Congratulations to Dr. Gene Chong (Hernandez group) for successfully defending his PhD thesis, entitled “Bottom-up simulations reveal mechanisms of nanoparticle surface layering and corona formation,” on June 12! Gene will be joining Prof. Alex MacKerell’s group at the University of Maryland as a postdoc.
Natalie V. Hudson-Smith’s manuscript, entitled “A Macroscale Model for Hands-On Activities Demonstrating Transmission Electron Microscopy,” has been accepted by the Journal of Chemical Education. Read the online publication here. Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Meghan S. Cahill, Nathan D. Klein, Miriam O. P. Krause and Christy L. Haynes, Journal of Chemical Education, 2019, Available Online.
Joseph Buchman’s manuscript, entitled “Understanding Nanoparticle Toxicity Mechanisms To Inform Redesign Strategies To Reduce Environmental Impact,” has been accepted by Accounts of Chemical Research. Read the online publication here. Joseph T. Buchman, Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Kaitlin M. Landy and Christy L. Haynes, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, Available Online.
Melanie Kah’s manuscript, entitled “Nano-enabled strategies to enhance crop nutrition and protection,” has been published in Nature Nanotechnology. Read the online publication here. Melanie Kah, Nathalie Tufenkji and Jason C. White, Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, 14 (6), 532-540.
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!
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.
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.
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
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
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.
