The 2025 Chirality Conference will be held here in NYC this summer from July 28-31, hosted by our very own MDI faculty members, Prof. Bart Kahr and Prof. Steph Lee, and co-sponsored by the MDI! Check out the exciting lineup of speakers, program info, and details on how to register by visiting chirality2025.org.

Jan. 02, 2025

Professor Stephanie Lee joins Crystal Growth Design as a Topical Editor for 2025 and 2026!

We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 MDI Seed Grants, a new funding initiative that awards research proposals that foster a collaborative spirit within the MDI. Click here to see the full list of their recipients and their project proposals!

Nov. I5, 2024
9:00 am - 8:30 pm

Join us in celebrating Professor Michael D. Ward’s wonderful career at NYU with a symposium recognizing his contributions to the fields of materials, solid-state and supramolecular chemistry. Registration is free here!

Sept. 6, 2024
1:00 - 6:00 pm

Join the MDI Community for a half-day symposium featuring student talks from the Kahr, Lee, Sacanna, Weck and Avalos groups!

Registration is free here!

July 22, 2024

Professor Stephanie Lee hosted the first-ever MDI Women’s Brunch! With nearly half the MDI comprised of women, this brunch served as an inaugural event celebrating the impactful contributions of women in STEM!

June 3, 2024

Big news from the Sacanna group! Their research team, working in collaboration with the Hocky group, just gave crystals an upgrade – introducing "Crystal Clear," the X-ray vision for crystals! They combined transparent particles and confocal microscopy to peek inside crystals and build epic 3D models. Read all about it in Nature here.

May 16, 2024

Congrats to Rochelle Spencer (Lee Lab), Samira Munkaila (Weck Lab), and Sarah Chong (Sacanna Lab) recipients of the 2024 Sokol and Kramer Fellowships respectively!