12.15-20.2025

Christy presented two invited talks, one on the group's SERS work and the other on sustainability applications of silica nanoparticles, at Pacifichem 2025 in Honolulu, HI.

11.16.2025

The Haynes group is thrilled to welcome Emily Miller and Vanessa Tsang to the group for their doctoral studies!

11.07-09.2025

Abby attended the ScienceWriters2025 conference in Chicago as a member of the ComSciCon-SciWri 2025 cohort, supported by a competitive travel grant from the UMN Council of Graduate Students (COGS).

11.07.2025

Congratulations to Cheryl on passing her written preliminary exam!

11.03.2025

Congratulations to Timmy on the acceptance of his manuscript titled "Leveraging 11B NMR for Optimization of Boronic Acid-Diol Complexation: Insights for SERS-Based Diol Detection" in Analytical Chemistry!

11.01-03.2025

Timmy and Rhea attend the invited second part of the ACS Bridge Career Kick-Starter workshop in Columbus, Ohio

10.30-11.01.2025

Summer undergraduate researchers Andrea and Christopher as well as Timmy and Rhea attend the NDiSTEM meeting in Columnbus, Ohio.

10.27.2025

Christy is renewed for another term on the editorial advisory board for the Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C.

10.23.2025

Suman presented her work in the 3-minute thesis competition as the entry from Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering!

10.23.2025

Suman and Riley presented their work as a poster in the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Showcase.

10.06.2025

Abby is accepted into the ComSciCon-SciWri 2025 cohort and won a UMN Chemistry travel award to support her attendance at ComSciCon 2025 in Boston!

09.25.2025

Congratulations to Dr. Riley Lewis on the successful defense of his PhD thesis, titled "Designing Carbon Dots for PFAS Remediation: From Fundamentals to Application"!

09.21-25.2025

Rhea and Christy attend the national NOBCChE meeting in Atlanta.

09.19.2025

Congratulations to Dr. Eleni Spanolios on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Developing Fluorescent and Electrochemical Sensors for Reactive Oxygen Species"!

09.16.2025

The Haynes Lab welcomes Jay, joining the lab as a new undergraduate researcher working with Timmy.

09.12-14.2025

Rhea and Timmy attend the ACS Bridge Career Kick-Starter Workshop at Eli Lilly.

09.10.2025

Congratulations to Beza on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript titled "Mo-Nitrogen Nexus: Nanotechnology Enhanced Mo-based Nitrogen Fixation Towards Environmental Sustainability" in Chemical Engineering Journal!

09.04.2025

The Haynes Lab welcomes Madi and Emily, joining the lab as new undergraduate researchers working with Rhea and Suman, respectively.

08.08.2025

Congratulations to Dr. Beza Tuga on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Leveraging Nanoparticle Transformations for Sustainable Agricultural Applications"!

08.07.2025

Undergraduate Haynes lab researchers Christopher, Andrea, and Judith presented posters at the Summer Undergraduate Research Expo.

08.06.2025

The Haynes group had their annual pie bake-off as we celebrated with our summer undergraduate research symposium. Congratulations to Suman on her winning lemon pie!

07.25-27.2025

The Haynes Group enjoyed a three-day extravagaza of science and community in honor of the lab's 20th anniversary, including alumni returning for a picnic, posters, talks, and tours of their old lab space and the soon-to-open Chemistry undergraduate teaching building! It was an amazing celebration!

07.17.2025

Congratulations to Mahmoud, Casey, Clare, Timmy, Rhea, and Katie on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript with the Reineke group titled "A Machine Learning-enabled SERS Sensor: Multiplex Detection of Lipopolysaccharides from Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria" in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!

07.23.2025

Congratulations to Rhea and Timmy on being chosen to participate in the ACS Career Kick Starter Program - they’ll both travel to Eli Lilly for an intensive mentoring experience!

07.01.2025

Congratulations to Safia, Eleni, Riley, Heather, and Abby on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript titled "Cyanine-Incorporated Amorphous Polymeric Carbon Dots for Optical Reactive Oxygen Species Sensing" in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C!

06.09.2025

The Haynes Lab welcomes Andrea, a CSN SURE student who will be working with Rhea for Summer 2025, and Milin, a high school student who will be working the Cheng-Hsin and Suman for Summer 2025.

06.06.2025

Casey and Abby present at the UMN Chemistry 3rd year Graduate Research Symposium.

06.01-06.2025

Cheng-Hsin presented a poster and flash talk about the Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference in Maine.

06.01.2025

The Haynes Lab welcomes Christopher, a CSN SURE student who will be working with Mahmoud for Summer 2025.

05.28.2025

Congratulations to Haynes Group members who presented at the annual IPrime meeting - Rima, Timmy, and Christy gave talks while Mahmoud and Riley presented posters.

05.15.2025

Congratulations to undergraduate researchers Heather Muenter and Katie Riley on their graduations!

05.15.2025

Cheng-Hsin presented a talk about her research at the "Advancing PFAS Treatment and Remediation Solutions" conference.

05.09.2025

Congratulations to Cheng-Hsin, Riley, Tana, Beza, and Antavia on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript titled "Designing Ultraporous Mesostructured Silica Nanoparticles for the Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances" in ACS Nano!

05.08.2025

Congratulations to Judith on writing a successful Undergraduate Research Opportunities Project (UROP) proposal to support her research in the Haynes Lab!

04.22.2025

Eleni, Wilanyi, Abby, and Casey all gave flash talks as part of the Jeannette Brown Lectureship!

04.18.2025

Congratulations to Judith on winning the 2025 Wayland E. Noland Award for Academic Excellence in Chemistry!

04.18.2025

Christy gave an Honorary Department Seminar in the University of Minnesota - Duluth Department of Chemistry.

04.15.2025

Both Heather and Judith presented posters about their research projects at the Spring 2025 UMN Undergraduate Research Symposium.

04.11.2025

Heather presented a flash talk about Haynes Lab research projects at the Institute on the Environment's 2025 Sustainability Symposium.

04.01.2025

Congratulations to Wilanyi on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript titled "Optimizing SiO2 Nanoparticle Structures to Enhance Drought Resistance in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.): Insights into Nanoparticle Dissolution and Plant Stress Response" in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry!

03.23-27.2025

The Haynes group was well-represented at the Spring 2025 National ACS Meeting in San Diego, with Casey and Christy giving talks and Beza, Eleni, Wilanyi, Cheng-Hsin, Abby, Rhea, Riley, Rima, and Heather presenting posters.

03.21.2025

Congratulations to Mahmoud for being recognized with an honorable mention for the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry fellowship!

03.19.2025

Congratulations to Timmy on winning a 2025 Research Travel Grant from the University of Minnesota to support a lab exchange to the University of Florida!

03.17.2025

Christy gave an invited seminar in the University of South Dakota Department of Chemistry.

03.03.2025

Congratulations to Tana, Beza, Sharmaka, and Rima on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript titled "Vacuum Infiltration for Priming of Soybean Seeds: Optimization and Particle Tracking Using Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles" in Chemical Science!

02.24.2025

Christy gave an invited seminar in the Boston University Department of Chemistry.

01.27.2025

The Haynes group is excited to welcome Suman to the group for her doctoral studies!

01.27.2025

Christy is awarded a graduate faculty appointment in the UMN Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering.

01.24.2025

Congratulations to Timmy on passing his oral preliminary exam and advancing to doctoral candidacy!

01.22.2025

Congratulations to Casey for winning a 2025 Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Travel Award to support her participation in the National Spring ACS Meeting in San Diego!

01.07.2025

A new patent (US Patent 12,187,658) based on collaborative Haynes lab research on nanoagriculture has been issued!

12.24.2024

Congratulations to Riley on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript titled "Phytotoxicity and Phytoremediation Potential of Lemna minor Exposed to Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)" in Frontiers in Plant Science!

12.23.2024

Christy contributes to a review article with 70 co-authors for Chemical Society Reviews about the history of surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

12.17.2024

Congratulations to Rhea on passing her oral preliminary exam and advancing to doctoral candidacy!

12.07.2024

Congratulations to Rhea on passing her written preliminary exam!

11.26.2024

The Haynes group is excited to welcome Cheryl to the group for her doctoral studies!

11.14.2024

Congratulations to Timmy on passing his written preliminary exam!

11.02.2024

Congratulations to Mahmoud for winning a "Best Poster" award at the National Diversity in STEM 2024 meeting!

10.30-11.02.2024

Mahmoud and Wilanyi present posters at the National Diversity in STEM 2024 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

09.27.2024

Congratulations to Eleni, Riley, Rhea, and Safia on the acceptance of a manuscript titled "Progress and Limitations in Reactive Oxygen Species Quantitation" in ChemComm!

09.26.2024

Christy gave an invited seminar in the University of Texas, Austin Department of Chemistry.

09.24-26.2024

Clare, Casey, Mahmoud, and Timmy present flash talks and posters at the International Institute of Biosensing conference.

09.18.2024

Christy gave an invited seminar in the University of Minnesota Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering.

09.17.2024

The Haynes lab is welcoming a new undergraduate researcher, Judith Zhu, to the group. Judith will be mentored jointly by Wilanyi and Cheng-Hsin, working on cargo-loaded silica nanoparticles.

09.03.2024

Andrea has completed her undergraduate research projects with Beza in the Haynes lab - we wish her well for her senior year!

08.30.2024

Congratulations to Clare, Casey, and Mahmoud on the acceptance of a book chapter titled "Advances in Machine Learning for SERS Analysis" in the upcoming book Surface- and Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy – Bridging Theory and Applications!

08.30.2024

Dr. Safia Jilani completed her CSN postdoctoral fellowship in the Haynes lab - we wish her well as she explores new opportunities!

08.26.2024

Christy gave the keynote talk at the Future Faculty Workshop hosted by the University of Minnesota.

08.23.2024

Chinny completed her CSN REU program working with Riley and returned to Holy Cross for the new academic year.

08.18-22.2024

Both Riley and Christy present talks at the 2024 Fall ACS Meeting in Denver.

08.12.2024

Congratulations to Safia on being recognized by ACS for "Leadership in the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect"!

08.09.2024

Undergraduate Haynes lab researchers Heather, Chinny, and Katie and presented posters at the Summer Undergraduate Research Expo.

08.07.2024

The Haynes Lab hosted a "Whodunnit" chemistry mystery outreach event for the DiscoverSTEM program.

08.05.2024

Ben completed his summer research program with Cheng-Hsin and returned to high school for the new academic year.

08.03.2024

Alejandra completed her CSN REU program working with Abby and returned to UPR Cayey for the new academic year.

07.16-17.2024

Beza is an invited participant in the 2024 DuPont GOLD Seminar Competition.

07.16.2024

Christy gave an invited talk at the 2024 Blavatnik Science Symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences.

07.12.2024

Congratulations to Cheng-Hsin on being awarded the Stanley Shih-Tung King Memorial Fellowship, recognizing academic and research excellence among international graduate students!

07.12.2024

Nearly everyone in the Haynes group enjoyed a beautiful day on the Mississippi River.

06.23-28.2024

Congratulations to Haynes Group members who presented at Gordon Research Conferences this summer - Casey presented at the "Bioanalytical Sensors" GRC while Beza, Cheng-Hsin, and Wilanyi presented at the "Nanoparticles in Food and Agriculture" GRC.

07.01.2024

Welcome to Ben, a high school researcher who will be working with Cheng-Hsin!

06.17.2024

Welcome to Chinny Tiu, a CSN summer researcher who will be working with Riley!

06.04.2024

Congratulations to Casey, Mahmoud, Timmy, and Clare on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript with the Reineke group titled "Label-free detection of virus-like particles with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy through analyte localization and polymer-enabled capture" in Analytical Chemistry!

06.04.2024

Congratulations to Timmy on being recognized with a UMN Department of Chemistry 4.0 GPA Award!

06.03.2024

Christy gives an invited talk at the Canadian Chemical Society in Winnipeg, Canada on the group's collaborative PFAS remediation work.

05.29-05.31.2024

Christy visits the University of Alberta in Edmonton as the Harris lecturer, giving three invited talks: 1. Nanomaterials for Sustainability, 2. Tuning Nanomaterial Chemistry in Batteries and Bioimaging, and 3. Designing Nanomaterials to Fight Hunger and Pollution.

05.29.2024

Congratulations to Haynes Group members who presented at the annual IPrime meeting - Beza gave a talk while Abby, Wilanyi, and Clare presented posters.

05.28.2024

Welcome to Alejandra Rodriguez-Nazario, a CSN summer researcher who will be working with Abby!

05.03.2024

Congratulations to Heather on being awarded a 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to support their summer research with mentor Dr. Safia Jilani!

05.03.2024

Congratulations to Andrea on being awarded the 2024 Dr. Paul F. and Patricia Guehler Chemistry Scholarship for overall scholastic excellence!

04.24.2024

Congratulations to Katie on being awarded a UROP to support her summer research with her mentor Mahmoud!

04.24.2024

Congratulations to Beza on winning the CSE Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Graduate Student Award for her work reinvigorating the UMN NOBCChE chapter!

04.04.2024

Congratulations to Timmy and undergraduate group alumna Meredith Hoff for winning National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowships!

04.02.2024

Congratulations to Clare on passing her oral preliminary exam and advancing to doctoral candidacy!

04.02.2024

Congratulations to Tana on the acceptance of a CSN manuscript titled "Review of Oxidative Dissolution and Sulfidation of Select Nanoparticles in the Environment: Impact on Applications" in ACS Applied Nano Materials!

03.27.2024

Congratulations to Clare for being selected as a Fall 2023 Outstanding TA Award in CEMS!

03.26.2024

Christy co-authors a "News and Views" article for Nature Sustainability, with figure contributions from Beza, about nanoparticle fertilizers.

03.17-21.2024

Christy, Safia, and former REU Meredith all presented work at the Spring 2024 ACS National meeting in New Orleans!

03.04.2024

Congratulations to Clare on passing her written preliminary exam!

03.01.2024

Congratulations to Dr. Tana O'Keefe on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Designing Silica Nanoparticles for Sustainable Agricultural Applications"!

02.22.2024

Christy's TEDxMinneapolis was upgraded to an official TED talk and can be found here.

02.19.2024

The Haynes lab is welcoming a new undergraduate researcher, Lon Yang, to the group. Lon will be mentored jointly by Beza, Wilanyi, and Cheng-Hsin and work on nanoparticle production scale-up.

02.15.2024

Congratulations to Beza and Andrea on the acceptance of a CSN manuscript titled "Leveraging Swelling Polymer Nanoparticle Reversibility for Cargo Loading" in ACS Applied Nano Materials!

02.09.2024

Christy gives an student-invited seminar at the University of Iowa.

01.03.2024

Congratulations on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript titled "A Comprehensive Trial on PFAS Remediation: Hemp Phytoextraction and PFAS Degradation in Harvested Plants" in Environmental Science: Advances!

12.11.2023

Congratulations to Abby on passing her oral preliminary exam and advancing to PhD candidacy!

12.04.2023

Cheng-Hsin and Riley presented their research, both as posters and flash talks, at the annual Superfund Research Program meeting in New Mexico!

12.03.2023

Congratulations on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN manuscript titled "Nano-silicon Fertilizer Increases the Yield and Quality of Cherry Radish (Raphanus sativus L.)" in Modern Agriculture!

11.16.2023

Congratulations to Abby on passing her written preliminary exam!

11.15.2023

The Haynes group is excited to welcome Rhea and Timmy to the group for their doctoral studies!

11.08.2023

Christy hosts a discussion with Nick Halla, former senior vice president for Impossible Foods, on Inventing Tomorrow: Sustainability, Innovation, and the Future of Food.

11.02.2023

Collaborative Haynes group work is featured on the cover of in Trends in Chemistry with some beautiful scientific art by Ella Maru Studios.

10.30.2023

Congratulations to Tana on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN manuscript titled "Colloidal Stabilization of Hydrophobic InSe 2D Nanosheets in a Model Environmental Aqueous Solution and their Impact on Shewanella oneidensis MR-1" in Environmental Science: Nano!

10.16.2023

Congratulations to group alumni Joe Buchman and Natalie Hudson-Smith on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN manuscript titled "Influence of Aluminum Incorporation and Aqueous Conditions on Metal Ion Release of High-Ni Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials" in Environmental Science: Nano!

10.07.2023

Christy attends the 2023 COACh board meeting.

10.06.2023

Christy gives an invited seminar at George Mason University on sustainable nanotechnology.

10.03.2023

Christy gives an invited Sigma Xi seminar at Swarthmore College on sustainable nanotechnology.

09.29.2023

Riley, Beza, Eleni, Cheng-Hsin, Wilayi, Abby, and Safia all gave flash talks about their research at the CSN All-Hands meeting in Milwaukee

09.26.2023

Cheng-Hsin presented her research at the 19th Annual Workshop on Emerging HRMS & LC-MS/MS Application in Environmental Analysis and Food Safety!

09.20.2023

Congratulations to Tana on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN manuscript titled "Nanoparticles and Biochar with Adsorbed Plant Growth-promoting Rhizobacteria Alleviate Fusarium Wilt Damage on Tomato and Watermelon" in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry!

09.19.2023

Christy gives an invited seminar at Pomona College of sustainable nanotechnology.

09.10-14.2023

Both Beza and Safia present their work at the NOBCChE meeting in New Orleans!

09.08.2023

The Haynes lab is welcoming a new undergraduate researcher, Katie Riley, to the group. Katie will be mentored by Mahmoud and work on SERS sensors.

09.02.2023

Congratulations to group alumna Natalie on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN article titled "Modern Materials Provoke Ancient Behavior: Bacterial Resistance to Metal Nanopoarticles" in Environmental Science: Nano!

08.21.2023

Christy is recognized on the "Analytical Scientist's Power List" based on excellence and impact over the last decade.

08.13-17.2023

Andrea, Safia, and Christy present Haynes Group research at the Fall 2023 National ACS Meeting in San Francisco!

08.10.2023

Haynes Lab summer undergraduate researchers Andrea, Meredith, Sharmaka, Ani, and David (from summer 2022) presented posters at the MRSEC poster session!

08.04.2023

Congratulations to Riley and Cheng-Hsin on the acceptance of a collaborative article titled "Using 19F NMR to Investigate Cationic Carbon Dot Association with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)" in ACS Nanoscience Au!

08.03.2023

Haynes Lab summer undergraduate researchers (Andrea, Meredith, Sharmaka, Ani, and Rima) shared their research progress at our end-of-summer undergradate research symposium!

07.20.2023

Congratulations to Beza, Tana, and Andrea on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN review article titled "Designing Nanoparticles for Sustainable Agricultural Applications" in Trends in Chemistry!

07.19.2023

Christy visits Winfield/LandOLakes to learn about commercial agriculture products.

07.07.2023

Christy gave an invited seminar on carbon dots at Ewha Women's University in Seoul, South Korea.

07.05.2023

Christy gave an invited seminar on nanoagriculture work at NanoKorea 2023.

06.12.2023

Rhea joins the Haynes lab to do research with Casey and Mahmoud in preparation for starting graduate school in Fall 2023.

06.06.2023

Meredith joins the Haynes lab as a Lando REU to work with Clare for the summer.

06.05.2023

Ani joins the Haynes lab as a CSN Summer Undergraduate Research Experience participant to work with Eleni.

06.04-09.2023

Tana, Eleni, and Riley present posters at the "Environmental Nanotechnology" Graduate Research Conference, and Christy gives a talk on the group's CSN nanoagriculture work.

06.03-04.2023

Tana, Eleni, and Riley participate in the "Environmental Nanotechnology" Graduate Research Seminar, including a talk by Tana.

06.01.2023

Cheng-Hsin and Mahmoud present at the UMN Chemistry 3rd year Graduate Research Symposium.

05.31.2023

Congratulations to Tana and Sharmaka for winning a poster award from the Nanoscale Materials and Processes section of IPrime!

05.30.2023

Casey, Beza, Andrea, Sharmaka, and Cheng-Hsin present posters, and Eleni and Christy give talks at IPrime 2023.

05.10.2023

Congratulations to Tana on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN comment article titled "Nano-enabled Strategies to Enhance Biological Nitrogen Fixation" in Nature Nanotechnology!

05.07.2023

Congratulations to Dr. Safia Jilani on winning a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship!

05.05.2023

Christy gave an invited seminar on CSN work at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.

05.04.2023

Congratulations to Beza on being awarded the LayChoo Tan Fellowship, recognizing academic and research excellence among international graduate students!

04.27.2023

Congratulations to Beza on being award a UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship!

04.25.2023

Congratulations to Andrea and Rima on being awarded 2023 David A. and Merece H. Johnson Scholarships to recognize their research and academic excellence!

04.24.2023

Tana, Riley, Eleni, Beza, and Cheng-Hsin presented their collaborative CSN work at the CSN Spring 2023 Site Visit in Madison, WI.

04.24.2023

Congratulations to group alumni Sunipa, Eileen, Natalie, and Jiayi as well as Beza on the acceptance of a collaborative MRSEC manuscript titled "Transformations and Environmental Impacts of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Nanoparticles and Thin Films" in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!

04.20.2023

Congratulations to group alumni Natalie, Xiaoxiao, Jiayi, and Becky as well as Wilanyi, Mahmoud, and Eleni on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN manuscript titled "NanoAdventure: Development of a Text-Based Adventure Game in English, Spanish, and Chinese for Communicating about Nanotechnology and the Nanoscale" in the Journal of Chemical Education!

04.18.2023

Congratulations to Tana on being awarded a Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Travel Award to support her participation at the Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference!

04.17.2023

Eleni presents a poster on her CSN work at the Twin Cities Advances in Electrochemistry Symposium.

04.11.2023

Christy gives an invited talk about the group's SERS sensing work at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco.

03.31.2023

Congratulations to Riley for being recognized with an honorable mention for the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry fellowship!

03.28.2023

Congratulations to Clare for winning a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowship!

03.27.2023

Congratulations to Tana on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN perspective titled "Nano-enabled strategies to enhance biological nitrogen fixation" in Nature Nanotechnology!

03.27.2023

Christy gives a talk about the group's carbon dot work at the National American Chemical Society meeting in Indianapolis.

03.22.2023

Christy gives an invited lecture on sustainable nanomaterials at Colorado State University.

03.21.2023

The Haynes group, in collaboration with the groups of Profs. Vivian Ferry and Ping Wang, have been granted 2 years of funding from the International Instutite of Biosensing.

03.03.2023

Congratulations to Jiayi, Eleni, Clare, and Casey on the acceptance of a manuscript titled "Recent Advances in the Development and Characterization of Electrochemical and Electrical Biosensors for Small Molecule Neurotransmitters" in ACS Sensors!

02.28.2023

Congratulations to Wilanyi on passing her oral preliminary exam and advancing to PhD candidacy!

02.27.2023

Christy gave a guest lecture on CSN work in UMN's "Green Chemistry" class.

01.23.2023

Congratulations to Casey on passing her oral preliminary exam and advancing to PhD candidacy!

01.23.2023

The Haynes Lab is happy to welcome Sharmaka Mohamud, a new post-bac researcher, to the group. Sharmaka will be working with Cheng-Hsin and Tana on silica nanoparticle synthesis.

01.17.2023

The Haynes Lab is happy to welcome Rima Jamous, a new undergraduate researcher, to the group. Rima will be working with Wilanyi on nanoparticle-enabled delivery of nucleic acids.

01.11.2023

Congratulations to Clare and Jiayi on the acceptance of a manuscript titled "Investigation of Charged Small Molecule-Aptamer Interactions with Surface Plasmon Resonance," in Analytical Chemistry!

01.01.2023

Christy joins the editorial advisory board for Nano Letters.

12.23.2022

Christy is chosen as the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry's representative on the steering committee for the Convergent Chemistry Communities (CCC) "Zero Hunger Initiative".The outcome of this service will include a symposium at the Spring 2024 ACS National Meeting.

12.17.2022

Congratulations to Tana on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, titled "Engineered nanoparticles, natural nanoclay and biochar, as delivery systems of plant-growth promoting bacteria," in Nanomaterials!

12.15.2022

Christy gives an invited talk on the group's collaborative work on nanomaterials for agriculture at the Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry in Marrakech, Morocco.

12.01.2022

Congratulations to Wilanyi on passing her written preliminary exam!

11.22.2022

Congratulations to Casey on passing her written preliminary exam!

11.18.2022

The Haynes group is happy to welcome Abby and Clare (co-advised) to the group for their doctoral studies!

11.17.2022

Christy gives an invited lecture on sustainable nanomaterials for the Baylor College of Medicine-Rice Superfund Research Program.

11.16.2022

Congratulations to Eleni and group alumni Dr. Sarah Gruba, Dr. Xiaojie Wu, Dr. Jiayi He, and Dr. Kang Xiong-Hang on the acceptance of a manuscript, titled "Platelet Response to Allergens, CXCL10, and CXCL5 in the Context of Asthma," in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au!

11.10.2022

Congratulations to Xiaoxiao and Riley on the acceptance of a manuscript, titled "Synthesis processes, photoluminescence mechanism, and toxicity of amorphous or polymeric carbon dots," in Accounts of Chemical Research!

11.03.2022

Congratulations to Xiaoxiao, Clare, and former undergraduate researchers Meghan, Trever, and Mary on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript with the Hernandez group, titled "Machine learning-assisted carbon dot synthesis: Prediction of emission color and wavelength," in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modleing!

10.27.2022

Christy co-delivers a workshop entitled, "Creating a culture of wellness: Lessons learned from the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology" with collaborators in the NSF CSN at the 2022 National Diversity Equity in STEM meeting organized by SACNAS in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

10.21.2022

A collaborative manuscript titled, "Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: A guide for writing anti-racist tenure and promotion letters" was accepted for publication at eLife. Christy is a co-author, and this manuscript was a result of a 2022 A4BL bootcamp project.

10.18.2022

Christy hosts the "Innovation in Measurement Science" virtual symposium session focused on single cell measurements.

10.04.2022

Christy gives the Amy-Mellon lecture at Purdue University.

09.24.2022

The Haynes group hosts the second annual Underrepresented Students in STEM Symposium at the University of Minnesota.

09.24.2022

Christy gives a talk about the group's research at TEDxMinneapolis.

08.21-24.2022

Both group alumna, Dr. Becky Rodriguez, and Christy give invited talks about the Fall 2022 ACS National Meeting in Chicago.

08.11.2022

All four summer undergraduate researchers, Andrea, Salman, David, and Timmy, presented posters at the UMN Summer Undergraduate poster session.

08.10.2022

Undergraduate researchers David Ajayi and Salman Jaiteh presented their summer REU/REV work to the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

08.08.2022

Congratulations to Beza on being awarded a UMN Chemistry Excellence Fellowship!

08.04.2022

The Haynes group (and friends) had the opportunity to do an outreach event at Keystone Community Center in St. Paul, MN. We did an afternoon of demonstrations, hands-on experiments, and ate liquid nitrogen ice cream with 50 K-12 campers.

08.03.2022

Undergraduate researcher Andrea Ligocki presented her work to an audience of Heisig/Gleysteen summer fellowship researchers.

08.02.2022

Summer researcher Timmy Nguyen presented his work to an audience of other Lando summer researchers.

08.01.2022

The Haynes group had their annual pie bake-off as we celebrated with our summer undergraduate research symposium. Congratulations to Tana on her winning "Swedish Apple" pie!

07.28.2022

Congratulations to Dr. Xiaoxiao Yao on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Photoluminescence Mechanism and Agricultural Application of Carbon Dots"!

07.26.2022

The Haynes group had the opportunity to do an outreach event with the American Indian Summer Institute (AISI) program participants where they used analytical chemistry techniques to solve a mysterious “chemical spill” in the Mississippi River.

07.12.2022

Congratulations to Dr. Jiayi He on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Development of Advanced Analytical Chemistry Approaches for Small and Large Molecule Detection"!

06.30.2022

Congratulations to Wilanyi on being appointed as a trainee for the Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant!

06.27.2022

Christy gives an invited keynote talk about polymer-enabled sensing at the "Bioanalytical Sensors" Gordon Research Conference.

06.19.2022

Beza gives a talk and poster at the "Convergence of Nanotechnology With Food and Agriculture" Gordon Research Conference. She was recognized with a poster award and elected to co-chair the 2024 GRS.

06.15.2022

The Haynes group is happy to welcome Antavia Paredes-Beaulieu, an incoming UMN Chemistry graduate student, to the lab for the summer. She will be working with Cheng-Hsin on PFAS detection.

06.09.2022

Beza, Eleni, and Riley all presented their research at the Univeristy of Minnesota Department of Chemistry 3rd Year Symposium!

06.06.2022

The Haynes group is happy to welcome two summer undergraduate researchers: Timmy Nguyen is coming from Cal Poly Pomona as a Lando REU student to work with Casey for the summer, and David Ajayi is coming from University of Minnesota Rochester as a CSN REV student to work with Eleni for the summer.

06.03.2022

Christy visited the National Resource Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth to talk about the group's work on PFAS remediation.

06.01.2022

Tana gave a talk about her work at the annual IPrime meeting while Beza, Eleni, and Riley presented posters about their work.

05.25.2022

Eleni presented her work as a flash talk during the Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant Symposium.

05.23-26.2022

Both Wilanyi and Christy did "Energy and U" outreach shows for thousands of 3-6th graders. Many Haynes group members volunteered their time as safety experts to keep the kids safe during the explosive demonstrations.

05.11.2022

Congratulations to our graduating seniors: Clare, Astrid, Ali, and Salman! Thank you for being part of our research team.

05.10.2022

Congratulations to Mahmoud for passing his oral preliminary candidacy exam!

04.23.2022

Ali, Astrid, and Andrea all present posters at the Winchell Research Symposium, and Andrea was selected for a Judges' Choice award.

04.20.2022

Christy gives an invited talk at Oberlin College about the group's work on sustainable nanomaterials design.

04.20.2022

Congratulations to Clare on being awarded a 3M Science and Technology Doctoral Fellowship to support her upcoming graduate work in UMN CEMS!

04.19.2022

Congratulations to Andrea on winning BOTH an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant and a UMN Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

04.18.2022

Christy gives an invited talk for the MN American Association of University of Women on sustainable nanotechnology.

04.12.2022

Xiaoxiao, Tana, Beza, Riley, Eleni, and Cheng-Hsin give poster presentations at the CSN All-Hands Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

04.08.2022

Xiaoxiao and Eleni give flash talks as part of the Jeanette Brown Lectureship event.

04.04.2022

Congratulations to Casey for winning a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowship!

03.24.2022

Christy attends the Science Talk 2022 conference in Portland, OR and presents a poster about the ACS Diversity & Inclusion cover art intiative.

03.11.2022

Christy gives an invited (virtual) talk at St. Paul College about career paths into chemistry.

03.05.2022

Congratulations to Mahmoud for winning a GEM Fellowship, sponsored by NASA!

03.04.2022

Christy gives the Brown & Williamson Distinguished seminar at the University of Louisville about the group's work on sustainable nanotechnology.

02.28.2022

Christy gives an invited talk at Western Washington University about the group's work on plasmonic sensing.

02.08.2022

Beza has been awarded a University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship to support her research for the 2022-2023 academic year!

01.20.2022

Congratulations to Dr. Amani Lee on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript with the Pomerantz and Cramer groups, titled "Development of a Highly Responsive Organofluorine Temperature Sensor for 19F Magnetic Resonance Applications," in Analytical Chemistry!

01.20.2022

Christy gives an invited (virtual) talk at Andrews University about the group's work on plasmonic sensing.

01.19.2022

Congratulations to Cheng-Hsin for passing her oral preliminary candidacy exam!

12.18-22.2021

Christy gives two invited talks at Pacifichem 2021, one on the group's SERS sensing work and one honoring the accomplishments of her PhD advisor, Professor Richard Van Duyne. Aloha!

12.10.2021

Congratulations to Christy and a large number of non-UMN co-authors on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript, titled "NGen2021: Electrochemistry is Everywhere" in ACS Energy Letters!

12.08.2021

Congratulations to Mahmoud and Cheng-Hsin on passing their written preliminary exams!

11.26.2021

Christy (virtually) gives an invited talk about the group's polymer-enabled SERS work at the "2021 International Tea Conference & 3rd Global Forum for Directors of Tea Research Institutes" meeting in Hangzhou, China.

11.10.2021

The Haynes lab is happy to welcome new graduate students Wilanyi Alvarez Reyes and Casey Wouters to the group!

11.05.2021

Congratulations to Dr. Rebeca Rodriguez on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Leveraging Linear Polymer Affinity Agents and Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering for the Detection of Food Contaminants"!

09.25.2021

The Haynes lab welcomes three new undergraduate researchers to the group: Ali Anod, Salman Jaiteh, and Andrea Ligocki!

08.21.2021

Congratulations to Beza for winning a MN ACS travel award to support her attendance and presentation at the Fall 2021 National ACS meeting in Atlanta, GA!

08.10.2021

Congratulations to Drs. Sarah Gruba, Audrey Meyer, Donghyuk Kim, and Kang Xiong-Hang as well as Danielle Francis, Eleni Spanolios, Jiayi He, and Ben Meyer on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript, titled "Characterization of the Presence and Function of Platelet Opioid Receptors," in ACS Measurement Science Au!

08.05.2021

Undergraduate researchers Radwa and Astrid presented posters about their research at the UMN summer undergraduate poster session.

08.04.2021

After last year's hiatus, the Haynes group enjoyed their undergraduate research symposium and annual pie bake-off.

08.03.2021

Jiayi, Riley, and Christy present the group's work at the annual (virtual) IPrime meeting.

06.25.2021

Congratulations to Riley on being chosen as a trainee for the UMN NIH Biotechnology Training Grant!

06.25.2021

Christy gives a joint invited talk with Dr. Jeanita Pritchett focused on career advocacy skills at the ACS Innovations in Measurement Science virtual meeting.

06.22.2021

Christy gives an invited talk about the group's sustainable nanotechnology research to the summer Lando researchers.

06.15-16.2021

Christy presents the group's electrochemistry work on two invited panels for the virtual "Next Generation Electrochemistry 2021" conference.

06.09.2021

Beza is recognized with a ACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting award for her exceptional oral presentation at the 2021 meeting - congratulations to Beza!

06.07.2021

The Haynes group is excited to welcome Kaitlyn Gruber to the group as a UMN Lando program summer research student!

06.01.2021

The Haynes group is excited to welcome both a new UMN undergraduate researcher, Astrid Hernandez, to the group as well as CSN summer research student, Radwa Abdelaziz!

05.27.2021

Congratulations to Meghan on defending her undergraduate honors thesis and graduating summa cum laude!

05.17.2021

Congratulations to Trever on graduating with his undergraduate degree!

04.12.2021

Congratulations to Becky on being chosen as an Analytical Chemistry Diversity Colloquium (AC/DC) Rising Star! She will give a special colloquium presentation about her research to a national audience in May 2021.

04.08.2021

Congratulations to Becky on winning the Department of Chemistry Diversity & Inclusion Award!

04.08.2021

Congratulations to Meghan on winning the Department of Chemistry Diversity & Inclusion Award!

04.08.2021

Congratulations to Dr. Amani Lee and undergraduate researchers Sang-Hyuk Lee, Huan Nguyen, Meghan Cahill, and Elaine Kappel on the acceptance of a collaborative manuscript with the Pomerantz group, titled "Investigation of the Post-Synthetic Confinement of Fluorous Liquids Inside Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles," in Langmuir!

04.02.2021

Congratulations to Becky on winning the 2021 Josie R. Johnson Human Right and Social Justice Award!

04.01.2021

Congratulations to Becky on winning a 2021 President's Student Leadership and Service Award!

04.01.2021

Congratulations to Meghan on winning a 2021 President's Student Leadership and Service Award!

04.01.2021

Congratulations to Dr. Kang Xiong-Hang on the acceptance of her manuscript, titled "Plasmodium chabaudi Affects Mast Cells Degranulation as Measured by Carbon-Fiber Microelectrode Amperometry," in ACS Infectious Diseases!

03.03.2021

Congratulations to Eleni on successfully completing her oral preliminary exam!

02.25.2021

Collaborative CSN work led by Hyunho, on designing silica nanoparticle to optimally dissolve for agricultural applications, is accepted for publication in Environmental Science & Technology.

01.25.2021

Congratulations to Riley on successfully completing his oral preliminary exam!

01.20.2021

Congratulations to Beza on successfully completing her oral preliminary exam!

12.22.2020

Collaborative CSN work led by Xiaoxiao and group alumnus Bo Zhi with contributions from Elaine Kappel and Riley Lewis, on the potential structure and luminescence mechanism in multicolor emissive carbon dots, is accepted for publication in Chemical Science.

11.17.2020

The Haynes lab is happy to welcome new graduate students Mahmoud Matar Abed and Cheng-Hsin Huang to the group!

10.26.2020

Congratulations to Becky and group alumna Dr. Victoria Szlag on the acceptance of collaborative work with the Reineke group about SERS-based multiplex detection of mycotoxins in Materials Advances!

10.22.2020

Congratulations to Becky, Tana, Clare, Riley, and Trever on the acceptance of their invited review about detecting food contaminants in Analytical Chemistry!

10.22.2020

Xiaoxiao delivers her delayed "3rd year talk" about her carbon dot work as part of the University of Minnesota seminar series.

10.12.2020

Collaborative work led by Becky with contributions from former group members Matt Styles, Dr. Victoria Szlag, Sam Bryson, and Dr. Zhe Gao as well as Dr. Seyoung Jung and Prof. Theresa Reineke, on optimizing SERS substrates for allergen detection, is accepted for publication in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. This special issue of JRS honors the work and life of Prof. Richard P. Van Duyne.

09.21.2020

Congratulations to Dr. Natalie Hudson-Smith on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Nanoparticle Transformations and Toxicity: Impact of Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Experimental Tools, and Methods for Communicating Nanotechnology to the Public"!

09.21.2020

CSN work led by group alumna Dr. Autumn Qiu demonstrating bacterial DNA damage induced by nanoscale battery cathode materials is accepted for publication in Chemical Science.

09.10.2020

Congratulations to Beza for winning the 2019-2020 Robert L. Ferm Outstanding TA Award - this is one of only two awards recognizing UMN Chemistry TAs!

08.26.2020

Congratulations to Dr. Amani Lee on the successful defense of his PhD thesis, titled "Diagnostic Nanoplatforms: Engineering Multifunctional & Multimodal Fluorinated Nanosensors for Fluorine-19 MRI Diagnostic Applications"!

08.26.2020

Christy joins the advisory boards for the Royal Society of Chemistry journals Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

08.25.2020

Congratulations to Dr. Kang Xiong-Hang on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, titled "Single Cell Study of Malaria and Antimalarial Drug Impacts on Platelets and Mast Cells"!

08.07.2020

Collaborative work with contributions from Hyunho, on co-crystallization methods for drug manufacture, is accepted for publication in Crystal Growth & Design.

07.27.2020

Congratulations to Xiaoxiao on being award the 2020-2021 Newman and Lillian Bortnick-Excellence Fellowship, a strong endorsement of her excellent research!

07.22.2020

Trever is awarded a Department of Chemistry summer research fellowship to support his summer work in the Haynes lab both on SERS, with mentor Becky Rodriguez, and carbon dots, with mentor Xiaoxiao Yao.

07.17.2020

The Haynes group, with collaborators from the Frontiera and Ferry groups, are awarded a MRSEC seed grant for a new plasmonics project!

06.03.2020

We're excited to wecome undergraduate (virtual) researcher, Wilanyi Alvarez Reyes, joining the Haynes lab as a CSN summer student!

05.18.2020

Congratulations to Jiayi on being awarded an Eastern Analytical Symposium Graduate Student Research Award, recognizing her outstanding talent for scientific research!

05.13.2020

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from Natalie and Meghan, on how spatial distribution of cationic functional groups impact nanoparticle-bacteria interactions, is accepted for publication in JACS.

04.28.2020

Congratulations to Clare on being chosen as the winner of the Victoria Kolehmainen Veach Scholarship for 2020, recognizing an outstanding junior chemistry major!

04.28.2020

Congratulations to Meghan on being chosen as the winner of the 2020 Wayland E. Noland Award for Academic Excellence in Chemistry, recognizing an outstanding senior chemistry major!

04.20.2020

Congratulations to Becky on winning a University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship!

04.18.2020

Collaborative work including contributions from Joe Buchman, on regulation of perovskite-based photovoltaics, is accepted for publication in Joule.

03.30.2020

Haynes group work done by Kang, Jiayi, and former undergraduate researcher Kaila, using single cell measurements to understand the impact of antimalarial drugs, is accepted for publication in Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports.

03.20.2020

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from group undergraduate alumnus Kyle Johnson, on the role of wall teichoic acids in nanoparticle-bacteria association, is accepted for publication in Chemical Science.

03.13.2020

Congratulations to Becky on being awarded a 2020-20201 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Fellowship sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company!

03.12.2020

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from group alumnus Dr. Bo Zhi, on phototransformations of carbon dots, is accepted for publication in Environmental Science & Technology.

03.09.2020

Becky designed a cool new Haynes Lab logo - you can find it on our research page.

03.08.2020

Becky is featured in Chemical & Engineering News' Twitter campaign highlighting excellent women chemists.

03.04.2020

Hyunho's blog post about measuring nanoparticle size in suspension is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

02.28.2020

Amani is featured in UMN Chemistry's student voices series.

02.27.2020

Christy worked with Profs. George Schatz and Paul Weiss to assemble a virtual issue in honor of her PhD advisor, Prof. Richard Van Duyne. We highly suggest reading the editorial and the highlighted papers from Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry, and ACS Nano.

02.24.2020

Congratulations to Clare on being chosen for Boston Scientific’s undergraduate summer internship program! We’ll miss Clare this summer but are excited for her!

02.19.2020

Congratulations to Meghan for winning a Mitacs-Fulbright Canada Globalink Award and Internship! Meghan will use this award to spend summer 2020 at the University of Montreal studying atmospheric chemistry with Dr. Patrick Hayes.

02.18.2020

Becky is featured in UMN Chemistry's student voices series.

02.10-14.2020

Christy gives an invited lecture and 12 hours of short course as part of the 40th Summer School on Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.

02.06.2020

Congratulations to Becky for winning a University of Minnesota Louise T. Dosdall Fellowship for the 2020-21 academic year!

02.04.2020

Collaborative CSN work led by Peter Clement and with contributions from Meghan and group alumni Joe and Autumn, on bacterial impact of multiphase lithium cobalt phosphate nanomaterials, is accepted for publication in Chemical Research in Toxicology.

01.27.2020

Becky is chosen as a recipient of the WCC Merck Research Award, recognizing her research excellence with an invited talk at a special award symposium at the national ACS meeting. Congratulations Becky!

01.24.2020

Christy gives an invited lecture about collaborative CSN work at the University of Florida.

01.22.2020

Christy gives an invited lecture about collaborative CSN work as the Dean Martin lecturer at the University of South Florida.

01.09.2020

Welcome to Mary McIntire, a new University of Minnesota undergraduate researcher who will be working with Xiaoxiao on carbon dot synthesis.

01.08.2020

Collaborative work with the Hogan and Pomerantz groups, including important contributions from Amani, is accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry. This paper describes a new ion mobility mass spectrometry method to characterize nanoparticle populations.

01.07.2020

Congratulations to Tana O'Keefe for passing her PhD oral candidacy exam!

01.01.2020

Christy joins the editorial advisory board for ACS Nano.

12.21.2019

Collaborative CSN work led by Joe Buchman and with contributions from group alumni Peter and Bo, on exploring the transformation and impact of high Ni content lithium ion battery materials, is accepted for publication in ES: Nano.

12.19.2019

Congratulations to Hyunho Kang on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis, titled "Design of Silicon Dioxide Nanomaterials and Understanding their Colloidal Behaviors for Sensing and Biological Applications."

12.15.2019

Collaborative work led by Prof. Klaus Schmidt-Rohr's group with contributions from Bo, on NMR analysis of CSN carbon dots, is accepted for publication in the Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry.

12.01.2019

Collaborative work led by Prof. Calvin Sun's group with contributions from Bo and Hyunho, on how crystallization methods influence pharmaceutical delivery, is accepted for publication in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics.

11.18.2019

Congratulations to Meghan on being awarded an ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry to recognize her excellent research achievements! Meghan is also a featured undergraduate in the UMN Chemistry Department annual newsletter.

11.12.2019

The Haynes group happily welcomes Riley Lewis, Eleni Spanolios, and Beza Tuga as new first year graduate students in the group. You can find a few details about them on our "people" page.

11.11.2019

Collaborative CSN work led by Joe Buchman, on using chitosan-coated mesoporous silica for agricultural applications, is accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

11.07.2019

Christy spends the day at Merck headquarters and gives an invited seminar.

11.06.2019

Collaborative work led by former Haynes group postdoc, Dr. Zhe Gao, on the scalable synthesis of core-shell nanoparticles for nanowarming is accepted for publication in Advanced Science.

10.20.2019

Christy is named to Analytical Scientist's 2019 Power List.

10.13-10.16.2019

Hyunho and Christy attend SciX 2019 in Palm Springs, CA where Christy gives a plenary lecture on the group's polymer-enabled sensor work and Hyunho presents a poster on his CSN work. Group alumni Drs. Melissa Maurer-Jones and Tian Autumn Qiu also presented invited talks in a symposium honoring Christy.

10.09.2019

Hyunho gives an invited seminar at the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station in New Haven, CT as part of his week-long lab exchange with Dr. Jason White.

10.08.2019

CSN work led by the Carlson group, with Haynes group contributions, is featured in the Star Tribune newspaper.

10.03.2019

Haynes group work on ITC-evaluation of polymer affinity agents is featured in the Spectroscopy magazine.

09.27.2019

Christy gives an invited lecture about carbon dots at the Oesper Symposium at the University of Cincinnati in honor of Prof. R. Mark Wightman.

09.23.2019

Congratulations to Amani on being recognized as the best graduate student poster presenter at the annual meeting for the Institute for Engineering in Medicine!

09.20.2019

Joe's blog post about designing nanoparticles for sustainability is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

09.16.2019

Congratulations to Hyunho on the acceptance of a manuscript exploring the driving factors for small molecule SERS detection using core-shell substrates in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

09.03.2019

Christy is a co-author on a new manuscript accepted in ACS Nano, written by a large group of leaders in SERS, titled "Present and Future of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering."

08.29.2019

Congratulations to Natalie and Meghan, contributors on a collaborative CSN paper led by the Carlson group, on the acceptance of the paper titled "Chronic Exposure to Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Elicits Rapid Resistance in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1," in Chemical Science.

08.26-29.2019

Christy shared Haynes group and CSN research on carbon dots during an invited talk at the National ACS Meeting in San Diego, CA.

08.16.2019

Congratulations to Bo Zhi on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis, titled "Group IV Element-based Luminescent Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Environmental Impact Evaluation, and Bio-imaging Applications." Shortly, Bo will be departing for a position as a senior research scientist at Zeon in Japan.

08.02.2019

Congratulations to Joe and Becky on the acceptance of a collaborative CSN paper titled "Coating Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Mesoporous Silica Reduces their Interaction and Impact on S. oneidensis MR-1," in Chemosphere.

08.01.2019

Congratulations to Becky on being chosen for a 2019-2020 Excellence Fellowship! This competitive fellowship recognizes Becky's outstanding research and leadership in the UMN Chemistry Department.

07.27.2019

Congratulations to Amani on being chosen as a 2019 Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) Doctoral Fellow! This award will support Amani's final year of doctoral work and allow him to be an ambassador for the IEM.

07.19.2019

A collaborative MRSEC paper titled "Bacterial Toxicity of Germanium Nanocrystals Induced by Doping with Boron and Phosphorous," including contributions from Bo and Natalie, has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

06.11.2019

Congratulations to Becky, group alumna Victoria, former undergraduate Sam Bryson, and collaborators in the Reineke and Schatz groups on the acceptance of a manuscript detailing design of polymer affinity agents for the detection of aflatoxin B1 in Molecular Systems Design & Engineering.

06.06.2019

Christy gives an invited lecture at Instituto de Tecnología Química in Valencia, Spain.

06.03.2019

Welcome to Emma Henshaw, a CSN summer undergraduate researcher from St. Lawrence University, who will be spending the summer in the Haynes lab working with mentor Hyunho Kang.

05.24.2019

Congratulations to Natalie, Meghan, group alumnus Nathan Klein, and CSN collaborator Miriam Krause on the acceptance of a manuscript detailing a model TEM for classroom/outreach use in the Journal of Chemical Education.

05.23.2019

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from Natalie, describing a microreactor for synthesizing metal oxide nanoparticles, is accepted for publication in Journal of Vaccum Science and Technology A.

05.21.2019

Congratulations to Hyunho and Davis on the acceptance of a manuscript demonstrating how to synthesize silica with a stable, positive zeta potential in Langmuir.

05.20.2019

Congratulations to Joe, Natalie, and Katie on the acceptance of a critical review focused on nanoparticle redesign for sustainability in Accounts of Chemical Research.

05.16.2019

Christy gives an invited lecture at Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique in Paris, France as part of the CECAM workshop on "Biomolecular mechanisms at functionalized solid surfaces".

05.15.2019

Congratulations to Becky on winning the 2019 Richard D. Amelar and Arthur S. Lodge Fellowship for Outstanding Collaborative Research in Materials!

05.13.2019

The Haynes lab wins the University of Minnesota Chemistry Department's Safest Lab Award for Spring 2019.

05.01.2019

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from Bo, on functionalization of carbon-based nanoparticles, is accepted for publication in JACS.

04.08.2019

Congratulations to Meghan and Elaine, current undergradauate researchers in the Haynes lab, for having been chosen as recipients for the 2019 Lloyd W. Goerke Scholarship and the 2019 Robert C. Brasted Fellowship, respectively. These Chemistry Department awards recognize their excellence both in the classroom and in the laboratory!

04.05.2019

Both Meghan and Elaine, current undergradauate researchers in the Haynes lab, have been awarded Heisig-Gleysteen summer undergraduate research fellowships. This means that they'll be doing research full-time for summer 2019!

04.05.2019

Christy gives an invited lecture at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain.

04.01-04.2019

Natalie presents two talks at the Spring 2019 National American Chemical Society meeting in Orlando.

04.02.2019

Becky is recognized with an Honorable Mention for the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship.

03.25-29.2019

Christy gives invited lectures at the University of Bath, Swansea University, and NUI Galway during her Royal Society of Chemistry award tour.

03.17-21.2019

Becky and Jiayi present their research at PittCon 2019 in Philadelphia.

03.09.2019

Christy is named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor.

03.01.2019

Congratulations to Natalie on a MN ACS Travel Award to support her upcoming presentations at the Spring 2019 National ACS Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

02.26.2019

Christy was interviewed for the Analytical Scientist.

02.10.2019

Congratulations to Natalie on winning a University of Minnesota 2019 Thesis Research Travel Grant! This grant will help support Natalie's month-long visit to Spain to complement Christy's sabbatical work.

02.07.2019

Congratulations to Kang, Kaila, and Anna on the acceptance of our first manuscript about platelets in malaria in ACS Infectious Diseases.

02.07.2019

Welcome to Clare Froehlich, a University of Minnesota Chemistry major who will be performing research in the Haynes lab working with mentors Becky Rodriguez and Jiayi He.

01.31.2019

Christy's blog post about art and sustainability in Morocco is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

12.20.2018

Congratulations to Dr. Sunipa Pramanik on the successful defense of her doctoral thesis, titled "Interactions of Semiconductor Nanoparticles with Environmentally Relevant Bacteria Model."

12.19.2018

Congratulations to Xiaoxiao on successfully completing her oral preliminary exam!

12.18.2018

Congratulations to Dr. Joe Buchman on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis, titled "An Investigation of Nanoparticle Toxicity Mechanisms against Environmentally Relevant Bacteria and the Potential for Sustainable Agriculture Applications."

11.19.2018

Bo's blog post about colorful carbon dots is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

11.12.2018

A new graduate student, Tana O'Keefe, joins the Haynes group to pursue her PhD in the area of sustainable nanotechnology. Welcome Tana!

10.31.2018

Collaborative work by Hyunho with the Frontiera group, on how silica impacts plasmonic heating, is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

10.22.2018

Collaborative work led by Victoria with the Reineke and Schatz groups, including contributions from Becky and undergraduate Sam Bryson, on using isothermal titration calorimetry to assess SERS affinity agents, is accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.

10.15.2018

Collaborative CSN work led by Autumn and including contributions from Peter, with a future-looking perspective on nanoparticle sustainability, is accepted for publication in ChemComm.

10.11.2018

Christy gave two invited talks at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.

09.24.2018

Both Bo and Zhe win 1st place for their posters at the Institute for Engineering in Medicine conference, Bo in the graduate student category and Zhe in the postdoctoral scholar category.

09.17.2018

Collaborative work led by Hyunho and including contributions from Joe, Becky, Hattie, Jiayi, and group alumna Dr. Kyle Bantz, on strategies for stabilizing nobel metal nanoparticles, is accepted for publication in Chemical Reviews. This manuscript will be featured in a themed issues on "Chemical Sensors."

09.13.2018

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from Natalie, on copper nanoparticles for agricultural applications, is accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering.

09.05.2018

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from Joe, on nanoparticle interactions with lipid bilayers, is accepted for publication in Langmuir.

08.22.2018

Collaborative work led by Victoria and including contributions from Becky, Natalie, Hyunho, Jiayi, and the Reineke group, on the design of SERS sensors, is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

08.20.2018

Collaborative MRSEC work led by Bo and including contributions from Natalie, on the toxicity of doped silicon nanocrystals, is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

08.10.2018

Collaborative CSN work including contributions by Sunipa, Bo, Natalie, and Eileen, on the toxicity of core-shell quantum dots, is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

08.08.2018

The Haynes group makes their annual trip to W. 7th Community Center to host hands-on activities for 80 excited kids. Special thanks to Peter for coordinating this year's visit!

08.07.2018

Collaborative CSN work including contributions from group alumni Autumn, Ian, and Katie, on the formation of lipid coronas on membrane-interacting nanoparticles, is accepted for publication in Chem.

08.07.2018

Joe's work "Using an environmentally-relevant panel of Gram-negative bacteria to assess the toxicity of polyallylamine hydrochloride-wrapped gold nanoparticles" is being featured in ES:Nano promotional materials.

08.01, 08/07.2018

Natalie and Meghan run a chemical education activity they've designed to teach about transmission electron microscopy with two groups of high school students visiting UMN as part of the DiscoverSTEM program.

07.16.2018

Work led by Hattie, on the use of the ferrozine assay to quantify iron in core-shell nanoparticles, is posted on ChemRxiv.

07.14.2018

Collaborative CSN work led by the Klaper lab, including contributions from Joe, on the toxicity of nanodiamond in Daphnia magna is accepted for publication in Environmental Research.

07.03.2018

Collaborative MRSEC work led by Sunipa, including contributions by Bo, Natalie, and Amani as well as undergraduate researchers Jacob and Eileen, on the toxicity of Si nanocrystals is accepted for publication in Environmental Science:Nano.

06.12.2018

Kang has been awarded a second year of funding with a National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Training Grant in Biotechnology.

06.08.2018

Collaborative CSN work co-led by Bo and Yi (at PNNL) on super-resolution imaging with carbon dots is accepted for publication in ACS Nano.

06.01.2018

Collaborative CSN work including contributions by Joe, Autumn, Bo, and Katie on the degradation and toxicity of nanoparticle/polymer composites is accepted for publication in Environmental Science:Nano.

06.01.2018

Natalie, Amani, and Kang all present their research at the UMN Chemistry Graduate Research Symposium.

05.30.2018

Christy is chosen as a finalist for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists. She is one of 10 chemists recognized with this honor.

05.29-05.30.2018

Joe, Amani, and Sunipa give oral presentations and Peter and Bo gave poster presentations about their research at the IPRIME meeting, sharing Haynes Lab work with industrial scientists.

05.15.2018

Jiayi passes her doctoral candidacy exam!

05.11.2018

Becky passes her doctoral candidacy exam!

05.08.2018

Christy is chosen as the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2018 Theophilus Redwood Award winner, recognizing her accomplishments in both analytical chemistry and scientific communication.

05.07.2018

Congratulations to undergraduate Kaila Kemnetz-Ness on being granted an "Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program" award to support her continued research in the Haynes group.

04.25.2018

Kyle successfully defends his undergraduate honors thesis!

04.24.2018

Christy has been chosen as the Coblentz Society's 2018 Craver Award winner. This award recognizes significant contributions in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy.

04.23.2018

The University of Minnesota Joint Safety Team has recognized the Haynes Lab with the "Safest Lab Award" for Spring 2018.

04.21.2018

Christy delivers the plenary lecture at the Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium in St. Paul, MN.

04.19.2018

Congratulations to undergraduate Meghan Cahill on being granted an "Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program" award to support her continued research in the Haynes group.

04.11.2018

Collaborative CSN and MRSEC work co-led by Natalie and Solaire, on educational activities to teach about the chemistry of climate change, is accepted for publication in the Journal of Chemical Education.

04.10.2018

Collaborative work on nanotheranostics, with contributions by Zhe, is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

04.03.2018

Congratulations to former summer researcher Susan Pham on winning a 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and to Peter Clement for being recognized with an Honorable Mention!

04.03.2018

Christy delivers the "Bryant Minor Lecture" in the Chemistry Department at the University of Utah.

04.02.2018

Collaborative CSN work co-led by Natalie, and with significant contributions by Peter, on how complex oxide nanoparticle morphology and crystal structure impact toxicity is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Nanomaterials.

03.30.2018

Congratulations to Meghan, an undergraduate researcher co-mentored by Natalie and Peter, on being chosen as a winner of the Thomas DuBruil Undergraduate Research Award for 2018!

03.27.2018

Autumn successfully defends her PhD thesis, titled "Bacterial Response to Nanoparticles at the Molecular Level"!

03.22.2018

Elaine Kappel, a University of Minnesota undergraduate chemistry major, joins the Haynes group to work with Hattie on developing assays to characterize nanoparticles.

03.21.2018

Collaborative work that includes contributions from Bo and Autumn, as part of the CSN, on amine-terminated Au nanoparticles is accepted for publication in Langmuir.

03.20.2018

Congratulations to Amani on winning the Academic-Leadership Collegiate Scholarship, granted by the State of Iowa Black Belt Association (SIBBA) - this award recognizes Amani's leadership and academic merit!

03.18-03.22.2018

Natalie, Joe, Katie, and Christy attend and present research results at the Spring 2018 National ACS Meeting in New Orleans.

03.12.2018

Christy delivers an invited talk in the Chemistry Department at Rice University.

03.06.2018

Christy delivers an invited talk at the "OneChemistry Symposium" at Johns Hopkins University.

03.05.2018

Joe, Natalie, Bo, Hyunho, and Peter present their work a the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology All-Hands meeting in Baltimore, MD.

02.28.2018

Congratulations to Joe on winning a travel grant from the MN section of the American Chemical Society to support his upcoming Spring 2018 ACS presentation in New Orleans, LA.

02.28.2018

Congratulations to Eileen on being chosen for an internship at Ecolab for Summer 2018.

02.21.2018

Christy gives an invited seminar in the Chemistry Department at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

02.16.2018

Victoria successfully defends her PhD thesis, titled "Linear Polymer Affinity Agents for the Intrinsic SERS Detection of Food Safety Targets"!

02.08.2018

Christy co-guest edited a virtual issue of Analytical Chemistry highlighting selected women analytical chemists, including an editorial recognizing some challenges for women chemists.

01.22.2018

Katie Landy is chosen as a recipient of an I. M. Kolthoff award from the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry based on her fantastic undergraduate research. Katie will be recognized with this award at the Spring 2018 National ACS meeting in New Orleans.

01.19.2018

Welcome to Sang-Hyuk Lee, a University of Minnesota Chemistry major who will be performing research in the Haynes lab working with mentor Amani Lee.

01.19.2018

Christy gives an invited seminar in the Chemistry Department at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

01.18.2018

Peter passes his doctoral candidacy exam!

01.09-10.2018

Christy performs the "Energy and U" show for 1200 3rd-6th graders, and one of the performances is featured on the local news.

12.20.2017

Collaborative work led by Joe, as part of the CSN, on the development of a bacterial panel for nanotoxicity screening is accepted for publication in Environmental Science: Nano.

12.7.2017

Christy gives a keynote talk on "Polymer-enabled SERS Sensors" at the International Conference on SERS in Xiamen, China.

12.2.2017

Collaborative work led by Bo, as part of the CSN, on phosphorus-doped carbon dots is accepted for publication in Carbon.

11.16.2017

The Haynes group happily welcomes Xiaoxiao Yao as a new first year graduate student in the group. You can learn more about Xiaoxiao on our people page.

11.14.2017

Joe's collaborative work with Margy Robinson, as part of the CSN, on optically detected magnetic resonance with nanodiamond is accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.

11.07.2017

Amani wins 2nd place for his 2 minute "elevator" research speech at the annual conference for the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.

11.16.2017

Christy Haynes is chosen as fellow to the Institute on the Environment.

11.12.2017

Christy delivers an invited talk at the Gold Medal Symposium at the Eastern Analytical Symposium in Princeton, NJ.

10.30.2017

Natalie's blog post about calculating how many moles of a substance is in a popular Pokemon is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

10.30.2017

Christy delivers an invited talk at the National Meeting of American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Minneapolis, MN.

10.26.2017

Christy delivers an invited talk in the Chemistry Department at the University of Michigan.

10.23.2017

Christy delivers an invited talk at Ecolab.

10.19.2017

Christy is featured in the Analytical Scientist's Power list as one of the Giants of Nano.

10.17.2017

Christy is featured, along with other University of Minnesota colleagues, in the newest episode of Hands-On Science on PBS.

10.02.2017

Christy delivers an invited talk as part of "Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology (HESTEC) Week" at the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley.

09.29.2017

Undergraduate researcher, Meghan Cahill, joins the Haynes research group to work with mentors Natalie Hudson-Smith and Peter Clement to assess nanoparticle toxicity to bacteria.

09.22.2017

Christy delivers an invited talk in the Chemistry Department at the University of Virginia.

09.18.2017

Christy delivers an invited talk in the Chemistry Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

09.07.2017

Undergraduate researcher, Kaila Kemnetz-Ness, joins the Haynes research group to work with mentor Kang Xiong-Hang to assess the role of platelets in malaria.

09.04.2017

The Haynes Lab made our annual visit to the Minnesota State Fair where we enjoyed fried food, stunt dogs, endless milk and nearly endless cookies to go with it, and a parade!

08.31.2017

Amani Lee has been chosen as a recipient of a 2017-2018 Excellence Fellowship from the UMN Department of Chemistry.

08.22.2017

Natalie's blog post about inventor Royal Rife is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

08.10.2017

Our summer researchers present their posters at the MRSEC Summer Research Expo. Sam Merlus presented his research on "Nanotoxicity Evaluation Of Doped Silicon Nanocrystals," Kyle Nguyen presented his research on "Optimization of the Loading of Perfluorocarbons in Ultraporous Mesostructured Nanoparticles for Oxygen Sensing," Katie Landy presented her research on "Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles used to Increase Growth and Disease-Fighting Ability in Watermelon," and Michael Maudal presented his research on "Dystopian Literature Enhancing Student Engagement in Chemistry" as part of the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program.

08.08.2017

The Haynes group (and friends) make their annual visit to host "Chemistry Day" at the W. 7th Community Center in St. Paul, MN.

06.18-06.23.2017

Natalie, Joe, and Christy attend the "Environmental Nanotechnology" Gordon Research Conference in Stowe, VT.

06.18-06.23.2017

Amani attends the "Cancer Nanotechnology" Gordon Research Conference in West Dover, VT.

06.09.2017

Sam Merlus, Kyle Nguyen, Anaeli Shockey López, Liz Hernandez, and Michael Maudal have joined the group as summer researchers as part of the MRSEC, CSN, and Lando summer programs.

06.01.2017

Hyunho and Bo present at the Department of Chemistry’s 16th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium.

05.31.2017

Sunipa and Amani present posters and Bo presents a talk at the 2017 IPrime meeting.

05.27.2017

Congratulations to Hattie, Katie, and Nathan on the acceptance of their collaborative work with the Garwood group, focused on iron-oxide nanoparticle quantification with MRI, for publication in Magnetic Resonance Medicine.

05.17.2017

Congratulations are in order for Amani for his first first-author paper based on collaborative work with the Pomerantz and Garwood groups! You can check out "Oxygen Sensing with Perfluorocarbon-Loaded Ultraporous Mesostructured Silica Nanoparticles" here at ACS Nano.

04.06.2017

Autumn and Bo present talks at the National ACS Meeting in San Francisco.

02.09.2017

Congratulations to Zhe, Hattie, and Mike on the acceptance of their collaborative work with the Bischof, Garwood, and Brockbank groups, focused on nanoparticle-based rewarming of cryogenically preserved tissues, for publication in Science Translational Medicine.

02.08.2017

Congratulations to alumni Xiaojie and Mollie and current group member Dr. Zhe Gao on the acceptance of their work, focused on microfluidic studies of neutrophil/endothelial cell interactions, for publication in BBA - General Subjects.

01.27.2017

Congratulations to Amani on passing his oral preliminary exam!

01.24.2017

Congratulations to Natalie on passing her oral preliminary exam!

01.23.2017

Congratulations to Kang on passing her oral preliminary exam!

01.22.2017

Collaborative work between the Haynes and Barocas groups, focused on mathematical modeling of the fusion pore during exocytosis, is accepted for publication in Integrative Biology.

01.12.2017

Collaborative CSN work led by Ian and Mimi on the proactive redesign of nanoscale NMC battery materials is accepted for publication in ES:Nano.

01.09.2017

Collaborative CSN work led by Autumn on a new assay to screen for nanoparticle toxicity to bacteria is accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.

12.26.2016

Collaborative CSN work led by Autumn on how nanoparticle purification schemes impact nanoparticle toxicity is accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.

12.09.2016

Christy gives an invited seminar at the University of Colorado, Denver.

12.06.2016

Congratulations to undergraduate researchers Katie Landy and Sam Bryson for winning Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project (UROP) awards to continue their research with graduate mentors Joe and Victoria/Hyunho, respectively!

11.21.2016

Congratulations to Natalie and Peter on the acceptance of their collaborative CSN research highlight, titled "Speciation and transformations of silver released from Ag NPs in three species," in the journal Environmental Science: Nano.

11.14.2016

The Haynes group happily welcomes three new graduate students to the group: Peter Clement, Jiayi He, and Becky Rodriguez. You can learn more about them on our people page.

11.03.2016

Bo's blog post about appreciating parallels between nano-art and the macro-scale natural world is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

10.28.2016

Natalie's blog post about how nanoscale features on ivy let it climb brick walls is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog.

10.22.2016

Autumn's collaborative work exploring the toxicity of nanoscale titania to S. oneidensis is accepted for publication in Chemosphere.

10.19.2016

Christy is featured in The Analytical Scientist's annual "Power List".

10.10.2016

Congratulations to alumna Audrey Meyer on the publication of her work in collaboration with the Arriaga group to do untargeted MS analysis of mast cell-secreted species.

10.04.2016

Christy's blog entry "Let's Talk about Responsible Science Communication" is featured on the Sustainable Nano blog and picked up by Science Seeker.

09.27.2016

Congratulations to Zhe on winning 1st place at the Institute for Engineering in Medicine postdoc poster session!

09.21.2016

Congratulations to Sunipa on winning a FACSS student poster award at SciX 2016!

09.18.2016

Congratulations to Victoria on winning a Journal of Physical Chemistry poster award at the Van Duyne symposium!

09.15.2016

Haynes group alumnus, Dr. Audrey Meyer, accepts a new position as a Senior Process Engineer at Boston Scientific (back in the Twin Cities!). We wish her well in this new role!

09.12.2016

Christy gives an invited seminar at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

09.06.2016

A new semester is underway, and the Haynes group meeting schedule is now available. New first year graduate students are welcome to join us to learn more about the group.

08.31.2016

Congratulations to Zhe on the acceptance of her collaborative work with the Hogan and Bischof groups, titled "Ion Mobility based Quantification of Surface Coating Dependent Binding of Serum Albumin to Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles," in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.

08.29.2016

Congratulations to Ben, Sarah, and Audrey (all graduated!) on the acceptance of their collaborative work titled "Analysis of Neuropeptide-Induced Mast Cell Degranulation and Characterization of Signaling Modulation in Response To IgE Conditioning," in the journal ACS Chemical Biology.

08.26.2016

Haynes group alumnus, Dr. Yu-Shen Lin, accepts a new position as Senior Research Chemist at Ferrotec Corporation in New Hampshire. We wish him well in his new role!

08.20 - 08.24.2016

Christy attends the Fall 2016 National ACS Meeting in Philadelphia and gives 4 invited talks: one on work determining the role of lipopolysaccharides in regulating nanoparticle/bacteria interactions, one on biomedical applications of mesoporous silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles, one on single cell platelet measurements, and one on toxicity assessment of nanoscale battery materials. It was an exhausting but exciting conference!

08.18.2016

Congratulations to Katie on the acceptance of her collaborative work with the Hogan and Bischof groups, titled "Quantifying Intra- and Extracellular Aggregation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and its Influence on Specific Absorption Rate," in the journal Nanoscale.

08.15.2016

Christy officially joins the the "Nanostructural Materials and Processes Program" within the University of Minnesota's IPrime program. This new affiliation will help promote collaboration between the Haynes research group and industrial scientists and engineers.

08.14-08.18.2016.2016

Christy and Joe attend the ICEENN meeting in Golden, CO where Christy delivers a keynote talk and Joe presents a poster. They also get to spend time with CSN collaborators Prof. Rebecca Klaper, Prof. Howard Fairbrother, Arielle Mensch, Emily Caudill, Liz Laudadio, Margy Roberts, and Jared Bozich.

08.11.2016

Congratulations to Autumn and Natalie on the acceptance of their collaborative CSN research highlight, titled "Unveiling the mechanisms underlying nanoparticle-induced ROS generation and oxidative stress," in the journal Environmental Science: Nano.

08.10.2016

Congratulations to Solaire, Autumn, and Kayeong on the acceptance of their perspective article "Super-Resolution Imaging for Monitoring Cyotskeleton Dynamics" in Analyst.

08.08.2016

Haynes group alumnus, Dr. Secil Koseoglu, accepts a new position at Takeda Pharmaceuticals in Boston. We wish her well in this new role!

08.04.2016

The group had our annual pie bake-off to complment our end-of-summer undergraduate symposium. Both the talks and the pie were fantastic!

08.03.2016

Congratulations to Hattie for co-leading collaborative work with the Garwood and Bischof groups titled "Quantification and Biodistribution of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in the Primary Clearance Organs of Mice using T1 Contrast for Heating" that was just accepted for publication in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

08.03.2016

Xiaojie Wu successfully defends his PhD thesis entitled "Development of Biomimetic Microfluidic Platforms for Cellular Interaction Studies."

08.01.2016

The Haynes group along with selected members of the Carlson, Frontiera, and Feng labs spend the afternoon at W. 7th Community Center doing demonstrations and hands-on activities with 70 children. This 11th annual event was organized by Natalie, and everyone had a great time.

07.06.2016

Congratulations to Amani on being chosen as a trainee for the Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant.

07.04.2016

Congratulations to Zhe for leading collaborative work on SERS sensing in core-shell nanoparticles; her paper was just accepted for publication in Analyst.

06.21.2016

Congratulations to Natalie on being chosen as a trainee for the University of Minnesota Biotechnology Training Grant.

06.14.2016

Welcome to Peter Clement, an incoming Chemistry graduate student, who will be spending the summer in the Haynes lab working with mentor Natalie Hudson-Smith.

06.10.2016

Collaborative work led by Tony titled "Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection of Ricin B Chain in Human Blood" is accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C to be part of the "Richard P. Van Duyne Festschrift" special issue.

06.6.2016

Welcome to Anna Krieger, a Department of Chemistry Lando REU, who will be spending the summer in the Haynes lab working with mentor Kang Xiong-Hang.

06.01-06.02.2016

Victoria and Christy give invited talks while Zhe, Joe, and Sunipa present posters at IPrime 2016.