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      • Crossover from Ising to Rashba Superconductivity in Epitaxial Bi2Se3/Monolayer NbSe2 Heterostructures
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Venkat Gopalan named Distinguished Professor

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The

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Mission Materials Science Featured on PA News Shows

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The recently completed Mission: Materials Science website project is being shared with television audiences by Center graduate students and education staff from the Center's partner, Discovery Space - a science center in Central Pennsylvania. 

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Operational Excellence Series

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Industry Strategies for Responsible Research Webinar Series

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MRSEC Seminar

Dr. Jeanie Lau, Ohio State University

Date of Event
Mon, 03/30/2026 - 12:00
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MRSEC Seminar

Dr. Tina Rost, Virginia Tech

Date of Event
Mon, 03/23/2026 - 12:20
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Mission: Materials Science website for youth is completed!

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To conclude the Center's Mission: Materials Science website project, four final engaging, hands-on activities created by the MRSEC K-12 Outreach Team and grad student members from the Ken Knappenberger, JP Maria and Christine Keating lab groups were recently launched and will be actively promoted in the months ahead! 

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Ken Knappenberger named 2026 Optica Fellow

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Ken Knappenberger, department head and professor of chemistry in the Penn State Eberly College of Science, was selected as a

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IRG 2 gets cover on Advanced Science

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MRSEC RET 2nd author on recent JACS paper

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Laurie Lazinski teaches science in Northville, NY and has participated in the MRSEC RET program for the

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MRSEC undergrads play significant role in Nat. Comm. paper

Undergraduate materials science and engineering students and lab members pose for a photo in the lab with two of their faculty mentors. From left to right, students Dhiya Srikanth, Joseph Petruska and Matthew Furst; the Dorothy Pate Enright Professor of Materials Science Jon-Paul Maria; Saeed Almishal, research professor of materials science and engineering; and student Kaylin Lamaute. Credit: David Kubarek/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

With the help of a team of undergraduate students who processed, fabricated and characterized the samples in the lab, Almishal synthe

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