Hovden, who explores matter at the atomic scale, was one of 93 scientific researchers in the country - and the only one in Michigan - to receive this prestigious honor.
A newly published paper from the Li lab explains how - though it seems counterintuitive - cracks in the positive electrode of lithium-ion batteries is actually a good thing.
The new center will build a campus-wide ecosystem for designing and manufacturing materials of the future at U-M while training a more representative workforce.
A team led by Rachel Goldman is exploring how disruptions in a material's atomic structure could act as "nano-pipelines" for efficient transport of charge and spin.
Wang's research focuses on wide bandgap semiconductors, which have potential applications for power electronics and radio frequency communication devices.
