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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.

Congratulations to CSN student Eric Melby, who won second place last week at the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization’s Nano Pitch Contest! The contest took place at the 2015 SNO Conference in Portland, Oregon, and required students to “pitch a problem or opportunity connected with your sustainable nanotechnology research in a clear, compelling manner in 100 seconds.”

Congratulations to CSN student Ese Ehimiaghe, whose recent blog post, “How Perceived Fears May Influence Companies Labeling of Nanoparticles,” was chosen as a ScienceSeeker Editor’s Selection for the week of Sept 27-Oct 3, 2015. Well done! #sciseekpicks      

Congratulations to CSN student Melissa Muth, who won the second place Poster Prize for the Division of Chemical Toxicology at the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston last month. Melissa's poster, "Impact of Core Composition and Surface Chemistry of Semiconductor Quantum Dots on their Stability in Biological Solutions," was co-authored by Richard Brown, Taeyjuana Curry, and Zeev Rosenzweig. Dr. Rosenzweig's lab is at the University of Maryland – Baltimore County.