Friend lab no longer accepting new members
Please note that the Friend lab is no longer accepting new members, as Prof. Friend has assumed the role of President of the Kavli Foundation ( more information).
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Professor Cynthia Friend has assumed the role of President of the Kavli Foundation
The Kavli Foundation has selected Dr. Cynthia M. Friend, Theodore Williams Richards Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, as its next president. Dr. Friend will assume this post January 1, 2021. Cynthia Friend named incoming president of the Kavli...
Profile and inaugural article for Prof. Friend in PNAS
A profile of Prof. Cynthia Friend accompanied her inaugural article in PNAS as a member of the National Academy of Science in September. The profile follows Friend from cow-pasture golf and car repair in her early life in southern Nebraska, through her...
Friend Lab alumnus Juan Carlos Rodriguez Reyes receives Green Chemistry for Life research grant
Innovative research projects were selected among more than 110 applications to receive the support of the Green Chemistry for Life project, which was created by UNESCO and PhosAgro in close cooperation with the International Union of Pure and Applied...
Professor Friend heads DOE international grant for Energy Frontier Research Center for Sustainable Chemical production at Harvard
U.S. funds innovative Harvard-based efforts to reduce consumption. Professor Cynthia Friend heads an effort to develop new methods to reduce energy consumption in the production of industrial chemicals, which now accounts for an astounding 25 percent of...
Friend Lab Alumna Kara Stowers in Chemical and Engineering News
Friend Lab Alumna Professor Kara Stowers shares the joys and tribulations of her new role in this month's Chemical and Engineering News: New Chemistry Professors Share Their Experiences Especially in today’s extremely competitive job market, landing a...
Chemistry Views reports on our article Ag/Au Mixed Sites Promote Oxidative Coupling of Methanol on the Alloy Surface
Chemistry Views article Understanding Noble Metal Catalysis highlights our recent article Ag/Au Mixed Sites Promote Oxidative Coupling of Methanol on the Alloy Surface.
Marcus Weldon Friend Group Ph.D appointed President of Alcatel-Bell Labs
Marcus Weldon Friend Group Ph.D graduate appointed President of Alccatel-Bell Labs Press Release: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/press/2013/002935
Young Shin Jun named Director of Graduate Studies.
Friend Group Alum Young Shin Jun has been named Director of Graduate Studies at the Washington University Department of Engineering. Check out her group page here: http://encl.engineering.wustl.edu/ Take a video tour of her group here: https://www.youtube...
Bingjun Xu named to Jr. Faculty position at University of Delaware
Congratulations to former Friend Group Grad Student Bingjun Xu, for his appointment to the faculty of University of Delaware! See his profile here: https://www.che.udel.edu/directory/facultyprofile.html?id=31434 Learn more about his new research group...
Professor Friend begins Directorship at Rowland Institute
Professor Friend shares her thoughts on her directorship at the Rowland. Link
Professor Friend named Director of the Rowland Institute
Cynthia Friend, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been named as the next director of the Rowland Institute at Harvard. More at Harvard...