2 #MATSUS26Day4 #MATSUS26Day5 #MSE
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We are back at the @nanoge.org #MATSUS26 Meeting in Barcelona! Check out Zhifan’s talk on Thu (E3, 16:45), Shao Heng’s poster on Thu (Ágora, 17:30), and my own talk on Tue (E4, 9:45)! We are also organising the #PhotoSynth symposium on Thu and Fri, so looking forward for a great week of science! 🤩
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The iconic lab coats are back! 🤩 Our group is quickly expanding, with Zebin & Nicolas (PhD), Annabelle & Kai En (CSP), and Xiangyu (RA) joining this term. Time for a new group photo and delicious get-together! 😋 #NTU #MSE #nanyang
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
January outreach: DJ or starting a boy band? Why not both! 🎵 Introducing prospective students to artificial leaves at our Materials Exposition open house, and then celebrating our stellar NTU community at MSExtravaganza 2026! ✨ DJ journey continued with 3 more campus gigs: now we got visuals! 😎
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Over the past couple of weeks, I had the pleasure to present at the MRS-J Meeting in Yokohama, catch up with Prof. Qian Wang in Nagoya University, and give a keynote lecture at ICCCU Conference in Bengaluru! 🌏 And that’s a wrap for 2025, Happy Holidays! 🎉
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
More side quests: Singapore Half Marathon - 02:20:45 YoY: -80% practice, +9% weight, -11% speed, +28% overall rank gain. So, it's not the lack of training or delicious food, but... humidity, of course 😅 #SCSM2025
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Our first year-end dinner to celebrate great science, a successful semester and the end of exams at Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Time for a well deserved break, and we'll get right back to it in January! 💪 Onward AndreiLab! 😉 #majulah
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
It was a pleasure to showcase our research at the #Photo & #Electro #Catalysis Symposium in #Nankai University! Many thanks to Jingshan Luo for the amazing hospitality and bringing together this excellent line-up of speakers, including our own Singapore delegation with Lydia Wong and Yanwei Lum! 🤩
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Feeling #FOMO (fear of missing out)? Don’t, this could be you! 😏 Join our group for a fully-funded PhD studentship in #solar #fuels starting Aug ‘26. Email your CV to virgil.andrei@ntu.edu.sg! ☀️ Deadlines 31 Dec '25: Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship 31 Jan '26: NTU Research Scholarships
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Let science be fun! 🎵 Very grateful to the graduate clubs at NTU for the opportunity to DJ at their Halloween party! What started at small College events in Cambridge, now turned into my first official gig! 🎧 Next, I will need to headline Marquee SG within 5 years for my #PartyProf tenure! 😂
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Now that the @nanoge.org #MATSUS25 Fall Meeting concluded, join our symposium on #photocatalysis for #solar fuel and chemical #synthesis next March in Barcelona! #MATSUSSpring26 #PhotoSynth Oral abstract deadline: 24 Nov 2025 www.nanoge.org/MATSUSSpring...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Delighted to be back at the @nanoge.org #MATSUS25 Fall Meeting in Valencia! Join my talk on Thursday 10am in the #PecVal symposium to learn more about our research on #perovskite driven #solar #chemistry and opportunities available at #NTU Singapore! ☀️⚡ www.nanoge.org/MATSUSFall25...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Five Wallenberg-NTU #Presidential #Postdoctoral #Fellowships are available between NTU Singapore and WASP Sweden for research with an #AI flavour! Feel free to contact us for potential projects! www.ntu.edu.sg/research/res...
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Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPF)
The PPF at NTU Singapore offers early-career researchers from around the world the chance to pursue independent research. This prestigious fellowship is designed to prepare fellows for academic appoin...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Singapore side quests: our University of #Cambridge alumni team beat University of #Oxford in the Row for Hope 2025 boat race! 🚣 #Nanyang Technological University Singapore team also won against National University of Singapore - overall great day for #rowing! 😁 (videos below)
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
AndreiLab @NTU Singapore is live! 🎉 These Legends are going to rock the #solar #fuels field! ☀️⚡ Introducing our stars! 😁 Left to right: Soh Li Qi (URECA), Chow Shao Heng (FYP), Cheng Zhifan (FYP), Eason Tan (URECA), Russell Tham (URECA)
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It was great to catch up with friends at the #solar #fuels conference in Newcastle and in St John's College, Cambridge last week! Far too many pics, but here are a few. Already in full NTU Singapore gear! 😁
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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Our recent alumnus @virgilandrei.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore, presenting an overview of his work on #PEC devices developed through years of PhD and postdoctoral research in our lab 💪💪☀️⚡️ @rsc.org #ISF2025
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I look forward to catching up with the #solar #fuels community at #ISF in Newcastle! I will present a talk on Wednesday 11:50am and an ECR poster on Monday evening. Pass by if you wish to learn more about research opportunities at NTU Singapore! dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Scalability meets biophotoelectrocatalysis with spray coated carbon nitride – PSII photoanodes! ☀️ Grateful to contribute to this paper in Advanced Materials; great team effort, and very well deserved by Huayang Zhang and Wenjie Tian! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Photosystem II‐Carbon Nitride Photoanodes for Scalable Biophotoelectrochemistry
A spray-freeze method is developed to fabricate large-area (up to 33 cm2) macroporous carbon nitride photoanodes integrated with photosystem II enzymes for biophotoelectrochemical systems. The photoa...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Join our team for a #postdoc #fellowship at NTU Singapore! ☀️ Multiple opportunities available: 👇 1) Research Fellowship in Photo(electro)catalysis www.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/sciences... Apply here: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
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Research Fellow (Photo(electro)catalysis)
The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) provides a vibrant and nurturing environment for staff and students to carry out inter-disciplinary research in key areas such as Computational Ma...
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We have 2 fully-funded PhD studentships available at NTU Singapore from Jan '26. Do you wish to explore disruptive solar fuel technologies? Email your CV to virgil.andrei@ntu.edu.sg! ☀️ 1) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362024 2) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362032 More info: dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/per...
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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Congratulations to one of the most affectionate members of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social 🥳 You'll be missed @virgilandrei.bsky.social! Best of luck for your new start as an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore ☀️🔥
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Virgil Andrei @virgilandrei.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Farewell for now Cambridge. I tried my best. You'll never know how much I loved you. Thank you @stjohnscollege.bsky.social for all support, friendships and advices! I could not wish for a better place to develop. I knew you were great, but you surpassed all expectations! ❤️
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Nanoscale Journals @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org · 06/05/2025
Congratulations to the award recipients at the Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(@rsc-cnn.bsky.social)‬ Early Career Symposium in London, UK. These awards were supported by our Nanoscale journals and you can read more about our the winners below🏆 🎉 blogs.rsc.org/nr/2025/05/0...
a photo of the award recipients
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Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov · 24/04/2025
🌿 What if a leaf could do more than photosynthesize? This artificial leaf uses copper nanoflowers + perovskite crystals to turn CO₂ into C₂—used in plastics, jet fuel & more. Built on 20+ yrs of collaboration science! @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @caltech.edu
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Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals
Researchers built a device made of perovskite and copper that mimics a green leaf.
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RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology @rsc-cnn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
All finished at our Nanoscience Early Career Symposium after 28 great talks and some harmonica playing (thats what happens if you go over the time limit). Congrats to Dr Andrei of @reisnerlab.bsky.social for their best talk award, sponsored by @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org #Nanosky #Chemsky
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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
A deep dive into #perovskites and #OPV-powered #photoelectrochemical cells by Virgil and Celine presenting at the @rsc-cnn.bsky.social Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Symposium at @ucl.ac.uk ☀️⚡️ Congrats to Virgil for winning the best oral talk prize🗣️👏👏
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The Kavli Foundation @kavlifoundation.org · 20/02/2025
First author Virgil Andrei has a blog post on @springernature.com describing the story behind the science -- and his research visit to collaborate with KavliENSI. communities.springernature.com/posts/copper...
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Copper nanoflowers bloom on perovskite artificial leaves for solar hydrocarbon synthesis
Photoelectrochemical hydrocarbon synthesis is challenging due to high catalytic overpotentials and insufficient semiconductor photovoltage. Here, we obtain ethane and ethylene by interfacing lead hali...
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The Kavli Foundation @kavlifoundation.org · 20/02/2025
New from Kavli ENSI Director Peidong Yang and colleagues: Copper nano-flowers can produce valuable materials from sunlight and waste. #perovskite #Sustainability #GreenChemistry #KavliNano
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SUN-PERFORM @sunperform.eu · 20/02/2025
What we’re reading today: Tiny copper “nano-flowers” that transform CO₂ into useful chemical “building blocks” for fuels and plastics using sunlight. 🌼 Read the open-access article at doi.org/10.1038/s419... #SustainableChemistry #SolarFuels #Perovskite #Hydrocarbon #OpenAccess #HorizonEU #EUeic
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Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2 - Nature Catalysis
Hydrocarbon selectivity in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction has been limited due to a lack of low-overpotential catalysts and high-photovoltage semiconductors. Here Cu nanoflowers are interfaced wit...
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Nature Catalysis @natcatal.nature.com · 03/02/2025
New online! Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
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Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
Nature Catalysis, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41929-025-01292-yHydrocarbon selectivity in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction has been limited due to a lack of low-overpotential catalysts and high-photovoltage semiconductors. Here Cu…
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