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The Research Corporation for Science Advancement has announced CSN faculty member Rigoberto Hernandez as one of two recipients of this year’sTransformational Research and Excellence in Education (TREE) Award. According to the RCSA announcement, the award is”intended to recognize and advance truly outstanding research and education.” Silvia Ronco, the RCSA Program Director, is quoted in the announcement saying: It is such an honor to be able to celebrate Rigobertos teacher-scholar career with the TREE award. Not only he is a highly skilled computational chemist; he is also a wonderful role model for underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines. The combination of great science and outreach activities of high national impact made Rigoberto a very strong candidate for TREE. Congratulations, Rigoberto!

Donald White has placed 2nd in the Poster Competition at the Alabama Academy of ScienceConference, held this year at the University of North Alabama. His poster was entitled, “Synthesis, Functionalization, and Characterization of Cellulose Nanofibrils and Nanocrystals.” Congratulations, Donald!

CSN faculty members Joel Pedersen and Rebecca Klaper will participate in a workshop at the Duke University Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT) entitled Environmental Nanomaterial Testing Media Harmonization, or ENTM Harmonization. The goal of this workshop is to develop user-community-driven recommendations for consistently characterized, relevant media types in which nanomaterial characterization and testing should be carried out, along with recommendations for consistently captured characterization parameters. The outcomes of the meeting will be captured in a peer-reviewed manuscript.

Two CSN faculty members recently received important honors and awards: Professor Franz Geiger was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The RSC is the largest professional chemistry association after the American Chemical Society. Franz was also honored with a Faculty Diversity Award from the Northwestern University Graduate School for his “outstanding contributions to the graduate community at Northwestern.   Professor Qiang Cui received a Kellett Mid-Career Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Kellett Awards are for exceptional mid-career faculty who are 7-20 years post-tenure, and provide $60,000 in unrestricted research funding. Congratulations to Franz and QC!

Our student blog writers continue to earn recognition from the science news site ScienceSeeker. Graduate student Eric Melby’s recent blog post, “What’s in a scientific publication’s name? One research article title explained,” was chosen as an Editor’s Selection for the week of Nov 15-21, 2015. This post was part of our series of “public-friendly” summaries of academic articles based on CSN research. You can see a complete list of Center publications, including links to public-friendly summaries on the blog, here. Undergraduate student John Van Gilder’s blog post, “Sunburns and Circuits: How Nanotechnology is Pushing the Boundaries of Computing,” was also chosen as a Science Seeker Editor’s Pick for the week of Jan 4-10; and graduate studentEmily Caudill’s post “Carbon Nanotubes:… Read More »Blog Posts by CSN students Named Science Seeker Editor’s Picks

Congratulations to CSN student Autumn Qiu, whose recent blog post, “Using Gene Expression to Learn About Nanoparticle Toxicity,” was chosen as a ScienceSeeker Editor’s Selection for the week of Oct 25-31, 2015. This post was part of our series of “public-friendly” summaries of academic articles based on CSN research. You can see a complete list of Center publications, including links to public-friendly summaries on the blog, here.