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Frenkel Receives NSF Grant to Study Nanoparticle Catalysis

By On August 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Yeshiva University, is part of a team of scientists who have received a National Science Foundation grant under the White House’s Materials Genome Initiative to study nanoparticle catalysis.

“The goal of this project is to develop computational tools and experimental methods to design, characterize, and […]

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Department of Energy Renews Frenkel’s Grant

By On June 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment

The United States Department of Energy has renewed a grant to Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics, for three additional years of study of nanoparticles. Frenkel will receive $480,000 for three years as he investigates the structure and properties of metal nanoparticles using synchrotron techniques, electron microscopy and first principle simulations, together with other […]

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Frenkel Named Weston Visiting Professor at Weizmann Institute of Science

By On March 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Stern College for Women, has been named Weston Visiting Professor in the Department of Materials and Interfaces at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.

He will be hosted by Dr. Igor Lubomirsky, professor at Weizmann, who has been Frenkel’s collaborator for more than 10 […]

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Frenkel and Student Publish Article in Applied Physics Letters

By On February 5, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, and Alyssa Lerner ’15S, are co-authors on an article recently published in Applied Physics Letters. Titled “In-situ extended X-ray absorption fine structure study of electrostriction in Gd doped ceria,” the article details Frenkel’s use of an X-ray based method to explain an unusual […]

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