Donald White has placed 2nd in the Poster Competition at the Alabama Academy of ScienceConference, held this year at the University of North Alabama. His poster was entitled, “Synthesis, Functionalization, and Characterization of Cellulose Nanofibrils and Nanocrystals.” Congratulations, Donald!
Congratulations to CSN faculty member Erin Carlson, who has been named among the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. According to the White House press release, this award is “the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.”  (The press release lists Erin’s affiliation as Indiana University, but she actually moved the University of Minnesota in 2014.) Update: Dr. Carlson’s PECASE award has been written up in the Minnesota Daily newspaper and on the University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering website.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison posted a press release today about a recent Center publication, “Impact of Nanoscale Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) on the Bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1″ by Mimi Hang, Ian Gunsolus, Hunter Wayland, Eric Melby, Arielle Mensch, Katie Hurley, Joel Pedersen, Christy Haynes, & Robert Hamers. You can read the press release here and see the original article here.  (Image by Ella Marushchenko) Update: The University of Minnesota also posted a press release here, and Fox9 News in the Twin Cities produced a TV segment that you can watchhere. Update 2: KARE 11 News also produced a video that you can see here. Update 3: More coverage of the article can be found at Science Daily, Green Car Congress, Watts Up… Read More »CSN Research in the News
CSN faculty members Joel Pedersen and Rebecca Klaper will participate in a workshop at the Duke University Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT) entitled Environmental Nanomaterial Testing Media Harmonization, or ENTM Harmonization. The goal of this workshop is to develop user-community-driven recommendations for consistently characterized, relevant media types in which nanomaterial characterization and testing should be carried out, along with recommendations for consistently captured characterization parameters. The outcomes of the meeting will be captured in a peer-reviewed manuscript.
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!
CSN Student Md Shariful Islam was selected as the 1st place winner in the Masters Poster Competition at the 2016 EPSCoR Annual Science and Technology Open House Conference hosted in Montgomery, AL. Congratulations, Md!
CSN Associate Director Christy Haynes and faculty member Erin Carlson were both recently interviewedon the Analytical Chemistry Podcast. Dr. Haynes discussed her recent work about using magnetic nanoparticles in techniques for studying biological systems, specifically the article”Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Matrices” by Katie R. Hurley, Hattie L. Ring, Hyunho Kang, Nathan D. Klein, and Christy L. Haynes. Analytical Chemistry, 2015, 87 (23), 1161111619. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02229(The interview is at the beginning of the podcastepisode.) Analytical Chemistry,2015, 87 (21), 1066810678. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01543 (The interview starts at12:45 of the podcast episode.)
CSN Associate Director Christy Haynes gave a TEDxEdina talk, entitled “Nanomaterials Are Everywhere; How Do We Make Them Safe?” The presentation is a great overview of how CSN science has the potential to make a big impact, and is available on YouTube here. (photo from TEDx Edina)
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.
