Welcome to Nanosynthesis,
Optics & Energy Lab (NOEL)
The NOEL is
located in the Planetary Hall 406, Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, George Mason University-Fairfax campus.
Our current
research is primarily centered on the design and development of novel
plasmonic and rare-earth upconversion nanomaterials taking advantage of physical chemistry approaches for a broad
range of applications, including but not limited to catalysis,
nanomedicine and sensing with the ultimate goal of gaining deep
scientific insights to structure-property relationship.
We
welcome highly motivated young scientists to join our group to create
new wonders in chemistry world with passion and enthusiasms!
Dr. Jing was selected as a winner of
the prestigious 2024 university-wide Teaching Excellence Award (TEA)
by Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning at GMU! What a fantastic
news! Many congratulations!!! TEA Link
Samuel Bernard Jeffrey joins our
research group as a Master student and Sam will complete CHEM 796
under Dr. Jing's supervision this summer. Welcome on board!
Quinn Griffin won Feinstein Award
in General Chemistry and Caroline A. Friedersdorf won PhD
Graduate Student Award: Teaching Focus this Spring semester at GMU! Huge congratulations
to Quinn and Caroline!!!
Dr. Jing's Editorial has been
published in Nanoscale Advances for the themed collection of Multicomponent
Plasmonic Hybrid Nanoarchitectures in 2024. Congratulations!
Dr. Jing joined the Advisory Board of
Nanoscale Advances published by Royal Society of Chemistry
(RSC) in January 2024! Congratulations!
Dr. Jing was nominated for a 2024
George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award (TEA).
Congratulations!!!
Mariia won the prestigious
Outstanding Graduating PhD Student Award of Department of Chemistry
& Biochemistry! Big Congrats to Mariia!!!
Caroline successfully defended her
proposal and passed the doctoral candidacy exam
on October 25th, 2023!!! Congratulations to Caroline!!
Our research article entitled
"Plasmonic Ag@Cu2O Core-Shell Nanostructures Exhibiting NIR
Phothermal Effect" was accepted for publication at RSC Advances
on Oct. 23rd, 2023! Congrats to Mariia, Alison and Andrea!
Mariia successfully defended her PhD
dissertation on
September 06, 2023!!! Congratulations to Dr. Ivanchenko!!! Mariia is
the SECOND PhD student from Jing's group! Hooray!!!
Jasmine Bui joined our research group
this summer as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!!!
Au Lac Nguyen joined our research
group as a PhD student working on the project of plasmonic
nanoparticles starting Fall semester 2023. Welcome!!!
Dr. Jing will give an oral talk about
plasmonic nanostructures with tunable optical and photocatalytic
properties in Materials Chemistry Program at ACS MARM meeting on
June 9th, 2023 held in the City University of New York.
Mariia was selected on May 22nd to
participate in the Accelerate to Industry (A2i) Immersion Week
program at North Carolina State University July 17th - July 21st.
Congratulations!
Our manuscript on the topic of noble
metal-copper chalcogenide dual plasmonic hetero-nanoarchitectures
has been accepted for publication in Chemistry of Materials
on April 20, 2023! More exciting news is that the art work was
selected as the Front Cover of Chemistry of Materials!
Huge congratulations to Mariia! Great job!
Dr. Jing gave an oral presentation
at 2023 MRS Spring meeting in San Francisco, CA on April 13 in the
symposium of Active Plasmonics I (EL05.06) organized by Prof.
Svetlana Neretina.
Mariia and Dr. Jing gave poster
and oral presentations at 2023 ACS Spring Meeting, respectively in
Indy! Dr. Jing will also deliver an oral talk at 2023 MRS Spring
Meeting in San Francisco in April!
Alison Carroll will become a
graduate student at Department of Chemistry, Rice University this
Fall semester! Congrats!!!
Congratulations to Alison Carroll
for receiving 2023 The College Chemistry Achievement Awards
that are presented annually by the Chemical Society of
Washington (CSW) to outstanding seniors majoring in chemistry
and biochemistry from each of the area colleges and universities!!!
Great job!
Congratulations to Mariia for
receiving a travel grant from GMU to attend the ACS Spring 2023
conference in Indiana!
Dr. Jing was invited by American
University to deliver an oral talk in person on dual plasmonic
nanostructures at the seminar organized by Department of Chemistry
on Feb. 1st, 2023!
Dr. Jing attended the winter
commencement ceremony together with the chair Dr. Gerald
Weatherspoon and the first PhD student Dr. Andrew J. Evangelista on
Dec. 15th, 2022! Fantastic ceremony!
Dr. Jing was nominated again for
the 2023 George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award (GMU
TEA)!!! Congrats!!!
Dr. Jing was recognized and
nominated for Dean's Award at the annual College of Science Faculty
and Staff Reception on Dec. 5th, 2022! Congrats!!!
Our research paper was accepted
for publication inNanoscale Advances
(Facile Aqueous Synthesis of Hollow Dual Plasmonic
Hetero-Nanostructures with Tunable Optical Responses through the
Nanoscale Kirkendall Effects)
and was featured as the FRONT COVER!!! Great job to Mariia, Alison
and Andrea (American Univ.)!!!
After participating in REU
(Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program at Department of
Chemistry in Rice University, Alison was invited to give an oral
presentation by Rice on her summer research results at the
undergraduate students research symposium. Well done!!
Mariia's paper published in Nanoscale
Advances (Anisotropic dual-plasmonic hetero-nanostructures
with tunable plasmonic coupling effects)
was selected for inclusion in the 2022 Popular Advances Collection.
Congrats!!!
Andrew passed his dissertation
defense on July 22, 2022 with flying colors!!! Congratulations to
Dr. Evangelista!!! Andrew is the FIRST PhD student from Jing's
group! Hooray!!!
Dr. Jing won the highly
competitive GMU-College of Science (COS) SEED Grant/Awardfor the second time on June 22nd, 2022 ! Congratulations!
Mariia has been selected to receive GMU
2022-2023 Doctoral Research Scholarship on June 3rd!!
Congratulations!
Andrew presented a poster on UCNPs
and Dr. Jing delivered a research talk on dual plasmonic
nanostructures in Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of American
Chemical Society (ACS MARM) in June at New
Jersey! Great job!
Congratulations to Alison L. on
winning ACS Physical Chemistry Award on May 09, 2022!
What a productive year for our group at GMU!!!
Congratulations to Keith for being
the winner of ACS Senior Award on May 09, 2022! Very
well deserved!!
Congratulations to Mariia on winning
Graduate Student Teaching Award for Spring semester of
2022 on May 09! Andrew was also nominated! Well done to Mariia and
Andrew!! Keep up your great work!
Congratulations to Mariia for passing
her proposal defense with flying colors on May 4th,
2022! Great job!
Our research work on anisotropic
dual-plasmonic nanostructures has been featured as the cover of Nanoscale
Advances on
Apr. 16, 2022!
Congratulations to Mariia! Great job!
Keith accepted an offer to join
Materials Science and Engineering PhD program at Johns
Hopkins University (JHU) starting Fall 2022.
Congratulations to Keith!
Congratulations to Keith on winning
outstanding Senior Chemistry Award, which will be
presented by the Chemical Society of Washington! Annually,
each university in the DC Metro area selects and puts forth one
senior for this prestigious award and recognition. Well done!
Our research work on plasmonic
nanorattles with tunable optical and catalytic properties has been
accepted for publication in RSC Advances on Dec. 10,
2021! Congratulations to Mariia and Andrew! Well done!
Our research work on
near-infrared-light driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution has
been accepted for publication in Nanomaterials on
Nov. 30, 2021! Congratulations to Andrew and Mariia! Well
done!
Dr. Jing was nominated for 2022
GMU Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) in October, 2021!
Wish him best luck!
On August 23rd, 2021, Caroline Fudala
joins us as a PhD student! Warm welcome!
On August 20th, 2021, Keith Clark
joins us as an undergraduate researcher! Warm welcome!
Our research work on dual plasmonic
photocatalysis has been accepted for publication in Nano
Research on June 21, 2021! Congratulations to Mariia and
Andrew! Well done!
Dr. Jing won the prestigious College
of Science (COS) Dean's Research Scientist Award on
December 8, 2020! Congratulations!
Dr. Jing was nominated for 2021
GMU Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) in October, 2020!
Wish him best luck!
Andrew Evangelista passed his
doctoral candidacy exam with flying colors on August 19, 2020!
Congratulations!
Andrew
Evangelista won 2020 Ph.D. Graduate Student Award
of GMU Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry!
Congratulations!
Our
research work on lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles has
been selected as the back cover of the Journal of Materials
Chemistry C! Congratulations to Andrew, Mariia, Lisa and
Megan! Well done!
Dr. Jing was nominated for 2020
GMU Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) in October, 2019.
Wish him best luck!
Ume Tahir was officially admitted to
Yale University as a 2020 Fall graduate student!
Congratulations!
On October
1st, 2019, Gillian Megan Payne and Ume Tahir join our group as
undergraduate researchers. Welcome!
On
August 1st, 2019, Mariia Ivanchenko joins our group as a PhD
student. Welcome!
On May
15th, 2019, our group won the highly competitive GMU-College
of Science (COS) SEED Award!!!
On February 6th, 2019, Lisa
Mcanulty joins our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
On August 25th, 2018, Andrew J.
Evangelista joins our research group as a PhD student. Warm Welcome!
On January 10th, 2018, Jing Lab
starts to run at George Mason University, Fairfax Campus! Yeah!
Looking forward to more exciting news ahead!
