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CSN Students and Staff Win UW-Madison Chemistry Awards

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Several CSN participants received recognition from the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry this Spring. Liz Laudadio (Hamers group, top left) was chosen for the John and Beverly Schrag Analytical Chemistry Outstanding Peer Award, which celebrates a grad student “committed to pursuing excellence in teaching/mentorship, leadership, scientific excellence, and community building.” Kelly Zhang (Hamers group, top middle) and Liz Laudadio each received a Michael W. McCoy Memorial Scholarship (for grad students who “exemplify a love of life, love of people, and love of chemistry”). Finally, Managing Director Mike Schwartz (far right) received a 2019 Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee (GSFLC) Mentor Award “to recognize graduate students, postdocs, and academic staff/faculty who have had a profound positive impact on the graduate students of… Read More »CSN Students and Staff Win UW-Madison Chemistry Awards

CSN Publication: Preferential Binding of Cytochrome c to an Anionic Ligand-Coated Gold Nanoparticle: A Complementary Computational and Experimental Approach

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 Publication: Time-dependent transcriptional response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Cu nanoparticle exposure upon infection with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

Chuanxin Ma’s manuscript, entitled “Time-dependent transcriptional response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Cu nanoparticle exposure upon infection with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici,” has been accepted by ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Read the online publication here. Chuanxin Ma, Jaya Borgatta, Roberto De La Torre Roche, Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Jason C. White, Robert J Hamers, and Wade Elmer, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, Available Online.

Christy Haynes Wins Theophilus Redwood Award

CSN faculty member Christy Haynes has won the Theophilus Redwood Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry “for interdisciplinary work at the interface of analytical, biological, and materials chemistry and skills for passionately and effectively communicating science to broad audiences.” Christy was featured by the Royal Society here, and in a University of Minnesota press release here.

CSN Publication: Molecular surface functionalization of carbon materials via radical-induced grafting of terminal alkenes

Kelly Zhang’s manuscript, entitled “Molecular surface functionalization of carbon materials via radical-induced grafting of terminal alkenes,” has been accepted by Journal of the American Chemical Society. Read the online publication here. Yongqian (Kelly) Zhang, Ali A. Tamijani, Megan E. Taylor, Bo Zhi, Christy L. Haynes, Sara E. Mason and Robert J. Hamers, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, Available Online  

CSN Publication: Bacterial Model Membranes Deform (resp. Persist) Upon Ni2+ Binding to Inner Core (resp. O-Antigen)

HanByul Chang’s manuscript, entitled “Bacterial Model Membranes Deform (resp. Persist) Upon Ni2+ Binding to Inner Core (resp. O-Antigen),” has been accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Read the online publication here. HanByul Chang, Karthikeyan Gnanasekaran, Nathan C. Gianneschi and Franz M. Geiger, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2019, Available Online.

CSN Publication: Perturbation of hydrogen bonding networks over supported lipid bilayers by poly (allylamine hydrochloride)

Naomi Dalchand’s manuscript, entitled “Perturbation of hydrogen bonding networks over supported lipid bilayers by poly (allylamine hydrochloride),” has been accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Read the online publication here. Naomi Dalchand, Merve Doğangün, Paul E. Ohno, Emily Ma, Alex B. F. Martinson and Franz M. Geiger, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2019, Available Online.

CSN Publication: Beyond the Gouy-Chapman model with heterodyne-detected second harmonic generation

The manuscript entitled “Beyond the Gouy-Chapman model with heterodyne-detected second harmonic generation,” has been accepted by Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Read the online publication here. Paul E. Ohno, HanByul Chang, Austin P. Spencer, Yangdongling Liu, Mavis D. Boamah, Hong-fei Wang and Franz M. Geiger, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, Available Online.

Cathy Murphy Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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!

Diamond Jones Wins Conference Fellowship

CSN graduate student Diamond Jones (Mason group) has been awarded a Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship to support her participation in the 2019 Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference. Congratulations, Diamond!