Welcome to the Sham Group!

2024

November 2024
TK is the winner of the 2025 CIC Medal! Congratulations!!

June 2024
Lu and Bingyu are back on campus for the graduation ceremony. Congratulations again!!

June 2024
TK received the "Honorary Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievements in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Ontario". Congratulations!!

June 2024
TK attended the CSC2024 and gave a talk on "Bimetallic and nanoalloy: structure, electronic properties,functionality and interplay with advanced spectroscopy"

April 2024
Lu successfully passed her Ph.D. thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Yao

February 2024
TK visited the Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2023

October 2023
TK attended the synchrotron symposium "X-ray Physics and Transformative Technologies" at Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Zhangjiang Campus, Shanghai.

October 2023
TK visited the SWC in situ/operando beamline at Hefei synchrotron.

October 2023
TK visited Soochow University and had a mini reunion with our former group members in Suzhou.

August 2023
Bingyu successfully passed her M.Sc. thesis defense. Congratulations!

August 2023
Weihan and Jiamin successfully passed their Ph.D. thesis defenses. Congratulations, Dr. Li and Dr. Fu!

July 2023
TK visited the Institute of Advanced Science Facilities (深圳综合粒子设施研究院) and Shenzhen University in Shenzhen.

June 2023
TK's Montreal Medal lecture at CSC2023 Vancouver, and a celebration in London.

Febrary 2023
Xuchun is the winner of the 2022 Paul de Mayo Award for Excellence in Chemical Research! BRAVO!

January 2023
TK is the 2023 winner of the Montreal Medal/Medaille de Montreal! Congratulations, TK! We are proud of you!
Link

2022

August 2022
Shumin successfully passed her Ph.D. thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Zhang!

August 2022
Xuchun successfully passed his Ph.D. thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!

April 2022
Sara and Zeel passed their 4491 projets defense. Good job, girls!

January 2022
Congratulations on Jiamin's wedding!! Wish you a lifetime of love and happiness!!

2021

December 2021
Yipeng successfully passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Sun!

November 2021
The elliptical polarization undulators have been installed at the VLP-PGM and SGM of the Canadian Light Source.

September 2021
Sara and Zeel joined SHAM group to do their fourth-year projects at Western. Welcome!

September 2021
Ms. Bingyu Dong, Mr. Jiabin Xu and Mr. Carlos Mendes joined SHAM group for their graduate study at Western. Welcome!

September 2021
Xuchun returns to our group to continue his Ph.D study. Welcome back!

September 2021
Denys successfully passed his Master thesis defense. Congratulations!

August 2021
Zhiliang successfully passed his Master thesis defense. Congratulations!

August 2021
Xuejie and Minsi successfully passed their Ph.D. thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Gao and Dr. Li!

June 2021
Congratulations on Xuchun's wedding!! Wish you a lifetime of love and happiness!!

June 2021
Congratulations on the safe arrival of Madalena's new baby girl!!

April 2021
Congratulations to Jiatang on his new position as a Research Associate at Keio University in Japan!!

January 2021
Congratulations to our former group member Dr. Yingying Jiang on her new position as an Assistant Professor at Shanghai University!!

2020

November 2020
T. K. is invited to give a keynote presentation entitled "The interplay of synchrotron light and nanotechnology- how it affects our daily life" at the Texas APS meeting (TSAPS) at UT-Arlington.

November 2020
Highlighted research on Dzi bead - a mysterious Himalayan artifact.
CLS Link Western Link Publication Link

October 2020
T. K. was invited to gave an online lecture organized by Tianjin University.
Synchrotron technology for discovery: the science of scale in electronic structure of materials and dynamics - Prof. Sham

August 2020
Jiatang has successfully passed his PhD thesis defense! Congratulations, Dr. Chen!

August 2020
Studies by Sun and Sham groups demonstrate the promise of phosphorene in electronics.
Western Link
CLS Link
Publication 1 Link
Publication 2 Link

July 2020
Featured story entitled "Promising new drug carrier could improve bone repair & cancer treatments" reported the excellent research work by Yingying.
CLS Link
Western Link
Publication Link
CFPL Link

January 2020
Our former group member Lijia started her new career as a new faculty in Western Chemisty. Congratulations! Link

January 2020
Lu started her Ph.D. study in the Sham Group! Best Wishes!

2019

December 2019
Lu successfully passed her Master thesis defense. Congratulations!

December 2019
TK shared his research experience in the OMNI TV interview (aired on December 2nd). Link

November 2019
Our former member Ali won the 2019 PSAC GTA Research Contribution Scholarship. Congratulations!

November 2019
Jiwei successfully passed his Ph.D. thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!

October 2019
Fei successfully passed her Ph.D. thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Sun!

October 2019
Madalena came back for the convocation ceremony! Congratulations again and good luck in your new venture!

October 2019
Mr. Xin Li from Jianghan University joined the Sham Group for a 3-month visit. Welcome!

October 2019
SWC hosted the Mini-Workshop: The technique and instrumentation of X-ray emission spectroscopy at Soochow University.

September 2019
TK is gave a public lecture titled “Synchrotron radiation, quantum science and nanotechnology: the interplay, how does it affect our lives” in Richmond Hill on September 28th (Saturday) 2:00 – 5:00 PM. Link

September 2019
Katelyn, Bingyu, Averie, Michael, Clement, and Alison joined the Sham group for 4491 projects. Welcome!

September 2019
Zhiliang, Jiamin, and Denys joined the Sham group for graduate study. Welcome on board!

September 2019
Mr. Ali Feizabadi successfully passed his Master’s thesis defense. Congratulations!

July 2019
Jiatang visited Prof. Gengfeng Zheng’s group at Fudan University.

July 2019
Madalena successfully passed her doctoral thesis defense! Congratulations, Dr. Kozachuk!

July 2019
Zhiqiang, Xuchun, Ali, Lu and Jiatang visited the Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) and Taiwan Light Source (TLS), and conducted experiments at the TPS 44A (quick XAFS), 23A (Nanoprobe), 09A (XRD) beamlines.

June 2019
The Sham Group attended the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE2019) in Quebec City held by Western University.

May 2019
Madalena’s paper “Recovery of Degraded-Beyond-Recognition 19th Century Daguerreotypes with Rapid High Dynamic Range Elemental X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Mercury L Emission” received 6, 993 article views in 2018, placing it as one of the top 100 read papers for Scientific Reports in 2018. Congratulations! Link

May 2019
Riley joined SHAM group as a summer student (USRA project). Welcome on board!

April 2019
Zhiqiang and Ali attended the CAMBER Day on campus.

April 2019
Zhi Liang (Tony) did a great job on his thesis defense! Well done, Zhi Liang!

March 2019
Zhi Liang (Tony) attended the 47th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference held at University of Toronto.

March 2019
Jialin Shi, 4th student from FUNSOM at Soochow University joined SHAM group as an exchange student (4th year project). Welcome on board!

2018

December 2018
2018 Christmas Party was held at Mui and T. K.’s house on December 15th!

December 2018
Mohammad and Zhiqiang visited Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) and conducted quick EXAFS measurements at TPS 44A with the kind help from the beamline scientists Dr. Chih-Wen Pao and Dr. Jeng-Lung Chen.

October 2018
Ali won the CMC-NanoCanada Conference support award which will cover his registration fee + banquet for this conference held in Toronto on Oct. 23-24. Congratulations, Ali!

Septermber 2018
Charlotte, a former 4th year student (4491 project) in SHAM group was accepted to the master program in Chemistry at the University of Toronto. She started her research in Dr. Cynthia Goh’s group. Congratulations!

September 2018
Madalena attended Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons in Art and Archaeology held at Diamond Light Source, UK. She gave an oral presentation titled “Recovering past reflections: X-ray fluorescence imaging of 19th century daguerreotypes”.

September 2018
Prof. Abdollah Salimi from Department of Chemistry at the University of Kurdistan joined SHAM group as Visiting Professor. Welcome!

September 2018
Dr. T. K. Sham is invited to deliver a talk “Synchrotron Science of Nanomaterials and Research Capabilities at the Canadian Light Source” at Fudan University.

September 2018
T. K. turned 70 this year. SHAM group (former and present students, postdocs and visiting students and professors), collaborators and friends prepared a gift for him. Happy 70th birthday, T. K.! Thanks Lijia for her great efforts in initiating and coordinating this impressive project! Birthday Clip

September 2018
Dr. T. K. Sham visited the X-ray Diffraction beamline at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF). Dr. Xingtai Zhou (left), a former postdoc in SHAM group was in charge of this beamline.

September 2018
Dr. T. K. Sham visited Soochow University. T. K. is celebrating the Teacher’s day with his student Dr. Xuhui (Jeff) Sun and Jeff’s and Jun’s students.

September 2018
Dr. T. K. Sham attended the International Workshop of Synchrotron Radiation Spectroscopies for Energy Related Materials held in Hefei, Anhui, China.

September 2018
Mr. Zhi Liang (Tony) Dong joined SHAM group for his 4491 project. Welcome!

September 2018
Ms. Shumin Zhang and Mr. Xuchun Wang joined SHAM group for their graduate study at Western. Welcome!

August 2018
Dr. Xiaoxuan (Vince) Guo, a former group member, got a job as lab instructor in department of chemistry and biochemistry at University of Regina. Congratulations, Vince!

August 2018
Zhiqiang attended the 14th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy (XRM2018) in Saskatoon. He gave a poster presentation.

July 2018
T. K., Mohammad, Zhiqiang, Jiatang, Weihan and Minsi attended the 17th International Conference on X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure in Krakow, Poland.

June 2018
Dr. Dong Zhao who is a former group member gave birth to a baby boy Seven on June 27th. Congratulations! Nice work, Mom and Dad!

June 2018
An interesting story about a former group member Dr. Jigang Zhou who now is an industry staff scientist at the Canadian Light Source. Saskatoon Express

June 2018
Western-led research team uncovers lost images from the 19th century using 21st century tech! This work is published in Scientific Reports 2018, 8, 9565. Well done, Madalena! Links:

Journal Article, The Globe and Mail, Western News, The London Free Press, CLS News, Facebook, Linkedin,

June 2018
Dr. Zhiqiang Wang attended the 13th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI 2018) in Taipei. He gave an oral presentation “Imaging of individual Eu doped Y2O3 sub-microspheres using photoluminescence yield: an application of scanning transmission X-ray microscopy in luminescent materials”.

May 2018
Dr. T. K. Sham attended the Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Workshop held in National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (May 3-4).

May 2018
Madalena won the 2018-2019 Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) award. Congratulations!

May 2018
Paul Kozachuk, Madalena’s brother, got drafted by the Montreal Alouettes!! He went in the 6th round #46. Congratulations! Link

April 2018
Dr. T. K. Sham attended the 4th International Workshop on Persistent and Photostimulable Phosphors as keynote speaker. He met Dr. Dong Zhao (right) and Dr. Dejian Hou (left) at the conference who have been in SHAM group for one year with CSC scholarship.

April 2018
Ms. Patricia Laylo and Mr. Yasan Parto have completed their Undergrad Thesis Examinations. Congratulations!

April 2018
Congratulations to Yipeng on passing the comprehensive exam! Well done, Yipeng!

April 2018
T.K. was invited to visit Lanzhou University. Link

April 2018
Mr. Ali Feizabadi won the Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and the Environment (WISE) prize competition. Congratulations!

April 2018
Mr. Ali Feizabadi won the Nanofabrication Supporting Award that is established to support four fabrication projects to be conducted in its state-of-the-art facility by new users. Nanofabrication Facility covers the expenses related to instrumental time usage and NanoFab access. Well done, Ali!

Febuary 2018
Mr. Mingtao (Leon) Tan from Soochow University joins SHAM group to do his fourth-year undergrad project at Western. Welcome!

January 2018
Dr. Jun Li, a former graduate student from SHAM group and now a Banting Postdoc Fellow in Prof. Ted Sargent group at University of Toronto, has been awarded the “2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Aboard”. He is $6,000USD richer! Congratulations! Link

2017

November 2017
Prof. Lijia Liu, a former graduate student from SHAM group and now a colleague of the Soochow-Western Centre for Synchrotron Radiation Research at Soochow University has been selected as a recipient of the "Soochow University Excellent Young Scholar". It is a university award to support young scientists who have potential to make great scientific accomplishment with research grant and salary benefits. Congratulations!

October 2017
Ms. Biqiong Wang has successfully defended her PhD examination, now she is crowned as Dr. Wang, Congratulations!

October 2017
Professor T. K. Sham was selected as this year’s recipient of the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research. This prestigious award recognizes and celebrates outstanding research achievements of Western’s most distinguished faculty members. Congratulations!

October 2017
Mr. Wei Xiao has successfully defended his PhD examination, now he is crowned as Dr. Wei Xiao, Congratulations!

September 2017
Ms. Yingying Jiang (CSC scholarship) finished her research at Western and went back to China. All the best.

September 2017
Dr. T. K. Sham attended the IWSN2017: The 6th International School for Young Researchers SMART NANOMATERIALS & X-RAY AND ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY USING FREE ELECTRON LASERS (Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 11-15th September 2017) as invited speaker and program committee.

September 2017
Undergraduate students, Yasan Parto and Patricia Laylo join SHAM group for their 4491 project. Welcome!

September 2017
Ms. Lu Yao (from Univ. of Waterloo), Xuejie Gao (from Soochow Univ., co-supervised by T. K. and Andy) and Mr. Ali Feizabadi (from Amirkabir Univ. of Technology, co-supervised by T. K. and Andy) join SHAM group as new grad students. Welcome!

August 2017
Dr. T. K. Sham is invited to give lectures at the 8th Summer School on X-ray Sciences: New opportunity for material sciences (Sun-Moon Lake, Taiwan). Link

August 2017
Mr. Jonathon Wong has successfully completed his USRA project. Congratulations!

June 2017
Ms. Madalena Kozachuk won 2017 research fellowship of the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada! Congratulations Madalena! Link

May 2017
Dr. Yuanhong (Terry) Tang joins SHAM group as visiting scientist. Welcome!

May 2017
Mr. Meng Zhang completed his 4th year undergrad project at Western and went back to Soochow University.

May 2017
Mr. Jonathan Wong who is a 3rd year undergraduate student joins SHAM group to do his USRA project. Welcome!

April 2017
Dr. Jun Li won 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country's economic, social and research-based growth. Congratulations!

April 2017
Ms. Charlotte Wallace, Mr. Aaron Kirkey and Mr. Kristopher Kalhs have completed their Undergrad Thesis Examinations. Congratulations!

March 2017
Mr. Meng Zhang from Soochow University joins our group to do his fourth-year undergrad project. Welcome!

February 2017
Big news! Prof. Sham is on the live broadcast (Ottawa, ON) of receiving the Metal of the “Officer of the Order of Canada”, which is a distinguished and well-deserved honor for Prof. Sham. Congratulations!!! Link

February 2017
Prof. Sham and Prof. Andy Sun together with Sham research group have successfully held the “In situ/Operando tracking of the performance of energy materials in a given functionality using synchrotron radiation” workshop at Western University with invited synchrotron experts from both the Canadian Light Source (Dr. Yongfeng Hu and Dr. Jigang Zhou) and Western.

2016

December 2016
Mr. Jun Li has successfully defended his PhD examination, now he is crowned as Dr. Jun Li, Congratulations!

October 2016
Prof. Sham has visited Prof. Sargent group at the University of Toronto, and he gave a public lecture about Synchrotron Radiation for potential collaborations.

October 2016
Ms. Yingying Jiang from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) joins our group as a visiting student, Welcome!

September 2016
Mr. Jiatang Chen has been awarded as one of the two Christian Sivertz Entrance Scholarship. These are awarded to top incoming graduate students whose research is centered on physical chemistry at Western University. Congratulations!
Mr. Jun Li has been announced as one of the three CSC Travel Award Recipients for the academic year of 2016/2017. Congratulations!
Mr. Jiatang Chen from Texas A&M University and Ms. Minsi Li from University of Science and Technology of China, join our group for their graduate studies. Welcome on board!

July 2016
Big news! Prof. Sham was appointed as the Officer of the Order of Canada, the official announcement was made on July 1st, the Canada day.
Western News
OMNI TV

June 2016
Mr. Jun Li has been nominated and finally announced as one of the two VUVX2016 (Zurich, Switzerland) Student Prize Winners, an oral presentation will be given in the award ceremony during the VUVX2016 Conference in July 2016. Congratulations!
Western News
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June 2016
Mr. Jun Li has been announced as one of the CSC book prize winners this year for his oral presentation at the CSC Conference (Halifax, Canada) in June, 2016. Congratulations!

June 2016
The one-day session in honor of Prof. Tsun-Kong Sham particularly was held in the 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (Halifax, NS, Canada), which highlighted the significant contribution of Prof. Sham to the Canadian science. Bravo! CSC2016

April 2016
Ms. Allison Halliday and Mr. Aditya Balaji have completed their Undergrad Thesis Examinations. Congratulations!

March 2016
Mr. Changan Liu from Soochow University joins our group to do his fourth-year undergrad project. Welcome!

February 2016
Ms. Fei Sun and Mr. Jiwei Wang officially join our group as Ph.D Candidates who both are co-supervised by Dr. Tsun-Kong Sham (Chemistry, Western University), Dr. Andy Sun (Mechanical Engineering, Western University) and Dr. Jeff Sun (FUNSOM, Soochow University). Welcome!

January 2016
Our previous group member Dr. Matthew J. Ward became a staff scientist in Sector-20 ID and BM beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, IL, US. Congratulations!

2015

September 2015
Our previous group member Dr. Lijia Liu became a proud mother right now. Congratulations! Welcome little Andrea Liu McLeod!

September 2015
Undergraduate students, Aditya Balaji and Allison Halliday joined our group. Welcome!

August 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Xiaoxuan Guo for the successful completion his Ph.D.

July 2015
The Paper “Tracking the Transformations of Mesoporous Microspheres of Calcium Silicate Hydrate in Nanoscale upon Ibuprofen Release: An XANES and STXM Study”, has been selected as a CrystEngComm Hot Article! Link

July 2015
Our former group member Prof. Peng Zhang came back to Western and gave us a mini workshop on XAS data fitting.

June 2015
Jun went to Soochow University to do some research on TiO2 nanotubes.

May 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Olga Lobacheva for the successful completion her Ph.D.

April 2015
T. K. was giving a lecture at the award ceremony of Distinguished University Professorship (DUP). Congratulations.

April 2015
Madalena and Vince attended 2015 Center for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research (CAMBR) meeting at Western.

April 2015
Madalena was reported by our Western Science News. Congratulations! Link

October 2015
T. K. won this year’s Distinguished University Professorship (DUP). DUP is an award that recognizes the most outstanding members of the University community, those who have sustained excellence in teaching, research and service over a substantial career at Western. Congratulations!

2014

December 2014
Dejian (CSC scholarship) finished his research at Western and went back to China. All the best.

October 2014
Dong (CSC scholarship) finished her research in Western and went back to China. Wish all the best.

September 2014
Visiting scientist, Dr. Steve Naftel, joined our group. Welcome!

September 2014
Prof. Jun Zhong from Soochow University paid a visit to Western for one month. Welcome!

September 2014
Madalena Kozachuk graduated from Western and joined our group. Welcome!

August 2014
XAFS Mini-workshop was held at Western!

July 2014
Our former group member, J. Y. Peter Ko: Hands-on experience makes an x-ray optics expert. Link

July 2014
10 Students from Soochow University paid one day trip to Western. Welcome!

July 2014
Dr. Yuanhong (Terry) Tang finished his trip to Western. Best Wishes to him!

February 2014
Xiaoxin finished her 6-month visit trip to Western and went back to Soochow University. Hope to see you soon.

Januray 2014
Our previous group member Dr. Lijia Liu is getting married to Dr. John McLeod. Congratulations!

December 2013
T.K. and Vince were interviewed by London Metro, The London Free Press and reported by Canadian Light Source. Congratulations! Link

December 2013
Hui finished his 3-month visit trip to Western and went back to Soochow University. Hope to see you soon.
Dejian Hou from Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou, China) joined our group as a visiting student (CSC scholarship) for one year. Welcome!

November 2013
Fuyan (CSC scholarship) finished his research at Western and went back to China. Wish all the best.

November 2013
Mohammad, Vince, Zhiqiang, Dong, Jun and Hui attended the 2013 Center for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research (CAMBR) meeting at Western. Well Done, Everyone!

September 2013
Wei Xiao who is co-supervised by Dr. Andy Sun joins our group. Welcome!
Hui Zhang, Xiaoxin Lv, who are from Functional Nano & Soft Materials Lab (FUNSOM), Soochow University, pay a visit to our group. Welcome!

September 2013
Congratulations to Mr. Ankang Zhao for the successful completion his Master Degree.

August 2013
Joint mini-workshop with Prof. Andy Sun’s group was held in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3102

August 2013
Our former group member Prof. Xuhui (Jeff) Sun from Soochow University, paid a visit to Western. Welcome!

July 2013
T. K., Zhiqiang and Vince attended The First Summer School of Soochow University-Western University Centre for Synchrotron Radiation Research, held at Soochow University, Suzhou, China

July 2013
T. K., Zhiqiang and Vince attended 38th International conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet and X-ray Physics, held in Hefei, China

June 2013
Olga won the "Canadian Association of Physicists Best Student Poster Presentation" award. Congratulations!

May 2013
Dr. Matthew Ward has been awarded the 2013 Jack Lorimer Convocation Honour. Congratulations!

May 2013
Zhiqiang, Yongji, Olga, Dong, Fuyan attend the Surface Canada Conference in London, Ontario, Canada

April 2013
Group workshop is held in CHB 115. Well Done, Everyone!

March 2013
Biqiong Wang who is co-supervised by Dr Andy Xueliang Sun joins our group. Welcome!

March 2013
Congratulations to Dr. Lijia Liu for the winner of the 2012 Bancroft Ph.D. Thesis Award

March 2013
Congratulations to Regina Sinelnikov for the winner of 2nd prize in Inorganic Materials at Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference(SOUSCC)

January 2013
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Ward for the successful completion his Ph.D.

January 2013
Jun Li from Harbin Institute of Technology begins his new graduate study at Western. Welcome!

2012

November 2012
Sign Ceremony and Launch of Soochow University-Western University Centre for Synchrotron Radiation Research is held in Soochow, China
T.K. becomes the director of centre. Congratulations!

October 2012
Dong Zhao from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) joins our group as an exchange student for 2 years. Welcome!

October 2012
Two visiting students, Changhai Liu and Jinyin Liu who are from Soochow University visit our group for 2 weeks. Welcome.

September 2012
Undergraduate student, Regina Sinelnikov (Co-supervised with Dr. Yijing Huang) joins our Group. Welcome.

September 2012
T. K. becomes a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division). Congratulations!

September 2012
The 1st symposium on materials research is held in department of chemistry, Western.

July 2012
Dr. Yuanhong (Terry) Tang visits to our group for 6 months. Welcome!

July 2012
T. K., Mui, Zhiqiang, Matt. and Vince attends the 15th International Conference on X-ray Absorption Fine Structures (XAFS15) in Beijing, China

July 2012
Matt attends the 11th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation, in Lyon, France

July 2012
Vince wins the ASPIRE award which supports his trip in Shanghai. Congratulations!

July 2012
Congratulations to Dr Lijia Liu for the successful completion her Ph.D.

June 2012
Vince goes to Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences to work with Dr. Ying-Jie Zhu on drug delivery nanomaterials

May 2012
Zhiqiang' son Ethan is born! Congratulations to Zhiqiang

January 2012
Dr. Yongji Tang from University of Saskatchewan joins our group as a post doc fellow studying Li batteries.(also working with Dr Andy Sun) Welcome!

January 2012
Ankang Zhao from An'hui University joins our group (co-supervised with Dr Yang Song). Welcome!

2011

September 2011
Fuyan Zhao from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) joins our group as an exchange student for 2 years (CSC scholarship). Welcome!

July 2011
Dr. Lidia Armelao visits the group for 6 weeks.

June 2011
Dr. Hongbin Liang from Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China) visits the group for 6 weeks doing research on luminescence of rare-earth phosphors using synchrotron XEOL.

January 2011
Olga Lobacheva returns to our groups as Ph.D. Candidate (Co-supervised with Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova). Welcome!

2010

November 2010
Dr. Zhiqiang Wang from Nanjing University (China) joins the group as a postdoc fellow studying electronic structures and optical properties of ZnO-ZnS heterostructures.

October 2010
Prof. Sham and Lijia visit SPring-8 (Japan) for one week doing resonant inelastic X-ray scattering on Ce-compounds at beamline ID-39 in collaboration with Dr. Hisashi Ayashi's group from Japan Women's University.

September 2010
Mr. Xiaoxuan (Vince) Guo from Nankai University (China) starts his graduate study in the group.

August 2010
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Ko and Dr. Michael Murphy for the successful completion of their PhDs!