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Two UMN Undergrads Awarded Fellowships

Two Haynes group undergraduate researchers were recognized by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota this Spring (see the news release for department awards here). Meghan Cahill (left) was awarded the 2019 Lloyd W. Goerke scholarship, which recognizes a junior chemistry majors who has shown outstanding academic achievement. Elaine Kappel (right) was chosen for the 2019 Robert C. Brasted Memorial Fellowship, which is awarded to a junior who has expressed an interest in a teaching career in chemistry. Additionally, both Meghan and Elaine were among 10 chemistry students who received Summer Research Fellowships. Congratulations Meghan and Elaine!

CSN Publication: Two-Phase Synthesis of Gold–Copper Bimetallic Nanoparticles of Tunable Composition: Toward Optimized Catalytic CO2 Reduction

Daniel M. Hofmann’s manuscript, entitled “Two-Phase Synthesis of Gold–Copper Bimetallic Nanoparticles of Tunable Composition: Toward Optimized Catalytic CO2 Reduction,” has been accepted by ACS Applied Nano Materials. Read the online publication here. Daniel M. Hofmann, D. Howard Fairbrother, Robert J. Hamers and Catherine J. Murphy, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, Available Online.

CSN Publication: Preparation of Colloidally Stable Positively Charged Hollow Silica Nanoparticles: Effect of Minimizing Hydrolysis on Zeta Potentials

Hyunho Kang’s manuscript, entitled “Preparation of Colloidally Stable Positively Charged Hollow Silica Nanoparticles: Effect of Minimizing Hydrolysis on Zeta Potentials,” has been accepted by Langmuir. Read the online publication here. Hyunho Kang, Davis J. Long and Christy L. Haynes, Langmuir, 2019, Available Online.

CSN Students and Staff Win UW-Madison Chemistry Awards

Several CSN participants received recognition from the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry this Spring. Liz Laudadio (Hamers group, top left) was chosen for the John and Beverly Schrag Analytical Chemistry Outstanding Peer Award, which celebrates a grad student “committed to pursuing excellence in teaching/mentorship, leadership, scientific excellence, and community building.” Kelly Zhang (Hamers group, top middle) and Liz Laudadio each received a Michael W. McCoy Memorial Scholarship (for grad students who “exemplify a love of life, love of people, and love of chemistry”). Finally, Managing Director Mike Schwartz (far right) received a 2019 Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee (GSFLC) Mentor Award “to recognize graduate students, postdocs, and academic staff/faculty who have had a profound positive impact on the graduate students of… Read More »CSN Students and Staff Win UW-Madison Chemistry Awards

CSN Publication: Preferential Binding of Cytochrome c to an Anionic Ligand-Coated Gold Nanoparticle: A Complementary Computational and Experimental Approach

Emily Tollefson’s and Caley Allen’s manuscript, entitled “Preferential Binding of Cytochrome c to an Anionic Ligand-Coated Gold Nanoparticle: A Complementary Computational and Experimental Approach,” has been accepted by ACS Nano. Read the online publication here. Emily J. Tollefson#, Caley R. Allen#, Gene Chong, Xi Zhang, Nikita D. Rozanov, Anthony Bautista, Jennifer J. Cerda, Joel A. Pedersen, Catherine J. Murphy, Erin E. Carlson* and Rigoberto Hernandez*, ACS Nano, 2019, Available Online. # Authors contributed equally; *co-corresponding authors

CSN Publication: Time-dependent transcriptional response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Cu nanoparticle exposure upon infection with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

Chuanxin Ma’s manuscript, entitled “Time-dependent transcriptional response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Cu nanoparticle exposure upon infection with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici,” has been accepted by ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Read the online publication here. Chuanxin Ma, Jaya Borgatta, Roberto De La Torre Roche, Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Jason C. White, Robert J Hamers, and Wade Elmer, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, Available Online.

Christy Haynes Wins Theophilus Redwood Award

CSN faculty member Christy Haynes has won the Theophilus Redwood Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry “for interdisciplinary work at the interface of analytical, biological, and materials chemistry and skills for passionately and effectively communicating science to broad audiences.” Christy was featured by the Royal Society here, and in a University of Minnesota press release here.

CSN Publication: Molecular surface functionalization of carbon materials via radical-induced grafting of terminal alkenes

Kelly Zhang’s manuscript, entitled “Molecular surface functionalization of carbon materials via radical-induced grafting of terminal alkenes,” has been accepted by Journal of the American Chemical Society. Read the online publication here. Yongqian (Kelly) Zhang, Ali A. Tamijani, Megan E. Taylor, Bo Zhi, Christy L. Haynes, Sara E. Mason and Robert J. Hamers, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, Available Online  

CSN Publication: Bacterial Model Membranes Deform (resp. Persist) Upon Ni2+ Binding to Inner Core (resp. O-Antigen)

HanByul Chang’s manuscript, entitled “Bacterial Model Membranes Deform (resp. Persist) Upon Ni2+ Binding to Inner Core (resp. O-Antigen),” has been accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Read the online publication here. HanByul Chang, Karthikeyan Gnanasekaran, Nathan C. Gianneschi and Franz M. Geiger, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2019, Available Online.