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CU Boulder Press Release

RASEI Director Seth Marder spoke at the 2024 VinFuture Sci-Tech Week and Awards Ceremony, where CU Boulder Colleague Kristi Anseth was honored with the Special Prize for Women Innovators Award.

December 2024 – This week in Hanoi, Vietnam, the VinFuture Foundation hosted the 2024 Sci-Tech week and award Ceremony. This series of world-class events bring together leading scientists and experts from across a range of critical scientific fields, including materials science, artificial intelligence, air pollution and environmental studies. The capstone of the week is the Award Ceremony, recognizing scientists for their groundbreaking achievements that have significant societal impact. 

RASEI Director Seth Marder was an invited keynote speaker in the Materials for a Sustainable Future session. CU Boulder colleague Kristi Anseth received the 2024 Women Innovators Award, recognized for the advancement in design of polymeric biomaterials and methods for biomedical applications. Kristi is a pioneer in the development of biomaterial cell culture systems, critical components in the regulation of tissue development, maintenance and regeneration. Her team has designed new materials that can be engineered for tissue regeneration and accelerate healing of disease states. This provides a foundation for the study of 4-D biology in vitro with responsive and synthetic biomaterials, regenerating tissues across the human body.

Congratulations Kristi!

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In November of 2024 RASEI hosted the 2024 TEAM PV Consortium meeting. This event brought together researchers from CU Boulder, NREL, Humboldt University and Hemholtz-Zentrum Berlin. 

The goals of this workshop was to develop nascent collaborative connections, discuss the best practices for collecting, sharing, and analyzing data around the parametrization of perovskites. 

RASEI Fellows Steve Barlow, Joe Berry, Seth Marder, Mike McGehee, Laura Schelhas, and Mike Toney participated in the event that included many students and researchers both from Colorado and Germany. 

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On October 22, 2024, RASEI partnered with Colorado WRISE to host a panel discussion exploring careers in the renewable energy sectors.

The Colorado Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy, or Colorado WRISE, is a local chapter of the that seeks to change our energy future through the collective power of community. The panel consisted of seven leaders from across a range of renewable sectors, from national lab, through utilities and non-profits, to power systems.

The panelists introduced themselves with a short biography and answered questions on everything from how they made their way into careers in the renewable sector, to the future of careers in this growing space.

Thank you to all the panelists and organizers! 

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In early October of 2024, RASEI hosted the kickoff workshop for POSE, a new community being brought together to address some of the most critical challenges we face to do with plastics and polymers.

Polymer Solutions for the Environment, or POSE, seeks to establish a Center that will bring together expertise around the development of a circular polymer economy.

Plastics and polymers are critical materials in the modern age, forming the building blocks of everything from electronics to packaging, but this versatility comes with a cost, namely the waste and infiltration of the environment by microplastics.

This workshop brought together thought leaders in the polymer sector, from a cross section of academic, national lab and industrial organizations. The goal was to explore how best the POSE community can build a program that complements existing efforts in the field to drive the science and policy forward.

Three areas of focus were discussed, including the development of a circular polymer economy, the development of polymers that are needed for a just clean energy transition, and the integration of the science and technology research with policy, economics and social sciences.

It was a great meeting with more than 60 participants who came together to discuss ideas, present their research and approaches, and help shape the goals and directions of this nascent community. 

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