{"id":49516,"date":"2025-06-16T10:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49516"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:57:37","slug":"oses-and-team-win-2025-nexus-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/news\/oses-and-team-win-2025-nexus-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Oses and Team Win 2025 Nexus Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An interdisciplinary team led by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/faculty\/corey-oses\/\"><span>Corey Oses<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the Whiting School of Engineering, and Avi Bregman, a senior scientist at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jhuapl.edu\/HYPERLINK%20\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Applied Physics Laboratory<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (APL), has received a 2025 Nexus Award to host a conference in spring 2026. &#8220;From Laboratory to Launchpad: Transition Pathways for Climate Science and Energy IP\u201d will focus on bridging the gap between climate-science research and real-world energy solutions. The team also includes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/faculty\/jonah-erlebacher\/\"><span>Jonah Erlebacher<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor of materials science and engineering, and Steven Cohen, professor at the Carey Business School. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.jhu.edu\/2025\/05\/16\/johns-hopkins-nexus-awards-2025\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Nexus Awards<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> support innovative ideas from Johns Hopkins faculty in teaching, research, or event planning at the Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Additional funding from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/planetaryhealth.jhu.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Institute of Planetary Health<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> will help underwrite the conference.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;We want to bring people together to foster conversations about climate science and energy across academia, industry, and federal agency partners,\u201d says Oses<\/span><span>.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cWe\u2019ll explore ways to bring materials discoveries from the laboratory to a real company, informing this group of people how to transition their research to the public sphere successfully.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their idea was inspired by Oses\u2019 and Bregman\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/news\/materials-science-faculty-receives-surpass-award\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 SURPASS award<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a grant that supports projects between the Whiting School of Engineering and APL that solve the world\u2019s pressing issues and have the prospect of generating over $100 million in revenue.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOne of the obvious ways to do that is to start a company,\u201d says Oses. \u201cWe want to translate our product from the SURPASS project to the market, and we\u2019re sure there are other researchers who have the same goal with their science.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Nexus project brings together complementary expertise in materials commercialization. Erlebacher launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/etchmaterials.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ETCH<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a startup that uses a novel process to convert natural gas into hydrogen and solid carbon for clean energy or as an alternative for construction materials, while Oses and Bregman bring experience in producing hydrogen as a source of clean energy for cars, houses, and more. Cohen has extensive experience helping academics and researchers frame messages, use data, and tell stories to raise capital and create lasting impact. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe are keenly interested in the development of hydrogen and how we can transfer this technology from academia to industry,\u201d says Oses. \u201cWe are exploring ways to market other science discoveries and transition them into industry or government. 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