News: Materials Science & Energy Research
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Guggenheim Foundation Names 3 at UT in 100th Class of Fellows
Swarat Chaudhuri, a computer scientist, and Feliciano Giustino, a physicist, are among this year’s fellows.

How UT Students are Fueling Energy Research
From advancing sustainability to enhancing efficiencies, student researchers are a part of UT’s energy story.

Chelikowsky Receives 2025 Hill Prize in Physical Sciences
Three UT Austin scientists and engineers received high-risk high-reward awards this year from TAMEST.

University of Texas Chemist Receives Presidential Early Career Award
Zachariah Page is among a select group of scientists and engineers to receive a 2025 PECASE award.

Gift From Love, Tito’s Helps Build Instrument To Track Ultrafast Electrons in Nanomaterials
The new instrument could lead to better materials for quantum computers and solar cells.

Allan MacDonald Named Citation Laureate
The annual recognition highlights researchers with extraordinary citation records and societal impact.

Paving the Way to Extremely Fast, Compact Computer Memory
Materials with high magnetoelectric coupling could be useful in novel devices such as magnetic computer memories, chemical sensors and quantum computers.

Texas Advanced Computing Center
Surprising Vortex Behind New Solar Cell and Lighting Materials
Using supercomputer simulations, Feliciano Giustino and his team are revealing why perovskites are so promising for solar cells, lighting and computer memory.

Bridging Chemistry and Physics on the Path to New Materials
Five questions with Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry director Michael Rose.

New Advanced Quantum Science Institute Will Bridge Basic Research and Applied Science
Elaine Li and Xiuling Li will co-direct the new Texas Quantum Institute.
