{"id":2,"date":"2024-07-22T18:19:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-07-16T21:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:55:23","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uds-hero-md alignfull has-btn-row \" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-8);\"><div class=\"hero-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_175604528-1920x684-1.jpg\" class=\"hero\" alt=\"Graphic background with red, orange and yellow cubes.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_175604528-1920x684-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_175604528-1920x684-1-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_175604528-1920x684-1-1024x365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_175604528-1920x684-1-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_175604528-1920x684-1-1536x547.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Berkson<\/span> Research Lab<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Surface engineering for energy technologies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons btn-row is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-uds-md\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1)\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-uds-md\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/research\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1)\">Research<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-uds-md\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/people\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1)\">People<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-uds-md\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/media-2\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1)\">Media<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-uds-md\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/berkson\/media\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-1)\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Berkson Lab at ASU focuses on cutting-edge research at the interface of chemical engineering, materials science, and inorganic chemistry. We seek to develop new processes for efficient production and utilization of chemicals and energy through molecular-level control of interfacial properties. 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