Liz Laudadio (Hamers group) earned her certification from the UW-Madison Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning (shown with her committee after the defense). The certificate recognizes a significant commitment, effort, and achievement toward developing teaching knowledge and skills (full description here). Only about 100 certificates have ever been awarded!
Bo Zhi’s aned Xiaoxiao Yao’s manuscript, entitled “Synthesis, applications and potential photoluminescence mechanism of spectrally tunable carbon dots,” has been accepted by Nanoscale. Read the online publication here. Bo Zhi*, Xiaoxiao Yao*, Yi Cui, Galya Orr and Christy Haynes, Nanoscale, 2019, Accepted Article. * Authors Contributed Equally
Dr. Donald White (Curry group) successfully defended his thesis, titled “Synthesis, characterization, and application of cellulose nanofibrils for fabrication and biodegradable biobased materials.” Donald will be moving to Houston for a position at Occidental Petroleum. Congrats Donald!
Hyunho Kang’s manuscript, entitled “Interactions between Silica-Coated Gold Nanorod Substrates and Hydrophobic Analytes in Colloidal Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,” has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Read the online publication here. Hyunho Kang and Christy Haynes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123 (40), 24685-24697.
Professor Christy Haynes was recognized in The Analytical Scientist Power List 2019 Top 100, “showcasing the tremendous range of talent, ingenuity and leadership present across all corners of analytical science on a global scale.” See Christy’s online bio here.
Dr. Ali Rahnamoun (Hernandez group, Johns Hopkins University) will be joining Michigan State as a Research Scientist. Congratulations Ali!
Stephanie L. Mitchell’s manuscript, entitled “Chronic Exposure to Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Elicits Rapid Resistance in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1,” has been accepted by Chemical Science. Read the online publication here. Stephanie L. Mitchell, Natalie Hudson-Smith, Meghan Cahill, Benjamin Reynolds, Seth Frand, Curtis Green, Chenyu Wang, Mimi Hang, Rodrigo Tapia Hernandez, Robert Hamers, Z. Vivian Feng, Christy Haynes and Erin E. Carlson, Chemical Science, 2019, Available Online.
Catherine J. Murphy’s manuscript, entitled “Virus-Sized Gold Nanorods: Plasmonic Particles for Biology,” has been accepted by Accounts of Chemical Research. Read the online publication here. Catherine J. Murphy, Huei-Huei Chang, Priscila Falagan-Lotsch, Matthew T. Gole, Daniel M. Hofmann, Khoi Nguyen L. Hoang, Sophia M. McClain, Sean M. Meyer, Jacob G. Turner, Mahima Unnikrishnan, Meng Wu, Xi Zhang and Yishu Zhang, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 52 (8), 2124-2135.
Joseph Buchman’s manuscript, entitled “Coating iron oxide nanoparticles with mesoporous silica reduces their interaction and impact on S. oneidensis MR-1,” has been accepted by Chemosphere. Read the online publication here. Joseph T. Buchman, Thomas Pho, Rebeca S. Rodriguez, Z. Vivian Feng and Christy L. Haynes, Chemosphere, 2019, 124511.
Joseph Bennett’s and Blake Hudson’s manuscript, entitled “A systematic determination of hubbard U using the GBRV ultrasoft pseudopotential set,” has been accepted by Computational Materials Science. Read the online publication here. Joseph W. Bennett, Blake G. Hudson, Irene K. Metz, Dongyue Liang, Sidney Spurgeon, Qiang Cui and Sara E. Mason, Computational Materials Science, 2019, 170, 109137.
