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Emory Chan
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Staff Scientist, The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nanoparticles, materials, robotics https://combinano.lbl.gov @molecularfoundry.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 14d
Love building microscopes? Looking for a #postdoc? Come work w/ me, Ed Barnard, Jim Schuck, Bruce Cohen & others @berkeleylab.lbl.gov developing a #photonAvalanching microscope for bio & environmental sensing! Description below: #jobs #nonlinear #optics #photonics

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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Aug 14
We have a postdoc opening w/ @samblau.bsky.social
on the autonomous synthesis of colloidal upconverting nanoparticles.

If you're looking for an exciting postdoc combining #robotics, #nanochemistry, #machinelearning, #UCNPs & simulations, see the link below!

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Chan Group @ Molecular Foundry - openings
The Chan group welcomes inquiries for motivated, creative, and independent researchers at all levels (postdoctoral fellow, graduate students, undergraduates, and visitors), even in the absence of post...
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Molecular Foundry @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov · May 29
⚡ Level up your research skills! Our 2.5-day Summer School will teach you closed-loop experiment design, data visualization, and robotic synthesis using cutting-edge platforms. Open to all students & postdocs! Register today: bit.ly/3Z5Uf8m #FutureOfScience #Automation
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Apr 18
Congrats to @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov users Rui Chen and Jie Yao on their publication in @natcomms.nature.com!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Room-temperature multiferroicity in sliding van der Waals semiconductors with sub-0.3 V switching - Nature Communications
The authors observe out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization induced by interlayer sliding in a multiferroic van der Waals semiconductor. The switching voltage scales down to 0.3 V at room temperature,...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Apr 11
2 #S25MRS talks down, 1 proposal submitted (internally). Time to take an ebike ride around Seattle before my flight!It's so nice here... great choice, MRS.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Apr 9
Check out my 2 talks at #S25MRS this week in Seattle!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Apr 3
@mphendricks.bsky.social, Michael Campos & the rest of Jon Owen's lab were some of the greatest WANDA users of all time. They took LBNL by storm with boxes of distilled solvents and custom precursors.

They showed that robots are pointless if the other parts of your workflow are not reproducible.
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Mark Hendricks @mphendricks.bsky.social · Apr 3
Working with WANDA (and Emory!) was one of the highlights of my PhD, and I’m looking forward to my group returning someday to take advantage of these amazing tools. Also excited for the Automating Chemical Laboratories Scialog conference this week to think about how the field moves into the future!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Apr 2
I can't believe it's been 15 years since this paper came out! We introduced a nanocrystal-synthesizing robot called WANDA to the world! Now robots & ML are all the rage, but WANDA was a pioneer & is still going strong. @deliamilliron.bsky.social @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Apr 3
WANDA misses you! We look forward to training all the future Skripka lab students on WANDA!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Apr 2
I can't believe it's been 15 years since this paper came out! We introduced a nanocrystal-synthesizing robot called WANDA to the world! Now robots & ML are all the rage, but WANDA was a pioneer & is still going strong. @deliamilliron.bsky.social @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov
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Reproducible, High-Throughput Synthesis of Colloidal Nanocrystals for Optimization in Multidimensional Parameter Space
While colloidal nanocrystals hold tremendous potential for both enhancing fundamental understanding of materials scaling and enabling advanced technologies, progress in both realms can be inhibited by...
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Nature Photonics @natphoton.nature.com · Mar 26
New article online: Intrinsic optical bistability of photon avalanching nanocrystals.

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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 19
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Up-conversion nanoparticles measure medium-sized forces in hard-to-reach places
Squeezing the tiny crystals can dramatically change their photophysics.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 13
glad you found it useful! I would be happy to chat about future Foundry user proposals whenever you have a potential project in mind.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
That's it! For more information on submitting a @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov, follow the post below!

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Molecular Foundry @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov · Mar 10
📢 Get free access to world-class experts, tools, and more to advance your research. Don’t miss this opportunity to submit a proposal to the Molecular Foundry (through March 27) —get the details now! buff.ly/InlHUYU
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#10) If your proposal is on the bubble for a bin, you have a better chance of sneaking in if your proposal has: low staff effort, large benefit to @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov, or is a project that a staff member is really excited to work on.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#9) Although you get a score for your proposal, you are really only competing with other proposals in your "bin." Basically this correlates to a specific instrument or staff member's available time. The bin is filled up with the top-ranked proposals until it's full.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#8) Each of the 7 @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov facilities reviews proposals a little differently, so make sure to talk to Staff in the lead facility to understand what their review boards want to see in a proposal.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#7) Use attractive figures that crystallize your proposed work. Reviewers read a ton of these proposals, so graphics will help you stand out and break up big blocks of text.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#6) Make sure to list all the equipment that you need -- you won't be able to add high demand tools like TEM, robots, later. You may need separate proposals for those. Don't pile on random capabilities for fun... The buffet strategy is a red flag for a proposal.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#5) Show how you will contribute to the @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov community! That's what makes us great! Helping to develop new workflows/capabilities, training users, participating in committees -- those all reduce staff effort <-- major brownie points.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#4) Show how your project is feasible! Cite specific processes/reactions, walk reviewers through the important steps, e.g., synthesis, characterization, data analysis. Show preliminary data. Don't say you're going to use water in a glovebox. Show that you've done your homework!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#3) Have a clear project plan that has specific metrics for success that can be achieved in 1 year. Reviewers are very wary of fishing expeditions and never-ending projects. State your longer-term objectives in the background section, and add "if time permits" to extra plans.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#2) Emphasize why your project NEEDS the Molecular Foundry. Say things like you need unique instrumentation & staff expertise, co-localization w/ other LBNL facilities. Synergies with staff research and LBNL/DOE initiatives are major brownie points.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
#1) Always discuss your proposal with a Foundry staff member and have them review a draft! There's a huge correlation between proposals that rejected and ones that have never been reviewed by staff.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 10
Thinking of submitting a user proposal to the @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov or any other scientific user facility?

Here are my Top 10 tips for writing a Foundry proposal (due March 27th!).

These #ProTips should be relevant for most user facilities! 🧵
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · Mar 6
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.