Congratulations to Dr. Mahima Unnikrishnan (Murphy group), who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Implications of Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions on Protein Assembly and Conformation” on May 8th!
Congratulations to Dr. Nikki Hoang who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Protein Corona Formation and Analysis on Colloidal Inorganic Nanoparticles” on June 20th!
Professor Catherine Murphy was chosen as the head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, making her the first female to serve in that roll in the department’s 152-year history. You can read the full press release here.
Gene Chong’s manuscript, entitled “Defects in Self-Assembled Monolayers on Nanoparticles Prompt Phospholipid Extraction and Bilayer Curvature-Dependent Deformations,” has been accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Read the online publication here. Gene Chong, Isabel U. Foreman-Ortiz, Meng Wu, Anthony Bautista, Catherine J. Murphy, Joel A. Pedersen and Rigoberto Hernandez, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, Available Online.
Catherine J. Murphy’s manuscript, entitled “Virus-Sized Gold Nanorods: Plasmonic Particles for Biology,” has been accepted by Accounts of Chemical Research. Read the online publication here. Catherine J. Murphy, Huei-Huei Chang, Priscila Falagan-Lotsch, Matthew T. Gole, Daniel M. Hofmann, Khoi Nguyen L. Hoang, Sophia M. McClain, Sean M. Meyer, Jacob G. Turner, Mahima Unnikrishnan, Meng Wu, Xi Zhang and Yishu Zhang, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 52 (8), 2124-2135.
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.
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
CSN faculty member Cathy Murphy, Larry Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been elected to the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy’s website states, “The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of its new members for 2019. The new class of more than 200 members recognizes the outstanding achievements of individuals in academia, the arts, business, government, and public affairs.” Congratulations, Cathy!
Meng Wu’s manuscript, entitled “Solution NMR Analysis of Ligand Environment in Quaternary Ammonium-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles: The Effect of Surface Curvature and Ligand Structure,” has been accepted by the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Read the online publication here. Meng Wu, Ariane M. Vartanian, Gene Chong, Arun Kumar Pandiakumar, Robert J. Hamers, Rigoberto Hernandez and Catherine J. Murphy, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, Accepted.
CSN faculty member Cathy Murphy and Murphy group alumna Ariane Vartanian were recently interviewed by the American Chemical Society in honor of the United Nation’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science! You can read the interview here.
