News

July 2025

Group Party at Lake Ontario!

May 2025

Dr. Madeleine Wilsey walked in the University of Rochester PhD ceremony. Congratulations on this incredible milestone!

Congratulations to DOCTOR Madeleine Wilsey! A job most well done: 15 papers published, 1 more submitted, and 3 in the works! Your dedication and scientific rigor have left an indelible mark. We can’t wait to see you succeed in your next chapter!

July 2024

Congratulations to DOCTOR Connor Cox!

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May 2024

Congratulations to our undergrads Teona Taseska, Jason Maher, and Yiwen Sun for graduating! Connor Cox walked in the Doctoral Degree Commencement and it was an honor to hood him.

Graduation 2024

Congratulations to Madeleine Wilsey for winning the UR-CHE PhD Achievement Award!

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November 2023

Yiwen Sun won 2nd place at the 2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference Poster Competition in “Catalysis and Reaction Engineering II presented by Omega Chi Epsilon” for her poster on “Dependence of the Oxygen Reduction Selectivity to Hydrogen Peroxide on Hydrophilic Carbon Fiber Paper.” Congratulations!

Photograph of Yiwen Su at the 2023 AIChE Meeting

October 2023

Our article in ChemComm appeared!

Cover figure of publication in ChemComm, 59, 11885 (2023)

May 2023

Congratulations to DOCTOR Ryland Forsythe!

Photograph of Ryland Forsythe and Astrid M. Müller

Photograph of the Müller group at a restaurant in May 2023

Congratulations to Kendra Watson for successfully defending her MS thesis, receiving the 2023 Outstanding MS in Chemical Engineering Prize, and graduating!

Photograph of Kendra Watson and Astrid M. Müller at Kendra's graduation

August 2021

The Müller Lab made it into the University of Rochester News!

Pulsed lasers in liquids speed up the hunt for effective catalysts

Professor Astrid M.  Müller
Professor Astrid M. Müller

student working in the labRochester researchers have documented the pulsed-laser-in-liquid technique’s multiple advantages over traditional wet lab methods.

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/pulsed-laser-in-liquids-technique-identifies-effective-catalysts-485202/

July 2021

Best wishes to Jordan Butt on his future endeavors!

July 2021

A warm welcome to our rotation student Jordan Butt from Chemistry!

June 2021

A warm welcome to our summer students Omolade Fasusi, Brian Yegela, and Kendra Watson!

June 2021

Congrats to Ryland, Connor and Maddie for publishing a comprehensive review on Pulsed Laser in Liquids Made Nanomaterials for Catalysis in Chemical Reviews!

Spring 2021

Astrid was chosen to organize a symposium on “New Methods in Nanocatalyst Development” at the ACS Fall Meeting 2021 in Atlanta.

Flyer advertising the ACS Fall 2021 Meeting

September 2020

A warm welcome to our undergraduate students Omolade Fasusi, Brian Yegela, and Kendra Watson!

A warm welcome back to Luke McCarney, who joined the group as a volunteer while he finishes his M.S. studies in Chemical Engineering!

August 2020

A warm welcome to Maddie Wilsey, our newest Materials Science PhD student!

June 2020

Congratulations to Ryland for publishing his first paper in the Müller group!

February 2020

A warm welcome to Omolade Fasusi, our newest undergraduate student!

October 2019

Congratulations to Ryland for passing his First Year Exam!

September 2019

A warm welcome to Matt Merchant, our newest graduate student!

June 2019

Congratulations to Connor for passing his First Year Exam!

March 2019

Congratulations to Bianca for winning the Susan L. Costa Memorial Scholarship (RES) Award!

January 2019

The group is growing: A warm welcome to Sarah Alsawaf, Fatou Diop, Remsha Rafiq, Joyceline Marealle, and Luke McCarney!

Congratulations to Bianca for winning an award on Outstanding Presentation Energy for her oral presentation at Rice University’s Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS), given in October 2018!

November 2018

Congratulations to Bianca for winning 2nd Place for her oral presentation at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Convention 2018 Engineering Science Symposium!

September 2018

Graduate students Connor Cox and Ryland Forsythe and undergraduate student Bianca Dyer joined the Müller group. Welcome!

August 2018

Astrid arrived at UR on August 1, 2018