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. Connor Protter (Hamers group) for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Surface Interactions and Applications of Copper Sulfide” on May 3rd! He will be staying on with CSN as a postdoctoral researcher.
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.
In March 2024, CSN Director Bob Hamers and UW-Madison staff member Desiree Bates recived the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education for their efforts founding the UW-Madison Bridge to the Chemistry Doctorate Program. Congratulations, Dr. Hamers & Dr. Bates!
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.
A CSN patent entitled “Compositionally and Morphologically Controlled Nanostructures for Delivery of Micronutrients and Suppression of Disease in Agriculture” was issued by the US Patent Office on November 3. The abstract of the patent is: “Provided are compositions which may be used in agricultural applications. Also provided are methods of making and using the compositions. In embodiments, a plant fungicide or plant bactericide is provided comprising a nano structured chemical compound, the chemical compound comprising a metal and a coordinating anion, wherein the nanostructured chemical compound is in the form of a plurality of planar, two-dimensional nanostructures.” Congrats, Bob Hamers & Jaya Borgatta!
Zachary Jones’ mansucript, entitled “Selective Imaging of Diamond Nanoparticles within Complex Matrices using Magnetically Induced Fluorescence Contrast,” has been published in Environmental Science: Nano. Read the online publication here. Zachary R. Jones, Nicholas J. Niemuth, Margaret E. Robinson, Olga A. Shenderova, Rebecca D. Klaper and Robert J. Hamers, Environmental Science: Nano, 2020, 7, 525-534.
Joseph Buchman’s mansucript, entitled “Nickel enrichment of next-generation NMC nanomaterials alters material stability, causing unexpected dissolution behavior and observed toxicity to S. oneidensis MR-1 and D. magna,” has been published by Environmental Science: Nano. Read the online publication here. Joseph T. Buchman, Evan A. Bennett, Chenyu Wang, Ali Abbaspour Tamijani, Joseph Bennett, Blake Hudson, Curtis Green, Peter Clement, Bo Zhi, Austin H. Henke, Elizabeth Laudadio, Sara E. Mason, Robert Hamers, Rebecca Klaper and Christy Haynes, Environmental Science: Nano, 2020, 7, 571-587.
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.
Stephanie L. Mitchell’s manuscript, entitled “Chronic Exposure to Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Elicits Rapid Resistance in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1,” has been accepted by Chemical Science. Read the online publication here. Stephanie L. Mitchell, Natalie Hudson-Smith, Meghan Cahill, Benjamin Reynolds, Seth Frand, Curtis Green, Chenyu Wang, Mimi Hang, Rodrigo Tapia Hernandez, Robert Hamers, Z. Vivian Feng, Christy Haynes and Erin E. Carlson, Chemical Science, 2019, Available Online.
