Welcome to the Willets Lab
We are a research lab in the Department of Chemistry at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
We are interested in how heterogeneity at the nanoscale impacts the properties and functions of nanomaterials. Much of our work is focused on plasmonic nanoparticles and how they interact with light to enable a variety of applications for sensing, spectroscopy, and energy.
Our lab prioritizes inclusivity, diversity, and education.
Lab News
June 15, 2024. Sanjay chairs the Noble Metal Nanoparticle Gordon Research Seminar with longtime collaborator Claire West.
June 7, 2024. Zac's paper with the Skrabalak lab about using CLocK microscopy to determine nanorod size is published in Nano Letters.
May 27, 2024. Sanjay directs a video for CSENND to help students understand different length scales. Marie and Bianca (and an ant named Paul Rudd) star in this amazing production!
May 10, 2024. Our collaborative review with Lane Baker's group on single entity electrochemistry is published in Analytical Chemistry.
April 11, 2024. The Willets lab hosts lab alum Andrew Wilson for a departmental seminar.
March 19, 2024. Mint, Sanjay and Zac (along with other students from CSENND) lead a fantastic graduate student symposium at the 2024 spring ACS meeting.
March 1, 2024. The Willets lab visits lab alum Nat Molina's class at Delran High School for Adventures in Silver.
January 8, 2024. Undergraduate Ustyna Danylovych joins the group! Welcome!
December 22, 2023. Kallie receives the Dean's Distinguished Excellence in Mentoring Award.
November 30, 2023. First year grad students Marie Nikolov and Ryan Piscopo join the Willets lab! Welcome!
August 25, 2023. Zac wins best talk and Mint wins best poster at the Temple Postdoc Symposium. Well done!
August 23, 2023. Bianca ties for first and Mint and Sanjay tie for third at the Philadelphia ACS Younger Chemists Committee Poster Session. Congrats!
July 10, 2023. Ekta Verma and Megan Knobloch from the Skrabalak group visit the lab for a week as part of our CSENND Center for Chemical Innovation.
March 20, 2023. The Willets lab welcomes Dr. Vignesh Sundaresan (Ph.D. 2018) and Dr. Yun Yu (postdoc 2016-2019) back for a visit.
March 9, 2023. Abby and Sanjay successfully mentor two science fair teams to 2nd and 3rd place finishes at the George Washington Carver Science Fair. Visit our outreach page to learn more!
December 13, 2022. Nat successfully defends her Ph.D. Congratulations Dr. Molina!
December 9, 2022. Joe successfully defends his Ph.D. Congratulations Dr. Monaghan!
December 7, 2022. The Willets lab welcomes our two newest first year graduate students, Hind and Deepika!
November 7, 2022. Our paper on calcite-assisted localization and kinetics (CLocK) microscopy is published in J. Phys. Chem. Lett.