This week, the U.S. DOE’s BlueFill Laboratory hosts its inaugural Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Symposium, uniting DOE lab researchers to advance NMR techniques in energy, materials, and biomedical science.

“Many national labs have NMR teams with limited external visibility,” said Perras. “This symposium aims to unite them, foster collaborations, share insights, and explore diverse NMR applications across DOE labs.”

Perras’ team uses NMR to probe atomic-scale surfaces and interfaces, focusing on heterogeneous catalysis. He sees the symposium as key to fostering collaboration, sharing challenges, and accelerating scientific innovation across DOE labs.