I’m honored to receive the @NSF Early Career Award! This recognition reflects the dedication of my amazing team at @JacksonStateU and our innovative research efforts. A huge thank you to @NSF, Division of Materials Research – Solid-State & Materials Chemistry.

Check out our new paper in Chemistry of Materials! 🎉
We engineered 2D NiAl–MoO₂S₂ LDH nanosheets with tunable morphology & surface area for high-capacity, trace-level selenium removal across diverse pH
Congrats to grad student Robiul! 👏
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Thanks a lot to Prof. Jennifer Aitken coming to @JacksonStateU and sharing the insights into diamond like NLO materials. It was truly a pleasure to host you. We are also grateful for the time you spent with students, sharing your experience and all encouragement🙏😇

Big thanks to Professor Vladislav Klepov of UGA Chemistry for his inspiring talk on Energy Conversion and Magnetism at @JacksonStateU, and for engaging with our students! Special thanks to the JSU Energy Education Award for making it possible. 😇

Huge congrats to my student Tauhedul Islam on a stellar PhD defense! 🎓👏 PhD #3 from the Islam Research Group! Your hard work, top-tier publications & recognition speak volumes. Wishing you all the best for your next chapter!🤞👏

Thanks Prof. Boniface Fokwa coming to @JacksonStateU and sharing the insights how borides defeats platinum for HER. It was truly a pleasure to host Prof. Fokwa at Jackson State University. Thanks a lot to JSU’s HBCU Energy & Education Award for making his visit possible 🙏😇

Attended the “AI for Environmental Management” workshop organized by Savannah River National Laboratory’s Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative. Grateful for the opportunity to learn from a multidisciplinary team of scientists about the role of AI in managing legacy nuclear waste

Happy to share our just published paper in JMCA that reports an chalcogel with exceptional stability and capacity as a sulfur-based cathode, where Zn-mediated polysulfide anchoring make it one of the most durable pure metal sulfide cathodes to date😊 doi.org/10.1039/D5TA04532K

Congratulations to Profs. Kovnir and Zaikina on organizing a highly successful 2025 NASSCC at Iowa State University. Thank you both for your incredible service to the solid state community and for the warm invitation to share my research among such inspiring minds.

Happy to share our latest paper on amorphous semiconducting ZnxMo₃S₁₃–GO chalcocarbogel and its amazing electrochemical performance for Li-ion batteries. Congratulations to Weret A Misganaw for such an amazing work! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs….

I had the privilege of giving a motivational talk at @JacksonStateU and was honored to receive a beautiful crystal globe pen set. Thank you to JSU Global for the invitation. Moment like this reminds me why I’m passionate about education, inspiring & being inspired.

Thank you to JSU for putting together such a thoughtful and wonderful story about my research and the NSF CAREER Award. Grateful to be part of a community that celebrates and supports scientific discovery😇 jsumsnews.com/jsu-cset-profe…

Big congrats to @MercouriK , my amazing postdoc mentor, on his well-deserved ACS Chemistry of Materials award! I'm truly humbled and honored to present our work from @JacksonStateU at the Chemistry of Materials Symposium, organized in his honor, at ACS Spring San Diego 2025!

Congratulations to my graduate student Oketola on receiving the prestigious RG Foundation award at the Waste Management Symposium in Phoenix, AZ. We are incredibly proud of your achievements and the hard work that led to this milestone. Keep up the fantastic work.

Happy to share our latest Inorganics paper (invited), featuring a material innovation for capturing precious metals while detoxifying heavy metal-contaminated water! Honored to have it as a cover article!! mdpi.com/2304-6740/13/2 mdpi.com/2304-6740/13/2/50

It was a pleasure to host Prof. Bobev at @JacksonStateU. In his engaging talk, he showcased how his team leverages crystallography for chemical manipulation to develop innovative semiconductors. Thanks to JSU’s HBCU Clean Energy & Education Award for making his visit possible.

Interested in Li-ion batteries? Check out our newly published paper in @J_A_C_S, where we present a design strategy for sulfide-based electrodes to address key challenges in lithium-sulfide batteries. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

It was a pleasure to host Professor @SaraSkrabalak at @JacksonStateU for a seminar talk! Grateful for the inspiring discussions & career advice for our students. Huge thanks to the HBCU Clean Energy & Education Award for the support!

It was a great visit to @VCUChemistry for a seminar talk! I am fascinated by witnessing the spectacular research of the Department of Chemistry! Thanks Professor Indika Arachchige for the invitation and the great hospitality.