CSN student Chris Castillo (Giraldo group) defended his dissertation entitled “Effect of in vivo nanoparticle transformations on photosynthetic protein corona formation and function: from fundamental research to science communication” at the University of California, Riverside on August 14. He will be moving to Boston for a postdoctoral position at Northeastern University. Congratulations, Dr. Castillo!
Beza Tuga (Haynes group) successfully defended her thesis, entitled “Leveraging Nanoparticle Transformations for Sustainable Agricultural Applications,” on August 8 at the University of Minnesota. She will be moving to Pennsylvania later this month to begin a position at Merck. Congratulations, Dr. Tuga!
Catherine Jalomo (Murphy group) successfully defended her thesis, entitled “Nanomaterials as Delivery Systems,” on May 6. She earned her degree from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Congratulations, Dr. Jalomo!
Emma McKeel (Klaper group) successfully defended her thesis, entitled “The Molecular, Physiological, and Morphological Impacts of Carbon Dot Surface Functionalization on Interactions with Plants and Microalgae,” on April 2. She earned her degree from the Department of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Congratulations, Dr. McKeel!
Caroline Anastasia (Fairbrother group) successfully defended her thesis, entitled “The Leveraging analytical tools to evaluate the behavior of nanoscale anthropogenic materials in environmental matrices,” on February 28. She earned her degree from Johns Hopkins University. Congratulations, Dr. Anastasia!
Yinhan Wang (Hernandez group) successfully defended his thesis, entitled “Dissipative Particle Dynamics Models of Protein, Lipid, and Nanoparticle Interactions,” on December 10. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
Andrew Northwick (Carlson group) successfully defended his thesis, entitled “Molecular Level Investigation of the Spatial and Temporal Nanoparticle-Corona Complex,” on September 11. Congratulations, Dr. Northwick!
CSN Affiliate Mike Curry and Mike Schwartz were co-chairs for a Presidential Symposium at ACS Denver, entitled “Strategies for Meaningful and Engaging Partnerships: Leveraging the Innovation of HBCU Research.” The goal of the symposium was to highlight success stories for collaborations between HBCUs and non-HBCU institutions.
Congratulations to CSN Director Bob Hamers for receiving the Hilldale Award in the Physical Sciences, given annually by UW-Madison to recognize one faculty member in primary areas of the university on the basis of combined research, teaching, and service.
Congratulations to Dr. Shreyasi Sengupta (Rosenzweig group) successfully defended her thesis, entitled “Surface Modifications of InSe and MXene Two-Dimensional Materials and their Impact on the Chemical Stability and Interactions with Bacterial Models Relevant to the Environment,” in July. Congratulations, Dr. Sengupta!
