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This is what we have been up to....

Two group talks @ECOSS36

Niels and I presented at the 36th European Conference on Surface Science that took place in Lodz, Poland, this week. It was fun to connect with other researchers interested in MAX phases and MXenes. And great job, Niels!

Isabel defends Master

Time flies! This week Isabel gave her Master talk at TU Darmstadt, and defended her Master thesis. Great job and we are excited to have you start your PhD project this fall!

Rose's poster @NASSCC

It is early August and the North American Solid State Chemistry Conference is underway! Rose is representing the group and presenting her work titled "Structural Analysis of the MAX phase (Mo0.75V0.25)5AlC4 and its MXene (Mo0.75V0.25)5C4Tx"

Latest Group Review

Who needs another review on MAX phases and MXenes? We do! And we did! We focus on the synthesis science and more exotic members of these two families and also discuss MAB phases. Check it out! Open access thanks to TU Darmstadt!

Last REU week

10 weeks REU program flew by! Last week, Lauren presented her infographic on the work she has done in the group. Excellent job, Lauren, we will miss you!

Niels' talk @ECerS

In July Niels represented the group at the Conference of the European Ceramics Society in Lyon, France. He gave an excellent talk "Wet-chemical assisted synthesis of nitride and carbonitride MAX phases".

Rose's 1st first-author paper

Huge collaborative effort with fantastic scientists at NIST, UCL (UK) and the Diamond Light Source (GER). We study the structure of an interesting "514" MAX phase, exfoliate it with different etchants and look at the electrocatalytic behavior of its 2D sibling. Congratulations, Rose!

Welcome Lauren

Meet Lauren Driggers who joined our group for the 10-week REU program in Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis. We are excited to have you, Lauren!!

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Christina gets tenure

The good news hit the group on May 5th, 2023. Here is what Christina has to say: "Thinking about what got me to this moment in my life... Parents that raised me believing that I can achieve anything in life, friends that made studying and lab work at the University of Mainz fun, supportive advisors that opened doors for me and walking through them even when it was scary, making life-long connections and friendships at UCSB, seizing every opportunity to travel and live in a different country, including time at Seoul National University, endless support from family when the boys were little and I thought about quitting more times than I can count, a dedicated team that makes coming into work fun and easy and students that trust me to be a part of their own journey, many colleagues at ASU that have believed in me and gave me space to grow, and the humans closest to me, family and friends that see me and that I am so grateful to always have in my corner. To all of you - thank you"

Latest group publication

Another excellent collaboration within our Collaborative Research Center Hommage where we provide a fundamental strategy for the preparation of bulk magnetic MAX phases. The work is published in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations, Niels!

GrouP hike celebrations

Group hike and brunch get-together to celebrate numerous achievements of our group members. Thank you for coming out, everyone!

Congratulations, Rose and John

...for winning the Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award.
This is a great achievement and shows their commitment to our undergraduate students at ASU.
Rose, 2nd from left - John, 7th from left.

Congratulation, Rylee

Our undergraduate student Rylee won the School of Molecular Sciences Scholarship.
This is a fantastic achievement and we the whole team is proud of her!

Congratulations, Sanja

Sanja succesfully defended her Bachelor Thesis at TU Darmstadt.
Wonderful talk and all questions from the committee handled really well. We are proud of you!

Congratulations, Jordan

Jordan passed his Orals this semester. Officially a PhD candidate!

January 2023: Birkel Lab Arizonaversary

4 years Birkel Lab @ASU
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