Vagelos Institute News
Apply to Present at the 2025 Energy Week Lightning Talks!
Share your work in energy research and policy to the broader Penn community.
Vagelos Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Kunyu Wang selected for prestigious CAS Future Leaders Program
The unique program provides early-career scientists with leadership training and connections to peers from around the world.
Energy Week to highlight research across disciplines at Penn
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology are hosting Energy Week March 11-15, with more than two dozen events featuring Penn faculty, students, and outside experts.
What’s That? Sun shades at the Vagelos Lab
The shades account for solar geometry to make for an eye-catching view from the east and west—all while reducing energy usage.
Roy and Diana Vagelos strengthen science research and education with transformative gift to the University of Pennsylvania
Alumnus Roy Vagelos and his wife, Diana, strengthen science research and education with their transformative gift to the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Among Education Partners for U.S. Department of Energy Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub to Advance Clean Energy
The University of Pennsylvania will serve as an education partner in support of workforce development efforts with the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2), a partnership that will receive up to $750 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding through the historic Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program. The program, announced by the DOE on October 13, 2023, will award up to $7 billion in grants.
$5 Million US Department of Energy Grant for Energy Earthshot Research
Thomas Mallouk, the Vagelos Professor in Energy Research and chair of the department of chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences, and colleagues have been awarded $5 million over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of its Energy Earthshots program. Dr. Mallouk’s team—which includes Karen I. Winey and Aleksandra Vojvodic from Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as collaborators from three other academic institutions and one national lab—makes up one of the program’s 18 funded academic research centers.
Gift from Hari Kumar and Sonia Nayaham supports VLEST Laboratories
Hari Kumar, ENG’95, W’95, and Sonia Nayaham have made a gift to the School of Arts and Sciences that funds the construction of laboratory spaces in the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST), supports research and scholarship at the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), and endows a scholarship fund that furthers the school’s goal of expanding need-blind undergraduate financial aid to international students.