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Shana Stoddard won the Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award

CSN Affiliate Shana Stoddard won the Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This award was established to honor an outstanding scientist who has shown evidence of a sustained commitment to breaking down local and/or systemic barriers against scientists and students from historically marginalized or excluded groups. She delivered an award lecture entitled “Believe Without Boundaries.”

Graduate Student Alicia Tripp Defends Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Alicia Tripp (Hamers group), who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “Surface Functionalization of 2D Nanomaterials” on April 26th! Alicia will be moving on to a role at the Cornell Center for Materials Research.

Dr. Semarhy Quiñones-Soto is CSN’s 2024 Scholar-in-Residence

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Semarhy Quiñones-Soto will be the CSN’s Scholar-in-Residence for summer 2024. Dr. Quiñones-Soto is an Lecturer in Biological Sciences at Sacramento State, and also works as an independent artist creating artwork to increase the visibility of women of color, who have historically been underrepresented in STEM. Her artist website is here. She will participate in various activities with the center, including a Wednesday seminar about her research and mentoring, and working with students in our Summer Undergraduate Research Experience on a SciArt project.

Graduate Student Tana O’Keefe Defends Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Tana O’Keefe (Haynes group) successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Silica Nanoparticles for Sustainable Agricultural Applications” on March 1st! She had already started a new position at Land O’ Lakes.

Graduate Student Katie Earl Defends Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Katie Earl (Hamers group) successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Reciprocal Redox of Biomolecules on Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Surfaces” on October 19th! She has accepted a position at H2U, a start-up company near Los Angeles, CA.

Graduate Student Eric Ostovich Defends Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Eric Ostovich who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Using Novel Multiplexed Algal Cytological Imaging Assay and Machine Learning to Predict the Phytotoxic Mode of Action of LiCoO2 Nanomaterials to the Green Algae Raphidocelis subcapitata” on August 1st!