Nanomaterials Scientist Yu Huang Appointed Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has named Yu Huang, a professor and chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department and an MRS Fellow, as the inaugural holder of the Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair, effective retroactively July 1, 2022. Huang was selected for her work in enhancing the mechanistic understanding of nanoscale phenomena to address green energy applications in catalysis, fuel cells and materials synthesis.