Congratulations to Dr. Mahima Unnikrishnan (Murphy group), who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Implications of Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions on Protein Assembly and Conformation” on May 8th!
Congratulations to Dr. Connor Protter (Hamers group) for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Surface Interactions and Applications of Copper Sulfide” on May 3rd! He will be staying on with CSN as a postdoctoral researcher.
Congratulations to Dr. Alicia Tripp (Hamers group), who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “Surface Functionalization of 2D Nanomaterials” on April 26th! Alicia will be moving on to a role at the Cornell Center for Materials Research.
In March 2024, CSN Director Bob Hamers and UW-Madison staff member Desiree Bates recived the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education for their efforts founding the UW-Madison Bridge to the Chemistry Doctorate Program. Congratulations, Dr. Hamers & Dr. Bates!
Congratulations to Dr. Tana O’Keefe (Haynes group) successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Silica Nanoparticles for Sustainable Agricultural Applications” on March 1st! She had already started a new position at Land O’ Lakes.
Congratulations to Dr. Katie Earl (Hamers group) successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Reciprocal Redox of Biomolecules on Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Surfaces” on October 19th! She has accepted a position at H2U, a start-up company near Los Angeles, CA.
Congratulations to Dr. Eric Ostovich who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Using Novel Multiplexed Algal Cytological Imaging Assay and Machine Learning to Predict the Phytotoxic Mode of Action of LiCoO2 Nanomaterials to the Green Algae Raphidocelis subcapitata” on August 1st!
Congratulations to Dr. Nikki Hoang who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Protein Corona Formation and Analysis on Colloidal Inorganic Nanoparticles” on June 20th!
Dr. Stoddard, our 2023 CSN Scholar-in-Residence, was recently awarded the Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award 2023. This award was stablished to recognize an investigator working with undergraduates that has had significant impact in the careers of the students. Read the full news release featuring Dr. Stoddard here!
Congratulations to Beza Tuga (Haynes group), who has received a 2023-24 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) from the University of Minnesota, which is given to “the University’s most accomplished Ph.D. candidates.” Read a News Release featuring Beza here.
