02 April, 2021

OMEGALAB Retreat 2021!

From March 31st- April 2nd, OMEGALAB held its 3rd annual retreat filled with wonderful talks, workshop training, values evaluation. Many thanks to Inclusive Innovation who organized and facilitated our event.

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23 March, 2021

Prof.Derya Baran has been appointed as the Co-Chair for WEP 2022.

WEP 2022 will run from January 9-20 under the theme #RESILIENCE.

Prof.Derya Baran has been appointed as the Co-Chair for WEP 2022.

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31 December, 2020

Wishing you ALL health, happiness, and a safe holiday season, best wishes for the New Year!

Wishing you ALL health, happiness, and a safe holiday season, best wishes for the New Year! From OMEGALAB team

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22 December, 2020

OMEGALAB's image selected as one of Nature's best science images of 2020!

OMEGALAB's image, the 'Power bubble' was selected as one of Nature's best science images of 2020 Congrats Daniel Corzo and Eloise Bihar for the photo idea and photo capture by Anastasia Serin.

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16 December, 2020

Derya Baran (KAUST Solar Center) has joined the Wiley editorial board!

And more big news for Advanced Materials Interfaces! Derya Baran (KAUST Solar Center) has joined the Wiley editorial board! Her expertise on photovoltaic devices and (printed) electronics will be a great addition to the journal. #WomenInSTEM #WomeninEngineering

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26 August, 2020

New launch of FrontiersIn Flexible Electronics, with Prof Derya Baran as the specialty editor!

New launch of FrontiersIn Flexible Electronics, with Prof Derya Baran as the specialty editor!

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28 August, 2020

A solar panel so thin and flexible it can rest on the surface of a soap bubble!

Post-doc Eloise Bihar and PhD Student Daniel Corzo develop ultra-thin and flexible fully ink-jet printed organic solarcells that could serve an alternative way to power novel electronic devices, such as medical patches.

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26 August, 2020

Specialty Chief Editor

Prof Derya Baran serves as a Specialty Editor in the new journal Frontier in Electronics in the newly section on flexible electronics.

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23 October, 2019

Congrats Dr. Xin Song!

Congratulations to Xin Song for successfully defending his PhD today, titled "Performance Evolution of Organic Solar Cells Using Nonfullerene Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors". Xin is our group's first PhD graduate! All the best in your future research endeavors!

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13 December, 2018

Escape Room Fun in Jeddah!

Our group enjoyed a nice trip to the Jeddah Escape Hotel Room, which challenges the group’s solving and team working skills. Both groups managed to successfully escape the room by solving the riddles and clues to exit the room. It was a fun and enjoyable evening out with the group.

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30 January, 2019

Our 2nd Annual OMEGALab Academic Retreat!

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05 February, 2019

‘Innovators Under 35 for the MENA region’

Congratulations on behalf of our entire group to our very own PI Dr. Derya Baran for being recognized by MIT Technology Review as one as one of the ‘Innovators Under 35 for the MENA region’!

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14 November, 2018

Iyris Team Featured in the KAUST Official News Page

“Turning windows into solar panels”

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08 September, 2018

Who says art cannot produce energy? Or that solar cells cannot be beautiful?

Beautiful inkjet printed solar cell by PhD student Daniel Corzo.

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09 September, 2018

2nd Annual International Dinner Party

Our Growing OMEGA lab Family! This weekend we had our 2nd annual international/multicultural Omegalab dinner and bbq hosted by our PI Derya Baran . Overall a lovely evening with great food and great people.

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10 August, 2020

Congrats Dr. Azim Haque!

A BIG congratulations to Dr. Azim Haque, who has successfully completed his doctorate degree! On behalf of the entire Omegalab team, we wish you all the best in your future career and project! Well Done !

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25 June, 2020

On 25th June Omeglab held its 3rd Annual OMEGALAB Retreat (virtual) with current and prospective members! A full day planned with fun trivia, zoom games, and of course SCIENCE!

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13 July, 2020

Prof Derya Baran joins as a new member for the editorial board in Nature Communications Physics

Prof. Derya Baran has now joined the journal editorial board. With a wealth of expertise in organic electronics, solar cells and thermoelectrics, Derya will work with the team in expanding the energy materials representation in the journal.

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07 July, 2020

Prof Derya Baran has been selected as a new member of the Global Young Academy, the first member to represent a Saudi Arabian institution.

Derya Baran first to represent Saudi institution in Global Young Academy

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13 September, 2018

Iyris Team Wins TAQADAM Finals

Members from Omega Lab Win the TAQADAM Finals for their Startup company Iyris.​

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