Hyunho Kang (Haynes group, University of Minnesota) successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, entitled “Design of Silicon Dioxide Nanomaterials and Understanding their Colloidal Behaviors for Sensing and Biological Applications,” on December 19. He has accepted a position with Merck.
Congratulations to Dr. Emily Caudill, who defended her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Interactions of Nanoparticles and Polymers with Bacterial and Eukaryotic Cell Surface Structures.” Emily is also currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Lake Superior State University.
A CSN manuscript, entitled “Metalloid and metal oxide nanoparticles suppress Sudden Death Syndrome of soybean,” has been accepted by Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Read the online publication here. Cristian Perez, Roberto De La Torre Roche, Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Chuanxin Ma, Yu Shen, Jason C. White, Edson Pozza, Adélia Pozza and Wade Elmer, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2019, Available Online.
CSN Alumnus Merve Dogangun (Ph.D. 2018, Geiger group) accepted a position in the Thin Films group at Intel. Congratulations Merve!
Liz Laudadio’s manuscript, entitled “Interaction of phosphate with lithium cobalt oxide nanoparticles: a combined spectroscopic and calorimetric study,” has been accepted by Langmuir. Read the online publication here. Elizabeth D. Laudadio, Poorandokht Ilani-Kashkouli, Curtis M. Green, Nadine Kabengi and Robert J. Hamers, Langmuir, 2019, Available Online.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee received a $10 million donation for a new research vessel for the School of Freshwater Sciences. CSN faculty member Rebecca Klaper is the director of the School. The donation toward this new research vessel is a major step toward the construction of a ship that will expand UWM’s research capabilities on the Great Lakes and provide students more opportunities for onboard study. Read more
Mitradip Das’s manuscript, entitled “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Interaction between Functionalized Nanoparticles with Lipid Membranes: Analysis of Coarse-Grained Models,” has been accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Read the online publication here. Mitradip Das, Udaya Dahal, Oluwaseun Mesele, Dongyue Liang and Qiang Cui, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2019, Available Online.
CSN Alum Joe Buchman (Ph.D. 2019, Haynes group) was recently hired as a Senior Chemist at Medtronic. Congratulations, Joe!
Gene Chong’s manuscript, entitled “Defects in Self-Assembled Monolayers on Nanoparticles Prompt Phospholipid Extraction and Bilayer Curvature-Dependent Deformations,” has been accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Read the online publication here. Gene Chong, Isabel U. Foreman-Ortiz, Meng Wu, Anthony Bautista, Catherine J. Murphy, Joel A. Pedersen and Rigoberto Hernandez, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, Available Online.
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!
