Society Awards and Honors
2011 Elected Positions and Offices
Jun Liu Selected to Lead Prestigious Materials Meeting
Congratulations to Jun Liu, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, on being chosen to lead the 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting. This meeting provides 5,000-plus people from around the world the opportunity to discover and discuss the latest developments in materials research. Scientists from different disciplines present more than 50 top-notch scientific symposia.
Jun was selected as one of the four meeting chairs for this event because of his reputation in materials research. He is known for his contribution to nanomaterials, self-assembly, catalysis, and large-scale energy storage research. At PNNL, Jun leads the Transformational Materials Science Initiative, which is elucidating the underlying materials phenomena for vehicular and grid-scale energy storage. His research has appeared in numerous journals, received patents, and earned him awards, including an R&D 100 Award for self-assembled nanoporous materials. (announced 5/1/2011)