Joint winners: 2024 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship
Federico Bella and Grace Han
For outstanding work in the early stages of their careers.
Federico Bella

Federico Bella is Full Professor of ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His main scientific activity covers post-lithium batteries and electrochemical ammonia production, through sustainable chemistry-oriented and multivariate approaches. He is coordinating an ERC Starting Grant project (SuN2rise), with an overall fund of 1.5 M euros, and has recently launched the first Italian research laboratory on potassium-based batteries.
You can learn more about Federico’s group and his research on .
Grace Han

Grace Han received her PhD in 2015 at MIT, where she worked with Professor Timothy Swager on the development of organic materials for photovoltaics. She then joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT as a postdoctoral associate with Professor Jeffrey Grossman. She is currently an Associate Professor of ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ at Brandeis University, and her group’s research focuses on the discovery of molecular photoswitches and photochemistry for applications including the solar energy conversion and storage, optically-controlled catalyst recycling, and light-induced phase transitions.
Find more info about Grace and her group on Twitter .
Highly commended nominations
Due to the extremely high standard of nominations again this year, the ChemComm Editorial Board has opted to select some Highly Commended candidates. They have been highlighted as performing exceptional science and deserving of recognition in the community.

Michael Booth
University College London, UK

César de la Fuente
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Nikolay Kornienko
University of Bonn, Germany