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Research Highlights: 2026

UCSB Scientists Bottle The Sun With Liquid Battery

A new bio-inspired molecule captures solar energy and releases it as heat on demand, outperforming lithium-ion batteries

February 12, 2026 | The Current

Han Group Website

UCSB Chemistry Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger Celebrates His 90th Birthday With a Symposium In His Honor

UCSB Chemistry Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger Celebrates His 90th Birthday With a Symposium In His Honor

February 2, 2026 | The Current

Research Highlights: 2026

Electrifying Biology in a Bubble

January 29, 2026 | The Current

Sepunaru Group Website

Research Highlights: 2026

Electrifying Biology in a Bubble

January 29, 2026 | The Current

Sepunaru Group Website

Research Highlights: 2026

Designing Better Catalysis for Cleaner, More Efficient Chemistry

January 14, 2026 | The Current

Scott Group Website

Congratulations to Gala Rodriguez and Nicholas Watkins

November 18, 2025 | PNAS

Grace Han Tapped for Scialog Award, Joining Collaborative Team on Sustainable Materials

Grace Han Tapped for Scialog Award, Joining Collaborative Team on Sustainable Materials

November 13, 2025 | MLPS

Han Group Website

The new chemistry professor will co-lead a project on sustainable lithium enrichment as part of the Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials initiative. 

Congratulations To Dr. Alison Butler

Award Recipient: Alison Butler

Award Date: November 7, 2025

2025 Hagler Fellow 

Congratulations to Department Chair and Distinguished Professor Alison Butler for being selected as a 2025-26 Hagler Fellow at Texas A&M's Hagler Institute for Advanced Study! Read more here.