Ona wins GRFP!20220404120900
Ona wins GRFP!
Congratulations to Ona for winning the NSF GRFP! In addition to many activities outside the lab, Ona’s research will focus on engineering single...
Tom wins DARPA YFA!20220321115100
Tom wins DARPA YFA!
Tom was awarded the DARPA young faculty award (YFA) to fund the group’s research in multifunctional 2D frameworks. Several postdoc and PhD proje...
Postdoc Positions available!20220128154500
Postdoc Positions available!
The Kempa Lab is hiring 2 postdocs for projects focused on nonlinear mechanics, single-photon emission, and energy storage in 2D crystals (atomic &...
Ben Defends!20211021150100
Ben Defends!
Ben successfully defended his thesis, “Synthesis of nanoparticle heterostructures via host-guest interactions!” Ben’s work establish...
Shreya wins PURA!20211019142127
Shreya wins PURA!
Shreya won a Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)! She will be using computational methods to study the growth of new TMD morphologies ...
Tom Featured in JHU Arts and Sciences Magazine!20210627135800
Tom Featured in JHU Arts and Sciences Magazine!
Our research in atomic and molecular 2D crystals is highlighted in the spring edition of the JHU Krieger School of Arts and Sciences magazine! In the ...
Erick Successfully Defends!20210430105100
Erick Successfully Defends!
Erick defended his PhD, titled “Modulation and manipulation of transition metal dichalcogenides.” His work advanced the understanding and ...
Tomojit Successfully Defends!20210413214000
Tomojit Successfully Defends!
Tomojit defended his PhD! In his thesis, “Rational design of low-dimensional materials with tunable optical properties,” he details the pr...
Jamie Successfully Defends!20210317213300
Jamie Successfully Defends!
Jamie becomes the first PhD from the Kempa group! His thesis, titled “Structurally and electronically responsive metal-organic frameworks assemb...
New paper in ACS Applied Nano Materials!20210121113704
New paper in ACS Applied Nano Materials!
In a new paper out in ACS Applied Nano Materials, Eric and our collaborators at Toshiba showed that the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism can ...