Congratulations to graduate student Beza Tuga (Haynes group), who was awarded the 2024 Merck Underrepresented Chemists of Color Research Award! This award was established in 2021 to “create a supportive, inclusive networking environment for rising chemists of color.” Read the full press release here.
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.
Congratulations to Professor Christy Haynes, Associate Director of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, for becoming the new head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. She will begin her duties on July 1st, 2023 when she will become the first woman to hold this position. Read a News Release featuring Professor Haynes here!
REad the article highlighting our CSN Associate Director on the importance and use of nanoparticles: https://cse.umn.edu/college/faculty-science-small “You can’t see any of the nanoparticles we make but they can be used to deliver drugs to fight disease or transport nutrients to increase crop yield. They can also be used to sense things or to make things visible. For example, we have a collaboration with Ecolab on some nanoparticles we make, and the goal is to incorporate them into products so you can trace where the products have been used.” Christy Haynes
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.
Bo Zhi’s aned Xiaoxiao Yao’s manuscript, entitled “Synthesis, applications and potential photoluminescence mechanism of spectrally tunable carbon dots,” has been accepted by Nanoscale. Read the online publication here. Bo Zhi*, Xiaoxiao Yao*, Yi Cui, Galya Orr and Christy Haynes, Nanoscale, 2019, Accepted Article. * Authors Contributed Equally
Hyunho Kang’s manuscript, entitled “Interactions between Silica-Coated Gold Nanorod Substrates and Hydrophobic Analytes in Colloidal Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,” has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Read the online publication here. Hyunho Kang and Christy Haynes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123 (40), 24685-24697.
Professor Christy Haynes was recognized in The Analytical Scientist Power List 2019 Top 100, “showcasing the tremendous range of talent, ingenuity and leadership present across all corners of analytical science on a global scale.” See Christy’s online bio here.
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.
Joseph Buchman’s manuscript, entitled “Coating iron oxide nanoparticles with mesoporous silica reduces their interaction and impact on S. oneidensis MR-1,” has been accepted by Chemosphere. Read the online publication here. Joseph T. Buchman, Thomas Pho, Rebeca S. Rodriguez, Z. Vivian Feng and Christy L. Haynes, Chemosphere, 2019, 124511.
