The CRC is pleased to have Kim Hatfield join the team as Business Manager this spring! She joins us after several years as a Program Manager and Business Analyst for…
CRC welcomes new Business Manager
UT, ORNL recruit world-leading materials scientist to accelerate U.S. bioeconomy, strengthen Tennessee’s advanced manufacturing leadership
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have recruited a world-leading materials scientist to accelerate Tennessee’s leadership in advanced manufacturing and the U.S. bioeconomy. Orlando Rojas, a…
New Postdoctoral Researcher joins CRC team
New Post-doctoral Researcher Dr. Jisoo Jeon The CRC welcomes new Post-doctoral Researcher Dr. Jisoo Jeon on board! Dr. Jeon received his PhD from Inha University, Korea. He was a Postdoctoral…
Student awards at the 2026 EUReCA event
Lots of Spring activity in the Harper-Keffer group
Students working with Profs David Harper and David Keffer have been very busy in March and April. See the latest news with links for details below: Two Harper-Keffer students won…
PhD student at CRC honored with Trailblazer Award
Amy Kurr has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Trailblazer Award, which is the highest doctoral student honor conferred by the University of Tennessee. Kurr is pursuing…
Spring 2026 student spotlight story
Firewood Bank highlighted in WBIR story
CRC faculty member collaborates on Nature Communications article
Turning CO₂ Into Something Useful Asst Prof Zihao Zhang is leading the FACt lab (Fundamental & Applied Catalysis) to explore a simple but urgent question : How can we turn…
CRC student wins 2nd place in International Academy of Wood Science PhD award
Congratulations to Dr. Zhongjin Zhou who was recently awarded second place in the IAWS PhD award for 2025. He has been invited to present his research at the IAWS 60th…
