![From left to right: Hanwei Gao, Kenneth Hanson, Ross Ellington and Biwu Ma. With instrumental support and guidance provided by Ellington, the three early-career scientists have made waves internationally for their cutting-edge research. (FSU Photography Services)](https://news.fsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Gao-Hanson-Ellington-Ma-WEB-900x600.jpg)
Energy and materials researchers reflect on their remarkable early-career accomplishments as a result of FSU’s strategic faculty hiring initiative — an interdepartmental effort to attract and support promising young scientists working under the broad umbrella of energy and materials research.