21 August 2023:ÌýCongratulations to 
Hunter for publishing his !!
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21 June 2023:ÌýCongrats to 
Hussain for co-authoringÌý!
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5 May 2023:ÌýCongrats to 
Paige for contributing to  with the Tarpeh group!
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28 April 2023:ÌýCongratulations to 
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receiving the 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!Ìý
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12 April 2023: Congrats to Allison, Hunter, and Maria for participating in Ìýhighlighting the role of the Postdoc and Graduate Student (PDaGS) network at NREL!Ìý
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17 February 2023: Big congratulations to 
Hussain for passing his prelimÌýexam this Spring!Ìý
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18 January 2023: Welcome to our newest undergraduate Electrobuff, 
Rachel! She is joining the group via the SULI program andÌýwill be working with 
Maria at NREL.
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13 January 2023: Welcome to 
Nithila, a visiting undergraduate student joining the Electrobuffs from the National University of Singapore!
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 January 2023: Welcome to our newestÌývisiting PhD Electrobuff, 
Carlos!
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5 December 2022: Congratulations to 
Mark for his recent , published in ACS Energy Letters! Congrats to 
Maria for contributing to this fantastic work!
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November 2022: Welcome to our newest PhD Electrobuffs, 
Jason and 
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15 August 2022: Congrats to 
Paige and 
Hussain for their recent  in ACS Catalysis, highlighting the role of applied potential on the reaction energetics of CO
2 electrolysis to CO using Grand-Canonical Density Functional Theory (GC-DFT)
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1 August 2022: This summer, the Electrobuffs will say goodbye to two of our FANTASTIC postdocs, 
Nate and 
Ana. They will be sorely missed by the whole group. Both 
Nate and 
Ana found their next career steps in the Netherlands, keeping our group's roots alive! 
Nate will be an Electrode Development Manager atÌýBattolyser and 
Ana will start a tenure-track position at TU Delft! Congrats to both!
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4 May 2022: Congratulations to 
Mark for his recent  in ACS Applied Energy Materials! Congrats to 
Nate, 
Recep, and 
Wilson as well for being co-authors of this work!
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29 April 2022: A belated (but enormous) welcome to our newest visiting PhD student, 
Sara! She is joining us from the Park group at Columbia. 
Sara will be working along with 
Nate and 
Maria at NREL on EC-AFM.
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25 April 2022: Congratulations to 
Recep for his recent , sharing some interesting results on what is happening along GDE channels during theÌýbicarbonate reduction reaction.
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27 September 2021: We are thrilled to introduceÌýour newest postdoctoral Electrobuff, 
Yaran! She is joining our group from the Jiao group in Delaware. Yaran will be working on operando spectroscopy to investigate reaction mechanisms.
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30 July 2021: Congratulations to 
Hussain for passing his Master's defense and for getting accepted into the ChemEÌýPhD program at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ! He will continue working in our lab as a PhD student, and will be co-advised by Dr. Bri-Mathias Hodge.Ìý
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19 July 2021: Congratulations to 
Ana for leading our recent review on process modeling, techno-economics, and life-cycle analysis in the CO2 electrolysis field! Also congrats to the Electrobuff co-authors, 
Allison and 
Wilson!Ìý
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8 June 2021: Congratulations to 
Wilson for being part of this  on emerging collaborators in the electrochemical synthesis field.
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28 May 2021: Congrats to 
Nate for his  on accurate water activity accounting, published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C!
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​8 April 2021: Congratulations to 
Hunter for earning an Honorable Mention recognition by the NSF!
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8 April 2021: Congratulations to 
Allison for receiving the NSF-GRFP!Ìý
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7 April 2021: Congrats to 
NateÌýfor hisÌýrecent  in the Journal of Electrochemical Society!Ìý
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April 5 2021: Congrats to 
Maria and 
Allison for being recognized by NREL for their fantastic research effort!
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1 March 2021: Congratulations to 
Emma for winning the 1st placeÌýChemistry category of the Corden Pharma Science Fair!Ìý
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12 February 2021: Congratulations to 
Hunter,Ìý
Allison, andÌý
YuvalÌýfor passing their prelim exams this week!Ìý
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15 January 2021: Congrats to 
Recep for leading our new work, published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering!Ìý
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15 January 2021: Welcome to 
Lauren, a chemical engineering undergraduate joining the Electrobuffs as a 
YOU'RE@CU undergraduate researcher.
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 20 December 2020: Welcome to 
Emma Peters, a high school student joining the Electrobuffs to do some research this year! She will be mentored by 
Hussain, 
Paige, and 
Maria.Ìý
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18 November 2020: Congrats to 
Nate for leading our new , published in ACS Catalysis! And congrats to 
Hunter, 
Danielle, andÌý
RecepÌýfor contributing!Ìý
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16 November 2020: Congratulations to 
Maria for winning a GRFP award!Ìý
1 November 2020: Welcome to the groups newest member, 1st year graduate studentÌýMaria Kelly!Ìý
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20 October 2020: Congratulations toÌý
Paige BrimleyÌýon being the first Electrobuff to pass their preliminary exams! One step closer to Ph.D. candidacy.​
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29 JulyÌý2020: Welcome to our new Postdoc,Ìý
Ana! She will be working on modeling CO
2 Reduction at the process scale.​
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14 July 2020: Congrats to postdocÌý
Danielle SalvatoreÌýfor being award the Director's Fellowship at NREL!​
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November 2019:ÌýWelcome toÌý
Hunter,Ìý
Allison,Ìý
Yuval,Ìý
Paige, andÌý
HussainÌýas the first graduate students in the Electrobuff group, as well asÌý
NateÌýandÌý
RecepÌýas the first postdoctoral scholars as well as 
Mark as the first visiting PhD student of the group!​
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AugustÌý2019: The Electrobuffs are formed when Professor 
Wilson Smith comes to Colorado for his role as Associate Professor at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ in Chemical Engineering and Staff Scientist at NREL.Ìý
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